Gender and the Law in U.S. History
21H.225J · History, Women's and Gender Studies · Undergraduate · Spring 2004
Prof. Christopher Capozzola
This subject explores the legal history of the United States as a gendered system. It examines how women have shaped the meanings of American citizenship through pursuit of political rights such as suffrage, jury duty, and military service, how those political struggles have varied for across race, religion, and class, as well as how the legal system has shaped gender relations for both women and men through regulation of such issues as marriage, divorce, work, reproduction, and the family. The…
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