Lecture Summaries
Note: Lecture summaries are not available for all sessions.
| SES # | TOPICS | LECTURE SUMMARIES |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | The roots of contemporary gender debates: The 19th century American women's rights movement | Ses# 2 summary (PDF) |
| 3-4 | Interpreting classic women's rights documents: The Seneca Falls Convention and "The Declaration of Sentiments" (1848) | Ses# 3 summary (PDF) Ses# 4 summary (PDF) |
| 5 | Strategies for gender change: "Direct action voting"/civil disobedience; gender, race, and suffrage | Ses# 5 summary (PDF) The case of Hester Vaughn (1868-69) (PDF) |
| 6 | Gender, race, and suffrage, continued. | Ses# 6 summary (PDF) |
| 7-8 | Resistance or illness?: Discourses of women, medicine, and madness in 19th century America and beyond | Ses# 7 summary (PDF) Ses# 8 summary (PDF) |
| 9 | Beyond suffrage: The roots of the Second Wave of the American women's right's movement: World War II and postwar era | Ses# 9 summary (PDF) |
| 10-11 | The second wave of women's rights activism - The new feminism (1963-present) | Ses# 10 summary (PDF) Ses# 11 summary (PDF) |
| 12 | Socialization and gender roles: Social constructionism vs. biological essentialism | Ses # 12 summary (PDF) |
| 13-14 | Representation of women in advertising and popular visual media | Ses# 13 summary (PDF) Ses# 14 summary (PDF) |
| 15 | Socialization: Race, ethnicity, nationality and gender roles; gender and education | Ses# 15 summary (PDF) |
| 17 | Crossing gender boundaries | Ses# 17 summary (PDF) |
| 19 | Sexuality, contraception and reproductive choice | Ses# 19 summary (PDF) |
| 20 | Gender and work | Ses# 20 summary (PDF) |
