OLLI101652 - Women Find their Voices as Activists, Organizers, Reformers, Philanthropists, and Educators 1770-1930
Course Description
Women Find their Voices as Activists, Organizers, Reformers, Philanthropists, and Educators 1770-1930
Instructor: Cynthia Little
Day of the Week: Thursdays
Dates: Feb 13 – 27, March 13 & 20
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Location: In-person at TUCC
Course highlights Philadelphia area women who despite legal limitations and cultural assumptions created ideological frameworks rationalizing new roles in the home and society more broadly. Against that backdrop the class will consider how these women redefined their lives and their relation to the state including voting rights, marriage and divorce laws, property rights and more, Their activities will be presented within the economic, political, social and cultural context of the time beginning in the years leading up to the American Revolution and ending in 1930, a decade after women had won the right to vote.
Maximum: 50
Instructor Bio: Cynthia Little holds a doctorate in history from Temple University. During graduate school in the 1970s, she co- founded Feminist Tours, the first women’s history tour company. Since then, she has been involved with women’s history, both locally and nationally, as one of the founders of National Women’s History Month. She has worked as an historian, educator, and curator on exhibitions, programs, and large-scale history projects. Throughout her career she has advocated for bringing forward women’s historical experience
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