History 127
Women in US History
Professor Narges Rabii
Santiago Canyon College
Contact info: 714- 628-4940
Office: D-116-3
Texts
Hymowitz, Carol, A History of Women in America, Bantam Books 1978
Woloch, Nancy, Women and the American Experience, Mc-Graw-Hill 2004
Course Objectives
1.
To examine and analyze the origins and historical development of the
American Women
2.
To recognize the forces that contributed to the particular development of diversity,
values, institutions and ideas of women in the United States.
3.
To understand and describe critically the impact of major political, economic,
intellectual and cultural themes upon women within American history.
4.
To understand and recognize the contributions of various ethnic and gender groups.
Course Requirements
Students are responsible for ALL reading assignments and lecture material. The format of the
class will be lecture-discussion. Students are encouraged to read the assigned chapters in
advance.
Discussion, class participation and appropriate commentary are encouraged.
Exams will consist of fill-in, short answer and essay.
Make-up exams are allowed under well documented extreme circumstances, in which the
student is to write a 15 page research paper on a topic assigned by the instructor. Please see me
for details regarding a make-up. The paper will also be lowered one letter grade.
*The Final Exam must be taken at the exam time specified by the class schedule. NO Exceptions!!!!
Absence/Drop
SCC Policy: “It is the student’s responsibility to withdraw officially from this course. A student
may also be dropped for excessive absences when the total hours of absence exceed 10% of the
total scheduled hours of the class. Stopping attendance does not constitute a withdrawal. A
student must formally withdraw through the Admissions Office.”
You are allowed three excused absences; any absences beyond the allowed three will result in a
loss of 50 points from the total cumulative points.
Academic Dishonesty
Students at Rancho Santiago Community College District are expected to be honest and
forthright in their academic endeavors. To falsify the results of one's research, to steal the words
or ideas of another, or to cheat on an examination, corrupts the essential process by which
knowledge is advanced. Academic dishonesty is seen as an intentional act of fraud, in which a
student seeks to claim credit for the work or efforts of another without authorization, or uses
unauthorized materials or fabricated information in any academic exercise. We as an institution
also consider academic dishonesty to include forgery of academic documents, intentionally
impeding or damaging the academic work of others, assisting other students in acts of
dishonesty or coercing students into acts of dishonesty.
Class Conduct
In compliance with the California Education Code (Sections 48922, 66017, 66300,
76020,76021,76030,76043,76120,76130, 76131, and 87014) and in keeping with the above.
RSCCD guidelines for student conduct are listed below.
A. Dishonesty, cheating, plagiarism, lying, or knowingly furnishing false information to
the district or a college official performing their duties.
B. Forgery, alteration, or misuse of district documents, records, or identification.
C. Knowingly accessing and without permission altering, damaging, deleting, destroying,
copying, or otherwise using any data, which reside or exist internal or external to a
computer, computer system, or computer network in the district.
D. Obstruction of pedestrian or vehicular traffic or disruption of teaching, research, or of
other District activities on or off District premises. This includes obstruction or
disruption of administration, disciplinary procedures or authorized college activities. It
also includes pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
E. Physical abuse or detention of any person on District-owned or controlled property or
at District-sponsored or supervised functions or other conduct which threatens or
endangers the health or safety of another. This includes fighting on district property or
at a District sponsored event, on or off District premises.
F. Theft of or damage to property of the District. This includes property of a member of
the District community or a campus visitor.
G. Unauthorized entry into or unauthorized use of District property, supplies, equipment,
and/or facilities.
H. Misrepresentation of oneself or of an organization to be an agent of the District.
I. Sexual assault or abuse, including rape, forced sodomy, forced oral copulation, rape by a
foreign object, sexual battery, or threat or assault or any conduct that threatens the
health and safety of the alleged victim.
J. Use, possession, distribution, or being under the influence of alcoholic beverage on
District property or at any District sponsored event.
K. Use, possession, distribution, or being under the influence of narcotics, other
hallucinogenic drugs or substances, or any poison classified as such by Schedule "D" in
Section 4160 of the Business and Professions Code on District property or at any
District-sponsored event except as expressly permitted by law.
L. Expression which is libelous, slanderous, obscene or which incites students so as to
create a clear and present danger of commission of unlawful acts on District premises,
or violation of District regulations, or the substantial disruption of orderly operation of
the college.
M. Engaging in lewd, indecent, or obscene behavior on District property or at any Districtsponsored function.
N. Possession or use while on the District premises, or a District-sponsored function of any
firearms, explosive, dangerous chemical or deadly weapon. Exceptions include those
participating in a criminal justice educational program who are authorized such
possession or those who are enrolled in a course which authorizes such possession.
O. Any act constituting good cause for suspension or expulsion, as defined in Section 11 E1 of this policy.
P. Violation of District policies or campus regulations.
TAPE RECORDERS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THIS CLASS!
Grading
Exam #1
Exam #2
Exam #3
Museum Report
Term Paper
Classroom participation
and attendance
100 points
100 points
100 points
50 points
100 points
20 points
A = 100-89%
B = 88-78%
C = 77- 68%
D = 67- 55%
F = less than 54%
Total: 470 pts
Assignments
Week #1
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Week #2
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Course introduction and expectations, exams, and grading
Contact Information, e-mail, etc.
Housekeeping: Pagers, cell phones, absences, tardiness, class participation
appropriate behavior
Chapter 1 A History of Women in America
Chapter 2 A History of Women in America
Chapter 3 A History of Women in America
Week #3
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III.
Chapter 4 A History of Women in America
Chapter 5 A History of Women in America
Chapter 6 A History of Women in America
Week #4
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IV.
Chapter 7 A History of Women in America
Chapter 8 A History of Women in America
Chapter 9 A History of Women in America
Video: Women in the American Civil War
Week #5
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Chapter 10 A History of Women in America
Chapter 11 A History of Women in America
EXAM # 1 {Chapters 1-11 pgs. 1-191}
Week #6
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Chapter 12 A History of Women in America
Chapter 9 Women and the American Experience
Week #7
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III.
Chapter 13 A History of Women in America
Chapter 14 A History of Women in America
Chapter 10 Women and the American Experience
Week #8
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Chapter 15 Chapter 13 A History of Women in America
Chapter 16 A History of Women in America
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IV.
Chapter 11 Women and the American Experience
Chapter 12 Women and the American Experience
Week #9
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EXAM # 2 {Chapters 12-16 and Chapters 10-12}
Chapter 11 Women and the American Experience
Week #10
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Video on Women in the 19th and early 20th Centuries
Chapter 12 Women and the American Experience
Week #11
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Chapter 13 Women and the American Experience
Film “Woman’s work”
Week #12
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III.
Chapter 16 A History of Women in America
Chapter 14-15 Women and the American Experience ( cont.)
Week #13
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Chapter 16 A History of Women in America
Chapter 16-17 Women and the American Experience
Video on Women in era of Roe v. Wade (1973)
Week #14
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Chapter 17 A History of Women in America
Chapter 18-19 Women and the American Experience (cont.)
Video on role of women in the family and stereotypes
Week #15
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Chapter 18 A History of Women in America
Chapter 20 Women and the American Experience
Feminism
Week #16
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Video on Affirmative Action and the impact upon women
ERA and the gender political agenda]
Chapter 19 A History of Women in America
Chapter 21 Women and the American Experience (cont.)
Neo-Feminism
FINAL EXAM {Chapters 17-19 and Chapters 14-21}
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Term papers due on December 8, 2005
No late papers will be accepted
Celebrate……….you made it!!!!!!!!
Term Paper Guidelines
1. Topic: Interview a matriarch, either in your own family or one who has
been borrowed. Ask about her life, her struggles and triumphs. Relate her
life to the history of women in America, as discussed in class. Draw parallels
and contrast the various events of your subject’s life.
2. Length: 4-5 pages typed, double-spaced, Font 12 Times Roman
3. No report covers or title pages, simply staple the paper in the left hand
corner
4. Be mindful of the due dates as no late papers will be accepted.
5. No Emails of papers will be accepted.
Sample Questions:
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How did you grow up? ( Brief History)
What was the status of women when you were a teenager? A grown woman? today?
What were the struggles you experienced?
Do you believe women have advanced their status? How so?
Who do you believe hinders the advancement of women?
Did you accomplish all of your childhood dreams? How and why?
What do you think about the ERA? Abortion? Women in Corporate America?
Are women hindered in this society? Why or why not?
Feel free to utilize the above questions and be sure to add your own questions.
The above is just a sample.