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Article Evaluation: First Wave Feminsim


 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? The article lacks neutrality because it offers only a narrow focus, highlighting only certain people and certain places.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?- Some people are more represented than others, there are many key players in first wave feminism not mentioned at all. Also only certain countries are highlighted as participants in first wave feminism and it doesn't.
 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? Everything in the article is relevant but it's such a broad topic that it needs to be organized well and it isn't.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? We are missing a concrete definition of first wave feminism and an overview of key people in the movement. I'm sure the sources are out of date also.
 * What else could be improved? The organization is the main thing that should be improved. Also
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article? All of the links work. The source supports the claims but the claim isn't necessarily useful for the encapsulation of an entire movement.
 * 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? The references are appropriate and come from reliable sources (mostly) but should be updated to reflect the current understanding of first wave feminism.
 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? The talk page is very cluttered with everyone's understanding of first wave feminism in their country. There doesn't seem to be an plan of organization or breaking up the topic into specific subsections to define such a broad topic.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? The article is a C-Class and is part of the Wiki Project Feminism.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? The Wiki article barely discusses the right to vote as the accomplishment of the first wave of feminism and all of the things leading up to that. It doesn't offer an unbiased, well-rounded perspective of the first wave. The article appears to be a mixing and mashing of different incoherent perspectives.

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History[edit] Julia

Between 1961 and 1965, only 14% of mothers participated in the workforce within 6 months of their child's birth.[2] Only 44% of mother’s worked during their pregnancy between 1961 and 1965[1]

Prior to the enactment of FMLA legislation in 1993, maternity leave coverage was governed by state law, collective bargaining agreements and employer policies.[3] The first set of maternity leave related policies emerged after World War I when first wave feminists lobbied for a womens health bill that gave grants to states to provide healthcare for women and children [2].At this time the term women and “mother” only included binary and cisgender identifying women. By 1969, five states had enacted Temporary Disability Insurance laws protecting employees from income loss in the occurrence of a temporary medical disability.[4] Under this legislation, new mothers were granted leaves corresponding to the benefits that other employees received for temporary illness or disability. Changes to the federal tax code in 1976 permitted working families with a dependent child to take a tax credit on child care costs. In 1978, the Pregnancy and Discrimination Act (PDA) prohibited employers from treating a woman unfavorably because of pregnancy, childbirth, or a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth[3]. During a landmark case in 1987, California Federal Savings and Loan Association v. Guerra, upheld a California law requiring most employers to grant pregnant women 4 months of unpaid disability leave and the right to return to their same job. This state-level trend of maternity leave legislation continued into the 1970s and 1980s where multiple other states passed more explicit recognitions of new mothers' rights to a temporary leave of absence. Even in the absence of this formal legislation, employees in other states often obtained maternity leave through collective bargaining. Employees frequently held enough bargaining power to influence employer policies and negotiate for the inclusion of maternity leave protection.

Despite some localized employees' access to maternity leave, there was growing pressure for national maternity leave legislation in the early 1990s. Many new mothers continued to be excluded from such maternity leave provisions despite growing national demand. Women then enjoyed greater employment opportunities and changing gender norms that encouraged increased labor involvement. This increased female employment extended to mothers as well who now were now more likely to engage in the workforce even if they had a young child. The labor participation rate of mothers with children under the age of 1 rose from 31% in 1976 to 54% in 1992.[5]The contribution of women’s earnings to her family income has risen from 26.6% in 1970 to 36% in 2008 [4]. In spite of a high labor force participation rate, only an estimated 40% of working women had access to explicit maternity leave protection. This inadequate national coverage provoked intense protest and growing national consensus on the value of maternity leave. Ultimately, the increased salience and galvanized national support prompted the 1993 enactment of the Family and Medical Leave Act mandating maternity leave.

'''Although the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 required employers to guarantee job-protected, unpaid leave up to 12 weeks after the birth or adoption of a new child, an estimated 41 percent of employees in the United States were not covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act in 2012.⅔ of mothers had to work during their pregnancies between 2002-2008[5]. By 2016, only 14% of US workers had access to paid family leave as an employee benefit. About two-thirds of employees (68 percent) had access to paid sick leave, and 38 percent had access to short-term disability benefits[6].'''

Nominating Article for Did you know exercise:

A good hook for Maternity Leave in the United States Article-

Did you know that as of 2012, 59% of American employees were eligible under the FMLA. Maternity leave effects so many folks but does not protect against long leaves of absence or paid leave.