The Women's Sphere
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how domesticity became the expected role for middle-class women in the 19th century.
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Women and the New Deal
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Professor Esther Katz of New York University says that the New Deal presented new opportunities for women to organize grassroots movements, but their achievements did not last long beyond the New Deal.
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The Drunkard's Progress
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Anti-alcoholism cartoons like this one, which depicts the nine steps of the "drunkard's progress," were widespread in the 19th century. Josh Brown of the American Social History Project explains why.
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Republican Motherhood
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the post-American-Revolution definition of women's role as working to raise sons who are patriotic.
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Local Women Activists in the Early 20th Century
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Director of the Nichols House Museum Flavia Cigiliano discusses Progressive-era women on Boston's Beacon Hill and their social and political impact. Beginning in the late 19th century, modern women such as Beacon Hill resident Rose Nichols, ventured outside of the domestic realm and into the world of employment and politics.
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Cultural Shift: Women's Roles in the 1950s
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the change in women's roles following World War II, as the same women who were once encouraged to work in factories to support the war effort were urged to stay home and care for their families.
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Winning World War I With Food
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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces food rationing during World War I, a measure taken to help support the troops.
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Everyday Life in Early America
Description
The seminar will explore the lived experience of ordinary Americans during the colonial period of history. Topics will include family and household, community organization, making a living, religious belief and practice, witchcraft and magic, and shared patterns of human psychology. Material culture will also receive considerable emphasis: domestic architecture, furnishings, and the natural environment. Mornings will be devoted to lectures and discussion; afternoons to field trips and library work.
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Sponsoring Organization
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Phone number
646-366-9666
Target Audience
Middle and high school
Start Date
Cost
Free; $400 stipend granted
Course Credit
Pittsburg State University (PSU) is pleased to offer graduate credit to workshop participants at a tuition fee of $199 per credit hour. Participants can receive three graduate credit hours for the duration of the week.
Duration
One week
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The Lowell Girls
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This iCue Mini-Documentary presents the textile industry in Lowell, MA, as representative of the transition of American girls from the farms to the factories.
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Suffragists Change Tactics in Fight for Equal Suffrage
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the women's suffragist movement's evolution from idealistic to pragmatic.
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