Response to more refined topics, part II

I hope that this weekend many of you had a chance to review the note cards with questions from your classmates and think about how you would answer some of the questions posed about your research. Even if the question was posed during class, how would you answer it today, given a few more days of reading and thinking? If you haven't, it might be fruitful for you to sit down and think about the questions as you're formulating your posts for Tuesday in anticipation of the library trip on Thursday.

For those of you who posted after Thursday morning, a few comments:

Jenni--In addition to the books and movies that you identified, you might want to read the novel Breadgivers by Anzia Yezierska. It's a good point/counterpoint to 1920s images of the working class women and the glamor of independence. It's also a pretty fast read. More importantly, now that you've identified a theme, you should start thinking about what your archival sources should be. Maybe you could look at the papers of a reform group that targeted working class women, a union (a strike?), or an individual woman who ties together some of the themes that interest you. Start looking around online or at Stanford for collections to further refine the topic.
Brendan--We talked Thursday, so I'll just remind you that you should also check the collections at the Bancroft.
Matt--Last week, you indicated that you were going to talk to Professor Rakove about your project. I wonder if you've done so? He might be a good resource for finding archival material that you can use from the colonial period around the Bay area. I'm aware as well that there is a limited amount of material here at special collections. You should check and see what if available, personal papers as well as newspapers and other printed materials.