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What did we miss?

In the ongoing deletion discussion, the original poster says "this is just a woman with a job." I was ready to agree until I got to the source section. Good sources have written non-trivial articles about this subject, which suggests to me that we must have missed something while putting the article text together. If this subject is notable, it should be at least a little obvious why she's notable. Was Sastre the first person to do something? Did she invent or establish a policy for the field? Darkfrog24 (talk) 20:04, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Forgive me, my Spanish isn't the best, but el Nuevo Herald seems to say she was "the first Vice President of United Airlines," but I can't tell if "first" means chronological (obvious notability) or "highest-ranking at this time." Darkfrog24 (talk) 20:11, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

It’s not quite either. It says that she’s the first “vicepresidenta” (i.e. first female VP), and that she was the only woman in the role among the eight VPs the firm had at the time. The interest from South Florida newspapers is probably tied to the fact that she was an extremely successful Latina businesswoman who came to the U.S. from Cuba. (The headline, while also a play on words, does indicate that it’s because of how high she’s risen).

When she was ascending through the ranks of companies in the 80s-90s, it was quite uncommon for a Latina to do so. She worked her way up from working in the ticket office while going to community college all the way to the VP of Latin American operations at a ginormous firm.

In short, her notability arises from her pioneering role as a Latina businesswoman. That she was from Cuba also made her rise particularly of note in South Florida, where a large Cuban diaspora lives and also where most of the SIGCOV comes from. — Red-tailed sock _{(Red-tailed hawk's nest)} 22:26, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Great. So you can confirm that the line I added to the introduction is accurate and appropriate? Maybe adding the year range when she served as rVP would help.

I'd love a quote from one of the RS that says, "Wow it sure is cool that she's the first woman to do this. She's an inspiration." Darkfrog24 (talk) 01:59, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Ideally, we'd have one or more sources describing, say, the history of prominent Cuban-Americans in Florida, mentioning the role Sastre played in some kind of bigger picture. Darkfrog24 (talk) 02:07, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Taking my own advice... More looking than finding, but let's see what we can do. Hispanic Executive reads like an ad. Darkfrog24 (talk) 02:17, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, it's one of those trade publications that tend to be more promotional in tone than would be typical of higher quality print media. It's a supplementary source that can be used sparingly for ordinary biographical details (i.e. she works at X and have previously worked in Y and Z roles at companies A and B), but I wouldn't want to focus an article around it. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 05:04, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Agreed. ...what I want this article to say is something like "Maria Sastre was a highly successful member of the Cuban diaspora in the United States and so became the subject of many profiles in [Latin interest], business, and feminist publications" with a preferred "she became a symbol of X and role model for Y," but we'd have to hammer it out with care to avoid the implication that her ethicity and gender were the only reasons for her fame, and while I'm confident we have sources for "she was profiled in several business and [Hispanic focused] publications," I'd rather have a source directly say "she was important/successful." The bottom line is that this career isn't that remarkable when viewed from a 21st-century perspective. A teenager reading this today wouldn't necessarily fill in the blanks that doing what Sastre did was a lot harder in the 1980s 1990s and therefore more notable. Jeez we need more dates in this thing.Darkfrog24 (talk) 14:05, 13 November 2023 (UTC)