Template:Did you know nominations/Dinah Nuthead

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The result was: promoted by Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 16:03, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Dinah Nuthead

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... that while Dinah Nuthead was thought to have been illiterate, she was the first licensed woman printer in the Thirteen Colonies?

ALT1:... that Dinah Nuthead was the first licensed woman printer in the Thirteen Colonies?
ALT2:... that Dinah Nuthead was the first licensed female printer in the Thirteen Colonies?
ALT3:... that while Dinah Nuthead was thought to have been illiterate, she was the first licensed female printer in the Thirteen Colonies?
Reviewed: Lili Bosse

Created by Gobonobo (talk). Self nominated at 04:55, 24 June 2014 (UTC).

Hook fact(s) present and cited, article is new enough. However, at ~1200 characters it's about a fifth too short and would need a little further expansion. Ref 3 would indicate there's more information to work with, as she's the subject of at least three pages in the cited book. I'm also not keen on the construction "woman printer"; "female" would read better. GRAPPLE X 05:13, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Article is now expanded. I've provided alts that use "female" instead. gobonobo ⁺ ^c 23:51, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

ALT4:... that although Dinah Nuthead is thought to have been illiterate, she was the first woman licensed as a printer in the Thirteen Colonies?

As a woman I have no objection to being called one, but I do object to more of me being produced by printing. (If her press was based in Stepford I'd have let the hook slide) Belle (talk) 15:19, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Size is now fine, so all concerns are met. I guess alt 4 is the best one to go with; my concern with the construction was that a "female printer" is a printer who is female but a "woman printer" is a printer of women; the construction of alt 4 avoids this completely anyway. Good to go. GRAPPLE X 16:20, 14 July 2014 (UTC)