Brandon High School – Women's Studies

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

Women's Studies gives students an opportunity to look at political, social, and economic world history through a female perspective starting with the role of women in ancient civilizations to the modern-day women. This class will also compare experiences of women based on race, class, and other social inequalities. Content will include queens and empresses of the ancient world, European and American witch hunts/Salem witch trials, cultural beauty practices from around the world. Joan of Arc, Sacagawea, Abolitionism, Women's Suffrage, Women's Role in World War 1 and II, and legal cases about women's rights. Not a girl's only class, we welcome anyone who would like to widen their perspective in history (his-story) to include her-story.