Talk:Martha Root

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BetacommandBot (talk) 00:44, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

reference that may be useful
Ran across this - IN SEARCH OF MARTHA ROOT: AN AMERICAN BAHA’I FEMINIST AND PEACE ADVOCATE IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY by JILING YANG Under the Direction of Ian Fletcher.--Smkolins (talk) 21:51, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

revert
Hi, I see you reverted my contribution diff I dont think the original wording is very neutral in the first place. It puts emphasis on domestic chores, whereas what is the real "fact" is that Martha Root was interested in books.... So why did you revert my edit? original formulation : "Martha, known as Mattie, was not a typical girl, since her interest lay in books rather than the usual domestic pursuits" my wording : "Martha, known as Mattie, was an exeptionnal girl in that she was extremely passionate about books and litterature" I would be in favor of taking away "exeptional" if that is the problem, bit not keeping the original sentence, which does ring a little sexist to me. Nattes à chat (talk) 14:25, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Words such as "exceptional" cannot be used on wikipedia as per WP:PEACOCKServ181920 (talk) 16:55, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Lineage
We really need some reference to her lineage, especially her Quaker, New England heritage for several reasons, not the least of which is the American role. jmswtlk (talk) 23:38, 20 July 2022 (UTC)