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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.


 * Article title
 * Dorthy Gold Burns
 * Article Evaluation:The life of Baroness Dorothy de Graffenried de Villars is directly linked with the idea of citizenry. Her involvement in a court case disputing the taxation of her estate based on her citizenship status reveals legal notions of citizenship- mainly how it is enforced and procedures for relinquishing birthright citizenship. This article does convey a neutral tone throughout its short, 2 paragraph duration. It hosts only one photograph of Dorothy and 9 citations. These citations rely heavily on newspaper publications and texts detailing the life of her “robber baron” father Frank Jay Gould. There are already segments requesting more citations. The most reputable is Thomas Prichett de Graffenried’s 1925 History of the De Graffenried Family from 1191 A.D. to 1925. No active talk page has been established for this article. The article possesses many opportunities for improvement concerning citizenry. The current Estate and Taxation section should be separated into its own topic. Here, the details of her court case should be expanded and cited. Elaborating on the case provides a unique opportunity to discuss Wikipedia’s equity Gaps- Women. Building on my previous studies, property law has always been linked with citizenship. Dorothy’s position as a propertied woman during the mid-twentieth century should be evaluated in connection to her claims for expatriation.
 * Sources
 * Green, Nancy L. “Expatriation, Expatriates, and Expats: The American Transformation of a Concept.” The American Historical Review 114, no. 2 (2009): 307–28. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30223780.
 * Salmon, Marylynn. Women and the law of property in early America. Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1992.
 * Henkin, Louis. “International Law as Law in the United States.” Michigan Law Review 82, no. 5/6 (1984): 1555–69. https://doi.org/10.2307/1288495.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Anti- Suffragism :
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article was selected in relation to citizenry because the right to vote has long been a hallmark of political participation- a central tenant of citizenship rights. This article is well organized for expansion on the role of women and their relationship to other categories of individuals excluded from civic life. The potential to examine cross segments (ex; race and gender) sheds light on an often-underrepresented segment of the population. The lead section is an appropriate length- succinctly detailing the movement’s ideological origins. Its division by nation establishes strong comparisons. For a potentially controversial topic, it balances tone and neutrality well.  Space is dedicated to both arguments in support of and against the movement. Imagery is this article’s strongest quality. An assortment of well-captioned political cartoons, advertisements, and photographs of anti-suffragist meetings convey the contentious atmosphere around suffrage. The article draws on an extensive collection of scholarly sources, most notably the archives of the London School of Economics. The talk page already points to necessary revisions including revisions in terminology to reflect colloquial use, a less American-centric viewpoint, and challenges to confirm statistics.:
 * Sources
 * Zagarri, Rosemarie. Revolutionary backlash women and politics in the early american republic. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.
 * Dudden, Faye E.. Fighting Chance: The Struggle Over Woman Suffrage and Black Suffrage in Reconstruction America. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2011.
 * Kay, Herma Hill. “From the Second Sex to the Joint Venture: An Overview of Women’s Rights and Family Law in the United States during the Twentieth Century.” California Law Review 88, no. 6 (2000): 2017–93. https://doi.org/10.2307/3481213.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Birthright Citizenship in the United States:
 * Article Evaluation:Birthright citizenship is central to understanding the rights of US Citizens. The article is the subject of several Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignments, yet remains underdeveloped. This article has fostered an active talk page that is already working to correct inaccurate information and violations of the “non-editorializing” and neutrality policies. Notably, a proposal to merge the Citizenship Clause page was rejected due to a lack of relevance. The lead section, currently five paragraphs long, can be edited to exclude extraneous details of major court cases. Birthright Citizenship in the United States is well organized- including sufficient historical context and summaries of current and past legal cases. These cases are currently only summarized and should be expanded to elaborate on their lasting impact. The Demographics section contains only one sentence and should be removed. The article currently cites over 100 credible works. These include both novels on the subject, many of which present underrepresented gender and racial views, and legal documents. Currently, there are only 3-poorly captioned images. More images would help to contextualize the impact of the discussed legal cases.  
 * Sources
 * Daniels, Roger. Coming to America (Second Edition): A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life. United States: HarperCollins, 2019.
 * Vecoli, Rudolph J. “The Significance of Immigration in the Formation of an American Identity.” The History Teacher 30, no. 1 (1996): 9–27. https://doi.org/10.2307/494217.
 * Jones, Martha S. Birthright citizens a history of Race and rights in Antebellum America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Immigration Act of 1903 :
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Option 5

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 * Constitution of Indiana :
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