Talk:Women's War

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I found this article very interesting. However, do I understand correctly that they wanted to be able to hold male positions and, at the same time, exemption from taxes? Seems a bit hypocritical to me. Picaroon 21:52, 21 January 2007(UTC)

I think, though I confess I don't know much about the riots other than what is said in the article, that the women's argument was that they had no political rights yet were expected to pay taxes, much the same as some early 20thC suffragist arguments in Britain. Once women were given a political say, they would pay taxes. Perhaps this point should be clarified by someone who knows more about the protests. --172.202.90.96 15:00, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Requested move 25 February 2014

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The result of the proposal was no consensus. --BDD (talk) 19:03, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Women's War → Aba Women's War – In Igbo it might be called Women's War (period) but in English only Aba is unambiguous, see: WP:NC. Thanks.[1] Relisted. BDD (talk) 17:31, 24 March 2014 (UTC) Poeticbent talk 21:15, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

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• Oppose as the original page mover. "Women's War" is both more faithful to the original Ibo, a better title AND a WP:COMMONNAME with wide currency in English. For just one example of this, see P. Curtin et al., African History. From Earliest Times to Independence (New York, 1995), p. 497. I have yet, in some study of Nigerian history, to see the term "Aba Women's War" or variation in use. The website you cite (which is not a WP:RS by the way) doesn't use the term, and indeed cites an article which uses "Women's War". In all honesty, I'm struggling to see what the problem is considering there is no risk of confusion with another page of similar title.... Brigade Piron (talk) 09:03, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
• Rename to Women's War of 1929 per the many sources listed in the Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:39, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
• Support The Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa uses "Aba Women's War" for the entry. That seems a fairly reasonable title for the article with varied usage in sources (little overlap of usage by sources so there probably isn't a common name for the event). AbstractIllusions (talk) 08:18, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Discussion

Any additional comments:

I noticed that the article you linked to uses both Aba Women's Riot and Women's war but not Aba Women's War specifically. Did you mean to call it Aba Women's war or did you mean to use riot, because if you meant the former we still need a source that uses that name?--174.93.163.194 (talk) 02:09, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

• There is actually a great resource to settle this. At this RS, there is a pretty definitive collection of RSs which talk about the war. Judging from titles: "Women's War of 1929" appears to be the most used name. Also, it is worth noting the discussion in this RS about how to name the events (although both proposed alternatives would appear to be acceptable). AbstractIllusions (talk) 15:39, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

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-I think there need to be more information on the different ethnic groups that were involved in the revolt. Ibibio, Andoni, Ogoni, Bonny, Opobo, and Igbo. Also more on the women that were involved their names and stories. Coming from someone who does not know a lot about this war there seems to be a lack on information about these women. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjayy138 (talk • contribs) 19:43, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Igbo victory added?

should an igbo victory be added as they achieved what they wanted? Brek1234567 (talk) 20:52, 21 February 2024 (UTC)