Template:Did you know nominations/Dorothy Dworkin
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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 15:58, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
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Dorothy Dworkin
Dorothy Dworkin
- ... that immigrant midwife Dorothy Dworkin (pictured) is considered the matriarch of Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital?
- Source: Lesley Barsky, From Generation to Generation: A History of Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital pages 9–10: "The first nurse in charge of the dispensary was Dora "Dorothy" Goldstick, who was to become a driving force behind Mount Sinai Hospital. Born in Windau, Latvia, in 1890, Goldstick had gone ... to train in midwifery. After receiving her diploma from the Medical State Board of Ohio in 1909, she returned to Toronto" and page 131 "with the assembly of hospital matriarch Dorothy Dworkin and a group of escorts"
Improved to Good Article status by Reidgreg (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 22 past nominations.
Reidgreg (talk) 13:24, 20 June 2024 (UTC).
- Comment I will review this nomination. – Editør (talk) 14:36, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
- Review – The article is new enough (promoted to GA on 20 June 2024), is long enough (8000+ characters of prose), has no copyright issues, and is presentable (both per Talk:Dorothy Dworkin/GA1). The hook is cited and interesting. Although the linked source is not available without an account, I was able to confirm the information by other sources [1] [2], so I don't see an issue here. The image is properly licensed, clear in a smaller size, and used in the article. I thought the most remarkable fact from the article are the thousands of people that she helped immigrate from Europe to Canada to escape the Holocaust, did you consider this for the hook?
– Editør (talk) 16:02, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
- I did, but I wasn't sure that 'helped' was strong enough for a good hook. (Her husband and brother-in-law also participated with the travel business, though she is usually singled out as the "rainmaker" who 'made things happen'). Anyways, I thought someone might have a problem with independent sources being a little weak on the specifics. Following is one I'd considered (using 'hundreds' for the 1930s, probably needs some rephrasing). – Reidgreg (talk) 23:19, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
- ALT1: ... that during the 1930s, immigrant midwife Dorothy Dworkin (pictured) ran a labour hall, raised funds for a hospital expansion, published a newspaper, and helped hundreds of European Jews escape the Holocaust?
- I see, thanks. I think ALT1 lacks focus, so I prefer the original hook.
pass the original hook – Editør (talk) 00:00, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
