Varieties of 19th Century Reform

1.  Choose a topic connected with some sort of reform in which women engaged in the late nineteenth and/or early twentieth centuries, and clear it with me.  It's yours when your name appears here.

2.  Go to the Chicago Tribune from the Hewes Library page and research your topic.  If your topic states that you may consult the New York Times it's because generally yours is  New York topic.  It might be interesting to see what the Chicago Tribune has to say about your topic, however, and it might be possible to do your New York topic strictly from the Tribune.

3.  Choose no fewer than five articles on your topic to form the nucleus of your paper.

4.  Write a report on your subject, based only on the Chicago Tribune articles.
    a.  The report should be specific as to dates, events, places, and people.
    b.  Try to choose articles that tell an interesting story when put together.
    c.  Use footnotes to cite your articles--not intra-textual cites.  See here for help footnoting.
    d. Attach all the newspaper articles you have used to your paper when you hand it in or the paper will not be graded.
    e.  This paper will be graded on your good choice of articles, the story you tell with them, your flawless grammar, and your compelling prose.

5.  Ideally, your topic will concentrate on the Gilded Age and/or the Progressive Era--but remember that sometimes the microcosmic view of history is best.  In other words, you may choose one incident and follow it to its end, rather than, for example, tracing cholera over a century.

6.  There is no page limit on this assignment.  Have fun and do a good job.

7.  The assignment--with a bibliography and the newspaper articles attached--is due Monday, 22 October 2007.   IMPORTANT NOTE:  YOU MUST TURN THIS ASSIGNMENT IN TO THE SECRETARY IN THE BASEMENT OF WALLACE HALL BY 4:00 P.M.  She will date and time stamp it, and initial it.  If you hand it in past 4:00 p.m., it will drop one letter grade.

Good luck!  Let me know if you have any questions.  I'm happy to consult with you about the topic.