User talk:Jzimmer13/sandbox

Dear Jonah,

Someone is already working on Kat Ashley, so I would prefer that you choose one of the other two suggestions for your Wikipedia article and research paper. Both Katerina von Bora and Catherine the Great have a great deal of scholarship on them, so sources should not be too difficult to find. On Wikipedia, Katerina von Bora is currently rated a C-class article for Women's History and Catherine the Great is rated B-class. That's good. That means that there are many contributions you can make (easier than articles that are already strong). See the Wikipedia class chart for suggestions on what is still needed to make these articles stronger. articles This can give you some ideas on what you can contribute. Spend some time looking at sources this week as you make your final decision.

2606:6000:CE43:200:511E:979D:3FCD:4610 (talk) 18:29, 25 February 2017 (UTC)Prof. Keller-Lapp

I plan to dive deeper into the different reasons Katharina von Bora had for leaving her life as a nun and pursuing involvement with the emerging Protestant Reformation. I will also talk about the important role she played in the reformed church paying close attention to the significance of her example to other women in the church.Jzimmer13 (talk) 22:33, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Bibliography

Stjerna, Kirsi Irmeli. Women and the Reformation. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Pub, 2009.

Stein, Armin. Katharine Von Bora, Dr. Maring Luther's Wife. Philadelphia: G.W. Frederick, 1890.

Smith, Jeanette. "Katharina Von Bora Through Five Centuries: A Historiography." The Sixteenth Century Journal, 30.3 (1999): 745.

Pedersen, Else Marie Wiberg. "Theme Articles: A Man Caught Between Bad Anthropology and Good Theology? Martin Luther's View of Women Generally and of Mary Specifically." Dialog, 49.3 (2010): 190-200. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jzimmer13 (talk • contribs) 22:43, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Dear Jonah, Katerina von Bora seems like a good choice for your both your research paper and Wikipedia article. You have some good, peer-reviewed sources so far, but I'd like you to find one more biography of von Bora (if one has been published) that is more recent than Stein's that was published in 1890. Unless you have a very good reason for using this version, it's probably much too outdated. I recommend reading the Smith article first for more suggestions; then read the Stjerna book. You should be able to find more sources in the bibliographies of these two sources (and maybe even the Pederson article. You might need more sources beyond this, but these are a good start. Pay attention to your observations as your read different sources, noticing what is similar or different in various scholars' treatment of von Bora (especially regarding gender).

76.167.190.174 (talk) 21:08, 10 March 2017 (UTC)Professor Keller-Lapp