June 4, 2002
INFORMATION: Sue Bozman or John McElwain, (661) 362-3415 or 3494

Women in History Class Offered at College of the Canyons

When it comes to our collective knowledge about women who played important roles in U.S. history, most of us rattle off the same, predictable list: Abigail Adams, Amelia Earhart, Annie Oakley, Eleanor Roosevelt, Calamity Jane, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman and just a handful of others.

But the United States wouldn't be what it is today without the contributions of women like Carrie Chapman Catt, founder of the League of Women Voters; or Bessie Coleman, the first African-American woman to get a pilot's license; or Ida Lewis, lighthouse-keeper in Rhode Island responsible for saving 25 lives; or Sally Hemings, an African-American who sacrificed her freedom from slavery for the love of President Thomas Jefferson.

These lesser-known, but no less significant names in American history are just a few of the incredible people you'll learn about if you enroll in the College of the Canyons' Role of Women in History class this summer.

This credit class is transferable to University of California and California State Universities. It focuses not only on the personalities that formed U.S. history, but the political, economic and intellectual history of women from the colonial era to the present day.

The class meets from 9 to 10:50 a.m. Monday through Thursday, June 17 through 25. Enrollment fee is only $33 (books extra). For more information and to enroll, call (661) 362-3280 or check the college's website (http://www.canyons.edu).