What you will learn
- How women’s participation in, exclusion from, and impact on American economic, political, and social life have altered American history
- How key figures and events have challenged the role of women in the home and workplace
- How ideas, such as democracy, citizenship, liberty, patriotism, and equality have differently shaped the lives of women and men
- How women of different races and classes have experienced work, both inside and outside the home
- How historians of women and gender study America’s past, including hands-on opportunities to practice analyzing primary sources from the present and the past
- How women’s history has developed and changed over time
Program Overview
Expert instruction
4 high-quality courses
Self-paced
Progress at your own speed
11 months
2 - 3 hours per week
Discounted price: $180
Pre-discounted price: $200USD
For the full program experience
Courses in this program
ColumbiaX's Women Have Always Worked XSeries Program
- Seeking Women’s Rights: Colonial Period to the Civil War
- Wage Work for Women Citizens: 1870-1920
- Negotiating a Changing World: 1920-1950
- Fighting for Equality: 1950–2018
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