Sunday, October 28, 2007
H.R.C
As you all know I want to write my research paper on Hilary Clinton. I have been having difficulties narrowing down my ideas. I want to make sure that I write a research paper and not a biography. So as I looked into her life I see she is involved in many child advocacy efforts. In general, The First Lady's position is to "take care" of women and children. Throughout my research I have discovered that Clinton stayed extremely involved even after her position of The First Lady. I am using research previous to 1992 and post 1998 to show how she behaved as The First Lady, as a senator, and now as a presidential candidate. I think this will be specific enough to write a good paper.
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Susannah,
Because Hilary is so in the spotlight right now I'm sure you won't have any trouble finding sources and you seem to be having quite the opposite problem of me--you have to narrow down your search. You seem to be taking a historial approach to her life by looking at her involvement before, during, and after she was the First Lady. I'm worried that it would be easy to fall into a biography-type paper. I found an interview that is on hold in Gelman, it is called Interview with Hilary Rodham Clinton in the Politique internationale [0221-2781] Clinton yr:2004 iss:106 pg:7 -20. It seems to have a very interesting point to it and it seems to go along with what you were saying. Hope this helps!
Hello, this is Tracy from the second class commenting on your research topic. I think it's good that you have decided on a particular woman. However, I don't quite understand your reasoning behind only researching things that occured before 1992 and things that happened after 1998. Isn't the period in between those dates integral to Clinton's development in the three areas you mentioned [Hillary as a first lady, Hillary as a senator, and Hillary as a presidential candidate... ESPECIALLY Hillary as a first lady]? I think limiting your research to a certain time frame won't be the most effective approach in formulating a topic.
I think it's interesting that you want to compare Hillary as three different people. For your specific topic, you may want to focus on how they way she behaved in each of these roles affected a her views on a certain topic or the way she dealt with certain things. Good databases you may want to try to look for sources may be under the subject "American Studies" and then go to "Academic Search Premier". You can search her name and many different articles come up. Here is one I found:
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=5&hid=13&sid=1d9a6ad8-ace3-40e3-8aef-86911b6e8660%40sessionmgr9
This article seems interesting and is about a woman's role in politics, an interesting idea you may want to develop.
Didn't she write an autobiography as well? Obviously, this would be an excellent source for her own insights.
Hi Susannah,
This is what we covered after your presentation:
Consider this:
- looking at critics of Hilary and her child advocacy programs.
- building a stronger argument by contrasting critics.
- reflecting on who she is through her policies. Do not focus on her policies alone.
- finding *why* she is advocating child advocacy, why she has been with this cause from the beginning, why this cause in particular?
- using "it Takes a Village" as an ending point and look at how she has been consistent over the years.
I hope these points help you with your argument. You seem very passionate about the topic so I think you'll do a great job with whatever you decide to focus in on.
Good luck,
Jana J.
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