WGS.161 Gender and the Law in US History

HASS-H
W EVE 7-10PM
Room 1-273
same subject as 21H.320
12 Units
Prereq: none

NEW CLASS!

Explores the legal history of the US as a gendered system. Examines how women have shaped the meanings of American citizenship through pursuit of political rights such as suffrage, jury duty, and military service, as well as how the legal system has shaped gender relations through regulation of such issues as marriage, divorce, work, reproduction, and the family. Readings draw from primary and secondary materials, focusing on the broad historical relationship between law and society. No legal knowledge is required or assumed.

C.Capozzola