Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · Cal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area C2 · CSU GE Area D · CSU American Institutions Area US1DescriptionThis course examines the history of American women from the era of European colonization in the 16th century until the end of Reconstruction in 1877. The course is particularly concerned with understanding how the cultural construction of gender influenced women's lives in various times and places. Attention will be given to cross-cultural gendered encounters between European, Native American, African, and Hispanic peoples and understanding how gender intersects with other hierarchies of power, such as race, class, and sexuality. The course explores how social, political, economic, and cultural factors influenced women's experiences, and it also examines the impact of the U.S. and California Constitutions and the activities of federal, state, and local governments on the lives of women in the United States. 