Louisiana Women History: Anne Rice & Alice Dunbar Nelson

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GUIDELINES FOR THE LOUISIANA WOMEN HISTORY RESEARCH PAPER

General Guidelines: the entire paper must be double spaced, 12pt. size font, Times-Roman

or Courier style of font, one inch margins left, right, top, bottom and with page numbers in the

upper right hand corner. Folder: The paper is to be submitted in a new, one-color, two-pocket

folder. The complete paper (p.1-5) is to be stapled and in the right pocket and duplicates of

pages four and five in the left pocket.

Page one: the following information must be left/right centered, one inch from the top:

Women #1 and Women #2

Student

Course

Instructor

Pages two and three: These pages describe the accomplishments of each woman. This

means that the information should be descriptions what the subject was able to achieve.

The paper should also emphasize the women’s connections with Louisiana. The descriptions of

each woman’s accomplishments may be of different lengths. However, the total length of both

descriptions must two pages - no more, no less.

All words must be original with the student – no quotes, no paraphrasing. All ideas must be

cited by the author’s name in parentheses and page number (if possible) at the end of the

paragraph or sentence. Each woman’s name must be centered. (Ambrose 34)

Page four: List descriptions of the major accomplishments of each woman under the

woman’s name which is centered. Each item of the list must be citied by author and page

number. Both lists must be on one page. Page five: This page should headlined-centered with

citation information like attached example. All sources (at least two) must have an author. See

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the example below. Organize the sources for information on the accomplishments of each

woman under the woman’s name which is centered.

Works Cited

Ambrose, Stephen. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the

Opening of the American West. New York: Simon, 1996.

Lynn, Millie. “Susan B. Anthony”. October 12, 2010. National Women’s History Museum.

www.nwhm.org/am/Anthony/ush /