Calendar

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction  
2 Women in the Early American Legal System  
3 Marriage, Consent, and Coercion  
4 From Sentiment to Suffrage First essay due
5 Dangerous Women at the Turn of the Century  
6 Women and Prison  
7 Protecting Women, Regulating Men  
8 Race, Religion, and Adoption: One Story from Arizona  
9 Challenging "Jane Crow"  
10 Gender, Sexuality, and Disability  
11 Guest Lecture: Ellen Messer-Davidow  
12 Feminism and the Legal System, 1970s to the Present  
13 Conclusion Final paper due in class