I've been thinking about how I want to incorporate topics discussed in class into my paper. I want to use the vigilante women in The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction and compare them to the STFU women. Women were very important in the union which was unusual for Southern women in the 1930's. They helped make union decisions and were considered "equal" to men and were involved in all of the rituals the men were. Some women helped get men out of jail, stop fights and went on night rides to recruit other members. This was very rare because Southern women often had a weak or submissive stereotype.
I'm also having trouble with a thesis. I never know how to include everything in my paper in a thesis without listing or having it be too much of a mouthful.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I had that same problem, but after doing the book review I realized that a thesis doesn't have to include ALL of you supporting arguments. A thesis can be more of a broad contestable claim and then you spend the rest of the paper backing it up. Hope this helps :)
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