2023-2024 Academic Year

Spring 2024

WGSS 302 Race & 2nd Wave Fem in the US
Cross-listed with HIST 311-03. Race and Second Wave Feminism in the US examines the US's Second Wave feminist movement through the prism of multiracial and anti-racist feminist activism. Oftentimes, the Second Wave is thought of in terms of white-dominated groups, and many believe that key feminist organizations like the National Organization for Women (NOW) were founded by and served only white women. In fact, African American feminist powerhouses like Shirley Chisholm and Pauli Murray helped to found NOW, and women of color organized some of the earliest Second Wave groups.This class will focus on Chicana, American Indian, African American and multiracial feminist thinking and activism. Topics covered will include national organizations, such as the National Black Feminist Organization and Women of All Red Nations; grassroots groups, such as the Combahee River Collective; significant figures, such as Audre Lorde, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Barbara Smith; key campaigns like that against sterilization abuse; and the significant debates that defined the movement, such as the question of reform versus revolution. This course will also consider the centrality of oral history to the history of women.

HIST 311 Race & 2nd Wave Fem in the US
Cross-listed with WGSS 302-01. Race and Second Wave Feminism in the US examines the US's Second Wave feminist movement through the prism of multiracial and anti-racist feminist activism. Oftentimes, the Second Wave is thought of in terms of white-dominated groups, and many believe that key feminist organizations like the National Organization for Women (NOW) were founded by and served only white women. In fact, African American feminist powerhouses like Shirley Chisholm and Pauli Murray helped to found NOW, and women of color organized some of the earliest Second Wave groups.This class will focus on Chicana, American Indian, African American and multiracial feminist thinking and activism. Topics covered will include national organizations, such as the National Black Feminist Organization and Women of All Red Nations; grassroots groups, such as the Combahee River Collective; significant figures, such as Audre Lorde, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Barbara Smith; key campaigns like that against sterilization abuse; and the significant debates that defined the movement, such as the question of reform versus revolution. This course will also consider the centrality of oral history to the history of women.

HIST 404 Solidarity
An examination of the historiography of a major topic, culminating in a substantial research paper based in significant part on the interpretation of primary sources. Prerequisite: 204 and 304 (or its equivalent), or permission of instructor.