Talk:Elizabeth Ann Seton/Archives/2015

Herman Melville
I've heard from a friend that Herman Melville was born in Seton's backyard, or something like that. He says he was wandering behind 7 State Street in Manhattan (where there is a shrine to Mrs. Seton) and found a plaque asserting that the author of Moby-Dick was born in a location behind the shrine. Is that true? 68.36.214.143 01:03, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think there's a plaque anymore, but yes, Melville was born on Pearl Street around the block from where the shrine is now. --Cam (talk) 23:08, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Strike that first part. There is indeed a plaque there. --Cam (talk) 03:54, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Trimming down external links
This was quite long. I pulled all those dealing with schools named after Seton. They belong on the respective schools' articles if those exist, not here. -- Broken Sphere Msg me 04:52, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

I cleaned up the links and got rid of any dead ones. Sed2535 (talk) 03:50, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Better picture
I took this picture the other day when there was good light and that's why I think it came out better than the one already in the article. Any opinions? Jim.henderson (talk) 05:09, 18 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Not only that, the angle is better since it shows the entire front of the house vs. the current one. I'll migrate it to Commons for you so that other language Wikipedias also have access to it.  Even if no project at all uses it, it won't get deleted.   Broken Sphere Msg me 15:51, 18 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks. So, I moved it into this article but none of the others which the old photo illistrates.  As a novice shutterbug I only find about one in fifty of my pictures worthy of illustrating an article.  Should I open a Commons account to upload, not all the others but perhaps one in ten, in raw form rather than cropped and contrast corrected like this one?  Jim.henderson (talk) 05:05, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

"Apostolic" not clear to me
The article says "It was the first religious community of apostolic women founded in the United States" -- what does "apostolic" mean here? Christian? Catholic? I looked around a bit, but couldn't figure it out, which suggests to me that clarification would be good. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.73.247.16 (talk) 16:21, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

I hadn't seen this comment but have just changed the text to reflect more of what the sense of that term would be for the general public (I hope).

Refimprove tag
I removed what little spurious information I found, and I really think the page is sourced well enough. There's a little bit of pious language that could be removed if it's an issue, but other than that I think the sourcing is good. Does anyone object to taking the tag down? carl bunderson (talk) (contributions) 19:29, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Widows?
She is supposedly the patron saint of widows -- and perhaps orphans -- yet, nary a PEEP on this subject?!

AFAIK, this is the primary thing she is known for! Aren't support groups for widows and widowers routinely called "Seton Clubs" or the like?

66.3.106.2 (talk) 10:06, 11 December 2010 (UTC)


 * same poster. just like to say that it is quite clear in the article now (2015).  thanks to all who modified it (drastically!).  209.172.23.19 (talk) 05:50, 30 December 2015 (UTC)