This course utilizes gender as a framework of analysis to uncover how conceptions of femininity and masculinity have shaped human experiences in Europe and the United States from 1700- 1980. Students will unpack how historians use gender norms to explore power dynamics, politics, education, and family life. Consideration will also be given to how gender intersects with other aspects of identity such as class and race. Students will learn how gender norms factor into traditional periods and themes within history like the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the Victorian period, Colonialism, Slavery, Fascism, the World Wars, the Civil Rights Movement, and Women's Suffrage.