History Undergraduate Awards, 2008-09

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Department Prizes:

• Harrington Prize ($500) for the best undergraduate thesis by a history major.
  • William Thomson, “The Making of the Writ of Liberty: Habeas Corpus 1200-1628” (Faculty: Johann Sommerville)
  • Staci Duros (Honorable Mention), “Unnatural Parents and Parent-Child Relationships in Ancient Rome” (Faculty: Marc Kleijwegt)

• Baensch Prize ($500) for best essay on Wisconsin History.
  • Mary Van Eerden, “The Right to Vote: Women’s Suffrage in Wisconsin, 1900-1919” ( Faculty: John Sharpless)

• William F. Allen Prize ($200) for historical essay of term-paper size and scope.
  • Megan Christoph, “Language and Violence: Strategies of the Corsican Autonomy Movement” (Faculty: Laird Boswell)
  • Mary Van Eerden, “The Right to Vote: Women’s Suffrage in Wisconsin, 1909-1919” (Faculty: John Sharpless)
  • Sarah Yungin Reis, “Propaganda Campaigns and Women Workers During the 1940s: Case Study of Allis-Chalmers Workers in Milwaukee” (Faculty: Camille Guérin-Gonzales)

• Andrew Bergman Prize for the best undergraduate paper written for a history course.
  • Angela Manderfeld ($1250), “Working in Wisconsin: The Postal Worker Experience, 1940s-1980s” (Faculty: Camille Guérin-Gonzales)
  • Danielle Dorr-Niro ($750), “Use It Up-Wear It Out-Make It Do! The Role of Rationing in Promoting the American Food Industry During WWII” (Faculty: Nan Enstad)