American Patriarchy

This collection will be available in early 2025 and features six video-based online modules and a Facilitator Resource focused on the history of gender-based inequality in the United States. 

Following the success of the award-winning Patterns in American Racism collection, American Patriarchy examines the ways in which women in the United States have resisted systemic inequality from the settlement of the Jamestown colony to the present day. The collection portrays the American woman’s long struggle for personal autonomy—before the law, in the home, in the workplace, in economic and political participation—and considers reasons for the persistence of gender discrimination, despite significant historical change.  

  • Highlights events, developments, and historical facts that challenge or disprove gender stereotypes and false historical assumptions.  

  • Utilizes intersectionality as a framework by incorporating voices and experiences of women from diverse backgrounds and with varied life experiences. 

  • Connects historical events with contemporary issues and asks questions to forge a path forward to a more just and equitable society. 

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  • When did American women begin to resist the limitations the patriarchy imposed on their roles and their rights? How did they resist?

  • How did the lives of colonial women and Native American women compare with one another?

  • How did nineteenth-century religious revivalism advance American women's participation in public life?

  • How were the abolitionist movement and the women's suffrage movement related?

  • When did women achieve the right to vote in the United States?

  • What roles have women served in the United States armed forces?

  • What were the goals of the women's movement that took place in the 1960s and 1970s?

  • How has sexual harassment historically affected women and their participation in education and employment?

  • How have women's bodily autonomy and reproductive rights been restricted over the course of American history?