Federation of Cuban Women Wikipedia Page

     This article has good information regarding how the FMC has been involved in other movements and politics in Cuba. However, it does not go into great detail about what the FMC stands for or how it was established. It gives a general overview of the FMC, including its goals, but it does not explain how the FMC was established or its history as an organization in general. There are no distractions in the article. Each section is clear and understandable. However, the sections are also very short which may contribute to this lack of confusion. The article is also very neutral. It is not biased and presents the information about the topic without making an argument. 

     There are some under-represented viewpoints for this article. This article focuses on Vilma Espin and her involvement with the FMC. However, as we discussed in class, Asela de los Santos was also involved with the FMC and helped to found the organization. She was also very involved in education, which is mentioned in this article in the form of the Cuban Literacy Campaign. Thus, the article completely ignores de los Santos involvement and influence on the FMC. 

     This article does not include links to any sources as all of the sources are cited as being print sources. There is not a good way to check whether or not the sources support the claims made in the article. These sources appear to be reliable as they come from different journals. However, they may be biased towards the typical readers of the journals where the sources are taken from. There is no bias noted in the Wikipedia article if one exists. There are also only three sources included in the article so there is not a wide range of information for the source.

     The sources included in the article are out of date. There are only three sources included in the article, and they date to 1975, 1987, and 1995 respectively. There could be more recent sources added to give a better perspective regarding how the organization has evolved and grown since it was first established. Adding newer sources would also allow for information on de los Santos to be added as well as other contributors to FMC who may have been overlooked. 

     The Talk page mentions that the article is part of the WikiProject Cuba which is considered inactive. There are no other conversations regarding the project or how it should be presented on this page. The Talk page is noted as last being edited in 2010. This page would probably be categorized as a start page as there is not a whole lot of information, but what information is presented has reliable sources to inform it. 

     We did not really focus on the FMC in class. However, this does differ from our discussion of Asela de los Santos and the role she played regarding the FMC. We did not discuss Vilma Espin or the role she played in the FMC, rather we focused on de los Santos and her work. Thus, it is interesting that the Wikipedia article has no mention of de los Santos at all.

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