Talk:Mary Henderson Eastman

Requested article
This article is part of the list of requested articles posted in the Women in Red Project. It is also separated from the article about Seth Eastman, her husband. Feel free to contribute especially if you have access to more authoritative sources. Thanks! Darwin Naz (talk) 00:16, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi . You are really doing great work. Regarding sources, I found an entry about Mary Eastman in American National Biography. You can access it at Wikipedia Library. Best. --Gazal world (talk) 18:45, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, Gazal world. Thank you for the good word. I have checked the source you cited and found a text I could use. Strangely, I have not used the Wikipedia Library as a resource and have never visited it before. Thanks for directing me there. There are tons of materials available! Regards, Darwin Naz (talk) 00:00, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Happy editing. Keep doing good work. --Gazal world (talk) 08:57, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi. Just to let you know, you can use Cite ANB template to cite American National Biography entry. Best. --Gazal world (talk) 19:42, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, Gazal world. I tried the template you cited in-line but it is not in a footnote format. The reference is displayed alongside the text instead of under the reflist. I do not know if I used the template correctly. For the ANB citation (Tollers, E. ), I previously copied the information from the Cite tool of the ABN reference and used it through the Visual Editing interface's Cite tool (Manual > Basic Form).Darwin Naz (talk) 23:36, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Try this:


 * It will work. --Gazal world (talk) 23:07, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Done. Thanks for your help! Darwin Naz (talk) 00:26, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
 * It would be better if you can add a caption for the image in Biography section. --Gazal world (talk) 01:06, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

Later, Eastman changed her position on slavery and became a Unionist. I put the explain marker here, because you could very well be pro-slavery and Unionist. The fact that her husband and sons fought for the Union, would explain her Unionism (if it ever needed an explanation), but the Civil War was not fought over slavery, it was fought over Secession. So why did she change her mind? Creuzbourg (talk) 21:53, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Quote appears to come directly from this page. Not sure we can "explain" the statement, it's (arguably) two separate points, but the "and" seems to group them. The citation supports both statements: (1) she changed her position on slavery and (2) she became a Unionist. But perhaps equating the two is contentious. --Engineerchange (talk) 22:27, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
 * But, I do agree, an additional cite would provide more clarity on how her position changed, as this one-liner mention appears dubious. --Engineerchange (talk) 22:44, 7 July 2024 (UTC)