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Statement of Purpose Studies in American Material Culture

  My name is Jeanette Bendolph and I am a MA student of Temple University’s Public History program. I received my B.A. in History and minors in Africana studies and Museum Studies from the University of Delaware (UD) in 2019. During my undergraduate career, I completed internships and research in the state of Delaware pertinent to my historical and career interest. My sophomore year, I interned at the Delaware Historical Society in which I created a program for junior high students to evaluate changes over time of Delaware’s laws of eminent domain, immigration, and segregation. The following year, I participated in UD’s Summer Scholars program in which I researched and crafted a PowerPoint which detailed the social and political climate of Victorian Era Britain for its Black citizens. As a senior, I interned at the New Castle Historical Society in New Castle, DE and researched, curated, and created an exhibition which detailed the early childhood development practices of Delawareans of