Task: At some point in this course, you might – hypothetically – encounter an exam question that looks something like this: ÒPick a period from the conventional historical narrative, as defined in the encyclopedia entries you investigated in Exercise 1. How might you rewrite that entry in light of what you have learned about womenÕs history? If you cannot rewrite it, is there another story you would tell in its place?Ó
1) Compare the subjects you investigated, and rate them according to how readily they could be used to answer such a question. (Rate from: Ò1Ó – easy to Ò5Ó- impossible)
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2) Compare notes on the sources you investigated. Are there any patterns in the ones you deemed reliable or unreliable? Did any of them help you envision women in the past?
3) Now pick one of the periods, and develop a list of questions you would want to keep in mind during the course if you were going to use it on your (hypothetical) exam. You can also mention themes, events and people that you already suspect might be relevant.
Additional Comments:
You can draw on the ÒwomenÕs history listÓ you collectively generated in our
first exercise for ideas:
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Mary |
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50s
Housewife |
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Bra
burning |
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60s Hippie |
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Roe v.
Wade |
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60s
sexual revolution |
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Queens -
Elizabeth, Sheba |
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70s
feminist movement |
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Mid-wives |
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suffrage
movement |
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Teachers |
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flappers |
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Nurses |
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Victorians |
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Ms
Magazine |
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abortion |
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Equal Pay |
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oppression |
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Work/Family
Balance |
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repression |
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first
ladies |
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submission/abuse/harassment |
famous
writers & artists |
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fight for
equal treatment |
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Hilary
Clinton |
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revolution |
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Oprah |
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Maya
Angelou |
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Helen
Keller |
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Alice
Walker |
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Iron
Jawed Angels |
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Rosa
Parks |
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Anon |
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Harriet
Tubman |
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Gallileo's
daughter |
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Joan of
Arc |
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Sara Baartman |
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Christine
de Pizan |
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Marie
Curie |
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Phyllis
Wheatley |
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"The
Yellow Wallpaper" |
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Margaret
Sanger |
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ÒVindication
of the Rights of WomenÓ |
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Amelia
Earhart |
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ÒOur
Bodies, OurselvesÓ |
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Betsy
Ross |
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Alice
Paul |
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Virginia
Woolf |
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Judy
Chicago's "Dinner Party" |
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Abigail
Adams |
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Naomi
Wulf |
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Elizabeth
Cady Stanton |
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Eve
Ensler |
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Susan B.
Anthony |
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"Dangerous
Beauty" |
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Betty
Friedan |
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Matriarchal
Societies |
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Naomi
Wolf |
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Women as
property |
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Stonewall
Riots |
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Body
Rights |
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Rosie the
Riviter |
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Civil
Rights Movements |
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Janis
Joplin |
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"Jubillee"
- women in slavery |
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Joan Baez |
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Clara
Barton |
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Ann Frank |