Talk:Role of women in the Nicaraguan Revolution

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 25 August 2021 and 10 December 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): NONanymous. Peer reviewers: Mrobles06, Omittak22, Xovela94.

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Merge
Yes, this article should be combined with Women and the Armed Struggle in Nicaragua, and Feminist Ideology During the Sandinista Revolution. They're redundant. Tomcool 17:51, 25 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I've done a very rudimentary merge of Women and the Armed Struggle in Nicaragua and Feminist ideology during the Sandinista Revolution to Role of women in Nicaraguan Revolution. It reads like an essay though... —Quarl (talk) 2007-02-26 03:29Z 

Come on, folks, this is not precisely NPOV. Hell, it's a Marxist feminist essay, not an encyclopedia article. I would eliminate it completely.

Please don't eliminate it, I am trying to learn about Nicaragua and the revolution and I think it's very interesting. Of course it's in need of a bit of tidying, but the information is good. Anyway perahps a bit of repetition isn't a bad thing, it helps things sink in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by FeministManque (talk • contribs) 20:19, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

The article is far too long and deals with a subject that isn't entirely relevant - the Nicaraguan Revolution was a Communist revolution backed by Cuba and the Soviet Union in a long-term geopolitical offensive on US power in the region and to secure a foothold they could use for potential military bases, it wasn't a revolution for revolution's sake and a completely heroic struggle as this article makes out - it reads too much like dumb propaganda. They had Soviet weapons, even gunships, and Cuban fighters on their side. If there is a Feminist ideology in the revolution, there should be a small section in the main article on the Nicaraguan Revolution, not an even bigger article just presenting it as a women's revolution against men.

Unverified claims
The article has too many hyperbolic statements that are not backed by external sources or works. The exaggerative tone makes it seem not in line with other Wikipedia articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marsprophet (talk • contribs) 10:31, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Proposed Edits
I think it is important to improve this source by adding citations so that readers can understand where the information is coming from. I think it is also imperative to expand on the sources to add more voices from Latin America and Nicaragua. It is important to add sources from these voices to get a broader understanding of the events, rather than the information being entirely one sided. There are also no images for this Wikipedia page, so it may be beneficial to add some relevant images to make the post more interesting.

Proposed Bibliography:

Cupples, Julie. “Between Maternalism and Feminism: Women in Nicaragua’s Counter-Revolutionary Forces.” Bulletin of Latin American Research 25, no. 1 (2006): 83–103.

Heumann, Silke. “The Challenge of Inclusive Identities and Solidarities: Discourses on Gender and Sexuality in the Nicaraguan Women’s Movement and the Legacy of Sandinismo: Gender and Sexuality in the Nicaraguan Women’s Movement.” Bulletin of Latin American Research 33, no. 3 (July 2014): 334–49. https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.12103.

Kampwirth, Karen. “The Mother of the Nicaraguans: Dona Violeta and the UNO’s Gender Agenda.” Latin American Perspectives 23, no. 1 (1996): 67–86.

Mendez, Jennifer Bickham. “Organizing a Space of Their Own? Global/Local Processes in a Nicaraguan Women’s Organization.” Journal of Developing Societies 18, no. 2–3 (June 1, 2002): 196–227. https://doi.org/10.1177/0169796X0201800209.

Randall, Margaret, and Lynda Yanz. Sandino’s Daughters: Testimonies of Nicaraguan Women in Struggle. Vancouver, B.C: New Star Books, 1981. S antos, Maria, and Barbara Alpern Engel. “Women in the Nicaraguan Revolution.” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 7, no. 2 (1983): 42–46. https://doi.org/10.2307/3346284. — Preceding Briannamck8 (talk) 03:11, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Peer Review
I agree that adding more sources and citations is a good idea since the article does not have many to begin with. Also, I might advise cleaning up the formatting a little since there are some sections that seem out of place or completely empty such as the notes and references sections. Additionally, the tone of the article does not seem to line up with what a neutral article should sound like so making sure your additions have a more neutral tone would be a good idea. Mattyo24 (talk) 21:13, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

Page Title?
The article is currently titled "Role of women in Nicaraguan Revolution" - would it be worth moving it to "Role of women in the Nicaraguan Revolution" or just "Women in the Nicaraguan Revolution"? NHCLS (talk) 20:50, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

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