HIST 3230 Women's Causes/Women's Voices
Looks at Western women's experience during the 19th century, examining family life, economic life, and public life. This provides a framework for studying the changing role of women and understanding how women contributed to reforming their society. This course (in two parts) examines the women and men who joined or led reform movements in the US and Europe including abolition, suffrage, temperance, and education. In addition, women advocated reforms in prisons, changes in marriage laws, and improvements in working conditions. Offered as needed.