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Article Evaluation:

Wiki Project: Women in Red/Music --> Celia Cruz

Evaluating content: Early Life, Career, Personal Life (little info), Death, Legacy, Discography, Filmography, Grammy Awards


 * The last edit to the page was on October 31, 2018.


 * The references go back from 1993-2013

What Can Be Improved: Her personal life could be improved, there is very little in this section. She was not allowed back to Cuba so she became a US citizen and married Pedro Knight (future manager)

Evaluating Tone: There is no "tone" to the article, because she was not a very controversial figure in society, however she did prove the culture wrong by becoming a successful female singer

Evaluating Sources: Some of the citations work, but many are no longer available for viewing or require a password to be viewed. Some of the sources are from articles written in newspapers like the New York Times, so some articles may include biased opinions due to the origin of the article

Checking the Talk Page: People are saying that we need to put more about Cruz's childhood and how it affected her in the future, and how her relationships with her friends influenced her and what "salsa" meant to her

It is apart of many wiki-projects, like: Latin/tropical music, Musicians, Cuba, Women's History, African Diaspora, & New York City

The talk page was casually talking about Cruz in less detail then what we have discussed in class about specific women.

My Contribution: I plan to add details about Celia Cruz's personal life to this article, maybe from a journal or other primary sources I can find. I want to know about her childhood, as well as her experiences when she first arrived to the United States and was not allowed to return to her country. I think it is also valuable to find out about her early relationship with her husband, Knight.

Bibliography:

Fernández, Raúl. "“Queen of Salsa”: Celia Cruz." Cuba, edited by Alan West-Durán, vol. 2, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2012, pp. 763-766. Scribner World Scholar Series. Gale Virtual Reference Library, http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.bergen.edu/apps/doc/CX1500500234/GVRL?u=bergencc&sid=GVRL&xid=a1034bba. Accessed 4 Nov. 2018.

Kent, Mary. "Cruz, Celia (1925–2003)." Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, edited by Jay Kinsbruner and Erick D. Langer, 2nd ed., vol. 2, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2008, pp. 660-661. Gale Virtual Reference Library, http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.bergen.edu/apps/doc/CX3078901759/GVRL?u=bergencc&sid=GVRL&xid=27298fa0. Accessed 4 Nov. 2018.

Otfinoski, Steven. “Cruz, Celia.” Latinos in the Arts, Second Edition, Facts On File, 2015. History, online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=17332&itemid=WEHRC&articleId=192789. Accessed 4 Nov. 2018.

Meyer, Nicholas E. “Cruz, Celia.” The Biographical Dictionary of Hispanic Americans, Facts On File, 2001. History, online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=17332&itemid=WEHRC&articleId=162847. Accessed 4 Nov. 2018.