Birth and development of the women’s rights movement in the United States, 1848-1920 : Women’s rights, women’s bodies, womanhood, public sphere, politics
By the mid 19th century, all American women were second-class citizens, either literally reduced to slavery or deprived of the right to vote and subject to laws that made most of them dependent on men. This course focuses on the complex and fascinating factors that pushed women to claim for their rights to full citizenship.