Talk:Nan Wood Graham

A fact from Nan Wood Graham appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 October 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Nan Wood Graham, the sister of painter Grant Wood, posed for her brother's 1930 painting American Gothic (pictured)?

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 13:45, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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American Gothic

... that Nan Wood Graham, the sister of painter Grant Wood, posed for her brother's 1930 painting American Gothic (pictured)?

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5x expanded by SL93 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:44, 4 September 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Hi SL93, review follows: 5x expansion confirmed from 4 September; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; two out of three sources are offline or paywalled but I found no overly close paraphrasing from the accessible source; hook is interesting, mentioned in article, AGF on offline sourcing (it is readily confirmable elsewhere); a QPQ has been carried out. Looks good to me. My only comment is that "Once the money earned from the farm was depleted, her brother Grant took care of Graham and their mother" seems a bit vague, would "supported financially" or similar wording be better? - Dumelow (talk) 05:27, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Forgot to review the image which is public domain and excellent at this scale - Dumelow (talk) 07:23, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Historian?

The article doesn't suggest she was a professional historian, but rather an art teacher, executive's wife, and [amateur?] artist. Donating scrapbooks isn't really historianship, unless she catalogued them first, in which case it's archiving. Her memoir makes her a biographer, not a historian. Perhaps she did other historical work not discussed? jnestorius^(talk) 16:37, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Jnestorius I'm not sure when that was added in. When I expanded the article for DYK, I didn't include the historian wording. SL93 (talk) 23:11, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The lede (and infobox) needs to reflect that she was an artist and art teacher, if that is what she was, and not historian as was stated. Giant Snowman 11:39, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Where did the last name Wood come from?

The article says her parents were named Weaver. The wiki article on her brother Grant Wood does not mention his parent’s names. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vigilfree (talk • contribs) 23:09, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Vigilfree I corrected the article. The confusion was from Weaver being Hattie's maiden name. SL93 (talk) 23:15, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]