Talk:Mildred Lewis Rutherford

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NPOV template: whitewashed version of Rutherford's background
I posted a POV dispute template to the article, because it evades the full nature of the subject's work. Except for a few words in the lede and a long paragraph under the Views section, little is said about the specific content of Rutherford's writings and lectures. Since she is praised at length as a "prolific writer", "accomplished public speaker", and "amateur historian", you'd think more would be said about her subjects, the effects of her work, and the reactions of scholars and others.

According to Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr.*, Rutherford was a leading propagandist in the post-Reconstruction era who was also successful in ridding libraries of materials critical of the South over issues related to slavery and the Civil War. While Rutherford's role as principal at the Lucy Cobb Institute may be notable, her activities in revising history are more so and need to be documented to a similar extent. As it stands, the article is far from neutral in that it pays attention to only one side of the story, while the other has been painted over, largely hidden, in effect, whitewashed.

* "America's Long Tradition of Rewriting Black History", New York Times, Sunday, February 19, 2023. Allreet (talk) 17:47, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * There is also an extensive article on her by James McPherson, and this essay by Kevin Kruse;
 * 'Long-legged Yankee Lies'
 * I hope to find this amended. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 16:13, 11 January 2024 (UTC)


 * What edits have you made to correct and add this info? FloridaArmy (talk) 15:42, 27 April 2024 (UTC)