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DRAFT OF AMELIA BLOOMER PROJECT -

The Amelia Bloomer Project is an annual book list published by the Feminist Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table for the purpose of honoring children's books with feminist themes. The name of the list refers to the pioneering 19th-century American feminist and journalist, Amelia Bloomer. Books included on the list may be appropriate for youth aged anywhere from birth to age eighteen. The Amelia Bloomer project has been creating this annual list since 2002 and creates a new list of the best feminist books each year. The project organizers state the criteria for a book's inclusion in the list as:


 * Significant feminist content
 * Excellence in writing
 * Appealing format
 * Age appropriateness for young readers

A lot of books mainly portray girls as lively, bubbly, and high-spirited women and girls. But, however, people of all genders need to know that woman are more than just frisky, they can also be brave, and courageous human beings who know how to be themselves. Rather than giving into the stereotypes that society has set up for all females to be. Most of these books give encouragement to young girls and women who get insecurities from body images, in which mainstream media portrays. Glamour, weight loss, and an ideal appearance of a skinny waste and slim body are what most woman and girls, gain insecurities from.

The list includes both fiction and nonfiction recommendations. This particular list of books is compiled from top notch literature that contains certain feminist content. The books selected must be published within the United States within in eighteen months of when it was published.

Amelia Bloomer
Amelia Bloomer was born on May 27th, 1818, in Homer, New York. She was a women's rights activist and used fashion as a key point in trying to gain equality for all genders. Her biggest role was in the women's suffrage and temperance movements, which allowed her to use fashion restrictions that were placed on women to fight for equality all around. The term "bloomers" was created after Amelia Bloomer advocated for the dress reform, which fought for women being allowed to wear shorter skirts and looser tops if they chose to do so. Bloomer was only given a limited edcucation, however she used her writing and activism schools to changed the lives of many through helping women get voting rights, less restrictive clothing rules, and through her writing in magazines she brought up many issues and let the world become educated about them and understand them with a deeper meaning.

Annual List Criteria
The Amelia Bloomer Project is tries to find the most accomplished and well writien books that offer a sense of the feminist context to expand readers understanding of issues in todays society. As project members read and discuss the books, which are nominated they consider three main criteria:


 * 1) Does the book have significant feminist content?
 * 2) Is the book developmentally appropriate for and appealing to young readers?
 * 3) Is the book well written and well illustrated?

Significant Feminist Content
Feminism is trying to reach equality for all genders and sexes with its most serious focus around gender based discrimination. The goal of looking for feminist content is to reach far beyond the social norms and values that society has given people based on their genders, which is why these books need to offer critical story lines that allow readers to learn how everyone can be equal and be treated equal. Feminist books are those which show women solving problems, gaining personal power, and lifting others up, in hopes that the age range of readers can all relate and see how this can also be true in their own personal life.

Other Considered Questions

 * 1) Does the book show an awareness of gender-based inequalities with action to change these inequalities?
 * 2) Does the book show an awareness of the intersections between sexism and other systems of oppression?
 * 3) Are traditional gender roles challenged or defied? If so, does the book point out that these roles are in opposition to society’s expectations and that the person is breaking new ground?
 * 4) Do girls and women blaze new trails for themselves and those who follow them? (Again, does the book point that out?)
 * 5) Do girls and women use power for purposeful action, empowering others?
 * 6) Does the book reflect opportunities (or the lack thereof), inequalities, and non-traditional roles for girls and women in the era in which the book is set?  These are some of the many questions that the project team considers when looking at the nominated and recommended books for the annual lists. The biggest goal of the project is to help show that the roles placed on gender in todays society are not true for every single person and that everyone has rights to accomplish what they believe in, in connection to feminist mentality.

Early Readers
Howe, James. Big Bob, Little Bob. Illus. by Laura Ellen Anderson. 2016. 32p. Candlewick,

Next-door neighbors Big Bob and Little Bob have different hobbies. Will cultural understandings of masculinity keep them from becoming friends?

Middle Grade
Reef, Catherine. Florence Nightingale: The Courageous Life of the Legendary Nurse. 2017. 184p. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Clarion

Florence Nightingale defied Victorian England’s rigid rules for women, by becoming a nurse, advocating for women’s inclusion in the medical field, and changing nursing forever.

Young Adults
Barrow, Rebecca. You Don’t Know Me But I Know You. 2017. 323p. HarperTeen

With support from her family, boyfriend, and friends, Audrey Spencer navigates her unplanned pregnancy and embraces her ability and right to seek the future she wants without guilt or shame.

These are some examples of the topics discussed in the books on the list. The Amelia Bloomer Project makes sure that the information in the books, which is ranked by age and grade is appropriate and engaging for the age group it is selected for. The topics and plots enhance ideas about not only feminism, but include a well rounded sense of issues people in the age group from birth to age 18 could come across or be struggling with themselves. The idea is that the readers will see the characters in the stories and be able to live free of social stereotypes and norms, after reading these books that define there being one normal based on your gender, sexuality, social class, and environment.

External links[edit]

 * Amelia Bloomer Project Website
 * Amelia Bloomer Project Blog

Article Evaluation

Article- Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting

'''1.Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?'''

Yes. The information presented was very relevant to the topic of the article. I didn't find anything that was distracting to me, as it was all relevant and important.

'''2.Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?'''

The article was neural. This is because the claims didn't seem to be heavily biased toward any positions.

3.Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?

I think that the viewpoints were equally presented as it explains the events that occurred at Stoneman Douglas High School.

'''4.Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?'''

Yes. The links I clicked on worked and showed accurate sources to support the claims made in the article.

'''5.Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?'''

All the facts the are referenced are appropriate and reliable. The information comes from a neutral source, which is not biased.

'''6.Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?'''

The information is not out of date! The events just occurred last week, therefore, it isn't out of date. The sources are strong and helpful.

'''7.Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?'''

The talk page of this article has conversations going on behind the scenes that are talking about topics that investigate why this shooting happened with things like where the gun was purchased and peoples speeches about the shooting in relation to gun control.

'''8.How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?'''

Low importance to other articles

9.How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

This relates to how we have talked about Men being linked to aggression and other stereotypes. It also goes to show how society goes to think and blame issues onto people in vulnerable situations.

'''10.Optional: Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes'''

Assigned Article Editing:

The Amelia Bloomer Project is an annual book list published by the Feminist Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table for the purpose of honoring children's books with feminist themes. The name of the list refers to the pioneering 19th-century American feminist and journalist, Amelia Bloomer. Books included on the list may be appropriate for youth aged anywhere from birth to age eighteen. The project organizers state the criteria for a book's inclusion in the list as: A lot of books mainly portray girls as lively, bubbly, and high-spirited women and girls. But, however, people of all genders need to know that woman are more than just frisky, they can also be brave, and courageous human beings who know how to be themselves. Rather than giving into the stereotypes that society has set up for all females to be. Most of these books give encouragement to young girls and women who get insecurities from body images, in which mainstream media portrays. Glamour, weight loss, and an ideal appearance of a skinny waste and slim body are what most woman and girls, gain insecurities from.
 * Significant feminist content
 * Excellence in writing
 * Appealing format
 * Age appropriateness for young readers

The list has been published annually since 2002 and includes both fiction and nonfiction recommendations. This particular list of books is compiled rom top notch literature that contains certain feminist content. The books selected must be published within the United States within in eighteen months of when it was published.

Improving Notes:

-Explain more about what these books explain and portray girls as that other books do not

-Explain the main idea and themes the books are displaying

-Add in information about authors and their experience/involvements with feminism

-What does it take for a book to make onto the list, in terms of the text

-Describe the details of the lists itself, where to find it, who decides what books make the list,