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 * A Room of One's Own (A Room of One's Own)
 * To introduce the study of women and the arts, our class explored A Room of One's Own to understand Woolf's approach to the study of women and fiction.

Lead

 * The Lead includes an introductory sentence that describes the format of A Room of One's Own (extended essay) and the date of publication (September 1929).
 * The Lead gives background information on how the work is based off of two lectures given at women's colleges.
 * The Lead categorizes the work as "an important feminist text" and argumentative in a world where men have a long tradition of writers as opposed to women.
 * Although the Lead does not provide a brief description of the article's major sections, it is very concise and gives a solid foundation of the text to build off of in the article.
 * The Lead should include her thesis: "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction".

Content

 * The article's content is relevant to A Room of One's Own and is up-to-date.
 * Although all the content is strong, a section about Virginia Woolf's background and the time of her life she wrote this in would be beneficial rather than sprinkling in some knowledge about her throughout the article.
 * A section about the Introduction by Susan Gubar should be included.
 * A section about Woolf's admiration with Shakespeare throughout the text should be included.
 * A section about the androgynous mind should be included.
 * More themes should be included, like economics, anger, achievement, sexuality and race.
 * Since literary tradition has been dominated by men, the article address topics related to historically underrepresented populations and topics ("Women's access to education", "Building a history of women's writing", "Lesbianism").

Tone and Balance

 * Although the article is mostly neutral, it needs to include more counterarguments as addressed by Susan Gubar.
 * For the "Lesbianism" section, the author should describe perspectives where people see A Room of One's Own as a defense of heterosexuality, a rejection of sexuality together or supporting the unity of man and women.

Sources and References

 * All facts in the article are backed up by a reliable secondary source of information.
 * The sources are current, thorough and reflect the available literature on the topic.
 * The sources are written by a diverse spectrum of authors and include some historically marginalized individuals. The author includes many sources by women.

Organization

 * The article is well-written and very concise.
 * There are no grammatical or spelling errors.
 * Overall, the article is too short. The author should add more sections and expand upon previous points.

Images and Media

 * The article includes images that enhance our understanding of the topic.
 * The images could have longer captions. Rather than just stating the college under the picture, the author could explain what Woolf was doing at the college.
 * The images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations.
 * Although the images are laid out in a visually appealing way, there should be one or two more pictures towards the end of the article.

Checking the talk page

 * The conversations include clarification of the relationship between Judith Shakespeare and Judith Quiney, the true value of "five hundred a year" in modern times, and creating a section discussing copyright.
 * A Room of One's Own is level-5 vital article in Art.
 * It is part of WikiProject Women writers. It is rated B-Class in terms of quality and of High-importance in terms of importance.
 * It is also part of WikiProject Books. It is rated B-Class in terms of quality.
 * Some conversations on Wikipedia not discussed in class include: Judith Quiney and how much "five hundred a year" would be today.

Overall impressions

 * The articles includes major themes in A Room of One's Own.
 * The article is well-developed, but can be improved by adding: more information about Virginia Woolf, more sections (sexuality, anger, economics, achievement, race, Shakespeare), and more counterarguments as mentioned by Susan Gubar.