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American Women, 1848 to Now: Ownership, Leadership, and Rights: MULTIMEDIA ANTHOLOGY - The Own Your History® Collection
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This resource addresses the experiences and challenges of women in American history. It focuses on the choices and leadership of particular women - both famous and ordinary - when confronting and dealing with inequality, subordination, and marginalization and seeking change. The documents and court cases in this resource not only illuminate larger issues concerning women’s experience, but also provide specific examples and context for understanding the experiences, and opportunities for women in U.S. history.   American women have experienced subordination and inequality deeply rooted in social, economic, legal & psychological practices. Although women have achieved major advances in the last 50 years, attitudes, practices, and structures reinforcing women’s inequality persist. This anthology provides an  array of materials covering the  experiences & accomplishments of American women using over 30 links, including a number that are significant compilations, such as the women included in the National Women’s Hall Of Fame. 

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Gender and Sexuality Studies
History, Law, Politics
U.S. History
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Author:
Robert Eager
Date Added:
07/12/2024
American Women, 1848 to Now: Ownership, Leadership, and Rights - The Own Your History® Collection
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The rights, roles, and status of women in American society have been reflected in legal, economic, social, moral, and psychological structures that, in general, have historically subordinated all women. These deep roots go back many centuries of Anglo-American law and continue to affect the ways that society subordinates women through attitudes, social practices, and laws. Although major changes have taken place in the last 50 years, attitudes and structures reinforcing women’s inequality persist. This module focuses on the experiences of women and the challenges they faced in American history. It focuses on the choices and leadership of particular women - both famous and ordinary - when confronting and dealing with inequality, subordination, and marginalization and seeking change. The documents and court cases in this module not only illuminate larger issues concerning women’s experience, but also provide specific examples and context for understanding the experiences, rights, status, and opportunities for women in U.S. history.    

Subject:
Gender and Sexuality Studies
History, Law, Politics
U.S. History
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Full Course
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Author:
Robert Eager
Date Added:
01/23/2024
Prohibition and Permission
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Explore where the prohibitions and permissions that occur in every day life come from, why they exist, and what gives them force. For example: food—you are only willing and able to eat a subset of the world’s edible substances. Marriage—some marriages are prohibited by law or by custom. This course addresses questions of prohibition and permission using psychological sources and literary works from ancient to modern. Texts include works by Shakespeare, Melville, Mary Rowlandson, and Anita Desai. Students give group and individual oral presentations.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
Philosophy
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider Set:
MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Kelley, Wyn
Wolfe, Jeremy
Date Added:
02/01/2007