User:Kalinamajercak/Choose an Article

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

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Eugenics in the United States


 * Article Evaluation
 * 'Compulsory sterilization' section could be reorganized/expanded upon in terms of how race/gender and their intersections played a role. Overall though, the article is well-developed and fairly long - re-organization may be more important than adding much more new material.


 * Sources
 * "Sterilized in the Name of Public Health: Race, Immigration, and Reproductive Control in Modern California"

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Compulsory Sterilization


 * Article Evaluation
 * The 'United States' section is fairly developed, but we could expand upon sterilization in prisons which is only mentioned in one sentence - as Omi pointed out.


 * Sources
 * "Gender and Compulsory Sterilization Programs in America: 1907-1950"

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Birth Control in the United States


 * Article Evaluation
 * History of how birth control was tested on/targeted at certain communities is largely omitted and should be developed.


 * Sources
 * Colonialism, Catholicism, and Contraception: A History of Birth Control in Puerto Rico

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Sterilization (medicine)


 * Article Evaluation
 * A section on the United States could be added to the 'Compulsory sterilization' section, though I think this may be redundant as there exists a separate and more developed compulsory sterilization page (above).


 * Sources
 * "Eugenics and Compulsory Sterilization Laws: Providing Redress for the Victims of Shameful Era in United States History"

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Eugenics in California


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article could definitely be edited/expanded upon, specifically in the 'Eugenics in California prisons' section, but represents a fairly narrow subtopic of our research interests as


 * Sources
 * "If They Hand You a Paper, You Sign It": A Call to End the Sterilization of Women in Prison"