History of Women – Property to Partner

Tutor: Catherine Brown
Sessions: Weekly -Wednesdays
Dates: 17 July 2024 – 18 Sept 2024
Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm
Venue: Hume Global Learning Centre, Macedon Street, Sunbury VIC 
Numbers: 12
Prerequisites:  Nil

The aim of this course is to introduce participants to the study and discussion of the suppression of women from the time of early civilisations to the present day and to develop a greater understanding of the changing roles of women throughout the ages.

This course will also look at the various theories of why women have not been treated as equals and then trace the development of the movement towards equality in the Western world from ancient time to modern day.

Through the course, Catherine will also explore the impact that a number of women have had within their time.
This course was written by Jean Walker for U3A Online. It will be delivered by Catherine Brown face – to -face.

The main topics will be:

• Theories on origins of inequality
• Women in Ancient Egypt
• Women in Ancient Rome
• Middle Ages to Renaissance
• Tudor to Georgian England; 1500 – 1700
• 19th and early 20th centuries
• and 1900 – 2000 and onwards