In Baker's teen years she struggled to have a healthy relationship with her mother, Carrie McDonald, who did not want Josephine to become an entertainer, and scolded her for not tending to Baker's second husband, Willie Baker, whom she had married in 1921 at age 15.
Writing a Bibliography: MLA Format. Below are standard formats and examples for basic bibliographic information recommended by the Modern Language Association (MLA). For more information on the MLA format, see http://www.mla.org/style_faq.
In-Text Citations of Sources-MLA. 1  When citing a work within the text of a paper, try to mention the material being cited in a âsignal phraseâ that includes the authorâs name. 2  After that phrase, insert in brackets, the page number in the work referred to from which the information is drawn.