What forces drove changes in dating conventions between 1900 and the 1960s? Your response should identify at least three ways dating changed (from three different chapters), explain what prompted the change, and reflect on the larger meaning or significance of the change.
Early in her book, Bailey observes that the transition from courtship to dating “changed the distribution of control and power in courtship” (20). Power and control fluctuated with the subsequent changes in dating conventions. Identify three dating conventions discussed in the book (from three different chapters) and analyze who you believe had the power and control in each situation and what the implications of the power dynamics were.
Read a book on the history of lesbians in twentieth century America. Provide a mini review of you book that identifies the book’s scope and arguments and the parts you found most illuminating or interesting.
If you read Faderman: Briefly discuss three significant turning points in lesbian life in the United States (discussed in three different chapters in the book) that affected how women loving women lived or saw themselves and their relationships.
The second book to be used is Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America by Lillian Faderman.
