History 389 University
of Massachusetts, Amherst
L. Lovett
Second Wave Women's Movement
Documentation Assignment
DUE: In Class, Tuesday, May
5, 2009
For this assignment, you will be asked to write a
brief (4-5 page) essay on the topic described below. Your paper must have a
signed cover sheet (available at http://people.umass.edu/llovett/cover.html).
Please review the paper Writing Guidelines for this
course before you begin to research or write. (Available at http://people.umass.edu/llovett/writing.html.)
For this assignment, you will document some aspect
of the Second Wave Women's Movement. Please select four
primary sources that illustrate some theme or topic relevant to the Second Wave
Women's Movement.
In your paper for
this project, you should describe the theme or topic that you have chosen,
describe the four sources you have selected, and then explain why you selected
those particular sources to illustrate your theme.
Where possible, you should include copies of
your sources with your paper.
Please consider a diverse array of perspectives on the Second Wave Women's
Movement (for background see Jane S. De Hart, "Second-Wave
Feminists and the Dynamics of Social Change" in Women's America).
Your primary sources need not be limited to textual
sources; you may include photographs, movies, music, or other sources as long
as you can make a case for their historical relevance. You can also include
oral history interviews.
The Women and Social Movements in the United States
website provides a number of examples of historical themes and supporting
documents and sources. It can be
accessed at https://login.silk.library.umass.edu:2443/login?qurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.alexanderstreet6.com%2fwasm%2f .
Given the guest speakers we are having in class, you
may want to consider topics with local relevance.
The UMass Archives and Special Collections is a
great place to search for sources.
The DuBois Library also has an extensive collection
of popular periodicals from the time period.
A number of historical newspapers have also been
databased and can be accessed via the UMass Library at
The
Library also has research guides for History and Women's Studies available,
which are great starting places for research. See http://guides.library.umass.edu/history