Talk:James D. Phelan

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Hello fellow Wikipedians. After reviewing the wikipedia article on James D. Phelan I noticed that it does not mentioned a single thing about the San Francisco plague. I find that to be quite shocking considering that he was the mayor during that time period. I am planning on adding a section named the "San Francisco plague." Under this section I will be discussing his and his administrations response to the plague outbreak in the Chinese community. Furthermore, I will be discussing how his views on Asian immigration might have influenced his response or there lack of. The sources that I will be utilizing to gather my information are as followed:

• Barde, R. (2003). Prelude to the Plague: Public Health and Politics at America's Pacific Gateway, 1899. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 58(2), 153-86.
• Skubik, M., & Cornford, Daniel. (2002). Public Health Politics and the San Francisco Plague Epidemic of 1900–1904, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.
• Risse, G., & Ebrary. (2012). Plague, fear, and politics in San Francisco's Chinatown. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Kalisch, P. (1972). The Black Death in Chinatown: Plague and Politics in San Francisco 1900-1904. Arizona and the West, 14(2), 113-136.
• Barde, R. (2004). Plague in San Francisco: An Essay Review. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 59(3), 463-470.

If anyone has any comments, advice, or concerns about this changes please let me know. Additionally, I would appreciate any further suggestion and recommendations for additional sources that might be helpful in my research. M0318 (talk) 01:54, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Sounds like you might have enough material for a new article on the plague. This article could then have a short summary and a link to the main plague article. WCCasey (talk) 03:33, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

WCCasey Thanks for the input. I had not contemplated starting a new article. However, that is great advice, thanks! Once I start the drafting I would appreciate it if you take a look and make some further suggestions. M0318 (talk) 18:19, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Additions

Hello fellow Wikipedians. I have added a section under the James Phelan article named "San Francisco Plague." On this section I added two paragraphs. One that discusses the actions that Phelan and his administration took prior to the plague outbreak in Chinatown. The second paragraph discusses the actions of Phelan during the first years of the plague epidemic. I believe this information to be important because the actions and laws that Phelan passed prior to the plague weakened the ability of the health department and the city to contain and eradicate the plague. M0318 (talk) 05:40, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Great work on the San Francisco Plague section!

I added some information about how society initially felt when Phelan was coming into office (distrust of government) to set the tone of the paragraph on public health. I think this was an important addition because the need for trust in government was great at the time and society saw Phelan as a rescue. It was surprising that improper allotment of money occurred during his term, and it was was irresponsible and led to negative consequences that Wiki readers should know. At the end of the section, I added information on how journalism (republican newspapers) in the United States was racist and against the democratic Phelan administration. This was an important addition because it explained how society came to disliking the presence of the Chinese population. Finally, I added some information to the career section of the page because it was missing Phelan's desire to exclude Chinese but had mentioned Japanese. This is clearly needed because the plague in Chinatown affected the health of many Chinese people and the actions of the government at the time did as well. Let me know if you think I should add or change something please! — Preceding Parbhar95 (talk) 10:45, 9 December 2017 (UTC) unsigned comment added by Parbhar95 (talk • contribs) 17:08, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

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