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Article Evaluation
Under the Sea Wind

These are some questions that came into my mind while reading this article and I thought it would be worth exploring and expanding the scope of the article. If these points could be looked the article could be raised from a Stub class.


 * Clearly state when the book went into print under Penguin Nature Classics in the first paragraph.
 * A more in depth plot summary of the book.
 * The last edit was made in December of 2008. New information could be available and the current information could be out of date.
 * The legacy of the book and how it has been used since being published.
 * Is there any reference to the book in other media.
 * Is there any reference to the book in popular culture.
 * A current, modern day print cover.
 * New ideas and facts that were presented in the book.
 * The research behind the book or history leading up to the publication.
 * Updated links if the sources could be found online.
 * Specific examples of the some of the animals that are used in the book.

Thank you for looking at what I have to say about Under the Sea Wind.

StafferBobb (talk) 16:53, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Gertrude Crotty Davenport
Gertrude Crotty Davenport

We choose Gertrude Davenport because there is little to nothing on her and it interests us to see more of what she did. There is a lot of what she did in with her research and contributions to the field of biology. We would like to add more about her life and what she did.

StafferBobb (talk) 16:53, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Editing Gertrude Crotty Davenport
Gertrude Crotty Davenport

March 8
Gertrude Crotty Davenport (1866–1946), was an American biologist and instructor at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences who studied embryology, development, and heredity. The wife of Charles Benedict Davenport, a prominent eugenicist, she co-authored several works with her husband and was influential in his interest in eugenics.

Gertrude Anna Crotty was born 28 February 1866, in Asequa, Colorado, which is near Denver, Colorado, to parents William and Millie (Armstrong) Crotty. She graduated from Kansas State University in 1889 and was graduate student of Radcliffe College from 1892 to 1894. She married Charles Davenport in Burlington, Kansas on June 23, 1894 and had two daughters; the eldest, Millia, became a noted theater scholar. With her husband she co-authored the text books Introduction to Zoology (Macmillan, 1900) and Elements of Zoology (Macmillan, 1911), and individually authored monographs including The Primitive Streak and Notochordal Canal in Chelonia and Variation in the Number of Stripes on the Sea-anemone, Sagartia luciae. She died on 8 March 1946, in Upper Nyack, New York.

Peer Review by K-star
This article reads well chronologically. At the beginning of the article where you said she co-authored several works with her husband, I was curious what those all were and appreciate that you have a section at the bottom for just her written works. I also need to add a section in my article about written works. It is interesting to know her father owned a ranch in Kansas but I wonder if this made an impact in her life and her choice of career, specifically zoology. You should add why she could not complete her degree. In my article I ran into the issue that women could not receive degrees at the time even though they were allowed to take classes. If you could find out a reason why she could not complete her degree it would help the readers. Also the previous sentence said she became a graduate but the next said she did not complete her degree, this is a little confusing. When I was picking which article to evaluate I initially selected Gertrude Davenport, while researching I found that she is the one who pushed her husband into the field of eugenics; I think this would be a good addition to your article. She also wrote many letters to prominent figures including Roosevelt which would be interesting to add too. You have a good amount of sources for this article but the draft could use more citations between sentences. Overall this article reads very well and is easy to follow, good job! K-star (talk) 15:39, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

Peer Review by HopeDrennan (HopeDrennan (talk) 15:42, 22 March 2019 (UTC))

 * 1) The intro section is very good. Maybe think about trying to re-word the second sentence for easier reading flow
 * 2) Is the statement “Her father owned a ranch in Kansas” in the life section really necessary?
 * 3) Make sure to remove the Britt947 (talk) in the life section before you move over to the mainspace
 * 4) If you found any reasoning on why she didn’t complete her degree? (I assume this is hard info to find, but maybe?)
 * 5) The detail in the life section is VERY GOOD :)
 * 6) Under the section of scientific work, maybe try to re-word some sentences to avoid using the phrase “her husband” as often. It becomes a little too much to read
 * 7) The written works can be divided into 2 sentences. Maybe split it into “co-authored” and “single authored”
 * 8) The references are very good and all seem to work. I like how you use so many sources.

Overall, I thought the draft was very well organized and good detail. The section about life was very good! To improve the draft, I think the main thing to work on is the wording and sentence structure. The information is quality and you have a lot! The detail that you used in this article helped me realize I may need a little more in my own article. The dates made the article more informative!

Overall, ROCKSTAR JOB :) HopeDrennan (talk) 15:42, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

Gertrude Crotty Davenport
This is a draft of changes to Gertrude Crotty Davenport page

Gertrude Crotty Davenport (1866–1946), was an American biologist and instructor at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences who studied embryology, development, and heredity. She was the wife of Charles Benedict Davenport, a prominent eugenicist. She co-authored several works with him and was influential in his interest in eugenics.

Life

Gertrude Anna Crotty was born 28 February 1866, in Asequa, Colorado, which is near Denver, Colorado, to parents William and Millie (Armstrong) Crotty. Her father owned a ranch in Kansas. She graduated from University of Kansas in 1889 and became an instructor of zoology at the University of Kansas after graduating. She then became a graduate student of Radcliffe College  (then known as the Society for Collegiate Instruction of Women) from 1892 to 1894. However she did not complete her degree. While attending Radcliffe, she met Charles Davenport, who was one of her zoology instructors. She married Charles in Burlington, Kansas on June 23, 1894 and had two daughters; the eldest, Millia, became a noted theater scholar. She died on 8 March 1946, in Upper Nyack, New York.

Scientific Work

Gertrude worked alongside her husband, Charles, in the field of eugenics. Together they went to Cold Spring Harbor, New York in 1893 and stayed there working in a biology lab with microscopic methods until 1903. Afterwards she took on an unpaid position to work alongside Charles and assisted him in his research. This was research on experimental evolution and she collaborated with him on the books that he published. She also co-authored with her him on a number of other of his works. While in Cold Spring Harbor, they bought a house with 6 acres on the coast. This residency was used for the laboratory staff to rent out while they did research on the heredity of humans. Gertrude later added 19 acres of land and it was named after her.

Gertrude and Charles did work on heredity included studying eye, hair, and skin color of humans. She also did research on embryology using turtles, the differences between Sargatia (a type of sea anemone) and starfish as well the variations on other organisms.

Written Works

Gertrude along with her husband, Charles, co-authored the text books Introduction to Zoology (Macmillan, 1900) and Elements of Zoology (Macmillan, 1911). She individually authored monographs including The Primitive Streak and Notochordal Canal in Chelonia (1896) and Variation in the Number of Stripes on the Sea-anemone, Sagartia luciae (1902).