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She got a BS at 13/14? MS and PHD earn dates are awfully young too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.10.211.236 ( talk) 00:46, 23 July 2016 (UTC) reply

Yeah, but that's what you get from using secondary sources. There are all agreed on 1923, but it does seem like a typo. If she were an Australian, I could look up her birth, death and marriage records. (Where is Doogie Houser when you need him?) Hawkeye7 ( talk) 03:20, 23 July 2016 (UTC) reply

Note for file: After correspondence with Ruth Howe, I obtained the original source, and the error was in transcription, due to the use of the mdy date format. Corrected in the article. Hawkeye7 ( talk) 00:43, 6 February 2017 (UTC) reply