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Throughout the 1990s I lived as oneof the “working poor,” someone who slipped through the cracks of supposedly historic prosperity. By the age of 25 I was divorces and frustrated with menial, lowpaying jobs: clerk, recep􀆟onist, housecleaner. There is nothing like scrubbing someone else’s toilet to inspire one with determina􀆟on toward obtaining aneduca􀆟on. Because of my absolute commitment toward earning my degree, I got a flexible shi􀅌 at a retail warehouse which enabled me to acquire my degree while suppor􀆟ng myself financially.  \nEnrolled at the local community college, I experienced a different world opening up to me: excited by a new encouraging environment, I excelled academically. I learned that if I tried hard, I could succeed; if I wanted something badly enough. I possessed the ability to take advantage of these opportuni􀆟es. I worked a minimum 35-hour workweek for five years to put myself through school without succumbing to the tempta􀆟on of a student loan. I paid tui􀆟on up front with the money I earned. It was the example my mother, a Puerto Rican immigrant working diligently to provide for her family, who ins􀆟lled a work ethic into me that has stood me in good stead.  \nWith a lifelong passion for history, I have developed an interest in the cultural history of early modern and modern Europeans, especially women’s history. The experiences of ordinary women fascinate me: how they cons􀆟tute their world through popular folk tales and literature, how the seemingly irra􀆟onal paradoxes of the past to modern eyes are completely ra􀆟onal when taken within the historical context; and finally, how these historical changes and transforma􀆟onsin culture cons􀆟tute the present. I enjoy studying the early modern period of English history, especially the Tudor-Stuart period, because of the tensions that existed between medieval philosophies and the rising Enlightenment intellectualism. My influences have been diverse. I read the popular historian Barbara Tuchman, not for her technical accuracy, but for the beau􀆟fy prose. Naralie Zemon Davis’s research inspires me in the way that she cleverly picks our fresh life from 􀆟red sources. And finally, Michel Foucault’s philosophies have profoundly influenced the way I write, for now I have a philosophical grounding that makes me highly sensi􀆟ve to my own biases. In fact, Foucault’s post-structuralist matrix has been instrumental in shaping my current project focusing on the 17th-century midwife Elizabeth Cellier. In this project, I am re-examining the current histories of English midwifery using Cellier as a case study, detec􀆟ng a decided bias embedded within them. The underlying assump􀆟 on of these histories as that pre-industrial professional women – and Cellier in par􀆟cular – struggles against patriarchy and oppression from the male medical community, when in fact Cellier’s literature shows that she u􀆟lized the accepted discourses of patriarchy available to her in her wri􀆟ng and turned them into useful tools of poli􀆟cal and religious power.  \nThis essay uses an outstanding combina􀆟on of personal informa􀆟on and academic exposi􀆟on. The personal informa􀆟on makes the reader interested in this  \nyoung woman as a person and the academic informa􀆟on proves that such interest is warranted. No􀆟ce that the woman is a meter-offact about some rather larger challenges she has faces in her life: she doesn’t ask for special considera􀆟on, rather she explains certain decision-making processes and turning points in her development as a person and a scholar. This is an outstanding essay overall.  \nAs a student, I feel that my success lies in the fact that I approach my studies as if I were a professional (historian, not student, that ","cbCaimIf3JAD2jcP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimIf3JAD2jcP","pdf",322964,"English","# Essay #1 “From Working Poor to Elite Scholar”\n## Statement of Purpose, Dept. of History\n## Education and work history\n## Academic interests in women’s and cultural history\n## Research project: Elizabeth Cellier\n## Academic preparation and achievements","[{\"question\":\"What background does the author describe before academic success?\",\"answer\":\"The author describes early adulthood marked by marriage at 19 and a period living as “working poor,” followed by divorce and low-paying jobs. 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