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Short Analytical Paper (20 Credits)—Due March 31
The source to be analyzed is:
Vandervall, Isabella. “Some Problems of the Colored Woman Physician.” The Woman’s
Medical Journal 27, no. 7 (1917): 156-158. [This is the full citation for the document.]
Information you may use in your analysis:
The Woman’s Medical Journal was a publication of the Medical Women’s National
Association. This was an American professional association.
Isabella Vandervall was a graduate of the New York Medical College and Hospital for
Women, located in New York City.
Directions: You should aim at a critical analysis of the primary source. It should go
beyond a summary or overview of the source. Based on careful and close reading (and
rereading) of the source, you must:
1. give the date of the source and use the date to place the source in the larger
context of the history of health care for African Americans (Limit your
explanation of context to one or two brief summary sentences.)
2. explain what type of document the source is
3. (in one or two sentences) identify the source’s author (name, gender, race/
ethnicity, profession, etc.)
4. describe The Woman’s Medical Journal and discuss the intended and likely
audience for the document
5. identify and clearly explain the major, specific topic of the document (Look for
the specific topic that the author discusses at most length in the document.
Discrimination, race, gender, racism, sexism, etc., do not count as specific topics.)
6. (in a separate paragraph) discuss how the author developed the major topic of the
document; summarize the content of the author’s remarks on this topic and
analyze her perspective and tone
7. explain why the author wrote and published this document (that is, what the
author hoped the document would do) and give evidence from the document to
support your answer (Among other telling aspects of the document, discuss its
title and conclusion.)
8. (in a separate paragraph) discuss how characteristics of the author, The Woman’s
Medical Journal, and the intended audience help to explain the content,
perspective, and tone of the document
9. (in a separate paragraph) summarize and analyze the author’s discussion of her
reception when, as a graduate, she returned to her medical school to attend a
reception (Consider how discussion of this event fits with the rest of the document
and how it fits with the intended audience.)
10. state one relevant question that is unanswered by this document (This could be a
question that you would want to ask the author—if possible—to increase your
understanding of the source.)
11. include one brief but revealing quotation from the document (Quote exactly.
Do not include any quoted material other than the one required quotation.
You will lose credit if you include more than one short quoted passage.)
General Directions: You are not required to discuss the specified points in any given
order. Rather you should present your ideas in a well-organized, short paper that includes
an introduction and conclusion. Write in complete sentences, organized into coherent
paragraphs. Your paper may not exceed three double-spaced, 12-point Calibri, typed
pages, with one-inch margins. We will not read beyond page three! (Bottom-line:
anything you write beyond page 3 will not be graded.) If there is any question about
whether or not you have double-spaced your paper, we will ask you to send the paper to
us as a Word attachment to an email.
Staple the three-page paper together with a separate cover sheet. The cover sheet should
include your name and the full citation for the document you are analyzing. As with any
assignment, keep a back-up file/copy of the paper for your own records.
Ground Rules for Preparing and Writing the Assignment: You are permitted to do
background research (on the web or otherwise). Your paper, however, should be
based on the primary source, “Some Problems of the Colored Woman Physician,”
informed by the lectures and other course readings.
This primary source will not be discussed in lectures or discussion sections prior to
submission of the analytical papers. Neither Professor Pycior nor Ms. Buhler will discuss
the source with you outside class. You should not collaborate with other students on this
assignment. The analytical paper that you submit should be your independent work and
should show evidence of your independent and critical thought. You alone should
conceptualize, outline, and write the paper. You should write the paper in your own
words.
Note, however, in preparing your analytical paper you may consult with the tutors at the
UWM Writing Center. Check the Writing Center out at:
http://www4.uwm.edu/writingcenter/
Do not include any quoted material other than the one required quotation (see #11
above). You will lose credit if you include more than one short quoted passage.
Plagiarism: Do not cheat; do not plagiarize. See note 10 of the course syllabus, which
includes the url for the UWM statement on academic misconduct:
http://www4.uwm.edu/secu/SyllabusLinks.pdf
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