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Hello everyone. So, at simple glance, it's pretty clear that Florence Denmark's wikipedia page is pretty bare. Excitingly, this means we can improve it significantly! Looks like not much information is really available on the talk and history page of her article either.

1) One problem - kind of recapitulating here, but because the article is pretty minimal, this might require a lot of digging to create a substantial amount of information. Even through doing brief searches on Dr. Denmark, it might be challenging to find quality information from reputable sources.

2) Love, B. J. (Ed.). (2006). Florence L. Denmark. In Feminists Who Changed America (1963-1975) (p. 116). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.

The published book Feminists Who Changed America (1963-1975) has an excerpt on Florence Denmark's contributions to the field of psychology.

O'Connell, A. N., & Russo, N. F. (1990). Women in psychology: A bio-bibliographic sourcebook. New York: Greenwood Press.

The book Women in psychology: a bio-bibliographic sourcebook has an awesome section on Florence Denmark's accomplishments and life. It is very detailed and I am sure will prove helpful for her wikipedia page.

3) It is acceptable to use some websites as citations for her wikipedia page? For example, Dr. Denmark has a personal website explaining her work and research that has some good information.

She has an extensive publication history. Should we discuss her research at great length? Or more so comment on her contributions to the field as a whole? Heidi.Rued (talk) 03:02, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Hey group,

One main problem we have with Florence Denmark's wikipedia page is the obvious, there just needs to be much more information about her. We only have a biography section, which doesn't have much regarding her personal information or her accomplishments. Sigmund Freud's wikipedia page for example, has a biography section as well as an ideas, legacy, and works section, all being very detailed and informative. We should add a picture of her to her page as well.

I found a couple references that are detailed and seem like they will be useful for us to use in adding to Dr. Denmark's page: 1. Awards for distinguished contributions to the international advancement of psychology: Florence L. Denmark. (1997). American Psychologist, 52(4), 360-362. 2. Florence L. Denmark. (1993). American Psychologist, 48(4), 367-369.

I am not too concerned about anything regarding our wikipedia choice. I think that we are going to add a lot of information about her which will significantly add to her wikipedia page. I think it will be important to not only document her accomplishments in psychology but with that to document her accomplishments as a feminist leader. It seems much of her life has been spent working towards female and male equality. Kaseyclynn (talk) 22:04, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Hello all,

I agree with Kasey, there is just an overall lack of information here. We should definitely add a picture, information on the kind of work she does, more on her personal life/early life, and maybe some information on the impact she has had for the feminist movement and women in psychology. As I do research, it seems that she was a big advocate for equal treatment of female psychologists, and the current article really does not say anything about that. I think her major contribution to society is being ignored in her wiki. Here are a couple articles I think may be useful:

1. Denmark, F.L., Sechzer, J.A., Rabinowitz, V.C. (1993). 'Sex bias in psychological research: Progress or complacency?': Response. American Psychologist. 48(10): 1093-1094. doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.48.10.1093.b 2. Demark, F.L. (1993). Women, leadership, and empowerment. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 17(3), 343-356. doi:10.1111/j.1471-6402.1993tb00491.x

Dr. Council, I am wondering if it is better to focus on her work or her life. There is a lot of information out there about her achievements and her work, but not much on the personal side. Also, Do you think we should divide up sections for us each to work on, or will it flow better if we work collaboratively on everything? Thanks! Seinarson (talk) 19:18, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Hey group,

Ok so to start I compiled a To-Do List of things we could generate. I looked at some other similar psychologist's wiki pages to help see what a better end product Dr. Denmark's should look like. For example,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Whiton_Calkins#See_also

We could things like these...

1. Obituary 2. Awards/Achievements 3. Background/Biography 4. Career in Psychology 5. Feminism 6. References

A good outline could look something like this...

1. Biography/Background 2. Career in Psychology 3. Awards/Achievements Ex. Commitees/Associations Ex. Offices held Ex. Awards earned 4. Equal rights advocacy/ Feminism/ Feminist Leader 5. References

Here are the references to be used. Both have good biographical information and award information like Dr. Council discussed. I think it will be very important to list her contributions with equality amongst women in psychology since it seems she helped make a big push towards that.

Awards for distinguished contributions to the international advancement of psychology: Florence L. Denmark. (1997).

American Psychologist, 52(4), 360-362. 2. Florence L. Denmark. (1993). American Psychologist, 48(4), 367-369.

Kaseyclynn (talk) 18:50, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello guys,

Great comments so far! I agree with you all on the general outline structure.

1) For a general to-do list, I think we should just finalize our sources that we would like to use. In general, I feel like we have a pretty good grasp on some reputable sources that we outlined in our previous assignment for Denmark's wiki page, but if anything else pops us we can use it. I also feel that it would be beneficial for us to assign what sections we would like to work on to improve the existing (albeit sparse) article. I found a pretty comprehensive source on Denmark's overall life, so I would be open to contributing to her biography/background section. Sydney - it sounds like you might have some valuable information to add to an "equal rights/feminist leader" section per your research on Denmark being an advocate for female psychologists. This seems like a big part of her work in the field. Kasey - what section(s) would you like to work on?

2) Outline:

Looks like you guys have gotten a pretty good start so far.

I agree that the general outline should consist of something of the like:

1) Background

a) Early life - including childhood, family, education, etc.

2) Professional life/Career in psychology - including early career, development in psychological field, etc.

a) Achievements/Awards

b) As Kasey mentioned, we could elaborate on her contributions to the psychological field. Including her presidency in the APA.

c) involvement in founding and participating in several organizations including her founding role in the Association for Women in Psychology.

3) Feminist leader/Advocate for women

a) can cite research on and scholarly contributions about women in the psychological sciences field.

Some of this is redundant, as Kasey had a pretty good idea for an outline, but we get the gist. We can edit this outline as we go, but it is good to have a general idea thus far.

References

O'Connell, A. N., & Russo, N. F. (1990). Women in psychology: A bio-bibliographic sourcebook. New York: Greenwood Press.

The above book is an excellent source for her early life and career. Includes information on family and academic involvement.

Love, B. J. (Ed.). (2006). Florence L. Denmark. In Feminists Who Changed America (1963-1975) (p. 116). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press

This could be helpful in gathering information to add to her section on Feminist leadership.

O'Connell, A N., & Russo, N.F. (Eds.). (1998). Models of achievement: Reflections of eminent women in psychology. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawerence Erlbaum Associates.

Includes an interesting section written BY Denmark about her own life. Heidi.Rued (talk) 16:49, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Hey guys!

Okay, so I think we all have a pretty similar idea of how we want our article to look. I think our to do list should be to get a picture on her page, divide up the work, get more sources, and create a more evenly distributed article to give a better idea of her as a person as well a psychologist and a feminism activist.

I think the outline looks best as

1. Biography

a. Early Life

b.Personal Life until Death
(Use colons at beginning of line to indent.) J.R. Council (talk) 21:09, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

2. Professional Career

   a. Her contributions to the APA and other organizations that have shaped psychology (those for women could be mentioned, but those will be elaborated on in section 3)
   b. awards and achievements (I think this works best as the end  of the section to wrap up what was discussed.

3. Feminism/Women's Advocacy

   a. An elaboration on the work she did to work towards equality
   b. explanation of some of the studies that have been ground breaking for the feminist movement. 

4. References

I am fine with doing the Feminism section. It seems like the sources we each found go well into each section. The sources I found are on feminist work, Heidi's are on biography, and Kasey's are on Professional life. If Heidi does the Biography section and Kasey does the Professional Section, does that divide the work up evenly enough? If that is the case, I will do some more research on the specifics of her findings and studies. I can also organize the references on the page if you guys want to just leave your citations in the last section.

As far as references go we will want to add some more as we figure out what is needed-- but so far:

For Biography:

O'Connell, A. N., & Russo, N. F. (1990). Women in psychology: A bio-bibliographic sourcebook. New York: Greenwood Press.

O'Connell, A N., & Russo, N.F. (Eds.). (1998). Models of achievement: Reflections of eminent women in psychology. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawerence Erlbaum Associates.

For Professional Life:

American Psychologist, 52(4), 360-362. 2. Florence L. Denmark. (1993). American Psychologist, 48(4), 367-369.

Awards for distinguished contributions to the international advancement of psychology: Florence L. Denmark. (1997).

For Feminism:

Demark, F.L. (1993). Women, leadership, and empowerment. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 17(3), 343-356. doi:10.1111/j.1471-6402.1993tb00491.x

Love, B. J. (Ed.). (2006). Florence L. Denmark. In Feminists Who Changed America (1963-1975) (p. 116). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press

Denmark, F.L., Sechzer, J.A., Rabinowitz, V.C. (1993). 'Sex bias in psychological research: Progress or complacency?': Response. American Psychologist. 48(10): 1093-1094. doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.48.10.1093.b

Seinarson (talk) 19:38, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Hey guys!

Sydney - excellent outline. I agree with all of those points in the outline. If anything needs to be adjusted or added to, we can do so later. But for now, I think that provides us with a pretty good idea of how to improve her page. I am perfectly happy with doing the biography part. I will include information about her early life, family, her path to the academic world, etc. I will primarily be using the sources that I listed above, but if I find additional information, I can add these to our references section. I can also find a picture of her to use as I will be writing in the biography section. Any additional thoughts on anything?? Heidi.Rued (talk) 01:49, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

This outline sounds great to me. I will work on her professional life as outlined. This will include Dr. Denmark's contributions to the APA and other organizations that have shaped psychology, offices and committees/associations she has been apart of, as well as awards and achievements she has attained throughout her career and anything else that comes up that seems fitting for her professional life. Kaseyclynn (talk) 22:25, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Lead Section: Heidi Rued

Florence Denmark is a pioneering female figure who has contributed greatly to the psychological sciences through her scholarly and academic accomplishments. Denmark was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 28, 1931 (citation) . Her father Morris Levin was an attorney and her mother Minna Freiman Sharkis was a musician. Denmark grew up with an older sister and a significant extended family. Denmark was actively involved during her adolescent years at Roxborough High School in Philadelphia. In 1948, she graduated as valedictorian of her high school class. Following high school, Denmark was enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania's Women's college where she double majored in History and Psychology. Graduating with the first double major with honors, she subsequently went on to continue her graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Here she earned her PhD in Social Psychology in 1958.

Following her university accomplishments, Denmark embarked on a scholarly and academic career. Denmark held academic teaching positions at several colleges, including CUNY's Hunter College in the Bronx. Here she became an associate professor in 1970. At Hunter college she continued researching social psychology topics regarding women, including discrimination. Her research on prejudice and women was a powerful stepping stone in psychology. Further, she is considered to be an important leader for women in the field.

In addition to her influential research and teaching positions, Denmark became involved in several organizational pursuits. Denmark acted as chairperson for the first research conference geared towards women and psychological research. Further, she was a member and later president of the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP). Denmark also held presidentships for the New York State Psychological Association (NYSPA) and the American Psychological Association (APA), where she was the fifth female president of the organization from 1980-1981.

Denmark continued to act as a powerful leader and advocate for women in the psychological field after holding office in the APA. Over the years, Denmark has received international recognition because of her incredible contributions to research, academia, and leadership. Heidi.Rued (talk) 23:47, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Lead Section: Sydney Einarson

Florence Denmark was one of the strongest female presences in the field of psychology. Born in 1932 in Philadephia, Denmark was raised by her father, Morris Levin-- an attorney, and her mother, Minna Freiman Sharkis-- a musician (citation). Florence credits her and her siblings grand accomplishments to their mother. Denmark graduated best in her high school class and then went on t the University of Pennsylwania Women's college, majoring in psychology and history later going on to earn a PhD in Social Psychology (citation).

It was in college where Denmark met her husband, and following college the two had three children together. Denmark went on to teach and perform ground breaking research on minority groups and those with lesser rights including women, racial minorities, and immigrants (citation). Her work changed the way those in modern society think, speak, and act.

Denmark went on to become a strong leader in the psychological community. She was once the president of the American Psychological Association, the New York State Psychological Association, and the Association for Women in Psychology (citation). Seinarson (talk) 15:25, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Lead Section: Kasey Lynn

Florence Denmark is an influential American psychologist who has had a very successful career in psychology as well as being a huge advocate for equality amongst women. She has had many contributions, especially in the field of psychology of women and human rights nationally and internationally.

Florence was born on January 28, 1931 in Pennsylvania. She grew up with a large extended family. Florence always showed promise for success with her high academic achievement. She went on to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania with degrees in psychology and history. She was very interested in leadership, and worked in this area through graduate school. She continued academically at the University of Pennsylvania and went on to earn her PhD in social psychology.

Denmark has made many contributions to the psychology field and well as human rights. She was very interested in leadership She has written many books and articles as well as given over one hundred presentations. Her research made an emphasis on women’s leadership and leadership styles, status and gender, and cross-cultural perspective of women. She has been elected to many offices, including the president of the American Psychological Association and the International Council of Psychologists.

Denmark has been extremely active in focusing on women’s issues. She has consistently mentored psychologists and psychology students from around the world. She has been very active with the six International Interdisciplinary Congresses on Women, making an emphasis on helping economically disadvantaged women. Kaseyclynn (talk) 00:36, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Feedback Section

Feedback for Heidi:

is it able to stand alone as a concise overview? -- I think overall it could stand alone. The information is clear and covers all areas in our outline.

Does it define the topic, establish context, explain why the topic is notable, and summarize the most important points, including any prominent controversies? -- Mostly, I think it could touch on her research a little more. I have found a few sources that said she was born in '32 as well as some that say '31 so we should look into that further.

Does it establish the notability of the article’s subject in the first few sentences? -- It could be a little better I think. It doesn't give a great idea of who she is in the first couple sentences, but it is good.

Feedback for Kasey:

is it able to stand alone as a concise overview? -- It could use some more information about her personal life. It seems to be swayed towards her accomplishments than anything else.

Does it define the topic, establish context, explain why the topic is notable, and summarize the most important points, including any prominent controversies? -- Like I said before, you've done a pretty good job, it just needs to be more balanced than it is right now. As I said in Heidi's feedback, there are many sources that say her birth year was 1932 and some that say 1931 so we should look into that further.

Does it establish the notability of the article’s subject in the first few sentences? -- The notability is good in the first few sentences. It gives a good idea of what the article is going to be about.

Seinarson (talk) 02:59, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Feedback Section

Feedback for Sydney:

Is it able to stand alone as a concise overview?

• I think overall, this is a nice introduction to the life of Florence Denmark. As a lead section, we might want to focus less on her family (i.e. where she meets her husband) and more on overall accomplishments. We can use the background section of the actual wiki page to discuss these finer details. However, nice job overall.

Does it define the topic, establish context, explain why the topic is notable, and summarize the most important points, including any prominent controversies?

• I think this defines the topic and broader accomplishments of Denmark's well. The only thing this lead section could include a bit more about is her being an advocate for women. Denmark's larger part of her career has focused highly on her involvement in research and organizational pursuits for the establishment of equality of women. Including a few more sentences in a lead section on this may be beneficial.

Does it establish the notability of the article's subject in the first few sentences?

• I think that you touch on this in your first sentence, but do not firmly establish the "nobility" of the article till the end of the second paragraph.

Feedback for Kasey:

Is it able to stand alone as a concise overview?

• This provides a nice overview about Denmark's life and contributions to the field. However, I noticed you began many sentences with "she", which makes the section seem redundant. Even though it is hard to avoid using "she", I think we could interchange it with "Denmark", etc. more often so that the article section flows better.

Does it define the topic, establish context, explain why the topic is notable, and summarize the most important points, including any prominent controversies?

• Yes, Kasey did an adequate job of defining the topic and establishing context for Denmark's wiki page. Kasey, you did a particularly nice job focusing on Denmark's contributions in leadership and her research. One suggestion - provide a sort of closing statement or even a "cliffhanger", if you will, at the end of the lead section. Otherwise it may seem to end abruptly and not lead smoothly into the actual wiki page.

Does it establish the notability of the article's subject in the first few sentences?

• Yes. Nice opening few sentences that further establish context and give a sort of introductory to the introduction of the lead section. Heidi.Rued (talk) 23:05, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Feedback Section

Feedback for Heidi:

Is it able to stand alone as a concise overview?

• Yes, your introduction is able to stand alone as a concise overview, though it could use some omissions. It seems to be a bit lengthy and detailed for an overview. Though, it is really well written and grammatically sound.

Does it define the topic, establish context, explain why the topic is notable, and summarize the most important points, including any prominent controversies?

• Yes, your introduction definitely defines the topic well. You do summarize the most important points well, going into her biography and professional life. There could maybe be more information added about her contributions to the feminist movement.

Does it establish the notability of the article's subject in the first few sentences?

• Yes, Heidi's introduction gives the main idea of Florence Denmark's influence and accomplishments in the first couple sentences. Florence Denmark's name should be bolded in the first sentence.

Feedback for Sydney:

Is it able to stand alone as a concise overview?

• I think Sydney's lead section could use more information. She wrote a good amount about her biographical information but could use more information about her professional life and contributions.

Does it define the topic, establish context, explain why the topic is notable, and summarize the most important points, including any prominent controversies?

• Yes, the lead section defines the topic well though could use more information to establish the context. She summarized many important points but could have included more about her professional accomplishments.

Does it establish the notability of the article's subject in the first few sentences?

• No, the lead section does not really do this well. There is only one topic sentence and does not give much information about her career or notability. Also, Florence Denmark needs to be bolded. Kaseyclynn (talk) 00:59, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Lead Section: In progress

Hey guys! So I am thinking since we all contributed valuable information to our lead drafts, we could take information from them and expand on them to create our official lead section?

Some ideas: I think we shouldn't include so much background info on her early life like I did in my lead example. After reviewing what makes a good lead, this seems a little too wordy. We should instead focus on her broad accomplishments and set a tone for the entirety of her wikipedia page instead of give it all away right away. Draft idea below taken from what we have written so far:

Florence Denmark is a pioneering female figure who has greatly influenced the psychological sciences through her scholarly and academic accomplishments. She has had many contributions, especially in the field of psychology of women and human rights nationally and internationally.

Denmark held academic teaching positions at several colleges, including CUNY's Hunter College in the Bronx where she researched social psychology topics regarding women. Her research on prejudice and women was a powerful stepping stone in psychology and she is considered to be an important leader for women in the field.

In addition to her influential research and teaching positions, Denmark became involved in several organizational pursuits. Denmark acted as chairperson for the first research conference geared towards women and psychological research. Further, she was a member and later president of the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP). Denmark also held presidentships for the New York State Psychological Association (NYSPA) and the American Psychological Association (APA), where she was the fifth female president of the organization from 1980-1981

Denmark has been extremely active in focusing on women’s issues. She has consistently mentored psychologists and psychology students from around the world. She has been very active with the six International Interdisciplinary Congresses on Women, making an emphasis on helping economically disadvantaged women

Thoughts? Too long probably, but I think this is a start. Heidi.Rued (talk) 00:24, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Lead Section: In progress

Heidi, I like what you had so far. I thought it could use a bit more about her personal life so I added that it and changed/added a few things and words. Though, like you said, what we have is a bit too long it does seem. We could take out some of the information about her membership in the AWP and NYSPA. What do you guys think? It is supposed to be 1-3 paragraphs, but it is also tough to cut down.

Florence Denmark is a pioneering female psychologist who has greatly influenced the psychological sciences through her scholarly and academic accomplishments. She has contributed greatly to psychology, especially in the field of psychology of women and human rights nationally and internationally. Growing up in 1930’s Pennsylvania, Denmark always showed promise through academic success. She eventually graduated and received her PhD in social psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Denmark held academic teaching positions at several colleges, including CUNY's Hunter College in the Bronx where she researched social psychology topics regarding women. Her research on status and gender, prejudice, leadership and leadership styles, and women has been a powerful stepping-stone in psychology. She is considered to be an important leader for women in the field. In addition to her influential research and teaching positions, Denmark became involved in several organizational pursuits. Denmark acted as chairperson for the first research conference geared towards women and psychological research. Further, she was a member and later president of the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP). Denmark also held the position of president for the New York State Psychological Association (NYSPA) and the American Psychological Association (APA), where she was the fifth female president of the organization from 1980-1981. Denmark has been extremely active in focusing on women’s issues, dedicating herself to being an excellent feminist leader. She has consistently mentored psychologists and psychology students from around the world. She has been very active with the six International Interdisciplinary Congresses on Women, making an emphasis on helping and empowering economically disadvantaged women.

Kaseyclynn (talk) 22:03, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Lead Section: In Progress

Heidi and Kasey, good work so far. It is a little long and does need to be cut down a little. Here is what I came up with...

Florence Denmark is a pioneering female psychologist who has greatly influenced the psychological sciences through her scholarly and academic accomplishments. She has contributed greatly to psychology, especially in the field of psychology of women and human rights nationally and internationally.Growing up in 1930’s Pennsylvania, Denmark always showed promise through academic success. She eventually graduated and received her PhD in social psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Denmark held academic teaching positions at several colleges, including CUNY's Hunter College in the Bronx where she researched social psychology topics regarding women. Her research on status and gender, prejudice, leadership and leadership styles, and women has been a powerful stepping-stone in psychology. She is considered to be an important leader for women in the field. Denmark has been extremely active in focusing on women’s issues, dedicating herself to being an excellent feminist leader.She has been very active with the six International Interdisciplinary Congresses on Women, making an emphasis on helping and empowering economically disadvantaged women.

In addition to her influential research and teaching positions, Denmark became involved in several organizational pursuits. Denmark acted as chairperson for the first research conference geared towards women and psychological research. Further, she was a member and later president of the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP). Denmark also held the position of president for the New York State Psychological Association (NYSPA) and the American Psychological Association (APA)

-- I think that might be short and concise enough. Let me know what you think. Seinarson (talk) 22:27, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Nice work so far guys! I think we are getting close to a good lead section. Below I have edited what we have so far and have deleted some words or changed phrases that seemed redundant! Let me know your thoughts:

Florence Denmark is a pioneering female psychologist who has influenced the psychological sciences through her scholarly and academic accomplishments. She has contributed greatly to psychology, especially in the field of psychology of women and human rights nationally and internationally. Growing up in 1930’s Pennsylvania, Denmark always showed promise through academic success. She eventually graduated and received her PhD in social psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Denmark held academic teaching positions at several colleges, including CUNY's Hunter College in the Bronx where she researched social psychology topics regarding women. Her research on status and gender, prejudice, leadership and leadership styles, and women has been a powerful stepping-stone in psychology. Considered to be an important leader in the field, Denmark actively focused on women’s issues, dedicating herself to being an excellent feminist leader. She has been involved with the six International Interdisciplinary Congresses on Women, making an emphasis on helping and empowering economically disadvantaged women.

In addition to her influential research and teaching positions, Denmark became involved in several organizational pursuits. Denmark acted as chairperson for the first research conference geared towards women and psychological research. Further, she was a member and later president of the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP). Denmark also held the position of president for the New York State Psychological Association (NYSPA) and the American Psychological Association (APA).

I agree that this short and concise, and I think highlights her most important features.Heidi.Rued (talk) 22:43, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

That looks great to me! Kaseyclynn (talk) 04:45, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Background Section for Denmark

Hey guys. So, as previously discussed, we all agreed to take on certain parts of the article. My part is the background/early life of Florence Denmark. Below is what I have so far:

Early Life/Education Florence Denmark was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 28, 1931 (citation) . Her father Morris Levin was an attorney and her mother Minna Freiman Sharkis was a musician. Denmark grew up with an older sister and a significant extended family. She was actively involved during her adolescent years at Roxborough High School in Philadelphia. In 1948, she graduated as valedictorian of her high school class.

Following high school, Denmark was enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania's Women's college where she double majored in History and Psychology. Here, she was involved in undergraduate research, Denmark wrote an honor's thesis revolving around leadership and gender. Graduating with the first double major with honors in 1952, she subsequently went on to continue her graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Here she earned her PhD in Social Psychology in 1958.

While she was pursuing her graduate degree, Florence married Stanley Denmark - an orthodontist - in 1953. After Denmark was awarded her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, she moved to New York with her husband and they had three children: Valerie and twins, Pamela and Richard.

Early Career While living in New York, Denmark accepted an adjunct faculty position at Queens College of the City University of New York. This was the beginning of her innovative career in psychology. Here, she fostered a professional and research relationship with Marcia Guttentag, who also went on to become and influential social psychologist.

(will expand more) Heidi.Rued (talk) 23:53, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Group,

Here is a revised lead section. Dr. Council said we needed to cut back by 1/4 to 1/3 and not take as much of a bias. I tried to cut back, leaving the main points we are trying to get across in our outline. What do you both think?

Florence Denmark is a pioneering female psychologist who has influenced the psychological sciences through her scholarly and academic accomplishments. She has contributed greatly to psychology, especially in the field of psychology of women and human rights nationally and internationally. Since childhood, Denmark always showed promise through academic success. She eventually graduated and received her PhD in social psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Denmark held academic teaching positions at several colleges researching social psychology topics regarding women. Her research has emphasized status and gender, prejudice, leadership and leadership styles, and women. Considered to be an important leader in the field, Denmark has actively focused on women’s issues including helping and empowering disadvantaged women, dedicating herself to being an excellent feminist leader.

In addition to her influential research and teaching positions, Denmark became involved in several organizational pursuits. Denmark acted as chairperson for the first research conference geared towards women and psychological research. Further, she was a member and later president of the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP). Denmark also held the position of president for the New York State Psychological Association (NYSPA) and the American Psychological Association (APA).

As for my section in the main article, here is what I have so far for professional life...

Professional Life of Florence Denmark

Professional Life Florence Denmark has made many contributions as well as earned many awards and honors in the field of psychology. Denmark was one of the founding members of the American Psychological Association Division 35. She has also been the president of many organizations, including the American Psychology Association Division 1 and Division 35, the International Council of Psychologists, the National Honor Society Psi Chi, the Easter Psychological Association and the New York State Psychological Association. She has been named Vice President of the New York Academy of Sciences and the International Organization of the Study of Group Venisons.

Including her many positions, Denmark has also written over 15 books, over 100 articles, and appeared on many talks and radio and television shows.

Honors and Recognition Her honors and recognition include membership in Phi Beta Theta, Psi Chi, Sigma Xi, and Phi Beta Kappa. Her publication, Psychology of Women: A Handbook of Issues and Theories was selected by the journal Choice as an academic book of excellence.

Awards Earned She has earned several awards from the APA, the New York State Psychological Association, the Organization for Professional Women, the Association for Women in Science, and the Association for Women in Psychology. Awards included are the Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training, Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology, Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest, as well as the APA Centennial Award for Sustained Contributions to the Public Interest Directorate in 1992. In 1991, she received the highest award offered by the Society for the Psychology of Women, the Carolyn Sherif Memorial Lecture Award. In 2002, Denmark was given the Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award from Dyson College of Pace University (Citation).

Kaseyclynn (talk) 23:06, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

Working Towards Gender Equality

Looks good so far, guys. Here is what i have for the Feminism side of things, ignore the numbers in my citation notes. I am struggling to find sources and information that is up to date, I'll add some more soon.

Florence Denmark has made significant strides for the field of psychology in the area of gender differences and feminism. In her article "Women and Psychology" (citation1), Denmark explores the sex differences when working in psychology at an international level. She notes that while it has come far in recent years, there are still many areas for improvement when it comes to sexism. In other studies (citation2), Denmark found that when it comes to roles of higher status, women are also sexist towards women. This, according to Denmark, may also be a symptom of being exposed to sexism and undervaluing of women.

While she has spoken on the behalf of women and the feminism movement, she also worked towards defeating the sex biased on participants in psychological studies. The sex biased in research may have produced inaccurate results in many studies. Denmark's work has helped to provide reliable results.(citation3) Seinarson (talk) 18:47, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Kasey - I think that lead section looks good. I'm not sure where you read Dr. Council's comments? I am just curious because I can't see them. Anyways, I'm wondering if you guys think I should expand more on her biographical early life section or just leave it as is? I'm wondering because I don't want to cross over into her professional life too much as this will technically be a new section. Thoughts? Heidi.Rued (talk) 00:54, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Heidi, His comments are on your Talk page. What you have is pretty detailed. Maybe if you were able to find anymore details to add it would be good but I think it looks good as is. Kaseyclynn (talk) 02:00, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Kasey-- good lead section! Seinarson (talk) 18:47, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Lead

Florence Denmark is a pioneering female psychologist who has influenced the psychological sciences through her scholarly and academic accomplishments in both psychology and feminist movements. She has contributed to psychology in several ways, specifically in the field of psychology of women and human rights, both nationally and internationally. Since childhood, Denmark was academically successful. She received her PhD in social psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Denmark held academic teaching positions at several colleges, researching social psychology topics regarding women and their social inequalities. Her research has emphasized status and gender, prejudice, leadership and leadership styles, and women. Considered to be an important leader in the field, Denmark has actively focused on women’s issues, including helping and empowering disadvantaged women, dedicating herself to being an influential feminist leader.

In addition to her influential research and teaching positions, Denmark has been involved in several organizational pursuits. Denmark acted as chairperson for the first research conference geared towards women and psychological research. Further, she was a member and later president of the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP). Denmark also held the position of president for the New York State Psychological Association (NYSPA) and the American Psychological Association (APA).

Early life and education

Florence Denmark was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 28, 1931. Her father Morris Levin was an attorney and her mother Minna Freiman Sharkis was a musician. Denmark grew up with an older sister and a significant extended family. She was actively involved during her adolescent years at Roxborough High School in Philadelphia. In 1948, she graduated as valedictorian of her high school class.

Following high school, Denmark was enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania's Women's college where she double majored in History and Psychology. Here, she was involved in undergraduate research, Denmark wrote an honor's thesis revolving around leadership and gender. Graduating with the first double major with honors in 1952, she subsequently went on to continue her graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Here she earned her PhD in Social Psychology in 1958. While she was pursuing her graduate degree, Florence married Stanley Denmark - an orthodontist - in 1953. After Denmark was awarded her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, she moved to New York with her husband and they had three children: Valerie and twins, Pamela and Richard.

Early career

While living in New York, Denmark accepted an adjunct faculty position at Queens College of the City University of New York. With encouragement from the head of the Queens college psychology program, Denmark accepted a full-time faculty position at Hunter College in 1964. Here, Denmark continue to teach and conduct research until 1988, when she moved to Pace University and became the chair of the Department of Psychology.

Hey guys - just adding some things in. I put some references in our lead section. Please feel free to add more references where necessary! Also, what do you think of my section? I added more to the early career portion. I am wondering what a good stopping point would be? Heidi.Rued (talk) 21:55, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Involvement with women's issues

Florence Denmark has made significant strides for the field of psychology in the areas of gender differences and feminism. In her article "Women and Psychology", Denmark explores the gender differences when working in psychology at an international level. She notes that while the gender gap has been lessened in recent years, there is still much room for improvement when it comes to sexism. In other studies, Denmark found that when it comes to roles of higher status, women are also sexist towards women. This, according to Denmark, may also be a symptom of being exposed to sexism and undervaluing of women.

While she has spoken on behalf of women and the feminism movement, she also worked towards defeating the gender bias toward participants in psychological studies. The gender bias in research may have produced inaccurate results in many studies. Denmark's work has helped to provide valid results. Denmark has also published "Guidelines for Avoiding Sexism in Psychological Research" with a few of her colleagues. In this work, Denmark and her colleagues lay out a series of problems that emerge as a result of sexism in experimental psychology. Then, they laid out examples of what the problems might have looked like in psychology studies, and they suggested ways to solve the problems. It is important that in research, the processes that are used to select participants and the processes used to analyze the data are equal when it comes to sexes. When sexism plays a part in these processes, there is a high likelihood that sex differences are not included in the results, which could greatly affect treatment options.

Heidi, I think it looks good! I changed the headings to different formats. Let me know what I should do to fix my section, if anything. Thanks! I am also going to add the title to the reference list. Seinarson (talk) 04:16, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Group,

Dr. Council said in our lead section we should try to be more specific in her accomplishments and less vague, as well as add references and links. I edited the lead to be more what he is looking for as well as filled in references where they were missing. If you both want to take a look and see what else you can do, I think it will be good.

He said that for the professional life section I needed to add references and links. I added the references to where they were needed, as well as looked through and checked for spelling errors and grammar. As of now I think the section looks good to go. If you both would look through it and check as well.

PS: Sidney, I made a couple grammatical changes to yours and changed the word 'sex' to 'gender', it sounds more politically correct, though you can change it back if you'd like. I also changed the word reliable to valid in the third sentence on the second paragraph. Other than that looks good to me!

Kaseyclynn (talk) 00:11, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Hey group,

The lead section looks better. I agree that specifying her accomplishments made an improvement on the quality of the lead. I think things are coming together with the rest of the article. What we need to decide now is what the best order for the article sections would be ?

I was thinking the following would make sense:

Lead section Early Life/Education & Early Career Professional Life Involvement in Women's Issues

It also might make sense to make involvement in women's issues as a sub-section of her professional life section - considering that this is in fact a large part of her professional career.

Thoughts? Heidi.Rued (talk) 03:56, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

I think the order you put down looks great Heidi. I would be fine with making women's issues a sub-section of professional life. We initially wanted to make it a completely different section from professional life but I see why it would be good to put it in the professional life, so I am good with it either way. I think the article complied will look really good!

Kaseyclynn (talk) 20:58, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

References

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