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Michele Metych
Michele has a B.A. in English from Southeast Missouri State University and an M.A. from DePaul University. She's a Chicago girl at heart, but she still misses living in a place with farms. When she's not editing, reading, or researching, she travels every chance she gets.

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: University of Wisconsin - Center for the Study of the American Constitution - The New Jersey Plan, 15 June 1787.	Grace Young	Dec 21, 2024
	Add new Web site: Online Library of Liberty - 1787: Virginia and New Jersey Plans.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 29, 2024
	Add new Web site: Teaching American History - Return to Starting Point: New Jersey Plan.	Emily Rodriguez	Sep 17, 2024
	Add new Web site: US Constitution and Government - New Jersey Plan.	Aakanksha Gaur	Feb 20, 2024
	Corrected display issue.	Jeff Wallenfeldt	Mar 07, 2023
	New article added.	Jeff Wallenfeldt Michele Metych	Mar 03, 2023