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1Introduction to course and field of Women's and Gender Studies 
2The roots of contemporary gender debates: The 19th century American women's rights movementDue: Homework on Grimke quotations
3-4Interpreting classic women's rights documents: The Seneca Falls Convention and "The Declaration of Sentiments" (1848)Due: Homework on "The Declaration of Sentiments"
5Strategies for gender change: "Direct action voting"/civil disobedience; gender, race, and suffrageDue: Homework assignment on Sojourner Truth and Susan B. Anthony
6Gender, race, and suffrage, continued. 
7-8Resistance or illness?: Discourses of women, medicine, and madness in 19th century America and beyond

Due: Homework on The Yellow Wallpaper and Smith-Rosenberg

Due: First version of essay 1

9Beyond suffrage: The roots of the Second Wave of the American women's right's movement: World War II and postwar era 
10-11The second wave of women's rights activism - The new feminism (1963-present)Due: Homework assignment on Friedan and Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter
12Socialization and gender roles: Social constructionism vs. biological essentialismDue: Homework assignment on Lorber and Richardson
13-14Representation of women in advertising and popular visual mediaDue: Homework assignment on gendered analysis of popular TV show
15Socialization: Race, ethnicity, nationality and gender roles; gender and educationDue: Homework assignment on gender and education
16Sexualities and gender; The right to marriageEssay 2 due one day after Ses #16
17Crossing gender boundaries 
18Perspectives on transgenderDue: Essay 2
19Sexuality, contraception and reproductive choice 
20-22Gender and workDue: Homework assignment on the gendered wage gap
23Gender and work-national and global dimensionsDue: Homework assignment about piece of clothing
24Violence against women: National and global dimensions 
25-26Towards a global politics of gender; Contemporary women's movementsDue: Final essay and short reflection