Talk:Sara G. Stanley

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James Tow: Your lead section is good, though I would move the first sentence to the end of the paragraph and add the birth and death date in parentheses. Your focus on Stanley's career is well executed and informed, and the structure of the article is clear. The article is fair in presenting the information, and it looks like you utilized solid sources. Nice work!

Leif Larsen: Your article looks awesome! Your lead looks great, I loved that you included her birth year and death date in the lead heading. In the second sentence you can delete the word “the” before African American rights. The overall clarity of the article is really good, you include a lot of great information. You need to correct a few grammatical errors but you will notice them when you do a quick proofread. Even with the few errors its still readable and understandable. I think it's really good that you included the controversy surrounding Stanley’s authorship of her petition. You include a good balance between all the section I think your article remains really neutral, you provide nice analysis after you include a quote that remains neutral, but allows the reader to understand what she is saying. It looks like you include great sources throughout the article. Directly including information from a speech that she made, really make your article reliable and strong. Overall, the article is in great shape, it just needs a few final polishes, then it will be awesome. Good Job!

Prof. Smith feedback: Hi Amber,

I'll join your peers in saying that I think you just have a little bit of polishing to do before you're ready to publish the article. You have done an incredible amount of research and this is a very clear, interesting, and thorough article. There are just some minor things to clean up and add in to make the article as complete and polished as possible: 1) Be sure delete everything after the bottom of your Reference list. You don't need the preliminary bibliography or the reviewing an article anymore. 2) As James suggests, move the dates after her name from the title down into the lead (see his article for a good example). 3) It seems like there is controversy or at least interest in her authorship of the Delaware Ladies' address. Was this a famous or well-known address that influenced the antislavery movement? 4) Remember that you need "See Also" and "External Links" sections to have a complete assignment. See the article template that I handed out in class, and that is posted on our Canvas homepage, for details on what to include in these sections and how to format them. 5) Be sure to do one last careful round of proofreading to get the article as polished as possible.

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 23 January 2019 and 8 May 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Shifonf. Peer reviewers: Spellman888.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 03:19, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Peer Review: Sara G. Stanely 4/1/19
Shifon: You are helping to close the gender gap on Wiki by selecting a woman and even more so because she is a woman of color. Only 17% of the bios on Wiki are for women. Your extensive additions represent a lot of research on your part, for example, how the war affected missionary school work; tension between different race teachers; the way you use her words to draw attention to the the evidence of institutional racism and the hypocrisy of teachers professing to be Christians while at the same time practicing racism. You added several links within the article which adds interest to these important segments with popup windows that have pics and deeper descriptions.


 * Your lead section is strong, showing importance of your person with the most important info as a lead-in to the rest of the page.
 * Your sections are well organized and in chronological order
 * Your coverage shows a neutral tone throughout - just the facts.
 * Your sources are solid and scholarly.

Comments:


 * It’s interesting to learn that there was a “colored board of education.”
 * I like that you added she was one of six children because this shows a difference in family structure then and now, although she herself only had one child.
 * I like how you added that she studied “Ladies Courses.” This gives us a glimpse into the mindset of education at the time.
 * You went deep on the facts about her alleged affair at the AMA and the controversy her marriage to a white man. These are good facts that go to her self-direction and knowing her own mind, not bowing to conventions; it just reinforces the picture of her as an independent-thinking woman.
 * Good clarification on the “name confusion” with detailed research. (Interesting piece about a portion of her father being named after a mistress in the family!)
 * Great addition of “purchased pew” info because it also enlightens regarding the illegality of solely-owned black churches.
 * Good info about the teaching cert & interracial education re activism
 * Interesting info re slave uprising + increased legal restrictions on blacks plus the family’s move so they could open schools for black children. (Was it only for black children? The previous sentence says “children of color.”)
 * Nice use of church docs to widen info on Sara’s teaching history. I see you added defining info for the American Missionary Association and you clarified that she joined in March, 1864 and was deployed in May, 1864. The previous text did not make this distinction. These facts all add value to the article.
 * Paragraph 6 under subtitle "Educator of Freed People":I thought her comment interesting on the “woeful commentary on the hideous iniquity of slavery” in speaking about the students at her teaching assignment in St. Louis. The line before this talks about the "peculiarly white transparent complexion" of white students so I'm not sure what she meant by the slavery comment vis a vis the transparent complexion comment. Maybe it refers to the "ascendency" she mentions. I'm just wondering what she meant.
 * Your sources are solid and scholarly!
 * I’d love to see pictures of Sara G. Stanley on your page; since she died in 1918, any photos of her would be in the public domain (1923 is the cutoff). I don’t see any of her in Wiki Commons but maybe a black history organization or a state history site either where she was born, died or worked…maybe church records or photos from the yearbook where she taught at The Haines Normal and Industrial Institute or Centre Street Colored Methodist Church where she was the principal. There are some interesting photos from this Institute on the Library of Congress website but I don't see her identified in any of them.


 * I’d love to see her obituary from her local paper if those were published for women of color …. ? (she may be listed as Mrs. Charles Woodward (like Emma Fielding Baker was listed as Mrs. Henry Greenwood on her obit.))


 * Is it possible to add the name of Sara’s daughter. Are there birth records that exist? Tracking her down might be difficult because of the naming conventions, as she was known by different names with different spellings.
 * Paragraph 4 in the section entitled “Educator of Freed People”: Do you think this last word should be “despised?” I looked for it in the source but I could not locate a electronic copy of the book to check it. ("When one half shade difference is to determine whether an individual is to be respected or despite".[9]
 * Very nice job, Shifon. I learned a lot about education in the late 19th century and about a woman who would stand strong against prejudice and injustice at a time when that was not only difficult but could be dangerous as well. Spellman888 (talk) 23:12, 1 April 2019 (UTC)Spellman888 (talk) 02:42, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Wiki Review: Sara G. Stanley, April, 08, 2019
Shifon, I agree whole heartedly with Cydna, the introduction is strong and the whole article is well-written and very clear. The introduction highlights Sara’s historical significance and what she was able to accomplish as a African American woman living during such a racially tumultuous time.

-In the “Early Life” section, I found it fascinating because it gives the reader a sense of the various possibilities and circumstances for African Americans during the Antebellum. Sara’s father was a son of a former slave and a wealthy plantation owner. Then one generation later, Sara is able to go college. It really sheds light on the struggles and achievements that African Americans were able to accomplish during the Antebellum period.

-I appreciate how the history of the time is interwoven into Sara’s article. For example, the slave uprising in S. Carolina in 1822 which created racial tensions and restrictions for African Americans led to Sara’s family moving to Ohio. It is a great example of why many African American families started moving out of the South.

-I am not surprised that she became an abolitionist coming from a slave-owning family. Maybe it was seeing the inequalities and the horrors of slavery first hand that encouraged her to fight for Civil Rights and education for African Americans.

-In the Section “Educator of Freed People" section, I appreciate how she is described as a fiery and passionate soul. Her perseverance and her dedication to teach while facing the hardships that surrounded her was inspiring. I think you really captured her personality while still remaining nuetral.

-I liked that you used the “Notes” feature, I might use that feature in my own article. I also liked that you added hyperlinks for important subjects such as “emancipation“ and “The Freedmen’s Bureau”. I will also look at adding some hyperlinks to my own article.

The Article was really interesting and it was refreshing to see how Sara G. Stanley Woodward contributed to history as a crusader for African American rights and education both as a African American and as a woman! Kaprager (talk) 20:17, 8 April 2019 (UTC)Kaprager

RTV Feedback
You've really taken this page to a new level--just fabulous. The details, the sources, the images: wonderful work! Are there any excerpts of any of her petition or writings out there, or just the titles? If the former, it would be lovely to hear her voice that way. The AMA letters really bring her to life--such a great contribution. For that second incident, was the other woman punished, or just her?? Beyond this, I would just take another pass for editing/clarity: - Break down early sentences to be more direct. (Sample sentence to break down to 2-3 sentences: Despite coming from a biracial family, of which both black and white sides owned slaves, Sara, sometimes listed as "Sarah", spent most of her working life to further the cause of freedom and civil rights for African-Americans.) - Under "Abolition Work" clarify her family's heritage of slaveholding. You indicate this above, but here would be a good place to clarify: she grew up with slaves in her household? I know you mentioned great details on this. Just another sentence or two on her father might help clarify for readers. - Clarify "unable to speak" -- what prevented her from speaking? Is it because, as a woman, she was kept from speaking? - proud African American woman (v. women - just a typo). - Be mindful of passive voice constructions (was displaying, was resolved).

Looking good! Raevan2011 (talk) 22:21, 27 April 2019 (UTC)