EUNICE JOHNSON: The biographical study emphasizes the activist/philosophers life and greatly enriches the understanding of his/her work.

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EUNICE JOHNSON: The biographical study emphasizes the activist/philosopher’s life and greatly enriches the understanding of his/her work. It is a chronology of the individual’ development. Research questions • Full name • Birth and death dates • Education, formal or informal, religion • Significant Relationships?

2. SOCIAL CONTEXT: The contextual study emphasizes the individual’s social context; the time and place of the person. It is an approach that examines how the person’s life and work reflects feminist issues regarding culture, ethnicity, religion and society. Research questions • What prevailing ideas and beliefs were either rejected and/or embodied in the individual’s body of work? • What kind of gender, religious, socioeconomic, political, and nationalistic forces shaped this individual’s character? • What events, incidents or challenges had a positive or negative effect upon this individual? • What significant historical events, if any, influenced her work? • If her work was challenged or opposed: By whom? Why and when?

3. ANALYSIS OF ACHIEVEMENT: Considerations • What did you find represents the individual’s central idea or issue? • Are such views liberal, moderate, or radical? Did the individual speak to an era, society, socio-economic group etc? • Was it difficult for the individual’s social circles or society to accept? Why or why not?

4. CONCLUSION Considerations • What meaning does the individual’s ideas/work have for you? • Does this individual connect to your ideas in some way? • Does it make you more aware of yourself and your world? • Do you believe that your individual deserves to be better known? Requirements • Minimum of four full pages; double-spaced and 12 pt. font • Minimum: four credible research sources from the library • MLA in-text citations and works cited appropriately for print and web sources • Spell checked and use of correct grammar • Appropriate library databases: Biography In Context, Credo Reference, etc.