Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: *Women and Gender Studies*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: WOMEN AND THE U.S. WELFARE STATE: SEXUAL POLITICS AND AMERICAN POVERTY ***** This seminar in the history of women and welfare focuses on women's contributions to the growth of the welfare system and investigates how welfare has been shaped by understandings of gender, race, and class. Compares American programs to similar programs developed in other countries. ***** Also offered as HIST 468. ***** Instructor(s): Sneider.