Template:Did you know nominations/Nellie Griswold Francis

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 13:30, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

Nellie Griswold Francis

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Nellie Griswold Francis in 1921

• • ... that the African-American suffragist Nellie Griswold Francis founded and led the Everywoman Suffrage Club, an African-American suffragist group?
  • ALT1:... that the African-American suffragist Nellie Griswold Francis was honored with a silver loving cup and a ceremony at the Pilgrim Baptist Church?
  • ALT2:... that the African-American suffragist Nellie Griswold Francis initiated, drafted, and lobbied for the adoption of a state anti-lynching bill that was signed into law in 1921?
  • ALT3:... that after the Duluth lynching, the African-American suffragist Nellie Griswold Francis initiated, drafted, and lobbied for a state anti-lynching bill that was signed into law in 1921?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Marshall L. Shepard

Created by Hildabast (talk). Nominated by SL93 (talk) at 06:01, 14 April 2017 (UTC).

• Note: struck the original hook as it was 224 prose characters, well above the maximum 200 allowed for hooks. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:23, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

• I unstruck it and shortened it. SL93 (talk) 23:27, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

• Article is new enough and long enough. It is well cited, and neutrally written. I cannot find evidence of any copyright violations. I find hooks one and two somewhat uninteresting; ALT2 seems by far the best to me, but the inline citation for that needs a page number. I also wonder whether the Duluth Lynching could be worked into the hook, as it seems relevant. Finally, there the occasional odd phrase in the article; the lead for instance, has "group which helped achieve women's right to vote" which reads very strangely, at least to me. Vanamonde (talk) 04:43, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

• I will ping Hildabast for a page number. I think that sentence sounds correct. SL93 (talk) 07:06, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

• Thanks! Added the page number, shortened that sentence, and added an alternative hook with the Duluth lynching.Hildabast (talk) 11:32, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

• Excellent, thank you. This is GTG with ALT3: I have struck the remaining hooks, per the above. Vanamonde (talk) 13:40, 21 April 2017 (UTC)