Template:Did you know nominations/Women's poll tax repeal movement

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:08, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

Women's poll tax repeal movement

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Poll tax receipt in Jefferson County, Alabama, 1920

... that after U.S. women secured the right to vote in 1920, those from the South fought against paying a poll tax (receipt pictured) for the next 40 years? Source: "A century of struggle preceded the 1920 passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote. ... The Southern poll tax, a charge of one or two dollars required for registering to vote, resulted in the disproportionate disfranchisement of millions of women. Evidence shows that women were actively fighting the effects of the poll tax by 1922. ... the poll tax was finally put to rest by constitutional amendment in 1964 and by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1966." (Illusion of Suffrage)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ibrahim Omer (review of Anna Lorck)

Created by SusunW (talk), Gog the Mild (talk), and Ipigott (talk). Nominated by Yoninah (talk) at 23:42, 26 November 2020 (UTC).

Hooky enough: I don't really like how the hook flow with the phrase "those from the South". Could this be reworded slightly, maybe replace "those from the South" with "southerners" or "southern women", this is not a requirement, just a suggestion, I'll leave it up to the closer on whether they approve the particular wording. (1) New enough: Article moved from user space on 25 November 2020. (2) Long enough: Many times the minimum length in size. (3) Cited hook: (4) Policy: No copyvio problems found, many quotes and titles were flagged, resulting in a high confidence on Earwig's. Each paragraph includes multiple citations. 10 total images, all in public domain with proper copyright tags. (5) QPQ: QPQ provided. Footlessmouse (talk) 21:39, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

I am sorry, I may be getting a little ahead of myself, it is certainly implied, but can you also add into the article that specifically they fought for 40 years to ultimately repeal the tax? Footlessmouse (talk) 21:42, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Each hook fact is mentioned and cited in a sentence in the Background section:
As women could not vote, the tax did not apply to them until the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920, which enfranchised them.
The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution was finally ratified in 1964, banning poll taxes for federal elections.
The fact that they fought in different states is delineated in the different sections under State Efforts. Every fact is sourced. Yoninah (talk) 21:52, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Yes, you are more experienced at this than me, so I trust your judgment. I saw that everything was mentioned, I just noticed that it never explicitly stated "40 years" anywhere, but it is implied. I didn't find any major issues here, hence I left an approved mark. Thanks! Footlessmouse (talk) 21:57, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Just to keep it simple, I added it to the lede The Supreme Court finally settled the 40-year struggle, abolishing the requirement to pay poll tax in order to be able to vote in any election, federal or state, in their ruling on Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections in 1966. and in the body the matter was finally resolved, after a 4-decades long struggle, by the US Supreme Court in 1966. SusunW (talk) 22:00, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, SusunW, but if it ended in 1966, it was a 46-year struggle. I was going by the 1920 to 1964 dates for a 44-year struggle, and rounding it off in the hook. Yoninah (talk) 22:02, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

If they started actively fighting for repeal in 1922 and ended in 1966, still 44 years. ;) SusunW (talk) 22:05, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

If it doesn't need to be stated so exactly, I think changing what SusunW wrote to "decades-long struggle" would work well. Thanks for the quick responses! Footlessmouse (talk) 22:07, 29 November 2020 (UTC) Footlessmouse (talk) 22:08, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

They beat me to it and already changed this. Thanks for the quick responses! Footlessmouse (talk) 22:08, 29 November 2020 (UTC)