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SEVEN AMERICAN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS (G529-2)

G – History

Discussion class based on the Bancroft Prize winning book Seven Social Movements that Changed America by New York University historian Linda Gordon. We intersperse four lecture classes establishing historical context between seven discussion classes based on the seven chapters of the book. Topics range from the Settlement House Movement, to the push for old-age pensions, to recent efforts recognizing the social significance of intersectionality. Come think with me. Sign up for the Dover, Lewes or Ocean View section.

This offering meets for a total of 11 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: Thomas Kelly

KELLY, THOMAS — Degrees in U.S. history and public history from the University of Houston. Retired to Delaware after teaching U.S. history for almost 20 years at Lone Star College outside of Houston, Texas. (G529)

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