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Possible Articles to Work On (Scaffolding #8)
I am considering working on the Women in Government article. This article has been flagged as being written as argumentative, and I think this would be a productive area to fix because, by correcting word choice and presentation of information, I could keep a lot of important, factual information on Wikipedia for the public. This article satisfies most other areas of Wikipedia standards as far as notability and being factually based, but it needs work in being able to fit the Wikipedia neutrality policy.

An"other article that I am considering working on is the List of female United States presidential and vice-presidential candidates article. This would be a simpler fix, as I would just have to add the current women running for party nominations for the 2020 election. This would pose a bit of a challenge though, as I would have to create a new subsection for these women, since their final standings in the election are unknown currently. This article follows Wikipedia's standards well since it's only a list, but the information technically still needs updating since it is leaving out candidates. My only concern is that, since the candidates are current and not in the past, the information is not allowed to be posted on Wikipedia yet. There's no talk of this yet on the talk page.

I think it would also be interesting to help edit the Women in conservatism in the United States article. This article overall has lots of issues concerning the relevancy of the information supplied, and it leaves a lot of work to be done. It would be interesting to be able to shape the article, since there is so much room for improvement, and it I would like to add a section on how conservative women tackle feminism, but I also think it would be even harder following Wikipedia's neutrality policy when writing about a point of view I don't agree with, so it would definitely be challenging.

Resources
"Explaining the Dynamics between the Women's Movement and the Conservative Movement in the United States"

"Who Stole Feminism?"

"Man Up, Woman Down: Mama Grizzlies and Anti-Feminist Feminism during the Year of the (Conservative) Woman and Beyond"

"Depoliticizing Feminism: Frontier Mythology and Sarah Palin's “The Rise of The Mama Grizzlies”."

"The New Oxymoron: Socially Conservative Feminism"

"Grisly Mamas"

"Sarah Palin and the F-Word"

"Sarah Palin, Conservative Feminism, and the Politics of Family"

First Draft - "Mama Grizzlies"
The term "mama grizzlies" originated from Sarah Palin's endorsement of female candidates in the 2010 primaries, whom she gave this title to. "Mama grizzlies" was officially coined in Palin's May 2010 speech for the Susan B. Anthony List Pro-Life group, and it was later used in Palin's own advertisements. This description is used to describe conservative women who wish to play an active role in politics, whether it be through running for office or through campaigning for conservative ideas and topics. These women also refer to themselves as Susan B. Anthony feminists, agreeing with the ideas that Anthony argued for such as political activism but not the feminist ideas more modern than those, such as the pro-choice movement. These "mama grizzlies" are self-proclaimed conservative feminists, with Palin herself publicly identifying as a feminist in 2008. In the spread of this new classification for women, where women's advocacy took on a unique form, Palin called for a rise of a new breed of feminism, and this idea quickly came to popularity among right-wing women. Because this term originated from Palin's endorsement and was used in Palin's advertisements, it has been linked to her and the Tea Party, which she is affiliated with.

Critics of the "mama grizzly" viewpoint have accused Palin's ideas of appropriating feminism, since Palin doesn't center her views around traditionally feminist concepts, but instead focuses her ideas around women's role in families, which is controversial between liberals and conservatives. Palin's viewpoint has been opposed by socially liberal feminists, with some such as Jessica Valenti claiming that this angle was used to take advantage of the success of feminists like Hillary Clinton in the 2008 presidential election. Other complaints draw from the group's denial of systemic sexism and oppression due to gender, with critics believing that "mama grizzly" ideals could not be labeled as feminist if they were to dismiss these matters.