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Homework: History

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This forum continues our study of many of the broad historical themes that we explored in depth. We will look particularly at:

1) How issues of equality came to be articulated across the many differing eras of the 20th century as well as among differing factions of women that emerged in these time periods.

2) How women's work was defined and redefined through the 1920s, the Great Depression, World War II, and through the alternating conservative and activist eras of the 1950s through 1990s.

3) How the movement for women's rights evolved through the 1960s through 1990s, growing increasingly global in scope.

Part I on redefining equality: 1 page

Read the assigned chapters in Through Women's Eyes, paying particular attention to the primary source documents on "Beauty Culture Between the Wars" (chapter 9), "Television's Prescription for Women" (chapter 10), and "Women's Liberation" (chapter 11). Also, review the sections entitled A Mass Movement for Civil Rights (chapter 10) and Diversity, Race and Feminism (chapter 11).

1) Outline at least two different views of equality that were expressed in these readings in different decades.

2) At least two different conflicting women's viewpoints that emerged between the 1920s and 1990s in the United States.

Part II on new meanings of work: - 1 page

Study the primary source document sections entitled "Dorothea Lange Photographs Farm Women of the Great Depression" (chapter 9), "Voices of 'Rosie the Riveter' " (chapter 9), " 'Is a Working Mother a Threat to the Home?' " (chapter 10) and "Feminism and the Drive for Equality in the Workplace" (chapter 11). Also, review the section entitled "The Impact of Feminism" in chapter 11.

1) Compare and contrast how women were depicted in workplaces during two different decades of the 1920s through 1990s in the United States, and how those depictions varied.

2) Reflect on how the historic events of the time period affected these depictions and how women themselves responded to these views.

Part III on the women's right movements: - 1 page

Review the primary source document sections on "Women's Lobbying in the 1920sl" (chapter 9), and "Women in the Civil Rights Movement" (chapter 10), and the sections of chapter 11 entitled "Changing Public Policy and Public Consciousness" and "Conclusion: Feminism's Legacy".

1) Define feminism as it emerged in the women's movements of the 20th century.

2) Analyzes how the term feminism often is misinterpreted and/or deliberately distorted.

3) Outline at least one key goal that was a part of the women's movement in the United States at the end of the 20th century and how that goal also was being articulated among women internationally.

Part IV -1 page

Read chapters 9-11 of Through Women's Eyes, paying particular attention to the Primary Sources sections on Voices of 'Rosie the Riveter' in chapter 9; Television's Prescriptions for Women and 'Is a Working Mother a Threat to the Home in chapter 10; and Feminism and the Drive for Equality in the Workplace in chapter 11. Also review the Women's Bill of Rights from the National Organization for Women in chapter 10.

Create a paper that describes:

1) Jobs that were portrayed through at least three different periods between 1920 and 2000 as women's work;

2) How women challenged these portrayals;

3) How women themselves might have participated in the perpetuation of these portrayals.

4) Details the work experiences you have had and analyzes how they connect with the histories of work that are conveyed in our course text.

Part V -1 page

Locate a working woman whom you would like to interview. This woman can be a co-worker, a school colleague, a professor, a close friend, or even a relative. The woman ideally should be of a generation older or younger than you.

1) Compose a paper that:

2) Profiles your potential interviewee the type of work that she does, your relationship to her and the reasons for your interest in interviewing her.

3) List 3-5 potential questions that you would like to ask her

Part VI - 4 pages

Create a primary source essay that helps to define the role of work in shaping women's lives and voices in 20th century United States history. Your essay is based on the work completed in the Workshop on Women and Work as well as a 30-45 minute interview of a working woman that you conduct. Interview as a Method of Qualitative Research

Step by Step Guide to Oral History

Make sure that the interviewee's words are fully integrated into your analysis, as well as your own work experiences. The essay should:

1) Describe in detail the work and life of your interviewee, contextualizing it in relation to the course readings.

2) Analyze the role of work in defining women's history in the 20th century decades of 1920-2000.

3) Reflect on your role in women's history as a working (or non-working) woman.

This essay will probably include quotes from your interview subject, so use quotation marks to indicate your interviewee's words. Keep quotations brief--you can summarize the gist of your subject's words most often.