{"id":32965,"date":"2023-09-04T00:14:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T00:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/persistence-and-empowerment-a-historical-analysis-of-womens-roles-in-the-u-s-from-1877-onwards\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T00:14:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T00:14:31","slug":"persistence-and-empowerment-a-historical-analysis-of-womens-roles-in-the-u-s-from-1877-onwards","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/persistence-and-empowerment-a-historical-analysis-of-womens-roles-in-the-u-s-from-1877-onwards\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Persistence and Empowerment: A Historical Analysis of Women&#8217;s Roles in the U.S. from 1877 Onwards&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For your Final Paper, you will examine four events that shaped the experience of the group you selected in Week. Then you will write a 1500-2000 word<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">persuasive essay<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>that is formatted according to APA style. As a reminder, a persuasive essay is an essay that is centered around a thesis statement. A thesis statement is a central claim that you will analyze throughout your essay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Prior to writing your paper, it is recommended that you review the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/ashford.instructure.com\/api\/v1\/courses\/113458\/files\/19875463\">Organizing your Paper around an Argument and a Thesis Statement<\/a><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Download Organizing your Paper around an Argument and a Thesis Statement<\/span><\/a><\/span>resource. This resource provides an overview on developing an argument and using your thesis statement as a way to set up the organization of your paper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">To complete your Final Paper:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Select your group (choose one):<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Native Americans\/American Indians<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">African Americans<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Immigrants<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Women<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Describe the four events that you selected in your Final Paper Preparation Worksheet that was completed in Week 3.<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Describe four specific events or developments that span the years from 1877 to the present, based on their impact on the group. Two of the events must be from before 1945 and two events must be from after 1945. Please ensure that at least one event from each time period focuses on political or civil rights of the chosen group (e.g. voting rights, access to voting, discrimination, etc). Please refer to the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-api-returntype=\"Page\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/ashford.instructure.com\/api\/v1\/courses\/113458\/pages\/history-206-timeline\">HIS206 Timeline<\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>for assistance in selecting events for your group.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Refer back to your<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/ashford.instructure.com\/api\/v1\/courses\/113458\/files\/19873460\" data-canvas-previewable=\"true\">Final Paper Preparation Worksheet<\/a><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Download Final Paper Preparation Worksheet<\/span><\/a><\/span>, consider your instructor\u2019s comments, and make any necessary revisions to your selected events or developments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Research your group\u2019s history and events.<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In addition to your course textbook, you must use at least two primary sources and at least two scholarly secondary sources from the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. Your sources should match your events and contribute towards a cohesive historical analysis. Refer back to your Final Paper Preparation Worksheet, consider your instructor\u2019s comments, and make any necessary revisions to your sources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Create a thesis.<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your thesis should summarize the main conclusions that you discovered while researching your group and that you will support with a logical argument based on evidence (sources). Refer back to your Final Paper Framework Assignment,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">Final Paper Support Page<\/a>, consider your instructor\u2019s comments, and make any necessary revisions to your thesis statement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Develop your main points.<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Drawing from your textbook and your research, examine your four events to explain the changes that occurred for your chosen group from 1877 to the present, including the challenges and achievements that are a part of that group\u2019s history. Connect each of your selected events or developments back to your main thesis. The information presented must be organized and connected in chronological order. These main points should each be discussed one to two<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">body paragraphs<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a>. Make sure that each body paragraph incorporates evidence according to the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I.C.E. (introduce, cite, explain) method<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For example, a student writing a paper about the topic African Americans might choose the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Power Movement as two of their events. In that case, the paper would provide a description of the two movements. It would explain what each one revealed about the role of African Americans in broader American society in, respectively, the 1920s and the late 1960s, explain how and why the roles of African Americans in the 1920s differed from their roles in the late 1960s, and explain how events in the 1920s may have contributed to developments in the later decade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Write an introduction and conclusion<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Add an<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">introductory paragraph<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>at the beginning of your project which introduces the history of your group and includes your thesis statement. At the end of the project, add a<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">concluding paragraph<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>or slide which reaffirms your project\u2019s findings and thesis. See the UAGC Writing Center\u2019s<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Introductions &amp; Conclusions<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/em>resource.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Revise and edit.<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Make sure to read over your project to catch any errors, consider having a friend, classmate, tutor, or your instructor look over your project before submitting. Consider utilizing<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The Writing Center<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>services for feedback.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The Final Paper<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Must include a separate title page (or slide) with the following:<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Title of project in bold font\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Student\u2019s name<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Name of Institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Course name and number<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Instructor\u2019s name<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Due date<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Must begin with an<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">introductory paragraph<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>that has a succinct<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">thesis statement<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Must explain the changes that occurred for this group from 1877 to the present, including the challenges and achievements that are a part of that group\u2019s history.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Must end with a<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">conclusion<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>that reaffirms your thesis.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Must use at least two primary sources and at least two scholarly secondary sources<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>from the University of Arizona Global Campus Library (textbooks, encyclopedia articles, and popular websites are not scholarly sources).<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types<\/strong>. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Must document all sources, including images, in APA style as outlined in The Writing Center\u2019s<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Citing Within Your Paper<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>guide.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in The Writing Center<\/strong>. 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