The Past Meets the Present: Teaching Women's History in the Urban South.

Frederickson, Mary E.

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ERIC Number: EJ456522

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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The Past Meets the Present: Teaching Women's History in the Urban South.

Frederickson, Mary E.

Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, v17 n1 p18-23 Spr 1992

Discusses the teaching of women's history at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Describes how student views changed an instructor's own perceptions about race and gender issues. Observes that returning female students are particularly drawn to women's studies courses. Stresses the need to weave past and present into a feasible, humane future. (SG)

Descriptors: Higher Education, History Instruction, Nontraditional Students, Racial Relations, Sex Role, United States History, Womens Education, Womens History, Womens Studies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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