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Etymology of chemistry

Is everything relevant to the article? The article is relevant to the topic. They often talk about the comparison to chemistry and dark science, but they don't really go in depth with the reason people saw chemistry as a dark science, or why they chose to use those particular root words.

Is the article neutral? The article didn't state that one origin was more important than another origin, but it is messing a large section of different cultures that supply language origins are missing (i.e. Latin).

View points that are represented: In this article, they make a ton of cross references between Chemistry and Alchemy. While they may have some same word origin, they are not the same. I believe this is a problem because if I didn't know anything about this topic I would thing 2 things: alchemy was the parent to chemistry, chemistry only have root words stemming from 2 cultures (all of which are not true)

Checking Citations: As a chemist, I know how expansive the chemistry language is, and its a little weird that their only 12 sources. It's also concerning that some of the sources have different cultures, but the page itself only list 2 cultural origins. The sources are reliable and mostly unbiased because they are dictionaries

Missing information: The final paragraph has a couple centuries listed, but I don't understand what this has to do specifically with the etymology of chemistry compared to the history of chemistry.

Sources for Individual Project
Partner: Brooke Reinwald

Article:Beebe Steven Lynk


 * http://libproxy.mst.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=406022&site=ehost-live&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover (African American Women Chemist by Jeanette Brown)
 * https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=tWTXAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA1 (Who's Who)
 * Black Women Scientists in the United States by Wini Warren
 * Race and Medicine 19th and 20th Century by Todd Savitt



Editing the Article
6.March.2020

Sentence 1: Beebe Steven Lynk (1872–1948) was one of the first African-American women chemists and chemistry teachers.

My Edit to Sentence 1: Beebe Steven Lynk (1872–1948) served as the professor of medical Latin botany and materia medica at the University of West Tennessee.

16. March.2020

Editing Career Section:

The University of West Tennessee was founded by her husband Miles Lynk in 1900 in the town of Jackson TN but was then moved to Memphis in 1907 (number 7 in the actual article). Under major funding from her and her husband, the university followed the motto, “ ‘for the purpose of furnishing thorough courses in the profession, regardless of race and color’ and ‘for the purpose of furnishing facilities for higher education of Afro-American youth’” (race and medicine in the 19th and 20th century). After earning her Ph.C at the university, she soon became one of the ten collegiate professors of the university (one out of 2 female). (During the University’s years of operation insert information on the number of graduates and other stats found in the sources under University of West Tennessee wiki page). Following the Flexner Report in 1910, the university faced some challenges regarding its credibility (cite the Abraham Flexner and the Black Medical Schools). The purpose of this report was to analyze medical schools’ programs and standardized it across the nation. The author and developer Abraham Flexner did not critics the African American medical schools lightly and often gave them harsh criticism (cite the Abraham Flexner and the Black Medical Schools). In June 1908, the Council of Medical Education stated that the University of West Tennessee and two other African American medical universities unfit and suggested that doctors from these institutions should not be recognized (cite the Abraham Flexner and the Black Medical Schools). Despite the criticism the university stayed up until their closure in 1923, due to financial struggles (number 2 and 3 in the original article).

In the 4th sentence (found in parenthesis) I found some stats on the University of West Tennessee Wikipedia page and I hope to go through all of those sources to write a few sentences on that. However, I did get a little caught up in the research regarding the Flexner Report and searching for her book, Advice to Colored Women. ~

Review by K8shep (talk) 15:52, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
1. What does the article do well? Is there anything from your review that impressed you? Any turn of phrase that described the subject in a clear way? Great job so far here! You've done a good job on someone so hard to find. You have good sources and your additions are clearly notable and important! Good work here. There's never too long, in my opinion, to spend looking for an important source. However, as you're finding, splitting up that time can be useful. :)

2. What changes would you suggest the author apply to the article? Why would those changes be an improvement? What is a Ph.C? Explain that. You might try linking to other wikipedia pages as part of your editing. Make sure you include citations throughout.

3. What's the most important thing the author could do to improve the article? You're doing it! Adding important information about this woman and the work she did. Great job.

Brooke's Edits to Beebe Steven Lynk
Although it is unknown when Beebe started her college career, it is known that the degree she obtained was a bachelors degree from Lane College(cite black women scien...). While there is not accurate documentation of the curriculum for the degree Beebe Steven Lynk received at Lane College, at the time that she would have attended, the college's primary focus was on preachers and teachers (cite history archives).

Adding to this sentence to give clarity "This was a two-year, pre-bachelor degree, for training teachers." - This was a two-year, pre-bachelor's degree, that Beebe obtained after her original bachelor's degree; in order to be able to practice and teach Pharmaceutical Chemistry(citing the same source Blackpast.org). ~

Review by K8shep (talk) 15:58, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
1. What does the article do well? Is there anything from your review that impressed you? Any turn of phrase that described the subject in a clear way? Good additions so far--you just need more! So make sure you look at the sources that you've placed parenthetically. And don't forget to cite them properly.

2. What changes would you suggest the author apply to the article? Why would those changes be an improvement? You could make a guess as to what she studied in her two-year degree by maybe looking in some history of education books--there are curriculum sheets in there that would help. That could give some good context for the article.

3. What's the most important thing the author could do to improve the article? Just keep working! Make sure you're citing!