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
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The result was: promoted by
MeegsC (
talk) 09:28, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
... that Nellah Massey Bailey became the first woman to be elected statewide in Mississippi in 1947, less than a year after the death of her husband, Governor
Thomas L. Bailey? Source: "first woman in the history of the state to be elected to a state-wide office"
[1] in August 1947; "Gov. T.L. Bailey, 58, dies in Mississippi"
[2] in November 1946
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.
The result was: promoted by
MeegsC (
talk) 09:28, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
... that Nellah Massey Bailey became the first woman to be elected statewide in Mississippi in 1947, less than a year after the death of her husband, Governor
Thomas L. Bailey? Source: "first woman in the history of the state to be elected to a state-wide office"
[1] in August 1947; "Gov. T.L. Bailey, 58, dies in Mississippi"
[2] in November 1946