Template:Did you know nominations/Bessie S. McColgin

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:48, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

Bessie S. McColgin

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~~... that when Bessie S. McColgin became the first woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives, she was also pregnant with her 10th child?~~ 2005 Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame "Bessie A. McColgin was the first woman to be in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. In 1920, just one year after passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which granted women the right to vote and pregnant with her 10th child, she was elected by a landslide to be a member of the eighth session of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.."
- ALT1:... that Bessie S. McColgin became the first woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives because she was seen as a "superior orator"? Who's Rocking the Cradle?: Women Pioneers of Oklahoma Politics from Socialism to the KKK, 1900-1930.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Idham Azis

Created by HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk). Self-nominated at 06:40, 7 December 2019 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I prefer ALT1, which focuses more on her accomplishments than on her childbearing status. Enwebb (talk) 14:24, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote this, but the source doesn't make the connection between her election and her oratory skills; it suggests she was elected because of her popularity. This page also needs Template:Infobox officeholder. Yoninah (talk) 14:18, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

Yoninah, how about:

ALT2:... that Bessie S. McColgin became the first woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives and was seen as a "superior orator"?

Eliminates causality. Enwebb (talk) 16:46, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

OK. We'll run with this:
ALT2a: ... that Bessie S. McColgin, the first woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives, was seen as a "superior orator"? Yoninah (talk) 19:46, 8 January 2020 (UTC)