Talk:Eugenia Washington/Archive 1

Archive 1

Questions

At the risk of offending the authors, I trimmed some of the verbiage today, particularly successive references to the same article and passive constructions. Frankly, the article frustrates me, and I'm hundreds of mile away from the necessary Virginia reference rooms. I understand that Virginians prefer "don't ask, don't tell" about two topics, Catholicism and blacks. The article mentions Eugenia Washington was a Catholic. It also calls her a historian, yet mentions no article she wrote, much less how her faith affected her life. I know the Moncures have long been active in the Episcopal Church and I wonder whether Eugenia (I realize I'm taking liberties with her name but using her last name is confusing in this context) had an Episcopal funeral at her sister's home, or why she only had a memorial mass at her parish (which I know from the addresses was near her home) and that a month after her death. I'm curious whether Eugenia worked with the Colonial Dames (and I don't know the politics between the two branches) and the United Daughters of the Confederacy (also founded around this time, by Kate Mason Rowland, a descendant and biographer of George Mason whom I'm sure Eugenia knew). I'm also curious about her racial views, especially given that federal government offices only adopted racial segregation under President Wilson (i.e. after Eugenia's death).Jweaver28 (talk) 14:09, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Jweaver28, thank you for your comments. I've addressed some of these issues in the article as more information has become available. Her views on race have not been expounded upon by historians that I can find, but I will continue to research in order to better answer your questions. Please feel free to make edits as you find additional sources. -- Caponer (talk) 12:12, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Where to start?

First the slaves were not "emigrants". Second. Redacted apropos. 98.4.124.117 (talk) 14:56, 27 June 2017 (UTC)