Template:Did you know nominations/Louise Nixon Sutton

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The result was: promoted by HaEr48 (talk) 05:15, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Louise Nixon Sutton[edit]

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... that the mathematician Louise Nixon Sutton was the first African-American woman to be awarded a PhD in mathematics by New York University in 1962?

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Created by Hildabast (talk). Nominated by SL93 (talk) at 22:05, 9 April 2017 (UTC).

Looks fine to me. New enough, long enough, with an interesting and obviously noteworthy hook. It's well written and the references look fine. It's good to go. Prioryman (talk) 22:40, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

Hildabast The hook's references the Ph.D dissertation itself, does it say that she was the first African-American woman? Do you have non-primary sources? HaEr48 (talk) 06:20, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

I found one. SL93 (talk) 06:25, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

Here's another http://www.mdc.edu/main/images/AFRICAN-AMERICANS_IN_MATHEMATICALSCIENCES_-_A_CHRONOLOGICAL_INTRODUCTION_tcm6-61396.pdf

Oops - forgot to sign: Shakil is reference number 2 on the page Hildabast (talk) 12:08, 17 April 2017 (UTC)