Bacon’s Rebellion

  Was Bacon’s Rebellion a precursor to the American Revolution or something else?  

Politics, of the body and in government service

What does it mean to you to say that “the personal is the political?” What are some of the ways women can gain political power? Why is it important for women to have a voice in government and policy? Why is it important that women exercise their right to...

Women and Work

Why do legal protections for women’s employment rights continue to be an issue? Why isn’t women’s legal access to employment a sufficient victory? How do laws protecting women in the workplace benefit society as a whole? What factors keep men and...

Women have traditionally encountered strictly-defined roles

  This week discusses social institutions where women have traditionally encountered strictly-defined roles and focuses on two of them: the family and media and the arts. Refer to at least three learning resources assigned for this week in your response to this...

DashLocker

Read the Case Study entitled, “DashLocker” on page 535. Then, answer questions 1 (both parts), 2, and 5 at the end of the case. I selected the most applicable cases for the class. Please be sure to back up your answers with facts from the textbook.    ...

Journalist or a consumer of the news

  Think like a journalist or a consumer of the news. Now, the Research Component asks you to think like a Women’s Studies’ scholar: How does the information reported in the news article connect to scholarly research in the field? What do scholars already know...