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I am a college freshman at the University of Louisville. I'm learning how to edit Wikipedia in one of my classes. I love chemistry, dogs, and mayonnaise. Some topics that I am interested in are Women's Health, Women in Medicine, and Women's Health Care in Lower Class Countries. All of the words above this were me practicing the basics of editing.

For the Feminization of Poverty article, I will be attempting to edit the "Health" section and adding a "Family" section. I believe this article could benefit from a perspective about the developmental aspects of women and children in poverty since children have increasing rates of poverty as well as women. Children can suffer socially and developmentally from the impacts of poverty and Mother's suffer with psychological distress for not being able to provide for their children

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The authors, and researchers of this article investigate the access that metropolitan and non-metropolitan single mothers have to employment, affordable childcare, and government assistance. The purpose for researching this was to investigate how metro vs non-metro was effective at improving the economic well-being of single mothers. It was found that the difference between metropolitan and non-metropolitan single mothers weren't all that different except for a few findings including that non-metro mothers were less likely to find full-time employment. The term "working to make ends meet" accurately described the findings due to the questions asked about lively hood strategies and family background. Access to employment was lower for single-mothers and less had full-time jobs. More women were cohabiting with a male or doubling up. Very little had a college degree and a significant amount were using government assistance. The same type of struggles was apparent in both metro and non-metro but differently these surveyed results found that some areas non-metro mothers had a larger distinction between metro mothers. These results supported the hypothesis that single mothers have to be easily adaptable and balance a multitude of responsibilities and non-metro mothers have a slight disadvantage in terms of college degree, marital status, and child support. The use of this article will be effective in showing the multiple aspects of a mother’s life/past that yield the poverty conditions they are struggling with. Using this source is integrated into the “Single Mother Household” section of “Feminization of poverty” to methodize the improvement of the article and add a metro and non-metro mothers view that isn’t previously mentioned. The credibility of the article determines its effectiveness to contribute to Wikipedia. A published page doesn’t always speak for credibility but speaks for an article that is useful to draw conclusions from. The only thing the source lacks in is the year it was written. Using an article from over 10 years ago is not always the best idea for credibility but I think that the relevance and data used is still useful for contributing to the Wikipedia article.

The author of this article addresses common stereotypes that single mothers have. She explains the basic lack of support the government gives to single mothers but how the media portrays the common welfare user as a black single mom when many white men receive the same amount of government assistance. Breaking these stereotypes is vital for the authors purpose and relaying the minor ones that aren't always noticed. Mothers have so many expectations of them: to respond to notes sent home from school, go to parent teacher conferences, and provide birthday snacks. Mother's struggling in poverty may find the jobs emotionally straining when trying to provide these expected things. She simply is trying to provide for a family and be the main caregiver. Breaking some of these stereotypes is the authors focus and understanding the emotional effects a mother endures not being able to provide some of these stereotypical things for her children. The use of this article will generate a mental viewpoint to the article and develop the awareness of the emotional strain on poverty ridden single-mothers. Integrating this article will be easy to support the section and add detail to Wikipedia while remaining neutral. Dr. Bloom is an active feminist which means she has a specific opinion but her writing is reliable and methodical. The credibility of this article is a distinction that makes it easy to integrate while it supports Wikipedia and its rules.

The author and researcher of this study saw a gap in current research being conducted. Many view the health benefits of work but no one seemed to look and see whether this applied to poor single mothers. The author's point was to investigate this. She conducted research that drew from surveying women and analysis of their depression rates over time. It was concluded that working does bring single mothers more relief and lower depression rates in their life, however, if that job is full-time and stable. This was concerning considering the rates of single mothers that are employed is decreasing. This helps to relay the struggle a single-mother faces when the employment rates decrease and the mental effect this has. The article has been published by a doctor in a medical journal making it a reliable source. The use of this will aid my claim that single mothers have to do more for their children and are easily susceptible to poverty.

The authors in this article recognize the relationship between welfare and education. In the US, when a person is on welfare they are required to receive education and work part-time. This only gives them 3 years to complete a college degree. The question that they are investigating is, if education is key to keeping people out of poverty, why is it that they are given less time to complete their degree? They investigate ways that women in poverty can succeed in education while being on welfare. It is represented that to the authors, the best way to succeed is to complete an education requirement. By surveying women on welfare and drawing conclusions from the rules of welfare, it is found that some of the ways meant to help single-mothers bring more stress into their lives. The Urban Review article is more open to publishers meaning it may be less reliable but still capable to draw conclusions. Use of this article provides a unique view of welfare and poverty that aids my argument and makes others understand why “if they are homeless why don’t the get a job or go to school” mentality.

The author of this article is a graduate student analyzing human trafficking in the United States and making the comparison of modern day slavery. Propositions are made that women impoverished, foreign, socially deprived, etc. are more susceptible to being recruited into trafficking. Many laws have recently been made to try to combat the phenomenon, but it is predicted that human trafficking will surpass illegal drug trafficking amounts in the US. Many statistics and analysis is used in the paper to prove the statement that human trafficking is a growing problem in the US. Because this is an academic article, it may be less reliable because it is opinion based. On the other hand, graduate papers are published papers that have been worked on continuously to make sure the facts given are correct. The use of this article helps to show how the feminization of poverty is effecting the rates of human trafficking in the US and how prevalent of an issue it is.

The article is an academic PhD paper, written by a psychology doctor. The purpose of the research paper is to analyze the perception of human trafficking and its effects on victims. Using other resources like academic articles, journals, and statistics, the author puts together the assertion that women of this problem have a hard time escaping it due to fear and dominance. Also by asserting the idea that multiple factors increase the growing rates of human trafficking, it is connected back to the feminization of poverty and the economic hardships. Since this author is a doctor of psychology, the credibility of this paper is determined through the education status. Using this article furthers a view point of economic hardships leading to the increased turning towards human trafficking for impoverished women.

A doctoral program article analyzes how the rates of immigration in the US lead to human trafficking due to immigrant’s lack of ability to find stable work they are forced into the labor. “Branding” of human trafficking brings awareness to the issue in the authors claim. This allows for public assertion and intervention. A claim made in this article states that by reducing poverty, thus may lead to a decrease in trafficking from the streets. The author was born and raised in a developing country and heard many stories of human trafficking. Many people think that developed countries don’t have this problem but the US is the #2 worst country for human trafficking. The authors analysis, use of sources, and pull from person life creates a reliable paper for a dissertation and others to draw conclusions from. Using this piece provides a person prospective and also allowing a view that concludes the ways to deal with “branding” human trafficking in the US with immigrants.

This excerpt from a textbook provides an overall view of the increased trafficking victims in the US. Since this is a published text book for students, the reliability is assumed since it has to be nonbiased and factual. This textbook analyzes how doctors need to be able to easily identify victims to combat the war on human trafficking. Many “pimps” want to keep “their women” healthy so going to the doctor isn’t unusual. Some signs include odd tattoos that are “branding” for particular pimps. When doctors can easily identify these signs, this can help stop human trafficking. The use of this excerpt shows how doctors can help and helps to provide a “help” area of the problem.