HST-309 Women, War, Resistance

Prerequisite: one history course numbered between 100 and 166
The impact of World War II on European women and their service as factory laborers and aid workers, as well as their activism in Resistance movements redefined gender during wartime. Moreover, women were victimized as never before as a result of mass rape, genocide and refugee displacement. Examining the lives of American, British, Italian, French, German, and European Jewish Women from a gendered perspective of war and its impact on women. 4 credits.