Talk:Woman Suffrage Procession/GA1

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Reviewer: Amitchell125 (talk · contribs) 07:37, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

I am happy to review this article, but the nominator has not contributed to Wikipedia since March 2019. I am holding back from reviewing the article until I hear back from the nominator, whom I have contacted. Amitchell125 07:37, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Contact made! Amitchell125 (talk) 13:11, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Should I be crossing items off on this list as I complete them, or do you do that?--Biotech46 (talk) 15:20, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

I will do it. Amitchell125 (talk) 18:39, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

• I think I have addressed everything. Let me know if I've missed something or need to correct anything else. Thanks for all your time and hard work!!--Biotech46 (talk) 21:27, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Assessment

Lead section

• Thousands of suffragists... - as Flexnor states the number as being 5000, consider replacing 'thousands' with a more exact figure (also include the figure in the main article, citing Flexner p. 272). Stevens (p. 22) gives 10,000.

You cite Flexner a number of times (and her book is cited once in the article - with an incorrect publishing date), but I would have to obtain a copy through ILL, which could take a week or two. Since she has a number of reprints, I would need to know which edition you are referring to. Thanks!--Biotech46 (talk) 18:24, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

On balance I think it's just as easy to leave the text as it is. --Ami

Please ignore previous comment (I didn't spot your edit). --Ami

• Link floats (Float (parade)); bands (Marching band).
• Link Washington, D.C (already linked in the infobox)
• 'kicked off' - the term is an example an idiom WP:IDIOM, and so needs to be replaced with less idiomatic text.
• Improve the prose - out of the street, ('off' instead of 'out of'?).
• Parts of the lead section need to be included in the main article: 'officially the Woman Suffrage Procession'; 'Thousands (of suffragists)'; 'The parade's purpose, stated in its official program, was to "march in a spirit of protest against the present political organization of society, from which women are excluded" '.
• Points in the main article I think need to be considered for a mention in the lead section are:

Paul and Burns’ experience in the UK, there being joined by fellow suffragists in the US; that planning began in Dec 1912; that there were issues regarding the planned date, the route and levels of police support, which had to be negotiated with the police; that white female suffrage considered by the NAWSA to be their goal, although black activist groups did become involved in the procession, albeit segregated from the white women; that problems with controlling the large crowds were alleviated by help from the public, e.g. by boy scouts; the police were criticised by the organisers and were forced to defend their actions; that was pressure put on President Wilson by the movement but this had little effect, and that the procession was debated in Congress; the film Iron Jawed Angels was released in 2004, and according to historians contained important flaws.'; that a new bill connected with the parade is planned for circulation in 2026.

Background

• Link women's suffrage; inauguration; also amend ...the first time for Washington. to 'the first time for Washington, D.C..' and link 'Washington, D.C.'.

I changed the text, but Washington D.C. already has two links.--Biotech46 (talk) 19:27, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

• The phrase 'at the helm' is idiomatic and needs to be replaced (WP:IDIOM).
• Images - move them to the right-hand side (normal practice).
• I believe there is a url available for Reference 1 (Dodd), i.e. this, which is worth including.
• The is also a url (registration required) for Kraditor (Reference 3) here.
• Reference 1b (Dodd) - I can't find how the article is verified by the text (it might be me).

I have merely paraphrased Dodd from the bottom of the text on page 363 (not the footnotes) and the top of page 364.--Biotech46 (talk) 17:45, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Understood. Amitchell125 (talk) 17:06, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

• expended over $25,000 - but Stevens states $27,000 (p. 28).

True, but Stevens is inexact and Dodd gives an exact figure down to the penny. $27,000 is more than $25,000, so the statement is true and inclusive for both accounts.--Biotech46 (talk) 17:51, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Understood.

• There appears to be no mention of the 'Suffrage Hikes' in reference 18 (Wheeler).
• The Women's Journal image needs to be thumb-sized and moved to the right of some text, perhaps in the Procession or the Aftermath sections.
• Paul believed that it was time to add a strong visual element to the campaign. - add after 'campaign', ", even grander than what she had planned for the NAWSA conference of 1912." (also given by the same paragraph cited in Reference 7).
• The text in Adams & Keene on p. 77 (reference 12) doesn't appear to verify the information in the article from Through the suffragettes had staged marches... to ...remainders from Fry's Army)..

"It would be the first women’s parade in Washington, the first national suffrage parade, and the first organized mass march on Washington,the only other being a failed attempt by the five hundred men of Coxey’s Army, who had terrified the citizenry as they entered the capital in 1894 to protest widespread unemployment." I will remove the reference to Fry's Army and add a citation for earlier marches in other cities.--Biotech46 (talk) 18:04, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Planning

• Link congressman; Richard H. Sylvester.
• 'Emma Gillett', not Emma Gillette.
• Full name needed for President Taft.
• New York - state or city?
• The oversized image in this section should be to the right of the text: keep it that big. All the people apart from Stone need to linked.
• It doesn't appear to be in clear within the text that the parade was planned for 3 March because it was the day before Inauguration Day (Reference 19 can be used to cite this).

I have two citations for this. This is the first: "Paul’s rationale for launching her suffrage campaign with a massive parade was convincing. Holding the parade on March 3, the eve of the presidential inauguration, would guarantee extensive publicity. In addition, Paul remained convinced that gaining the support of President Wilson was essential if Congress was ever going to pass a federal amendment. The parade would place him on notice that this issue was going to be a salient one, a public issue that he would have to contend..." It seems my text is paraphrasing, but perhaps you have a different take?--Biotech46 (talk) 18:34, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

This sounds great. Amitchell125 (talk) 19:16, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

• Paul was rightly concerned... - why 'rightly'?
• Add 'the selection of ' before the phrase ...the parade's herald, Inez Milholland,..., as the text is a discussion of the planning, and not the actual events of the day of the procession.
• Expand 'Maj. '.

There are references I have still to access, I will add comments as necessary once I have seen them. More sections to follow. Amitchell125 (talk) 19:38, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

Anti-black racism

Black women marching together in the procession

Ida B. Wells-Barnett with the Illinois delegation at the parade: she joined them from the crowd as they passed by

• I think it needs to be clear who 'Susan B. Anthony' is.
• The section has no image - add the image on the right, which I believe shows the black marchers in the procession,

I couldn't locate any black women in this image--Biotech46 (talk) 17:46, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

Brain melt, my apologies. For 'Colo...' on the banner, read 'Colorado'. I have a second suggestion on the right that would be more suitable for this section. Amitchell125 (talk) 18:49, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

• Link abolitionist (Abolitionism)); African American (African Americans).
• Link racism in America (Racism in the United States), consider changing 'America' to 'the United States' (see American (word)).
• the 14th and 15th amendments - amend the two links to 'the Fourteenth Amendment' and 'the Fifteenth Amendment', to help readers avoid mis-reading the text.
• Southern suffrage groups - consider clarifying the text and adding a link to Southern United States, as non-US readers may be not competely clear about the term.
• ... and others - these words are not needed, as the sentence already has 'included'.
• ... from the table… - an idiomatic phrase, please c/e the sentence so the phrase is taken out.
• ...acknowledged that NAWSA considered (white) woman's suffrage to be the organization's primary goal. - doesn't this contradict the first part of the sentence?

I failed to find the contradiction--Biotech46 (talk) 15:02, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

Reading the sources (refs 39 and 40) , I got the impression that This platform essentially removed the issue of black rights from the table... meant the demands of southern black women were considered to be as valid as those of white women by the NAWSA. Am I wrong? --Ami

I believe the term "removed from the table" means it would no longer be considered, i.e. they would no longer pursue the matter of blacks' rights. My search on Google didn't really clarify the matter - it seems a rather ambiguous phrase. Unfortunately, I do not currently have those sources at my disposal. I will get Wheeler from the library later this week. Kraditor I borrowed through ILL and unfortunately did not copy the pages I needed. My bad.--Biotech46 (talk) 21:58, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Wheeler is here and Kraditor is here - you just need to register with Internet Archive and then read the books online (except Wheeler is already out, so it might take longer to get it this way). --Ami

I was able to get both at the library. Anyway, I had already removed that phrase "from the table" from the sentence.--Biotech46 (talk) 19:32, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Understood. --Ami

• Link 'segregation' (Racial segregation in the United States).
• Emancipation - amend to 'the Emancipation Proclamation issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln in 1863' (or something similar), and link Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation Proclamation.
• Link Virginia; Quaker; The Crisis; Illinois; Michigan; New York (New York (state)).
• Reference 38 (http://kenburns.com/films/alone/) doesn't relate to the text in the article (e.g. the Amendments are not mentioned).

• The film itself discusses it, not this blurb online. Is there some way I can use the film as a reference?--Biotech46 (talk) 18:00, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Audio_and_video_sources is helpful in answering your question, but I would need to be able to access the right place in the film to verify it, considering its length. That's asking perhaps too much of you, so I would say to amend the text if no other reference is available. Amitchell125 (talk) 07:32, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

• Amend the text associated with reference 46a (The Times-Dispatch), as the paper does not mention "unwanted publicity" - it looks like the newspaper article has been interpreted, and not quoted.
• Reference 47 (Feimster) - p. 217 doesn't mention the press, so I'm not sure how this citation verifies the text in the article.

The procession

• All the oversized images should be thumb-sized and to the right of the text in the section.
• The tag in the first paragraph needs to be addressed.
• ...throughout the region. - which region is being referred to here?
• Link Liberty Bell; Philadelphia; Boy Scouts (Boy Scouts of America}; national guards (United States National Guard).
• ...stated "WE DEMAND AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ENFRANCHISING THE WOMEN OF THIS COUNTRY." (see MOS:ALLCAPS) - reduce text to small case letters and capitals for proper nouns; also, add reference 34 as a citation.
• wore a gold tiara - reference 54 describes the headware only as 'a golden Maltese cross', should this not be stated instead?

The Maltese Cross was holding on her cape. The tiara is clearly visible in photographs.--Biotech46 (talk) 15:19, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

The source has to refer to what is in the text, and at present it doesn't: it refers to the Maltese cross. (I would consider not mentioning either, it's rather more detail than I think you need.) --Ami

• ...escapades of British suffragettes. - not quoted, and a loaded word, so I would avoid using it. Also, consider quoting Adams and Keene by replacing with the phrase in the book (and quoting the authors) "by fully appropriating the best possibilities of nonviolent visual rhetoric" (also p. 91).
• Reference 63 is used to cite nearly all the notable participants, would it not be easier to replace the multiple citations and write a sentence at the top of the list, with ref. 63 placed there? Also, I find the title of the 'Notable participants' section misleading - clearly, not all the women were notable at the time of the procession (e.g. Rankin, Whitney, Fitzgerald), whereas others were (e.g. Mark, Johnston, Wald). Should this not be clearer to readers?
• Add p. 273 to reference 70. The action of the heroic boys from Mary Agricultural College is quoted in detail on this page from the article in the Baltimore Sun of 4 March. Some of the details given could be added to the text in this single-section paragraph.
• Flexner (p. 272): Flexner writes that Wilson is said to have found empty streets when he arrived in Washington on 3 March, and was informed that this was as the crowds were all watching the suffrage procession. I would mention this information.

I can use Stevens for this information.--Biotech46 (talk) 19:18, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

OK. --Ami

• Flexner (pp. 272, 384): According to the Baltimore American (4 March), "No inauguration has ever produced such scenes, which in many instances amounted to nothing less that riots." The security failure sub-section does not give the extent of the lack of security provided by the authorities, and I would include this as a quote (or paraphrase it into the text) to help provide a more accurate picture of what happened.

As I mentioned in an earlier comment, I don't have Flexner's book. This comment seems to be referring to the inauguration, not the suffrage parade.--Biotech46 (talk) 19:18, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

The comment definitely referred to the parade, and I have quoted the sentence in the book accurately. However, the article doesn't suffer unduly from not having it included, so only add it in if you want to. Amitchell125 (talk) 19:33, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

• The title 'Procession organization' sounds like another section on planning. I would consider renaming it as 'The groups in the procession', or something similar.
• I don't think all the sub-titles are required, and would consider removing 'Spectators arrive in Washington' and 'Additional aid'.
• I would replace 'color palette' (an artist's term?) with 'color scheme' (and link it).
• "Paul recruited 26 floats… - if it's a quote, who said it?

This is quoted directly from the source cited--Biotech46 (talk) 15:19, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

Understood.

• ...from countries where women already had the vote. - that's interesting, but which countries?
• German actress Hedwiga Reicher in the role of "Columbia". - why is Columbia in quotes? Also, link Hedwiga Reicher; Columbia (Columbia (name)).
• C/e The parade was scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. and at the starting signal, the tableaux at the Treasury Building would begin as well. (possibly to 'The parade and the tableaux were both scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.. ')
• The trumpet call … - I would begin this sentence with 'However, …', to link it with the previous sentence.
• By the time Burleson reached 5th Street… - Bureleston is mentioned previously in the article, but a long way back, so consider amending to 'By the time the front of the parade reached 5th Street…' instead.
• Clearly the police had done little… - see WP:EDITORIAL for why clearly should be avoided.
• ...in particular. - please clarify what it is that is not particular, the chants, or Burleson and the other women.
• The Evening Star (Washington) published a rave review and highlighted only positive responses to the parade and pageant, but certain details make it clear that the article was largely written ahead of time. Who described the review in this way? (citation needed).
• The crush of people led to trampling. Over 200 people were treated for injuries at local hospitals. - these sentences could be combined, to improve the prose.
• ...they had a media coup... - imo 'coup' is a military term, and has only recently gained the looser meaning used in the text. Consider using 'they could use the publicity generated by the failure of the police to their advantage'.
• He responded initially by saying the issue had never been brought to his attention - a demonstrable lie. I cannot find a reference to this in Stevens on pp. 22-3.

First she states "The President said he had no opinion on the subject of woman suffrage; that he had never given it any thought;" and then in her footnote demonstrates that it had been brought to his attention in Colorado Springs in 1911 and stated that "...my mind is in the midst of the argument." I will try to paraphrase this better.--Biotech46 (talk) 20:23, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

• Reference 75 (Stevens) does not verify the text in the article - either the text needs to be amended or the citation needs to be changed.

Since I have made many changes to references and the numbers aren't the same as before, I would like clarification on which text this comment refers to. Thanks!--Biotech46 (talk) 19:14, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

I checked, now sorted. --Ami

Aftermath

• 19th or Nineteenth Amendment?
• Link Affidavits; Columbia Theater (Columbia Theater (Washington, D.C.)); Democrats (Democratic Party (United States)); ratification ; Congressional Union (Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage).

Note: I moved the Democratic Party link to an earlier section. Congressional Union is linked earlier in this section.--Biotech46 (talk) 21:24, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

• ...entire cost... - just 'cost'?
• , either. is unnecessary.
• (soon to become Supreme Court justice) - c/e '(who became associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States in 1916)'.
• the quotation tag needs to be addressed.
• Is hounded too emotional a term? (Consider 'pressed' as an alternative.)
• He assured the women he would consider the matter but never acted on the issue. - consider amending to improve the prose: 'Although he assured the women he would consider the matter, he never acted on the issue.'.
• ...the successful parade,… - is successful not a peacock term? (For instance, it might be argued that as it took seven years to achieve its aim of universal suffrage, the parade was unsuccessful.

Miscellaneous

• The oversized image should be thumb-sized and to the right. It is placed in the wrong part of the article.
• The whole of this section is devoted to a film. I would propose be reduced to a single line: "Iron Jawed Angels, a 2004 American film directed by the German director Katja von Garnier", and placed in the 'See also' section. The text could be written into the article on the film, or included as a note in this article.

I will begin the substantive edits tomorrow. I am uncertain about how to proceed with your recommendation for this section, however. An earlier contributor seems to feel strongly about including this material, so I tried to add some depth to it. If I delete it entirely, someone will likely put it back in. Perhaps I could just rename the section to "In film"?--Biotech46 (talk) 17:15, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

On balance, I think the text should go. I looked on Wikipedia before making the comment, and many topics with films made about them many years later don't have substantial sections devoted to the films (Battle of Waterloo, Elizabeth II, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, etc.). Even when a film is discussed in such an article, (William Randolph Hearst, RMS Titanic), there tends to be little discussed in the text about the film itself. --Ami

Then I should probably combine the film and $10 note into one section. "Miscellaneous"?--Biotech46 (talk) 17:29, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Good idea. Amitchell125 (talk) 19:24, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

• Link the new $10 note (United_States_ten-dollar_bill#Rejected_redesign_and_new_2020_bill); Alexander Hamilton.

See also

• Consider changing the links 1907 Mud March (UK); Women's Sunday (1908, UK), Women's Coronation Procession (1911, UK) to their proper titles, with a note to explain the links.

Notes / References / External links

• The References section needs to contain information about all the books referred to in the Notes section (e.g. Wheeler), and not just Brown, Harvey, Lunardini and Woelfle.
• Amend any incorrect spelling of Lunardini.
• I would add (subscription required) tags for references such as The Washington Herald, and free access tags () where appropriate, e.g. from Internet Archive sources.

- Happy for this to be left out, as it is not required for GA. --Ami

• Amend the url - https://archive.org/details/onewomanonevoter00spru - for Wheeler, not the url for a particular page.

Could you please clarify this remark? The link goes to the book, but the text is not available online - you have to request to check out the book, so I can't create a link to a specific page.--Biotech46 (talk) 17:42, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

OK, I think by adding Wheeler to the References section, and reducing (37) to 'Wheeler, ed. (1995). p. 147', the problem is solved. My apologies for not being clear before. --Ami

• Reference 30 (Congress, part 2) doesn't work - use this instead. Reference 52 (Congress, part 1) works, but doesn't allow if the text to be read, so use this instead.
• That Stevens played a role in the events described may be worth noting, as her book is quoted several times in the article.
• Hide the 'Suffrage' template (as has been done with 'Alice Paul').

Passing

I am now very happy to pass this, thanks for your brilliant work on an important (and highly readable) article. Amitchell125 (talk) 09:15, 16 October 2019 (UTC)