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History of Women in Modern Europe

Analytical Thinking
Communication
Critical Thinking

Course Description

The experiences, challenges, and achievements of women in modern Europe. Perceptions of women--religious, literary, political, and social. Through such study, we can learn more both about women and about how society functioned and responded to change.

Athena Title

Women in Modern Europe

Prerequisite

Any HIST course or ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1101E or ENGL 1101S or ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102E or ENGL 1102S or POLS 1101 or POLS 1101E or POLS 1101H or POLS 1101S

Semester Course Offered

Offered every year.

Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

Student Learning Outcomes

  • By the end of this course, students will be able to arrive at conclusions about the history of women in modern Europe by gathering and weighing evidence, logical argument, and listening to counter argument.
  • By the end of this course, students will be able to write stylistically appropriate papers and essays. Students will be able to analyze ideas and evidence, organize their thoughts, and revise and edit their finished essays.
  • By the end of this course, students will be able to identify how the history of women in modern Europe has shaped social and cultural identities and attitudes, encouraging them to understand diverse worldviews and experiences.
  • By the end of this course, students will be able to apply appropriate methodological approaches to their analysis of primary sources and to organize their evidence to show historical continuities and discontinuities.

Topical Outline

  • Introduction
  • The Body & Sexuality
  • The French Revolution
  • Women in the French Revolution
  • Mary Wollstonecraft On Revolution & Love
  • The Middle Classes
  • Sense and Sensibility (cont.)
  • Women and the Industrial Revolution
  • Domesticity & “Separate Spheres”
  • Masculine Rituals
  • Voyage to Italy
  • Women & Imperialism
  • Women In Public
  • World War I
  • The Russian Revolution
  • Women in Fascist Italy & Germany
  • Glasnost in Russia

Institutional Competencies

Analytical Thinking

The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.


Communication

The ability to effectively develop, express, and exchange ideas in written, oral, interpersonal, or visual form.


Critical Thinking

The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.


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