Sample student writing: Research essay

A history research paper generally focuses on a how or a why question, and it answers this question with an analysis of available sources. This student paper was written for a course on the history of the industrial revolution in the United States. The student used the style guidelines of The Chicago Manual of Style to format her paper and to cite and list her sources.

Benjamin, “Wage Slavery or True Independence? Women Workers in the Lowell, Massachusetts, Textile Mills, 1820-1850”