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.

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 will allow students to explore their own specific topic and share ideas with others.

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

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.

4000 words (Learning Outcomes 1-3)

Bentley P. [1996]: The Changing Role of Women 1815-1914, Hodder & Stoughton
Lee J. [2005]: War Girls, Manchester University Press
Summerfield P. [1998]: Reconstructing Women's Wartime Lives, Manchester University Press