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A fact from Margaret C. Roberts appeared on Wikipedia's
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check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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... that in an effort to reduce infant mortality rates, Margaret C. Roberts(pictured) taught over 300 nurses about obstetrics and nursing in the late 1800s? Source: "Rising maternal and child death rates prompted Brigham Young to encourage some women living in polygamy who had already borne children to study medicine at the Woman's Medical College in Philadelphia"
https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/m/MEDICINE.shtml "There have been three hundred and twenty Relief Society nurse graduates in the eight classes taught by Dr. Roberts, besides the private pupils that she has taught in obstetrics and nursing."
https://archive.org/details/reliefsocietymag02reli/page/318/mode/2up
ALT2: ... that Margaret C. Roberts(pictured) and other women from the
LDS Church were encouraged to study medicine by church leader
Brigham Young to reduce mortality rates during childbirth?Source: "Rising maternal and child death rates prompted Brigham Young to encourage some women living in polygamy who had already borne children to study medicine at the Woman's Medical College in Philadelphia"
https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/m/MEDICINE.shtml
long enough - javascript kit shows 3,956 characters excluding infobox and references
well sourced - however, please check the references from the Wasatch Wave, Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake Telegram, Grantsville Reflex and Deseret News. I get an error message when I try to view it. I can't view the American National Biography reference but AGF.
@
Dwkaminski: Thanks for the review so far! We looked into the references, and we think that we were able to fix them for public viewing. Please let us know if you are able to access them now.
RGreen (BYU) (
talk) 16:32, 2 August 2023 (UTC)reply
@
RGreen (BYU): Thanks for the change to the newspaper references. I am able to access them now.
Dwkaminski (
talk) 21:02, 2 August 2023 (UTC)reply
@
RGreen (BYU): I've completed my review and listed it as maybe. Take a look at some of the possible alternate hooks and let me know if you think we can make it stronger. Great first submission!
Dwkaminski (
talk) 13:29, 3 August 2023 (UTC)reply
@
Dwkaminski: Thanks so much for taking the time to review my article! I really like the second alternate hook you suggested and would be completely happy moving forward with that one. Thank you for your help!
RGreen (BYU) (
talk) 15:10, 3 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Made change to ALT2 and approving. Congratulations!
Dwkaminski (
talk) 15:50, 3 August 2023 (UTC)reply
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A fact from Margaret C. Roberts appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 August 2023 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
The
Wikimedia Foundation's
Terms of Use require that editors disclose their "employer, client, and affiliation" with respect to any paid contribution; see
WP:PAID. For advice about reviewing paid contributions, see
WP:COIRESPONSE.
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
... that in an effort to reduce infant mortality rates, Margaret C. Roberts(pictured) taught over 300 nurses about obstetrics and nursing in the late 1800s? Source: "Rising maternal and child death rates prompted Brigham Young to encourage some women living in polygamy who had already borne children to study medicine at the Woman's Medical College in Philadelphia"
https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/m/MEDICINE.shtml "There have been three hundred and twenty Relief Society nurse graduates in the eight classes taught by Dr. Roberts, besides the private pupils that she has taught in obstetrics and nursing."
https://archive.org/details/reliefsocietymag02reli/page/318/mode/2up
ALT2: ... that Margaret C. Roberts(pictured) and other women from the
LDS Church were encouraged to study medicine by church leader
Brigham Young to reduce mortality rates during childbirth?Source: "Rising maternal and child death rates prompted Brigham Young to encourage some women living in polygamy who had already borne children to study medicine at the Woman's Medical College in Philadelphia"
https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/m/MEDICINE.shtml
long enough - javascript kit shows 3,956 characters excluding infobox and references
well sourced - however, please check the references from the Wasatch Wave, Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake Telegram, Grantsville Reflex and Deseret News. I get an error message when I try to view it. I can't view the American National Biography reference but AGF.
@
Dwkaminski: Thanks for the review so far! We looked into the references, and we think that we were able to fix them for public viewing. Please let us know if you are able to access them now.
RGreen (BYU) (
talk) 16:32, 2 August 2023 (UTC)reply
@
RGreen (BYU): Thanks for the change to the newspaper references. I am able to access them now.
Dwkaminski (
talk) 21:02, 2 August 2023 (UTC)reply
@
RGreen (BYU): I've completed my review and listed it as maybe. Take a look at some of the possible alternate hooks and let me know if you think we can make it stronger. Great first submission!
Dwkaminski (
talk) 13:29, 3 August 2023 (UTC)reply
@
Dwkaminski: Thanks so much for taking the time to review my article! I really like the second alternate hook you suggested and would be completely happy moving forward with that one. Thank you for your help!
RGreen (BYU) (
talk) 15:10, 3 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Made change to ALT2 and approving. Congratulations!
Dwkaminski (
talk) 15:50, 3 August 2023 (UTC)reply