In-Class Writings

Some sessions had in-class writing assignments. These are featured in the table below.

SES # IN-CLASS WRITING TOPICS
1

The MIT Seal Controversy (PDF)

Information about the MIT seal:
Seal of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Libraries Archives.
2 The Emergence of Movements for Gender Equality (PDF)
3 "The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" (1848) (PDF)
4 Lucy Stone (PDF)
5 Frederick Douglass' "Why I Became a 'Woman's Rights' Man" (1892) (PDF)
7 Carroll Smith-Rosenberg Statement (PDF)
10 Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique (PDF)
11 The NOW's "Statement of Purpose" (1966) and "The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" (1848) (PDF)
13 Reasons for the Gendered Wage Gap (PDF)
14 Moving Beyond Gender – Official Documents and College Admissions (PDF)
18

Factors Enabling Gay and Lesbian Rights to Emerge and Thrive (PDF)

The 2003 Goodridge Decision (PDF)
22 Affirmative Action and Gender Equality (PDF)
24 Nicholas D. Kristof's "Where Sweatshops Are a Dream" (PDF)
25 Susan Moller Okin's "Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?" (PDF)
26 End of Term Reflections (PDF)