Talk:Hannah Duston

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1st statue of a woman in the US? What about the Virgin Mary?[edit]

1st statue of a woman in the US? What about the Virgin Mary? There were Catholics in the US, of course. And they had statues of other female saints as well. 21:15, 8 February 2013 (UTC) Michael Christian — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.23.224.120 (talk)

To the author: I suppose you would have done something differently if you had been taken from your bed after the delivery of your child by Native Americans. The child you hold in you arms just days old. This newborn that you are protectively clutching against you breast is ripped from your arms and slammed against a tree killing your newborn child. But after all "The Native Americans" were treated badly by the English! Is your take on the situation. How about the small child taken in this same incident that was skewered through it's rectum so that the child died slowly and painfully. But after all the "Native Americans were treated very badly by the English! RE-Writing History does not make it true! Hannah Duston did what she had to do in order to escape from savages that broke into her home. murdered her child and marched her forcefuly to Canada. NOw make sure you get you facts straight!!! Umfoster (talk) 18:45, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
That paragraph by Umfoster is a non-sequitur. There weren't very many Catholics if any in New England at that time. They were regarded with hostility by the puritans. Senor Cuete (talk)

Why is the less common spelling Duston used vs more common Dustin as header for article?[edit]

Why is the less common spelling Duston used vs more common Dustin as header for article? Most monuments, streets, locations use Dustin spelling. Historical records are ambiguous as to which was used by Dustin/Duston herself. WHat was the basis for selecting Duston as the definitive spelling? Should the title not be Hannah Dustin (Duston) or at least Hannah Duston (Dustin)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sdustin72 (talk • contribs) 09:53, 3 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is based on published sources, rather than original research. Monuments, streets, etc., are not given the same weight, and Wikipedia has a WP:No original research policy that would preclude an editor delving through any original documents of Hannah's that they might find. To decide between Duston and Dustin, the weight should be based on an assessment of the published documents, and I would argue for giving greater weight to older published histories over, say, recent newspaper articles. So far, the oldest history linked in this article uses "Duston". --Ken Gallager (talk) 14:16, 3 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Further, "Hannah Dustin" links to this article, and the spelling variations are addressed in the first sentence, so there doesn't seem to be an urgent need to change things. --Ken Gallager (talk) 14:19, 3 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Spelling was not standardized at this time. Only after the invention of dictionaries (in the 19th century?) was spelling more uniform. Senor Cuete (talk) 17:40, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure which spelling you're arguing for (maybe either?). The older published history using "Duston" was from 1888. --Ken Gallager (talk) 13:23, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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