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Title: The Intersectionality of a Black Women's Gender and Race within Politics

Evaluation:

There is currently no article that focuses on the intersectionality of Black Women and how this disproportionately affects their participation and support in politics in. Although there is an article on Black Women in American Politics it only dedicate a portion to discuss Misogynoir in Politics. This article does a good job explaining how intersectionality affects Black Women's participation in Politics but it doesn't explore in detail or provide sources that show how drarastic of a gap there is between Black Women and Women in general obtaining positions in Politics. This is warrants a wikipedia article because of the this greatly impacts who is able to fully participate in politics and sheds light on why Black Women make up the highest number of female voters as well as Black voters and yet make up only a small portion on people in political positions, which are usually lower positions. I believe this topic is far to important and impactful to only make up a small portion of an article focused on the history of Black Women in American Politics rather than what obstacle Black Women are facing now and will be in the future if change doesn't happen.

Sources:

Crenshaw, Kimberlé Williams. 1989. Demarginalizing the intersection of race and sex: A black feminist critique of antidiscrimination doctrine, feminist theory and antiracist politics. U. Chi. Legal Forum., pp.139 - 167

Gillespie, Andra, and Nadia E. Brown. “#BlackGirlMagic Demystified: Black Women as Voters, Partisans and Political Actors.” Phylon (1960-) 56, no. 2 (2019): 37–58. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26855823.

Junn, Jane, and Natalie Masuoka. 2020. "The Gender Gap Is a Race Gap: Women Voters in US Presidential Elections." Perspectives on Politics 18(4): 1135-1145.

Leath, S., Ball, P., Mims, L., Butler-Barnes, S., & Quiles, T. (2022). “They Need to Hear Our Voices”: A Multidimensional Framework of Black College Women’s Sociopolitical Development and Activism. Journal of Black Psychology, 48(3–4), 392–427. https://doi.org/10.1177/00957984211016943

Nadia E. Brown, Christopher J. Clark & Anna Mahoney (2022) Women of Color Political Elites in the US: An Introduction, Personal Reflections, and a Call for Scholarly Engagement, Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 43:1,1-7, DOI: 10.1080/1554477X.2022.2004844

Title: Muslim Women Political Leaders

Muslim women political leaders

Evaluation: I do like this wiki page because it explores the Quran itself and why there are obstacles in place for Muslim women. I do wish the article addresses the responsibilities of muslim women in politics and how although they may hold these positions how much power do they actually hold to enact policy change. I would also like to see more about what deters Muslim women from engaging in politics because it did say with education becoming more available Muslim women are more likely to participate in politics. The article did list multiple countries that have a large muslim population and where islam is considered the most common religion but I wish it did discuss how a large part of the obstacles Muslim women face is depended on the country they're from. I would also like to see some information on whether being a hijabi affects the possibility of being elected for office in the U.S. and other countries where muslims are a minority. I believe this article was helpful and does well covering such a broad topic but could have done a better job showing the full view of this topic (the good and the bad).

Sources:

Arimbi, D. A. (2009). Contemporary Issues of Women and Islam in Muslim Societies. In Reading Contemporary Indonesian Muslim Women Writers: Representation, Identity and Religion of Muslim Women in Indonesian Fiction (pp. 27–54). Amsterdam University Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt46n07t.5

Shukla, S., & Shukla, S. (1996). POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF MUSLIM WOMEN. The Indian Journal of Political Science, 57(1/4), 1–13. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41855734

Title: Mothers Running for Office

Evaluation: There is no wiki page for this topic. I believe this an important topic that warrants a wiki-page because women statistically go into office at a later age than men and 86% of women age 40-44 are mothers.This means a large number of eligible women aspirants are mothers and this can lead to even further bias against women. There is a strong stigma around Mothers working because society tries to label them as "bad mothers because they aren't dedicating all of their time towards their children. I also believe it would be interesting to acknowledge the double standard of a father running for office vs. a mother. I also believe this could be an opportunity to address many of the obstacle women as a whole face when running for office such as income, free time, societal judgement, and etc. I also think it would be interesting to see if motherhood changes the political preferences of women over time. Ultimately I think that since Mothers make of such a large portion of women it could be a chance to see what would need to be done in order to make running for office a possibility for mothers as well as what it is like for mothers that are.

Sources:

BERNHARD, R., SHAMES, S., & TEELE, D. (2021). To Emerge? Breadwinning, Motherhood, and Women’s Decisions to Run for Office. American Political Science Review, 115(2), 379-394. doi:10.1017/S0003055420000970

Bohn, S., & Parmaksız, P. M. Y. (Eds.). (2017). Mothers in Public and Political Life. Demeter Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1t6p6gz

Stalsburg, B. (2010). Voting For Mom: The Political Consequences of Being a Parent for Male and Female Candidates. Politics & Gender, 6(3), 373-404. doi:10.1017/S1743923X10000309