User:Agonnella/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Mary Beaumont Welch

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I choose this article because Mary Beaumont Welch was very prominent figure in the creation of the study of FCS. She created the firs home economics class that was given for college credit at Iowa State. Despite being a figure in the development of this course, her page is very short, therefore, I wanted to look it over.

Evaluate the article
The lead section is short, but it is concise. Therefore, I feel like I got most of the important highlights of the article, without knowing to much. This paragraph works as the lead, however, I don't feel like the page expands enough on this lead. This is a historical topic therefore all the information is relevant, there is just not enough of it. The page only includes a biography, which doesn't expand much on her work in FCS, or any events in her life. Because of this, there are not a lot of references. More references would boost the credibility of the article, however, the ones that the author(s) did use seem to be reliable. I feel like I can't truly comment on the organization because there isn't much information to be organized. The style of writing seems to be acceptable to Wikipedia. There is one image that contains a link to a reliable source. The page could benefit from more images. In conclusion, this page is an ok start, but leaves many holes in the life and work of Mary Beaumont Welch.