Template:Did you know nominations/Milagros Benet de Mewton

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:25, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Milagros Benet de Mewton

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Milagros Benet de Mewton, 1922

... that Milagros Benet de Mewton, a US citizen, fought for women's suffrage to extend to Puerto Rico because the 19th Amendment did not apply to US unincorporated territories? Source: "En marzo de 1924 la líder sufragista Milagros Benet de Mewton radicó un pleito legal, un ‘caso prueba’, en la Corte Suprema de Puerto Rico contra la Junta Local de Inscripciones, en el que exigía su derecho a inscribirse como electora para votar en la próximas elecciones. Esta acción en sí no era nueva en el foro judicial pues en 1920 la despalilladora Genara Pagán había hecho lo mismo, aunque, claro está, sin ningún resultado favorable. El principal alegato de Benet y sus abogados consistía en que la Ley Jones, implantada en la Isla desde 1917, le otorgaba el derecho al voto a todos los ciudadanos norteamericanos mayores de 21 años y que reunieran las demás condiciones prescritas por la Asamblea de Puerto Rico Benet de Mewton y sus asesores insistían en que las mujeres eran ciudadanas norteamericanas y que la Ley Electoral impuesta por la Asamblea Legislativa era la que restringía ese derecho a los ciudadanos que no fueran varones, lo que constituía una política discriminatoria que violentaba los derechos constitucionales de los ciudadanos y ciudadanas norteamericanos. No obstante, la Corte desestimó este argumento y dictaminó que la Enmienda XIX de la Constitución de los Estados Unidosno era aplicable a Puerto Rico y que correspondía a la legislatura estatal establecer las condiciones y cualificaciones de los electores."pp 42-43 (also English confirmation (pg. 49) that it did not apply to territories, but no mention of de Mewton.)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Naomi Munakata

Improved to Good Article status by SusunW (talk) and Ipigott (talk). Nominated by SusunW (talk) at 17:31, 13 April 2020 (UTC).

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Overall: Article is an easy pass. A recently approved GA article, QPQ is met, the hook is very interesting (I never knew about that before), and I see no problem with the nomination. Jon698 Talk 14:56 14 April 2020