Talk:Charlotta Bass

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Untitled

Dear editors, please come and make this page complete. Many many thanks.--MissingLinks 13:52, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Importance

Possibly if Bass was the "first African-American woman to run for national office" her importance is then greater than low, though it's certainly hard to judge on the basis of a stub. Шизомби 18:34, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Birth Information

The birthdate of 1874 does not appear to be correct. According to the 1900 US Census, her birthdate is listed as October 1880. In the 1880 Census (conducted in June 1880), she is listed as one year old, which suggests a birthyear of 1879 or 1880. In the latter census, a brother is listed as six years old, unless she was a twin, it seems very unlikely that she was born in 1874. Igbo (talk) 18:24, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Founded Progressive Party

This is incorrect and should be changed to "joined" the Progressive Party, which was founded by Henry A. Wallace. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Party_1948_%28United_States%29#Foundation — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doobie61 (talk • contribs) 18:32, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

New images

Please note the archive images now linked to.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 05:00, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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CNN article

I saw this today, but I do not have the time currently to weave it into the article. There may be others forthcoming in the wake of Biden's choice of Kamala Harris as his running mate.

Karimi, Faith (2020-08-14). "More than half a century before Kamala Harris ran for Vice President, this Black woman did". CNN. Retrieved 2020-08-14.

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Some unclarity on early life details, education, even birthplace

The NYTimes today had an article about Bass, stating she attended Pembroke College in Brown University after moving to Providence.^[1] The Wikipedia article linked Pembroke to University of North Carolina at Pembroke, citing Streitmatter's book, but that source only says "Charlotta attended Pemboke College for one semester", it doesn't specify which Pembroke^[2]. There is very little written about her early life, even her memoir "Forty Years: Memoirs from the Pages of a Newspaper" says nothing about Pembroke or Providence. I have to assume the UNC link is an error, so I changed it to Pembroke College (the Women's College of Brown University).

While doing research, I found a brief entry for her at the Online Archive of California^[3], which holds her papers and should be reliable. That link not only explicitly states she attended Brown, but also Columbia and UCLA. Further, it says she was born in Little Compton, Rhode Island. The Little Compton birthplace claim is not supported by any other source I could find, so I added that as a note.^[3] But it makes a certain sense that, if she was born in Rhode Island, her brother might be in Providence, and she would take classes at Brown's Pembroke College.

In the 1930 United States Census for Los Angeles, she lists her birthplace as Rhode Island (and her age as only 40!). -Kzirkel (talk) 19:12, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, found this brief article in the Boston Globe, 31 August 1952: "Born in Little Compton, R.I., now of New York City ... she has taken courses at Brown University, Columbia University, and University of California at Los Angeles"^[4] - Kzirkel (talk) 20:31, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Overlooked No More: Before Kamala Harris, There Was Charlotta Bass". The New York Times. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
^ Streitmatter, Rodger (1994). Raising Her Voice: African-American Women Journalists Who Changed History (1 ed.). University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813118611. JSTOR j.ctt130jn0r.
^ ^a ^b "Register of the Charlotta A. Bass Papers". Online Archive of California. Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research. Retrieved 5 September 2020. Charlotta Bass, nee Spears, was born on February 14, 1874 in Little Compton, Rhode Island. She attended Brown University, Columbia University and UCLA. At 36 years of age, she moved to Los Angeles and Joined the Eagle later to become the California Eagle.
^ "Charlotta Bass". The Boston Globe. 31 August 1952. p. 43. Retrieved 5 September 2020. Born in Little Compton, R.I., Mrs. Charlotta Bass ... has taken courses at Brown University, Columbia University, and the University of California at Los Angeles

[1] "Overlooked No More: Before Kamala Harris, There Was Charlotta Bass". The New York Times. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

[:1-2] Streitmatter, Rodger (1994). Raising Her Voice: African-American Women Journalists Who Changed History (1 ed.). University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813118611. JSTOR j.ctt130jn0r.

[OAC-3] "Register of the Charlotta A. Bass Papers". Online Archive of California. Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research. Retrieved 5 September 2020. Charlotta Bass, nee Spears, was born on February 14, 1874 in Little Compton, Rhode Island. She attended Brown University, Columbia University and UCLA. At 36 years of age, she moved to Los Angeles and Joined the Eagle later to become the California Eagle.

[BostonGlobe-4] "Charlotta Bass". The Boston Globe. 31 August 1952. p. 43. Retrieved 5 September 2020. Born in Little Compton, R.I., Mrs. Charlotta Bass ... has taken courses at Brown University, Columbia University, and the University of California at Los Angeles

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