Template:Did you know nominations/Eunice Newton Foote
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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 01:35, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
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Eunice Newton Foote, Elizabeth Wagner Reed
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Wagner Reed, 1933
- ... that the lost contributions of Eunice Newton Foote, about climate change, were recovered by Elizabeth Wagner Reed (pictured), whose contributions to genetics were also lost? Source: "Foote’s groundbreaking conclusions fell into obscurity","Tyndall’s work is widely accepted as the foundation of modern climate science, while Foote’s remains in obscurity." "But in a lost piece of scientific history recovered only in 2011, Foote scooped Tyndall by three years",[1] "Elizabeth Wagner Reed, a teacher and researcher has drawn particular attention to American antebellum women in science ... gathering a list of twenty two biographies of such women.” pp88-89 "[Foote] also found the result that the cylinder containing carbon dioxide became much warmer in sunlight than the one containing air, thereby demonstrating what we call the greenhouse effect.p 66 "Among the leading figures historians present as those who established the field [of population genetics], none were women... This picture, as we will see, is historically inaccurate. From the very early days of Drosophila population genetics, which included studies of speciation, women were present. Natasha Sivertzeva-Dobzhansky (1901–1969), and Elizabeth Wanger Reed (1912–1996) were pioneers".EBSCOhost 143003976
- ALT1: ... that sexism contributed to the works of both Eunice Newton Foote, on climate change, and the geneticist who recovered her legacy, Elizabeth Wagner Reed (pictured), falling into obscurity? Source: See above and re Foote: science was largely a male-dominated field, ignored a discovery claimed by a woman, re Reed: "because they were married to prominent men in the field, their contributions have remained invisible, masked by those of their husbands".EBSCOhost 143003976
Declaration of Sentiments with Foote's signature
- ALT2: ... that the scientists Eunice Newton Foote (signature pictured) and Elizabeth Wagner Reed, who recovered Foote's legacy, were both women's rights campaigners? Source: see above and re Foote: "Foote attended, and signed the convention’s “Declaration of Sentiments” that stated the societal changes necessary to fully include women. More than that, she helped prepare the conference proceedings".[2] re Reed: "she taught women about their rights, helped improve their self-esteem, and encouraged them to continue working as scientists".EBSCOhost 143003976 "She had a lifelong commitment to women’s rights, expressed through activism, teaching and research”.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Arthur Samuel Garretson and Template:Did you know nominations/Emma Hunter (telegrapher)
- Comment: These are two important women scientists whose legacies were lost. Many sources give the recovery of Foote to Sorensen, but he did not first recover her. Reed's work was published in 1992 and noted her theory on warming gases affecting climate, predating Sorensen's discovery in 2011 that Foote's work was earlier than Tyndall's. I'd really, really like them to have the lead slot. There are no known photographs of Foote and though we contacted Reed's daughter, a better photo of her could not be obtained. If the 2nd alt is chosen, the File:Declaration sentiments foote lrg.jpg (Foote's signature on the Declaration of Sentiments) could be used, but I have no earthly idea how to add a 2nd image to this nomination.
Improved to Good Article status by SusunW (talk), Ipigott (talk), XOR'easter (talk), and GRuban (talk). Nominated by SusunW (talk) at 14:49, 30 July 2022 (UTC).
- No issues with either of the article's eligibility, referencing, neutrality, copyright status (all quotes, org names and false positives on Earwig) or the like, as expected from writers of this calibre. The relevant achievements of each woman are quite nuanced—it's not so simple to say that Foote "discovered climate change", for instance—but I believe the articles communicate this nuance appropriately. However, when it comes to the hook (ALT0), I'm not too sure on the description of either person's work as being "lost". Foote's work was published in scientific journals under her own name. And perhaps I'm misreading, but it looks like Reed's work was built upon, just with her contributions not always fully portrayed. Is some other wording possible—about how the works were initially "overlooked" or "obscured", or were later "brought to prominence" or "reappraised" or "recognised"? I would like to stick with some variant of ALT0, though, as interesting and eye-catching. While I am sympathetic to this hook being appropriate for the first slot due to importance, I don't believe the images presented or any others in either article are of appropriate quality for the image slot, especially given the imbalance with no image of Foote. — Bilorv (talk) 15:31, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
- Bilorv, I'm okay with that, but had to take a shot. The lack of a photo for Foote is frustrating, but nothing can be done about it unless one surfaces. As for lost, they were well and truly buried, scientists denied/ignored/didn't know or acknowledge that they had written works in their fields. Even though there was a published record, lack of digitization and biases also played a part in later scientists not recognizing them. I don't really know the best word to describe that phenomena. Perhaps unacknowledged? I get 176 characters if we go with "that the unacknowledged contributions of Eunice Newton Foote, about climate change, were recovered by Elizabeth Wagner Reed, whose contributions to genetics were also obscured?" Does that work? SusunW (talk) 16:33, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
- ALT3: ... that the unacknowledged contributions of Eunice Newton Foote, about climate change, were recovered by Elizabeth Wagner Reed, whose contributions to genetics were also obscured?
- Yep, that works for me. For clarity, I've written it out as ALT3 and it's an
ALT3 approved from me. — Bilorv (talk) 21:49, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
- Bilorv, I'm okay with that, but had to take a shot. The lack of a photo for Foote is frustrating, but nothing can be done about it unless one surfaces. As for lost, they were well and truly buried, scientists denied/ignored/didn't know or acknowledge that they had written works in their fields. Even though there was a published record, lack of digitization and biases also played a part in later scientists not recognizing them. I don't really know the best word to describe that phenomena. Perhaps unacknowledged? I get 176 characters if we go with "that the unacknowledged contributions of Eunice Newton Foote, about climate change, were recovered by Elizabeth Wagner Reed, whose contributions to genetics were also obscured?" Does that work? SusunW (talk) 16:33, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
