Talk:Emily Hale

Early Life and Career
This sentence needs some work: "...a speech and drama teacher at various women-only colleges, including Simmons University (1916–1921), Milwaukee-Downer College (1921–1928), Scripps College (1932–1934),[3][6] Smith College (1936–1942), Phillips Academy (1950s), and at the Abbot Academy (late 1950s).[2][1][3][6]"

Per Wikipedia's own (linked) page on Phillips, Phillips Academy is neither a college (it's a high-school) nor women-only. In fact, when Hale taught there (50s), it was all boys. It became co-educational in 1973. I'll take a stab at editing it, hopefully without making the sentence too convoluted. LeftyAce (talk) 05:15, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that – much appreciated. Britishfinance (talk) 14:11, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Article more about the letters than Hale?
Overall this is a fascinating and excellent article, but as I re-read it, it feels more like a an article about the letter archive than about Hale herself. Since this is the main way she is notable, it makes sense for the letters to make up most of the article, but the "narrative arc" could still centre on her. I think adding a section on "Later life and death" before the letter archive, and something about her literary afterlife (like her presence in Eliot biographies, and the novel inspired by her) as the last section, would help prevent Eliot from 'taking over' the article. I've done some preliminary searching so I may make these changes myself (after I've had a good night's sleep, since I'm currently wiki-ing into the wee hours irresponsibly....), but I make the suggestion in case others also want to think about this aspect of the article. ~ oulfis 🌸 (talk) 07:20, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I also fell in love with this story as I stumbled across it (and then expanded it). I have scoured the main books on Eliot and the biographical facts presented here on Hale are all I could find.  Once she leaves Eliot's orbit, she is almost forgotten.  Obviously, the release of the letters is going to see much larger works done on her, but most probably again through the lens of the greater understanding the letters will give on her relationship, and influence, on Eliot's works (which Eliot was determined to erase from his own history).  It will take 12-24 months for such works to be released (the letters are being analysed daily by Eliot academics), and by then, we will have the material for a WP:FAC (in my view).  An ultimately tragic tale (a fate that met many women associated with Eliot), however, I can see a Hollywood film coming from this when the full letters are known. Britishfinance (talk) 10:03, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Been able to expand this a little more and add a "Life after Eliot" section. Britishfinance (talk) 13:04, 22 April 2020 (UTC)