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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
 * "African-American women in the civil rights movement"


 * Article Evaluation
 * In this article, the writer does not connect the subtopics (African American female leaders, gender roles, Montgomery Bus Boycott, etc.) under the overarching topic of women in the Civil Rights movement. It reads very separated, interfering with the audience's understanding of how the role of women impacted the Civil Rights Movement.  Further, the author employs his own opinion when speaking about the incomplete coverage on women other than Rosa Parks involved in the movement rather than providing in-depth examples of these women.  Lastly, the author fails to adequately explain the intersectional implications of race and gender within this movement.
 * Sources
 * Abell, J. L. (2001). African/American: Lorraine Hansberry’s Les Blancs and the American Civil Rights Movement. African American Review, 35(3), 459. https://doi.org/10.2307/2903314 (Links to an external site.) Robnett, B. (1996). African-American Women in the Civil Rights Movement, 1954–1965: Gender, Leadership, and Micromobilization. American Journal of Sociology, 101(6), 1661–1693. https://doi.org/10.1086/230870

Option 2

 * Article title
 * "Women in the United States Senate"


 * Article Evaluation
 * The author fails to explore underlying issues leading to women's lack of involvement within the United States Senate despite mentioning certain factors causing this phenomenon. For example, the writer lists "public perceptions of gender roles" as one reason leading to women's underrepresentation in Senate without any type of citation or explanation regarding the definition or significance of this large problem.  Further, the writer lacks clear transitions for his points, thus making the article convoluted in its arguments.  Lastly, the article reads like a list when naming significant women Senators, for it fails to mention their effect or role in their position.


 * Sources
 * Frederick, B. (2011). Gender Turnover and Roll Call Voting in the US Senate. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 32(3), 193–210. https://doi.org/10.1080/1554477x.2011.589281
 * Constitutional Law. Nineteenth Amendment. (1922). Virginia Law Review, 8(7), 539. https://doi.org/10.2307/1064103

Option 3

 * Article title
 * "Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom"


 * Article Evaluation
 * In the "Background" section of the article, the author does not adequately describe the limitations to women's suffrage in the United Kingdom. He fails to fully describe the orders that prevented women from voting and does not clearly distinguish which orders apply to the United Kingdom or solely to one country.  Further, the article lacks structure within the background section due to the lack of these divisions.  Thus, the topic would benefit from subcategories that detail orders applying to the United Kingdom and certain countries individually.  Lastly, the article does not provide in-depth descriptions of women's political groups and leaders and their role in the United Kingdom suffrage movement.  The reader therefore knows little about important figures and groups within the movement, thus leading to an incomplete picture of the topic.


 * Sources
 * https://www.bl.uk/votes-for-women/articles/womens-suffrage-timeline
 * https://liberalhistory.org.uk/history/womens-liberal-federation/

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