Fall Term Schedule
Fall 2026
| Number | Title | Instructor | Time |
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GSWS 400-01
Elizabeth Sapere
T 2:00PM - 4:40PM
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Graduate student section of History of Feminism
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GSWS 406-01
Rachel O'Donnell
MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM
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Graduate section of GSWS 206: Global Politics of Gender and Health
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GSWS 459-01
Brianna Theobald
T 2:00PM - 4:40PM
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Why did fertility rates decline over the nineteenth century? Why did women begin choosing hospital rather than home births in the twentieth century? What difference have the Pill and other reproductive technologies made in shaping how women think about pregnancy and childbirth? Why have breastfeeding rates been rising since the 1970s? How have women's reproductive experiences differed along lines of race and class? In this course, we will consider these questions and more as we explore how women's reproductive experiences and the meanings attached to such experiences have changed over time and why. This is a research seminar, so students will further explore these issues through their own research and writing on some aspect of the history of reproduction. Readings and discussions will focus on the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but students may explore the location and period of their choice in their papers.
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Fall 2026
| Number | Title | Instructor | Time |
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| Monday | |
| Monday and Wednesday | |
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GSWS 406-01
Rachel O'Donnell
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Graduate section of GSWS 206: Global Politics of Gender and Health |
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| Tuesday | |
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GSWS 400-01
Elizabeth Sapere
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Graduate student section of History of Feminism |
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GSWS 459-01
Brianna Theobald
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|
Why did fertility rates decline over the nineteenth century? Why did women begin choosing hospital rather than home births in the twentieth century? What difference have the Pill and other reproductive technologies made in shaping how women think about pregnancy and childbirth? Why have breastfeeding rates been rising since the 1970s? How have women's reproductive experiences differed along lines of race and class? In this course, we will consider these questions and more as we explore how women's reproductive experiences and the meanings attached to such experiences have changed over time and why. This is a research seminar, so students will further explore these issues through their own research and writing on some aspect of the history of reproduction. Readings and discussions will focus on the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but students may explore the location and period of their choice in their papers. |
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| Tuesday and Thursday | |
| Thursday | |
| Friday | |