Template:Did you know nominations/Eliza Ann Grier

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 18:37, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Eliza Ann Grier

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... that Eliza Ann Grier (pictured), an emancipated slave, was the first African-American woman licensed to practice medicine in the state of Georgia?

Reviewed: Willie Hobbs Moore
Comment: for Women's History Month

Created by 97198 (talk). Self nominated at 01:47, 1 March 2015 (UTC).

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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: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Good to go. It's too bad there is no specific March date to tie this to, but it is a natural for Women's History Month.Georgejdorner (talk) 16:34, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

The source says she was the first "licensed to practice medicine" in the state, not the first to practice medicine. I changed the wording in the article and hook. Yoninah (talk) 01:26, 3 March 2015 (UTC)