32403
Seminar
The Women`s Movement and Intersectionality in the U.S. (1830-1920)
David Bebnowski
Comments
Intersectionality has become a central concept of progressive politics in the U.S. and beyond. At the same time, its foundations in identity politics has made it the object of intense criticism in recent years. In this class we will trace the historical origins of intersectionality in the women’s movement between 1830-1920, by focusing on the interconnectedness of race, class, and gender in the abolitionist, the labor and the woman’s movement. The seminar is based on political pamphlets, such as the Factory Tracts by the “Lowell Mill Girls” (1844) or Sojourner Truth’s speech “I am as Strong as any Man” (1851) as primary sources. Recent historiographic scholarship on “racial” and “slavery’s capitalism” as well as theoretical reflections on gender will be used to discuss and contextualize the historic roots of intersectional claims. close
16 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Thu, 2025-10-16 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2025-10-23 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2025-10-30 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2025-11-06 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2025-11-13 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2025-11-20 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2025-11-27 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2025-12-04 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2025-12-11 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2025-12-18 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2026-01-08 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2026-01-15 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2026-01-22 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2026-01-29 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2026-02-05 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2026-02-12 14:00 - 16:00