Spring Quarter 2003Prof. J. Wu
Bolz Hall 436Office:261 Dulles
Office Hours:M 3:30-4:30, W 3-4 and by appointmentPhone:292-9331
Lectures:M,W 1:30-2:48Email:wu.287@osu.edu
Discussion Section Leader:
Jane Berger Berger.155@osu.eduOffice hours and location:TBA
Course Description and Objective:
This course surveys the history of American women from pre-European settlement to the present.The lectures, readings, and films will emphasize how female roles in the realms of family, work, politics, and culture change over time.Particular attention will be paid to how women negotiate social norms and help to create new standards of acceptability.The class will emphasize the diversity among women in terms of race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality.
Readings:
The following books will be available for purchase at SBX.They also will be on reserve at the Main Library.
1.Sara M. Evans, Born for Liberty:A History of Women in America
2.Ellen Skinner, ed., Women and the National Experience:Primary Sources in American History, 2nd edition.
3.Melton A. McLaurin, Celia:A Slave
4.Monica
Sone, Nisei Daughter
5.Mary Crow Dog and Richard Erodoes, Lakota Woman
Enrollment:
All students must be officially enrolled in the course by the end of the second full week of the quarter.No requests to add the course will be approved by the department chair after that time.Enrolling officially and on time is solely the responsibility of each student.
Assignments and Expectations:
If you have a disability requiring special arrangements for completing assignments, please let your Discussion Section Leader and the instructor know as soon as possible.
1.1 midterm (15% of final grade) and 1 final exam (15%).Each exam mainly focuses on the materials covered in that particular section of the course.However, the final also will contain cumulative questions.The exams will consist of short-answer identification as well as essay questions.
If for any family or medical reason, you find it absolutely necessary to miss an examination, you must contact your DSL and the course instructor before the examination and have our consent to your absence if you wish to take a make-up exam.If unforeseen circumstances prevent you from contacting us before the exam, you must contact us within one week of the scheduled exam and present documentation to support your request for a make-up exam.
2.3
critical response papers (2-3 pages in length) to Ceilia, Nisei Daughter,
and Lakota Woman (10% for each paper).Write
brief essays that analyze these book for their relevance to the historical
themes that are addressed in this class.1st
drafts of the paper are due at the beginning of the discussion section
on April 17, May 15, and May 29.Final
versions are due by 4 p.m., the Fridays after the respective discussions.
Late papers will be deducted 1/3 of a grade for every
day that it is late.All work presented
in class or turned in must be a student's own.Plagiarism
or any other form of academic misconduct will be dealt with in accordance
with the guidelines laid down by the University's Committee on Academic
Misconduct and will seriously affect a student's grade.
3.Attendance and participation (15%).Attendance in both the lectures and the discussion sections are required.Your DSL will provide more specific guidelines regarding your course participation.Remember, the success of this course depends upon your willingness to complete the assignments before class and being prepared to engage in discussion.
4.In-class (surprise) quizzes (10%).There will be periodic quizzes, given during the scheduled lecture times, covering the materials in the reading and the lectures.The quizzes will consist of identification as well as interpretative questions.
5.Group visual exhibit and presentations (15%).Each student is responsible for participating in a group project the final outcome of which will be a visual display of a primary source and a group oral presentation.The visual exhibits will be displayed at the Ohio Union Exposures Gallery, Rm. 236, and the presentations will take place during the last week of class.
Your primary source can be a document (newspaper article, speech, flyer, etc.), image, song, or even a material object.Be creative!The source should be something that directly relates to a theme or topic discussed in class.When you analyze the source, consider what it suggests about how female roles in the realms of family, work, politics, and/or culture have changed (or not changed) over time.During your presentation you should also discuss:
The password will change periodically and will be announced in lectures.
April 1Discussion Section
Begin reading
April 2The First American Women
Evans, ch. 1
April 3Discussion
WNE, pp. 11-14
April 7Women in the Colonies
Evans, ch. 2
April 8Discussion
WNE, selections ch. 1
April 9Women in the Republic
Evans, ch. 3
April 10Discussion
WNE, selections, ch. 2
April 14Women's Sphere and Women's Labor
Evans,
ch. 4
April 15Discussion
WNE, selections, ch. 3
April 16Women and Slavery
April 17Discussion
Celia,
1st
draft of Paper Due
April 18Final version due by 4 p.m.
April 21Abolitionism and Suffrage
Evans, ch. 5
April 22Discussion
WNE, selections ch. 4,5
April 23Midterm
April 24No Discussion
April 28The Gilded Age
Evans, ch. 6
April 29Discussion
WNE,
selections, ch. 6-7
April 30Women and Modernity
Evans, ch. 7
May 1Discussion
WNE, selections, ch. 8-9
May 5The 1920s
Evans, ch. 8
May 6Discussion
WNE, selections, ch. 10
May 7The Great Depression
Evans, ch. 9
May 8Discussion
WNE, selections, ch. 11
May 12Women at War
Evans, ch. 10
May 13Discussion
WNE, selections, ch. 12
May 14Women at War, Part II
May 15Discussion
Monica Sone, Nisei Daughter, 1st draft of Paper Due
May 16Final version of paper due by 4 p.m.
May 19The Cold War and the "Feminine Mystique"
Evans, ch. 11
May 20Discussion
WNE, selections, ch. 12
May 21"The Personal is Political" and the 1970s
May 22Evans, ch. 12, 13
WNE, selections, ch. 13, 14
May 26Memorial Day - no class
May 27No Discussion - free day to work on your group exhibits
May 28Video:
Lakota
Woman
May 29Discussion
Mary
Crow Dog, Lakota Woman, 1st draft of Paper
Due
May 30Final
Version of Paper Due by 4 p.m.
June 2Presentations of group exhibits at Ohio Union Exposures Gallery, Rm. 236
June 3No Discussion
June 4Presentations of group exhibits at Ohio Union Exposures Gallery, Rm. 236
Senior
finals due
June 5No Discussion
June 11Turn-in final and pickup exhibits at 1:30 at Exposures Gallery