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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: Barbara McClintock

Article Evaluation: Barbara McClintock was a pioneering geneticist known for her work with maize (corn) and the discovery of transposons, or "jumping genes." Her contributions to the field of genetics were groundbreaking. The article might already be well-established on Wikipedia, but it could benefit from updates or expansion.

Sources:


 * 1) McClintock, Barbara. "The Origin and Behavior of Mutable Loci in Maize." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 36, no. 6, 1950, pp. 344-355.
 * 2) Keller, Evelyn Fox. "A World of Fluctuating Phenotypes: Barbara McClintock and the Maize Controversy." Journal of the History of Biology, vol. 24, no. 2, 1991, pp. 185-203.

Option 2
Article Title: Rosalind Franklin

Article Evaluation: Rosalind Franklin was a chemist whose work was crucial to the discovery of the structure of DNA. Her contributions are well-documented, but there could be opportunities to expand and improve her Wikipedia article.

Sources:


 * 1) Franklin, Rosalind, and R. G. Gosling. "Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate." Nature, vol. 171, no. 4356, 1953, pp. 740-741.
 * 2) Maddox, Brenda. "Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA." HarperCollins, 2003.

Option 3
Article Title: Marie Curie

Article Evaluation: Marie Curie was a pioneering physicist and chemist known for her groundbreaking work on radioactivity. Her Wikipedia article is likely to be well-developed, but it's essential to ensure it is accurate and up-to-date.

Sources:


 * 1) Curie, Marie. "Radioactive Substances, Especially Radium and Polonium." Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1911.1.
 * 2) Quinn, Susan. "Marie Curie: A Life." Da Capo Press, 1996.

Option 4
Article Title: Jane Goodall

Article Evaluation: Jane Goodall is a renowned primatologist and ethologist known for her extensive work with chimpanzees. Her Wikipedia article might need updates or expansion, especially regarding recent developments in her work.

Sources:


 * 1) Goodall, Jane. "The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior." Belknap Press, 1986.
 * 2) Peterson, Dale. "Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man." Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006.

Option 5
Article Title: Chien-Shiung Wu

Article Evaluation: Chien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese-American experimental physicist known for her work on the Manhattan Project and her contributions to the field of nuclear physics. Her Wikipedia article may need further expansion.

Sources:


 * Wu, Chien-Shiung. "Experimental Test of Parity Conservation in Beta Decay." Physical Review, vol. 105, no. 4, 1957, pp. 1413-1415.
 * 1) McGrayne, Sharon B. "Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries." Joseph Henry Press, 1993.