Oct 31, 2024  
Mercy College 2022-2023 Graduate Catalog 
    
Mercy College 2022-2023 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ENGL 546 - Working Women US 1865-Present


Credit(s): 3
3 hours lecture, 3 hours contact
This course will examine writings about working women from the post-Civil War era to the present. We will review key changes in the American work force, and social, economic, and racial factors since 1865, with attention to movements leading up to changes in the second half of the 19th century. In this multi-genre course, we will read literature (fiction, short stories, poetry, memoirs, biographies, and essays) to help us deconstruct the definitions of “women,” “working,” and “The United States” from the Civil War era to present writings about the millennial generation. We will inquire into the shifting definitions of the term “gender.” We will start with gender as a concept, a social construction reflecting differentials of power and opportunity, breaking what the feminist writer Tillie Olsen calls the “habits of a lifetime.” An important goal of the course is for students to know the literature, history, and benchmarks of major events in the lives of women.



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