5 PARAGRAPH Paper on MADAM CJ WALKER
Plaza College Grade 87

LL61 Writing and Fundamentals of Research

Research Essay

Information Literacy Form 2: Researching in Databases
Due July 20,2020

Name: Date: 7/21/2020

Research Scholarly Sources

Now that you have done some website research for your general topic and have decided on three preliminary thesis points, you will continue your research in academic databases. Plaza offers three databases: ProQuest, Gale/Novel, and EBSCO.

For your remaining two sources, you must use…

· one journal article from the database

· one magazine or newspaper article from the database

First, insert your information from Form 1 on this page.

Sub-Topic: Madam C.J Walker

Preliminary Thesis Points:

1. Impacts of Early Life

2. Personal Achievements

3. Education

Preliminary Thesis Sentence: This needs to be one sentence that includes all three points>>

Madam C.J. Walker was one of the first American Women to climb up the social ladder to becoming a millionaire through her manufacturing company. Even though she barely received formal education, Walker was able to become a prominent figure in the cosmetics industry as an entrepreneur.

JOURNAL ARTICLE FROM A LIBRARY DATABASE

Search in one of the three databases, and select journals only. Read through some articles that are related to your topic, and select one that you would like to use in your essay. Then, complete the following information. Do not leave any spaces blank.

Name of Database: ProQuest

Title of Journal Article: Watch capital letters<>

3) Now, paraphrase that information below. Use a signal phrase and correct APA style in-text citation when paraphrasing, but remember that the information must be completely in your own words. (Example:

Madam C.J. Walker was born in the year 1867 in Breedlove Louisiana. She was born two years after a ratification was passed with the objective of abolishing slavery in the United States. As such, Walker was the first member of her family to be born free from slavery. Despite that they were not slaves, life was not any easy considering they were languishing in poverty. When Walker was 7 years of age, she had lost both her parents and was already an orphan (Paranick, 2020). Later she moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi, where she lived with her elder sister and her brother in law until she secured her first job.

MAGAZINE or NEWSPAPER FROM A LIBRARY DATABASE

Search in a different database, and find a magazine or newspaper article. Select an article, print it, read it, and annotate it! Then, complete the following information.

Name of Database: Smithsonian

Is this a newspaper or a magazine? Magazine

Title of Article: Watch capital letters<>

Author(s): Alice George

Publication Date: 2019

Page numbers: N/A

Full-length URL/ Permalink/ DOI:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-business-executive-madam-c-j-walker-became-powerful-influencer-early-20th-century-180971628/

1) What point(s) from the preliminary 3-part thesis statement does this connect to? Or, which paragraph(s) will you use this source in?

The personal achievements of Madam C.J. Walker Watch punctuation>>>

2) Re-read your source, and select information you would like to summarize or paraphrase in your essay. Copy the original text from the article here.

“No one could have foreseen Walker’s stunning success as an early 20th-century entrepreneur or her remarkable legacy in philanthropy and black activism. “I think her legacy, as well, is about pride in self as well as economic independence, which is something that she was able to establish not just for herself, but for all the women she educate through her program and became their own agent,” (George, 2019).

3) Now, paraphrase that information below. Use a signal phrase and correct APA style in-text citation when paraphrasing, but remember that the information must be completely in your own words.

During the early years of Madam C.J. Walker, it was almost impossible to think that she could become successful many years later. She ended up becoming a renowned entrepreneur and a philanthropist of black activism. According to George (2019), Walker was able to gain economic independence and pride in self, something she established both for herself and for all other women whom she educated through her program.

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