This week I meet with Dr. Birkner to discuss some questions I had about my project. He gave me some very interesting advice. He said, “to make your project interesting, find the story, find the personal narrative.” I know I had originally planned to use Barbara Holley as a featured woman, but I wonder what other ways I could incorporate other women’s stories. How can I make a cohesive narrative out of multiple women’s stories? I have been reading the Oral histories of women who attended college during the ’50s. Each has their own unique story and not all women fit the mold of the 1950s woman. I don’t know how I will display each women’s story through my project yet, but am excited to see how it turns out.
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Narrative is important, especially in your project. However, don’t think you have to include everything in your project, especially for this version of it. Oral histories are great, but you may not need to incorporate them at all. They could be useful background information, or just something you can use for context. If you have a strong narrative arc, you can always weave other narratives through it as needed, but don’t get too bogged down in trying to do everything. This project can’t be everything for everyone.