Talk:Mary F. Hoyt

This article possibly rests largely on a falsehood?
This 1965 federal government report on women in federal employment notes the Eisenhower letter but says a Mrs. Brice Moss actually preceded Hoyt in professional civil service employment. There does not seem to be much scholarship on this issue, sadly. I kind of question whether this was really a good subject to write an article about considering the scantness and vagueness of some of the source material. -Indy beetle (talk) 23:06, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I believe you are misreading the source in question. It says "The first woman appointed to a civil service position was the late Mrs. Brice Moses. As Mary Frances Hoyt from Connecticut, ..., she ..." I think that the only possible meaning for this phrasing is that Mary Frances Hoyt and Mrs. Brice Moses are two names for the same person. She was employed under her unmarried name, Mary Frances Hoyt, and later married someone named Brice Moses, taking the name "Mrs. Brice Moses" as a consequence. (It was common at that time for married women to be known as Mrs. Husband's Name.) —David Eppstein (talk) 20:45, 8 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Oh dear, WP:TROUT for me. I can't believe I forgot she was married to a Brice Moses. I had read that and I guess it blew past my mind. -Indy beetle (talk) 20:48, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment
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