Reflecting on the American history you have learned about so far, you have probably wondered where the women were in all those centuries.
Did only men explore the territories in the West? How about Sacajawea?
"Ain't I a woman?" Sojourner Truth asked in 1851 and thus questioned slavery and American ideals of womanhood simultaneously.
What about the Lowell girls,, Annie Oakley, the women who ran for public office without even the right to vote, the radical temperance activists like Carry Nation? Ever heard of activist and Native musician Zitkala Sa?
If you would like to learn more about how culturally diverse American women experienced their lives in the 19th century and shaped the country on its way to a continental power, then this seminar is for you. You will be surprised to see how many of those challenges they had to meet still sound familiar in the 21st century.
- Dozent/in: Anette Brauer