A historical study of the theoretical and practical developments that form contemporary feminism and gender studies. Although the course concentrates primarily on feminist histories in the United States, it also places those histories within a transnational frame, paying close attention to class and race as well as gender. Key historical movements and events examined in the course include the suffrage movement, liberalism, socialist feminism, feminist internationalism, Black and women of color feminism, the women's liberation movement, radical feminism, and queer studies.