Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Margaret O'Reilly

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 18:21, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Mary Margaret O'Reilly

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... that U.S. Mint Assistant Director Mary Margaret O'Reilly (pictured) three times had her mandatory retirement extended by order of FDR, but he refused when asked a fourth time?

Reviewed: Big Wapwallopen Creek

Created by Wehwalt (talk). Self nominated at 15:57, 18 March 2015 (UTC).

Substantial biography of an unusual woman, on not many but good sources, offline sources accepted AGF. The hook is a bit wordy and takes for granted that readers know what FDR means, also I understand that he said with the third extension already that he would not do it again. The hook fact needs a repetition right after every fact mentioned. My simpler version (which I think tells how indispensible she was) would be:

ALT1: ... that President Franklin Roosevelt extended the service of U.S. Mint Assistant Director Mary Margaret O'Reilly (pictured) three times after she had reached her mandatory retirement age? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:28, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Fair enough. I can live with that. I think we need to say which Roosevelt, so I've modified it slightly.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:36, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

, ALT1 preferred. - Please double the inline citation to all sentences mentioned, at least until after DYK day ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:52, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, I will. Thank you for the review.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:31, 19 March 2015 (UTC)