What can you do with a major or minor in Gender, Sexuality, and Women\u2019s Studies?\u00a0 There is no one career path that our graduates follow.\u00a0 They have gone on to become pastors, to attend an MFA program in Creative Writing, to attend law school, to work in social and human services, and even to work for the Girl Scouts.<\/p>\n
What they all have in common, though, is the experience of Women\u2019s Studies as life-changing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Become who you are \u2013 who you\u2019re meant to be. Women\u2019s Studies helps you start looking for that person.<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 2008 graduate<\/p>\n Women\u2019s Studies was, for me, a remarkable self-discovery and an eye-opening journey.\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 1993 graduate<\/p>\n I live with my teenage son \u2013 and with a multitude of \u2018critters\u2019 \u2013 on a 9-acre hobby farm\u2026Women\u2019s Studies\u2026 gave me the [courage] to move to a place where I\u2019d experience a whole new lifestyle.<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 1992 graduate<\/p>\n I speak from the standpoint of a much older student.\u00a0 Learning women\u2019s history was empowering…\u00a0 I took those women as mentors, trail blazers, heroes to give me confidence in my life path.\u00a0 Awareness of others, the marginalized, the silent, softens my heart to strive for justice and equity for all, not just certain people or nations.<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 2005 graduate<\/p>\n Our graduates tell us that, regardless of their vocation, Women\u2019s Studies has made a difference in how they do the work that they do.<\/strong><\/p>\n I am an interim pastor.\u00a0 [Women\u2019s Studies] has helped me with counseling both men and women, and in particular, pre-marriage counseling.\u00a0 There are young women clergy who are carrying heavy loads (marriage, pregnancy, raising children\u2026 working at places where they aren\u2019t\u2026respected).\u00a0 [Women\u2019s Studies has helped me in] talking to them, letting them know they have value in ALL aspects of their lives.\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 1992 graduatePerhaps what\u2019s most related to my employment is learning to interact with all kinds of people and families. Women\u2019s Studies theories and courses do a lot of mind opening which helps in understanding people from all walks [of life].\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 2008 graduate<\/p>\n I\u2019m currently a law student\u2026 Having a Women\u2019s Studies minor from Augsburg provides for a unique perspective on the laws\u2019 impact on women\u2019s issues\u2026 I wrote my fifty-five page legal comment on maternity leave policies internationally and their discriminatory impact on men and women.\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 2006 graduate<\/p>\n My son will be a protector\/warrior for women.\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 1992 graduate<\/p>\n Why not see what Gender, Sexuality, and Women\u2019s Studies has to offer you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What can you do with a major or minor in Gender, Sexuality, and Women\u2019s Studies?\u00a0 There is no one career path that our graduates follow.\u00a0 They have gone on to become pastors, to attend an MFA program in Creative Writing, to attend law school, to work in social and human services, and even to work …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2534","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/womensstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/womensstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/womensstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/womensstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/womensstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2534"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/womensstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23258,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/womensstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2534\/revisions\/23258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/womensstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}