Talk:Mattie Edwards Hewitt

Date of birth
I would like to ask one question to whoever has access to the books listed as sources for this article. Is Hewitt's birth year directly confirmed (stated explicitly) to be 1870? The New York Times only states that she was born circa 1870. The Library of Congress lists her year of birth as 1869 here. Hewitt's Library of Congress Control Number (via authority control) cites the 1900 US Census in saying that she was born in |n%20%2082268624 October 1869. Shall we go with the more specific date of birth or leave the lead as it is?

Off the top of my head this is the third time I have asked a question of this nature, see Talk:May Owen and Talk:Dorothy M. Healy, as well as my own talk page for further discussions on authority control and dates of birth, if needed. Vycl1994 (talk) 05:13, 24 May 2016 (UTC)


 * I would prefer to change it to 1869 as per the Library of Congress reference if everyone agrees. Thanks. Nvvchar . 12:15, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Agree, L of C citing US Census is pretty definitive. Coolabahapple (talk) 01:34, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

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Definition of design
Design and designer are vague words. Which kind of designer did Hewitt take pictures for:

Designer — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:405:4A00:4430:8484:3022:1ED8:2E4A (talk) 14:16, 21 October 2020 (UTC)