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Advocating for Change in America - This course will explore five times in US history during the 20th century when American citizens joined forces with politicians to advocate for everyday Americans.
Advocating for American Workers: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (1911) and the workplace reforms it inspired; recommended reading Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix.
Advocating for American Consumers: Recommended reading Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle (1906) and the food protections it inspired.
Advocating for American Senior Citizens: The Great Depression and Beyond and the development of Social Security (1935) and Medicare (1965); recommended reading: Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray and Fearless: A Novel of Frances Perkins and Social Security by Jonna Higgins-Freese.
Advocating for People of Color and other Marginalized Groups: Brown vs. the Board of Education (1954) Overturning Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896) and the fight for equality in the US (Civil Rights Act, Voting); recommended reading Fire From the Rock by Sharon Draper and Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattilli Beals.
Advocating for Women: The Suffrage Movement (1920) and how this led to the Women’s Rights Movement of the 1960s. Recommended reading: The Women's March: A Novel of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession by Jennifer Chiaverini.
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american consumers,american workers,history class,marginalized groups,senior citizens,stowe, vermont,women rights movement
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