A fact from Mary E. Woolley Chamberlain appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 April 2018 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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I am appreciative of the edits that have been made. There was confusion among the sources referring to her as the first female mayor in the US, and with the lack of circulating information back then, they may have believed that she was. Thank you for clarifying. Several sources cited her as the first female county clerk in Utah. I agree that some of the facts were superfluous. However, I decided to add back the part about the women having families and other duties to tend to while in office, because not only is it interesting, but unique for the time period. Back in the early 1900s, the woman's role was to stay at home and tend to the children and the housework. I find it historically significant that these women broke the mold by working without sacrificing their duties at home and in the community. I am open to debate if there is disagreement. Thanks! Skyes(BYU) (talk) 16:19, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I did actually find that page yesterday, which is why I did not put that claim back into the article. It is difficult that even some quality sources on Mary Chamberlain vehemently claim something that is blatantly false. However, Chamberlain was definitely the first female county clerk in Utah. She was also the first female mayor of Utah, I'm in the process of looking for another source to prove it. Thanks for your careful research. Skyes(BYU) (talk) 15:50, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome, I had noticed that you hadn't added that back in but I thought it better to share what I had found anyway. It's an interesting article about an interesting person and quite revealing about the period and the community that she lived in. Dom from Paris (talk) 16:34, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
