3000-3500 words (Learning Outcomes 1-3)

The aim of this module is to introduce students to the ongoing debates and re-appraisals of the history women and their role in society. Theoretical discussions and debate will look at the work of Penny Summerfield, Jill Stephenson, Liz Harvey, Gisela Bock, and Joan Scott and others. A case study approach will examine, amongst other areas, women and work, the role of women in war, women and the family.

Lectures will provide the basis for the critical approaches and debates regarding the history of women. Seminars will be developed by students for student participation. A non assessed presentation and one assessed essay will complement the Lectures.

A seminar presentation will be part of a formative assessment strategy.

OHP, Video, Library, Journals.
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

Paula Bentley, The Changing Role of Women 1815-1914, Hodder & Stoughton, 1996.
Janet Lee, War Girls, Manchester University Press, 2005
Penny Summerfield, Reconstructing Women's Wartime Lives, Manchester University Press, 1998.