Talk:Bebe Patten

Con artistry
This page needs some work--it completely fails to mention that C. Thomas Patten was a con artist who was convicted of fraud and sent to prison in 1950. The Pattens were enriching themselves with the funds from the ministry. The Pattens' story of fraud is told in Jay Robert Nash's classic Hustlers and Con Men book, as well as in the last chapter of Maria Konnikova's recent book, The Confidence Game. Lippard (talk) 17:19, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Some sources
Coming here after an AfD. During the AfD, I was able to find an article from the Oakland Tribune on the expansion of a school she founded in the 1970s, a several page-long story about Patten herself from the 70s, a bylined story from Oakland Tribune about Patten herself, and a staff-written obit of Patten from 2004. These might be useful in improving the article going forward, so I'm dropping them here. — Red-tailed hawk  (nest) 20:52, 7 March 2023 (UTC)