Working Outline

Below is a working outline for my final research paper. I have reviewed the past 4 months of research and tried to incorporate key terms and ideas into the outline to set the paper up for success. By investing a lot of time in the research and writing itself, my final paper will really just be a synthesis of past research arguments with some minor edits to improve flow and structure.

1. Introduction
   1. Jack the Ripper murders
   2. Media sensationalism
   3. Subsequent Age of Reform
   4. George Bernard Shaw’s quote
   5. Thesis
      1. The Ripper murders served as an impetus for urban reform by attracting the first wave of progressive social workers to the East End of London.
         1. Argument: Irrespective of his cultural impact, Jack the Ripper made an indirect contribution to social welfare in Victorian London.
2. Urban Conditions
   1. Enclosure
      1. Tudor, parliamentary
   2. Settlement stratification
      1. Slums v. suburbs
         1. Literacy and education (early slum literature)
3. Labor in Victorian Slums
   1. Rise of industry outside London proper
   2. Gender inequality
      1. Prostitution
         1. Settlement patterns for prostitutesàeasy targets for Ripper
4. Investigation of the East End
   1. Charles Booth
      1. Maps!
   2. Beatrice Webb
      1. Work with prostitutes
   3. Life and Labor
5. Shifts in Public Perception
   1. Arthur Morrison (later slum literature)
   2. Clara Collet
      1. New philanthropy model
   3. London County Council
      1. Appropriating funds for slum clearance
6. Urban Reforms
   1. Slum clearance
      1. Case Study: Old Nichol
7. Conclusion