- De www.edx.org
Fighting for Equality: 1950–2018
- Individualizado
- Acesso livre
- Certificado pago
- 12 sequências
- Intermediate Level
Detalhes do curso
Programa de Estudos
- How the middle-class, suburban housewife was considered a buffer against the ideological threats of communism
- How women's participation in activism and wage work led up to the events of the 1960s
- How gender-based discrimination in activism prompted women to begin voicing their discontent with the perception of women’s “natural” roles
- How different groups of feminists challenged old systems of thought and questioned gendered definitions and interpretations of democracy, equality, and freedom
- How working women encountered different experiences based on class, race, and citizenship status as they faced the challenges of meeting the demands of an increasingly consumerist society
- How and why women's labor force participation rate declined in the 21st century, including the impact of globalization
- How women's engagement in work and family lives has impacted the political environment
Pré-requisito
Recommended for those with an undergraduate level interest in history, labor, and gender.
Instrutores
Alice Kessler-Harris
R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History Emerita
Columbia University
Nick Juravich
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Women's History
New-York Historical Society
Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning
New-York Historical Society
Intelligent Television
Editor
A Universidade de Columbia é uma universidade privada situada em Morningside Heights, na parte noroeste do bairro de Manhattan, em Nova Iorque (Estados Unidos). As suas origens remontam ao King's College, fundado em 1754 pelo rei Jorge II da Grã-Bretanha. É uma das mais antigas instituições de ensino superior dos Estados Unidos e faz parte do grupo Ivy League, que reúne oito das mais antigas, mais famosas, mais prestigiadas e mais elitistas universidades do país.
Columbia é uma das universidades mais selectivas e prestigiadas do mundo. A taxa de admissão foi de 5,1% em 2019, comparável à de Harvard e Stanford. Classificada em primeiro lugar nos Estados Unidos em matéria de investigação, é a sexta no mundo (quarta nos Estados Unidos) no ranking CUWR das 1000 melhores universidades do mundo e a oitava no Shanghai University Rankings.
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