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Italians

As for others, I have a slew up my sleeves, but haven't really started seeing if there are sources. Enrichetta Chiaraviglio-Giolitti and Anita Dobelli-Zampetti are both mentioned [1]. As is Ida Vassalini and Virginia Piatti-Tango (or is it Virginia Tango Piatti?) Same is the case for the Black women of WILPF. I found a list, which you can see in the 2nd note here, which I am trying to finish now. SusunW (talk) 16:29, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Ipigott Italian women are here. SusunW (talk) 17:20, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
Taking Piatti-Tango/Tango Piatti. SusunW (talk) 14:16, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
I couldn't access the first set of links as I am not a member of Google or Facebook. But for the moment I'm concentrating on Folklore. Maybe more Italians next month under Mediterranean.--Ipigott (talk) 21:08, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
I'm confused. The first link was provided from Academia.edu and had nothing to do with either google or facebook. But, as I have discovered that it was a chapter from a book, I replaced the link with that of the book. Hope you are enjoying Folklore, I'm sticking with activists for now. SusunW (talk) 22:41, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
I'm taking Vassalini. SusunW (talk) 15:39, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
I'm going to try Enrichetta Chiaraviglio-Giolitti. Preliminary search says this one is going to be hard. SusunW (talk) 16:29, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
Ipigott, I am really confused about this last one, Anita Dobelli-Zampetti. Searching and searching for her dates, I finally found this see footnote 296. That seems to indicate that her husband was Amilacare Dobelli, who was a professor. Searching for that name, the only thing I find is a mention about an Italian car, with no sources I can access, but it mentions Spartaco Dobelli. Searching him, I found this not reliable source which says Spartaco was Anita's brother and her maiden name was Dobelli. Pressing on her link, it says her husband was Amilcare Zampetti. Searching that name I do find an academic, which this source shows he was living somewhere? with a son Furio (shown on the genealogical record as Anita's child) during the war (WWI?/WWII?). Where was Anita? So before deciding the hyphen is wrong and should be removed to make her surname Zampetti, I searched the supposed father Ferdinando Dobelli. I found this, which confirms what most Italian sources say, that he was a writer, but says he had a daughter Emma, who was an Italian professor at Bedford College. The genealogy doesn't mention anything about an Emma, sigh. A search on ancestry.com shows Anita's alleged brother Spartaco married a woman named Bertha in England in 1901 and had a son there in 1904, but I find no entries at all for an Anita or Emma to rule them in or out. This p 419 says "Dobelli" ceased communications with the WILPF by 1922. I don't know what to do with this mess. Perhaps something on your side of the pond can help sort it out? SusunW (talk) 22:54, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
  • SusunW: It does indeed seem to be a confusing story. All I can suggest is that you could perhaps try to contact Maria Grazia Suriano with some specific questions. As she's a librarian and appears to have access to a huge range of resources, she might be able to help out.--Ipigott (talk) 06:39, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
I'll try that! Thank you! SusunW (talk) 13:12, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
Ipigott great suggestion! She answered and is gathering sources for me. Dobelli was her maiden name and Zampetti her married name. She may have ended up in the US. Can't wait for her next e-mail. SusunW (talk) 17:05, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Gloria Cameron

On 19 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gloria Cameron, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Gloria Cameron was the first native Jamaican in the UK to appear on the British television programme This Is Your Life? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gloria Cameron. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Gloria Cameron), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

-- RoySmith (talk) 12:02, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Helene Scheu-Riesz

On 20 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Helene Scheu-Riesz, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Helene Scheu-Riesz created the first German translation of Alice Through the Looking-Glass but struggled with Lewis Carroll's made-up words? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Helene Scheu-Riesz. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Helene Scheu-Riesz), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 12:02, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Hi Susan. Thank you for contributing the article on my grandmother, Dorothy Davenport Stafford. It was a real treat to find, and enlightened me with details of her actions that I only knew at a high level. Off the top of my head I can't think of anything useful to add, but if you have any questions feel free to send them to me. Deedee (as we called her) had so many stories and was the most wonderful grandmother ever. We got a lot of her time as her only grandchildren were my brother & I. Deedee was a writer and would greatly appreciate your article. She was also quite humble so she would probably blush on it's mention. Thank you again for honoring her memory. WikiJ0001 (talk) 19:44, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
WikiJ0001 Thank you so much. I am always surprised when I get messages from family members or friends of the women I write about. I came across her when working on the Women's poll tax repeal movement article. So much about women's struggle in the US to have political rights has been buried and I thought is was important not just to write about how Southern women were still not allowed to vote after passage of the 19th Amendment, but about the women who continued fighting to repeal the poll tax laws that kept them from voting. Your "Deedee" was a heroine and I enjoyed learning about her. Had it not been for women like her, women in the South would likely still not be able to vote. SusunW (talk) 19:55, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Cora Slocomb di Brazza

On 22 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cora Slocomb di Brazza, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Cora Slocomb di Brazza designed the peace flag adopted by the International Council of Women, and her mother Abby Day Slocomb designed the Connecticut state flag? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cora Slocomb di Brazza. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cora Slocomb di Brazza), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Aoidh (talk) 12:02, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Abby Day Slocomb

On 22 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Abby Day Slocomb, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Cora Slocomb di Brazza designed the peace flag adopted by the International Council of Women, and her mother Abby Day Slocomb designed the Connecticut state flag? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cora Slocomb di Brazza. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Abby Day Slocomb), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Aoidh (talk) 12:02, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Eugénie Hamer

On 22 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Eugénie Hamer, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that to attend the 1915 Women at the Hague Congress, Eugénie Hamer and the Belgian delegates drove, were frisked, walked two hours, and took a train? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eugénie Hamer. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Eugénie Hamer), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Aoidh (talk) 12:03, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Virginia Tango Piatti

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WiR April focus on Gender studies

I was wondering Susun if there have been any important developments in this area for our April focus. If not, I suppose the presentation should be similar to last year's with the same redlist link.--Ipigott (talk) 10:11, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Ipigott Nothing that I am aware of. I actually found a source while working on Landazuri, on Mexicans. I figured I'd add it once the page is created. It's an encyclopedic dictionary that gives both early feminists and academics doing gender studies research. SusunW (talk) 13:17, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
I see you created the page, so I added the link. Fortunately looks like my hard work to created the list last year paid off, still a bunch of articles to be made. SusunW (talk) 13:32, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
I came across this list of Apolitical's 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy and thought some of the names might be useful to follow up in connection with Gender studies. Any views or other suggestions?--Ipigott (talk) 12:40, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
Great list and yes, I think we can pull out some names there. I'm on it. SusunW (talk) 13:22, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Bertha McNeill

On 26 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bertha McNeill, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Bertha McNeill challenged policies of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom that excluded Black women from full membership in the organization? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bertha McNeill. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Bertha McNeill), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Aoidh (talk) 00:02, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

Lucha Reyes (Peruvian singer)

Hi Susun, I'm sure you're super busy with articles and have a lot planned, but if you ever feel like looking into this one go for it! Wonderful music [2], she is something of a singing icon in Peru and her life sadly cut short young but one of those Latin women I think would be worthwhile researching! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:52, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

Hey Dr. Blofeld, good to hear from you. Yes, super busy, but I'll try to put her on my radar for later. Working on the last Italian (above) and April will be women's studies scholars. They are super important to me as we wouldn't have any of the work about women we find today without those academics who insisted that women be included in the historic records. I feel like we owe them a lot. SusunW (talk) 14:22, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

Women in Red April 2023

Women in Red Apr 2023, Vol 9, Iss 4, Nos 251, 252, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266


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Ojore Lutalo

Hi SusunW, hope you are doing well! I'm happy to see you nominated Gloria Cameron for a good article. I agree that the categories are bizarre - I always find it puzzling that there isn't a housing section for example. Most of my submissions end up in "Culture, sociology and psychology" as well, it does seem to be the catch-all category.

I wonder if you could give me a hand with User:Mujinga/DraftLutalo. Ojore Lutalo was a Black Liberation Army member who received a long sentence; he made collages whilst in solitary confinement to document the conditions. Now after his release he exhibits these artworks. It was very hard to find any coverage of his arrest and trial, so the article feels a bit top-heavy. Obviously there's more internet sources nowadays but I'm still surprised not to be able to find more in the archives - possibly there was a name change? Your skills would be appreciated - no worries if it's not within your field of interest.

Happy editing, Mujinga (talk) 11:46, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Mujinga Cool. I'll look at this this afternoon. Off to the oncologist. Fingers crossed that we've reached the 5-year milestone. SusunW (talk) 14:57, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
Mujinga Party at my house tonight! No more cancer meds, I have been released from the oncologist. Woo hoo! SusunW (talk) 16:28, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
oh wow that's FANTASTIC news!! hope you have a great night and indeed rest of week :) Mujinga (talk) 22:22, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
Indeed. I'm planning on a great rest of life. This was a phase I don't wish on anyone, but definitely an adventure. SusunW (talk) 22:47, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
Okay, Mujinga long way around to get there, but I did. Lots of stuff in Newspapers.com once I got there. I initially worried about deadnaming, but I found a source from national news that confirms my research. If you need help with Newspapers.com, let me know, but I think I remember you have a subscription. (limit search to New Jersey):
  • This says he was originally arrested with Kojo Bomani Sababu.
  • This says Sababu's name was Grailing Brown.
  • Searching under Brown, I get this story of his murder conviction with Darryl Conquest.[3], [4],[5]
  • This says he planned to call witnesses. Note on pt. 1, there are 2 people who are pending robbery charges, Kenneth Robinson and Leroi Bunting and Brown was also pending robbery charges.
  • Grailing's article also says the robbery of Broad Street National Bank was with Lutalo and Larry Anderson. Searching for the bank name, shows this. While it doesn't mention Grailing it says two of them were Larry Anderson and Leroy Bunting. Thus, I conclude Lutalo is Bunting. Researching for Leroy rather than Leroi, I get this and the final proof. So definitely your guy. SusunW (talk) 20:12, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
Ah that's brilliant! So there were some other names at work, I thought there might be but couldn't find them. Looking through what you found shows there's enough to flesh out the draft and go live, I'll do that once I have a decent chunk of time online. Thanks very much, I do have newspapers.com access but wasn't finding anything (and I need to up my Fulton game probably). Just to reiterate, that's such great news for you about the oncologist, cheers! Mujinga (talk) 22:33, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
It was a lot easier since I had so many names to find Leroy Bunting than it was to find Gloria because I only had her legal and her nickname. Fortunately in her case, searching the court panned out. As I said, if you search his name and New Jersey, you will find a lot. Good luck. Let me know if you need further help. Glad to try. :) SusunW (talk) 22:47, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
Finally got around to getting the article mainspaced. Thanks for the help with the last piece in the jigsaw! Mujinga (talk) 13:25, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
Mujinga, the article looks good. Glad to help any time. Especially because I know how hard writing about subjects who weren't mainstream figures is. It takes a village sometimes and I am happy you are in mine. SusunW (talk) 15:14, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Annie Ackerman

Hi Susun, hope all is well. I've been slowly cleaning up my early article creations (which were rather embarrassing) and just worked through Annie Ackerman (interesting quip here from Biden himself). I'm a bit stumped on her early life before coming to Florida, however. One source mentions her as infiltrating the German American Bund, and I was surprised to not find any more on that, if it is correct. Can you find anything on it? No worries if not. Best wishes, Eddie891 Talk Work 20:28, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Hey Eddie891 glad to try to help. Anna Gdalman's delayed certificate of birth was issued on 8 August 1973 and says she was born in Chicago on 28 January 1914 1914. (you'll need a free account with FamilySearch to look at it.) That seems to jive with the 1920 census which shows her parents immigrated from Russia in 1904 and naturalized in 1917. She (yes, her name is spelled wrong, or transcribed wrong) and Irving married in 1934, which is backed up by his obit. She won 2nd place in regional oration award in 1929. This dude was her brother, as confirmed by her mom's obit. All of that was just so I had more search terms. More to come. SusunW (talk) 22:07, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
Lots on p 11 of her work in B'nai B'rith. See also [6], [7], [8]. That first link confirms her birth name and is from a Jewish newspaper of Chicago, which has tons of listings about her. Apparently she ran for Alderman in 1963, but withdrew. Bottom line, I found a lot of info about her, but none about spying. Probably wasn't likely to be written about at the time and after the fact is questionable, but verifiable and attributable to the source you have. SusunW (talk) 22:22, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
Ah well, thanks for taking a look, and especially for finding what you did! It helped me fill in some gaps. Very interesting woman! I really appreciate it Eddie891 Talk Work 00:37, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
Eddie891, glad to help. You're very welcome to ask any time and I will try. Can't always promise results, but I do have research tricks up my sleeve. SusunW (talk) 16:15, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

March stories

March songs
my story on IWD

today: where I learned opera, + 3 women -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:36, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Lovely way to start off women's month. Thank you. SusunW (talk) 14:08, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
Lovely to continue giving thanks today for Eunice Newton Foote, "about the first known scientist to link warming CO2 with climate change. She was also one of the signers of the Declaration of Sentiments at the first conference ever held (1848) to solely focus on women's rights. Her story was lost until uncovered by women academics who initiated women's studies programs and then ignored again until a retired geologist rediscovered her scientific contributions in 2011 in the digital age. Much controversy surrounded substantiating her contributions to science because scientific historians believed that John Tyndall had been the first to note the phenomena of global warming. Her 200th birthday in 2019 sparked massive media coverage about her and last week the BBC did a feature podcast about her." - the perfect topic today! - I collected some women's stories on my user page today ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:10, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
I appreciate your asking if I had any articles. She came out of FA review just in time and you put her on the calendar. :) I too think she's perfect to represent us for IWD. While American, her life had international consequences, i.e. global warming and feminism, pretty much impact everywhere. And her life was hidden, obscured, erased. How many more Eunices are out there and need to be found? SusunW (talk) 13:15, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
Good teamwork, - wish you more finds like that. Today a woman, a 2016 DYK remembered (our conductor was courageous and called her to step in for a concert on short notice, and she was interested! - only had no time that day in 2013. We got Gabriela Eibenová who was also great). Girls and women sang how Bach arranged Pergolesi's Stabat Mater to a new text paraphrasing Psalm 51, last Sunday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:27, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
Yes, teamwork is key. Each of us using our areas of expertise to make an article comprehensive is always the goal. I love how you often write about women you know, or interact with. My subjects are almost always not living, but I choose them because their lives had impact and I want to know more. SusunW (talk) 14:34, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
Agree! - Most of my subjects are also not living, because I go by recent deaths, feeling that its often then when readers want to know. I was happy improving Mary Bauermeister, for example, and found readers! Another came up as a red link in a FAC: Johanna Geisler. I wonder if I should get more of the private information into the article that sources have, such as that her child was passed as "her little sister" for those not knowing better, and a broken relationship to a baritone. There's also the mystery of her famous-conductor-husband's travels and appointments: where was she when? ... while we don't even know where he lived, just where he conducted. Did they live in Budapest while he was chief conductor at the opera for 3 years? ... and how come that her place of death was Muich if they lived in Zürich? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:21, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
Yes, those are all the things that attract me to an article, the mysteries and the questions make me want to search more because it in my mind makes us see that we are all more similar than different. All people have many facets, and focusing on only one leaves a very dim portrait of a life, IMO. SusunW (talk) 16:19, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
Will you please watch the article, and check things I'm adding? I'm not quite sure about the right wording for example for making the world believe a child is your sibling, not your own. I forgot which ref had that she successfully hid her pregnancy from colleagues. Will look again, probably tomorrow. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:48, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
Put it on my watchlist. Will try to look at it later today, but may be tomorrow. SusunW (talk) 16:58, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
Thank you, and especially for the great pictured Kae Miller! The singer is up for DYK, - story too good to be not told. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:27, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
Geisler's article is looking good, and yes, her story should be told. The picture was all GRuban and her grandson Max. I found Max and he gave me lots of clippings about his grandmother and then worked with George to give us photos. It's weird, but I don't see her DYK on the page. I guess it came and went while I was sleeping. SusunW (talk) 14:09, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
Yes, we are on two sets as of yesterday, - here for your album. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:17, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
Thanks. I love that they actually put the photo of an older woman on the front page. It's rare that that is ever done. SusunW (talk) 14:28, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
Yes, I know the feeling, see User:Gerda Arendt/Top list#23 Feb - and they didn't. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:48, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia by definition is a mirror of the society in which we live. Older women aren't valued, sadly. SusunW (talk) 14:53, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
yes - today we remember the 150th birthday of Max Reger, who saw the horrors of a world war right when it began in 1914, while others were still in high patriotic moods --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:09, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
I shall never, ever understand glorifying war. I am working on a Mexican pacifist who attended the Women at the Hague conference in the middle of the Mexican Revolution. (I can't seem to get away from activists and opera, as she apparently was Mexico's first "librettist".) SusunW (talk) 20:23, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
yes! - BWV 1 today, and new pics, more of them tomorrow --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:20, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

You know I love Bach and OMG that twisted tree that looks like a dancing woman is amazing! What are those yellow ball flowers with the delicate tendrils? They are gorgeous. Can't wait to see more. SusunW (talk) 14:12, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

thanks for waiting - sharing more impressions from vacation on Madeira 20-30 March, pics now at 24 Mar from the peaks - sorry, no, don't know those yellow balls yet, but was more successful with a bird from 24 March (red-legged partridge, found by following category:birds of Madeira, - the balls look like garden flowers, though, perhaps less easy to find) - keep looking for the days since 24, because I won't come around with every single one ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:00, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
The mountains (and gatitos, I love kitties) are fabulous. SusunW (talk) 14:36, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Elisabeth Bagréeff-Speransky

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Elisabeth Bagréeff-Speransky you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Lingzhi.Renascence -- Lingzhi.Renascence (talk) 06:40, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

Suggestion for a project

If I may be so WP:BOLD, a suggestion for a project: Mathilde Blind § Lingzhi.Renascence (talk) 16:03, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Lingzhi.Renascence Happy to look at her. Not likely this month, as my focus on April is always on the scholars who first pressed for women to be included as subjects of academic research and in the retelling of history. But, I will look at her. A brief read is sufficient to pique my interest. 16:09, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
Please call me Ling. I have a long history of making suggestions to people; to be honest, I think exactly zero-point-zero of them were ever followed up on. But still I persist. Cheers. § Lingzhi.Renascence (talk) 16:20, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
Ling, I follow up on what I say I will always (that OCD thingy), but it may take me time to get around to it. Between real life, which hopefully since last month will be calmer than it has been, and writing commitments, I stay busy. SusunW (talk) 16:25, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
I wasn't pushing you. :-) I was oversharing. Cheers. § Lingzhi.Renascence (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 16:29, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
LOL. Push away, I will push back, if I need to. If I learned anything over the last five years of cancer treatments – finally done with them! (talk about oversharing) –, it is that boundaries are important, but need to be flexible. ...and there is never enough time to do all the things you want to do. SusunW (talk) 17:15, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

(←) Boundaries are good, because fences make good neighbors, but every good fence must have a gate or a stile or even a turnstile. BTW, I am happy to make your acquaintance, and doubly happy to hear that your bout with cancer treatments is completed. § Lingzhi (talk) 00:56, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Guatemalan actresses

In my perambulations around the internet while working on an article about María Luisa Aragón, I came across this site: http://teatristaschapines.blogspot.com/. I know it's a blog, but it looks like it could be, at least, an interesting starting point for some articles - I figured it might be right up your alley.

By the by, congratulations on the recent acknowledgement of your good works. I had intended to say something at the time, but the past few months have been...well, difficult, to say the least. Fortunately they've started looking up again, but things have been rougher than I would have liked. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 05:29, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

Hey Ser Amantio di Nicolao. Sorry to hear that things aren't going smoothly. I sympathize, my real life has been a zoo too lately, but I keep plugging on. Looks like an interesting place to start. I often use blogs to find names and such and spur on other research. SusunW (talk) 14:41, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Elisabeth Bagréeff-Speransky

The article Elisabeth Bagréeff-Speransky you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Elisabeth Bagréeff-Speransky for comments about the article, and Talk:Elisabeth Bagréeff-Speransky/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Lingzhi.Renascence -- Lingzhi.Renascence (talk) 23:42, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Nice! I seem to be spending most of my recent wiki time reviewing, but I do have hope to finish her grandmother's article by the end of the month. —Kusma (talk) 06:34, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
Thanks, {{|Kusma}} Very cool. No worries, obviously I am writing other articles. Just tell me when you think you are done and I'll come back to it. SusunW (talk) 14:39, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
  • Glad to see it's now GA. Given all the difficulties of writing the article, that's quite an achievement. I see the reviewer had considerable difficulties too. With a running prose size of around 3,700 words, in my opinion there is really no reason to shorten the article by reducing accounts of her travels, etc., or transforming some of the passages into notes. You suggest you might take the article to FAC. That should be an interesting and useful exercise. Well done!--Ipigott (talk) 06:24, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
Thank you for your input on it Ipigott. I am still weighing it, and I do think that the travel is a key part of her story. It is really a complicated article with complicated sources. If I take it there, it won't be soon. As you know gender studies is near and dear to my heart and then we have LGBT and indigenous women upcoming, so my focus will be there. Then my mom's 90th birthday is in the fall and we'll be traveling north, so time is limited to prepare it. We'll see. SusunW (talk) 15:06, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
Of course there's no rush on this. Just thought it looks like a good candidate sooner or later. You're lucky you are able to celebrate your mother's 90th birthday. Mine died when I was 13. As you may know, I am now an octogenarian myself but am in good health and feel much younger. Wikipedia seems to be a good way of remaining active.--Ipigott (talk) 15:17, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
Ipigott Yes, age is a number, and doesn't have to be a limitation. I lost my dad when I was 18, so yes, it's an important milestone. Even cooler, her best friend from childhood, my "Scheherazade" who traveled all over the world (literally) and taught Haile Selassie's grandchildren, is living and coming. We're throwing them a joint party, although my "aunt" is a few months older than my mom. She lives on the west coast near my brother, my mom in the mid-South, and me and my sister down here in Mexico. It will be a feat if we pull it off, but the stories we will be able to tell... SusunW (talk) 15:33, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

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Beverley Beech

Thanks SusunW! Although as usual I had bags of help and I think I have made the categories go wonky. Sigh! So I am hoping someone clever will be able to fix that! I am in absolute awe at the speed with which you create articles and Good Articles at that! Amazing! Takes me an age just to bungle ONE! Balance person (talk) 14:17, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Balance person I have watched you grow and your confidence rise with each article. You'll get to the place where you are sure of your skills. It took me a long time and I still absolutely rely on other people for the technical stuff, categories, disambiguation pages, template help, photos, etc. WP is hard and requires good mentors. I am forever grateful for Dr. Blofeld, and MontanaBW, who saw potential in my early work and helped me. Once Women in Red came along, I discovered a whole network of editors who had the same goals. I use the processes of GA reviews primarily to make sure that the context of my subjects' lives are clear to most readers since often times women's history and under-represented communities are not well understood. You write well-researched articles and quality, in my book always takes precedence over quantity. If you ever need help, please feel free to ask and I'll try. SusunW (talk) 14:40, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
Bless you!!! Balance person (talk) 14:43, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
Balance person I can always use blessings. . SusunW (talk) 14:54, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Sighișoara Normal School

Hello, nice to hear from you again. This one stumped me until I turned to a German source: ta-da! Founded right in 1904, and not necessarily in contradiction with the other source, as it existed for only four months of said year. You now have the German name of the school too, which should facilitate further research. Best of luck. — Biruitorul Talk 21:05, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Biruitorul, bless you. I might have looked forever, because obviously I was searching in Romanian. Each search produced a different name and I seemed to be spinning in place. I appreciate your help. Thank you so much! SusunW (talk) 21:35, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
Hi again. I’ve used Maftei in the past, but only through the rather tedious method of searching for snippets and extracting what I can, bit by bit. I’m not aware of the book being online otherwise.
In terms of Anuarul oficial, căs(ătorită) = married.
She would have been a student at the Iași pedagogical institute in 1886-88, given her age.
“Prov sc f” = “Provizoriu școală fete” = “temporary/substitute teacher at a girls’ school” in Târgu Neamț (which is a small town), 1893.
“Prov sc b” same, except b = băieți, boys. School number 2, Piatra Neamț, later in 1893.
Def = definitiv, the job became permanent in 1896.
And she was at Iași boys school number 5 in 1894. IV, like all the other Roman numerals, refers to the month, April.
I hope this helps… — Biruitorul Talk 18:22, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
It does help, Biruitorul, a lot and thank you so much. The only thing I think we differ on is the pedagogic school. Since she had already taught at the Liceul 'Oltea Doamna' from 1884-1886, I think she must have been teaching. But, I am thrilled I found this because most sources only mention the first place she worked and now we have at least a decade of employment. Woo hoo! I'll probably be back on your page with more questions before I finish. SusunW (talk) 18:43, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
Never heard of such a system…
I’d be leery of using Enciclopedia României; even if it quotes a reliable source, it is a wiki.
I managed to mine Maftei p. 64 for you. This should clarify some details.
Născută Lambrino , în comuna Roșcani , judeţul Iași , la 31 martie 1872 , ea a absolvit în 1888 Institutul pedagogic central de fete din Iaşi . Numită institutoare la Tg . Neamț și apoi la Piatra Neamț și transferată în 1894 la Iași , unde devine , în acelaşi an , soția valorosului institutor și unul dintre propagatorii de seamă al noilor curente pedagogice ce - și făceau loc în ţara noastră la începutul secolului al XX - lea , Constantin V. Buțureanu , ea și - a perfecționat studiile pedagogice la Lausanne , în Elveţia ( 1908–1909 ) , unde a frecventat şi cercuri feministe . În 1913 , a fost numită pentru un an inspectoare , pentru ca apoi pînă la sfîrşitul prematur al vieții (1919 ) , să se dăruiască în continuare şcolii , unde s - a remarcat ca o excelentă educatoare , promotoare a luptei pentru emanciparea femeii și activităţii publicistice . — Biruitorul Talk 19:18, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
Fabulous and thank you again! I knew that source would be invaluable. I appreciate you so much. SusunW (talk) 19:23, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
  • I went over things. A few remaining ideas: 1) the lead section should be shortened. The reader of the lead, one assumes, is not interested in the name of the (routine) school where she taught, or the names, in both languages, of the (rather obscure) associations she was affiliated with. The lead is for generalities, a summary, preferably worded a bit differently. 2) As for the categories, does she really count as an alumna? I think I remember one need not have actually graduated, but taking a few courses? Hm. 3) “Interwar period”. She died barely a year after the Armistice, while fighting was still raging in various corners of Europe (including in the borderlands of Greater Romania itself), before the peace treaties were signed and (subjective opinion) before the interwar cultural ethos began. Zirin does not mention the interwar, while Ionoaia does so obliquely. (And the other women she lists lived well into the ‘30s and ‘40s.) Again, hm.
  • Anyway, great work, these are fairly minor objections. — Biruitorul Talk 17:13, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
  • Biruitorul As always I appreciate your always helpful insights. Yes, the interwar thing is kind of weird, except that her book on women was revised in 1921 and the co-authored book also appeared posthumously, so I kind of assumed that her influence continued after death. Thank you so much, I'll work on these things. SusunW (talk) 17:50, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

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Women in brewing

Nice to be working with you on Helene Lecher! In other news, I wanted to let you know that Women in brewing has been image-bombed for some reason!? Mujinga (talk) 18:25, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Good grief! Possibly the IP editor is very visual? While probably acting in good faith, there's so many of them, they distract from the article content. *sigh* SusunW (talk) 18:29, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

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