User:Sophiejohnson1156/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
 * Flapper


 * Article Evaluation
 * In this article, the introductory sentence describes the topic by saying what a flapper is known for and what generation they came from. It could do a better job with explaining the articles major sections instead of generally describing what a flapper is. With regard to credibility, there is a citation needed after the last sentence of the first paragraph, so that could be a red flag from the start. Regarding the lead, I would say it is describing too much detail, and it should be more concise and say more about what the article will focus on. The good thing about this article is that I did not notice any bias, so it does not lead me to thinking in one perspective. I clicked on a few of the sources, and one did not work out of the five that I clicked on. The one that didn't work was "The Short Skirt Misconception of the Twenties." Other than that, there is a diverse amount of sources including books and new york times articles. With the organization, it is well organized because it starts with the origin of the term "flapper" and then ends with "the end of the flapper era." The images are organized as well and appear in an appealing way with the correct citations. Lastly, the article is rated a B, so it does need improvement but overall it is well written and provides a lot of credible information. The one improvement that I can think of is it seems to get off topic in the middle of the article, so if it stayed more on topic with the influence that slang in the 1920s had on people, I think it would be a stronger article.


 * Sources
 * https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=DsFIAwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=generational+slang+1920s&ots=vSb_fE6WDe&sig=pPfk6Jxj-ktAqb9zpn0F2AAji5g#v=onepage&q=generational%20slang%201920s&f=false
 * https://www.kcts9.org/article/flapper-slang-talk-1920s-talk

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Women's suffrage in the United States


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is helpful because it gives the background of women suffrage, which is important for me to understand because the slang terms most likely originated somewhat from the women's suffrage movement. In the lead, it is organized and describes what will be said later in the article. It is also very concise and describes in general terms what the article will be about. Additionally, it is written in chronological order, which helps with the flow of the article. It also makes it clear that women's suffrage happened for a long time, and it wasn't just present in the 1920s. Following the lead the paragraphs are organized by organizations created for women's suffrage, which could be better organized if they separated the political aspects with the social aspects. The New England paragraph seems somewhat out of place as well considering it should just focus on the United States. The article is very neutral and does not present any bias. With regard to the sources, there is a lot of diversity and out of the random 5 I clicked on, all of the sources worked. With regard to relevance, it seems like some of the sources were written in the 1990s or early 2000s. Lastly, the article has appealing pictures that are appropriately cited and it has good organization that is easy to follow and easy to find what you are looking for.


 * Sources
 * Miller, Joe C. “Never A Fight of Woman Against Man: What Textbooks Don't Say about Women's Suffrage.” The History Teacher, vol. 48, no. 3, 2015, pp. 437–482., www.jstor.org/stable/24810524. Accessed 10 Oct. 2020.
 * TOWNS, ANN. “The Inter-American Commission of Women and Women's Suffrage, 1920—1945.” Journal of Latin American Studies, vol. 42, no. 4, 2010, pp. 779–807. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40984958. Accessed 10 Oct. 2020.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * 1920s in Western fashion


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is helpful because I feel the slang terms that developed for women stemmed from their fashion that developed in the 1920s. In the lead, it describes what the article will focus on in a clear and concise way without giving too much detail. It also sets a chronological order to the article and gives insight to how it will flow. The overview is important because it gives a general description of what was happening during the 1920s and how it influenced women's fashion. Further on, it is very organized and starts off with women's wear and then goes into smaller sublevels (i.e. "accessories"). The pictures help a lot in this article because it is pictures of what women wore in the 1920s, so it is a nice visual. Although it is a nice visual, almost all of the pictures need wiki links to the specific articles of clothing. It makes a good comparison between menswear as well, which gives the article more depth. With regard to the sources, there is a diversity and a lot are from scholarly books. There are also primary sources from 1928 and 1929. The relevance of the sources could be a flaw because most of them are from the late 1900s and early 2000s. Overall, the article is not biased and it presents helpful information regarding women's fashion, and everything seems to be cited that needs to be cited. Although, in the southern strategy paragraph it is lacking citations. An improvement could be to mention fashion icons of the era (like Coco Chanel) and how they influenced the fashion world of the 1920s.


 * Sources


 * 1) Van Cleave, K. (2009). Fashioning the college woman: Dress, gender, and sexuality at smith college in the 1920s. The Journal of American Culture, 32(1), 4-15. Retrieved from https://go.libproxy.wakehealth.edu/login?url=https://www-proquest-com.go.libproxy.wakehealth.edu/docview/200660947?accountid=14868
 * 2) PRESLEY, ANN BETH. “Fifty Years of Change: Societal Attitudes and Women’s..” Historian, vol. 60, no. 2, Winter 1998, p. 307. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.1998.tb01396.x.