A fact from Miriam Butterworth appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 August 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that every Saturday for decades, Miriam Butterworth protested against wars such as those in Nicaragua, Iran, and Iraq, as well as in opposition to nuclear arms?
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At the time she attended, the Chaffee School was separate from the Loomis School. They merged to form the co-educational Loomis Chaffee School. I am not sure about the best way to represent this in the article, but perhaps the link could be Chaffee School . I believe she was a classmate of future Connecticut Governor Ella T. Grasso, which is an interesting point to mention. I believe this fact is included in a number of the sources. JehochmanTalk 18:32, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I fixed the link of Chaffee School as you recommended and also the one for Wesleyan College (not Georgia, but Connecticut). Found a photo in the PD, woo hoo. Have yet to find anything that specifically says when the art gallery was named for her. Feel free to add anything you want, I need to do some real life stuff. SusunW (talk) 21:50, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I anticipate you have these in the works, but I'll list them here as suggestions.
She was a history teacher at Loomis Chaffee.
In the 1970's she was the Chair of the Connecticut Department of Public Utilities, and oversaw the development of the Millstone nuclear power plant.
She authored a number of books.
I think we could use this incredible quote, which could perhaps be part of a DYK hook:
They [the Butterworths] sued Gov. John Dempsey, Secretary of the State Ella Grasso, as well as the state Treasurer and Comptroller. Grasso’s daughter was a sophomore at Chaffee in 1963 and approached Butterworth. Grasso said “I hear you are suing my mother.” Butterworth said yes. Grasso continued, “well, I hope there will be something left for Christmas,” thinking that Butterworth was suing Grasso for all her worldly goods.[1] A decade later Ella Grasso appointed Butterworth to an important position. JehochmanTalk 18:32, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Jehochman I've got the basic bones in. Feel free to jump in and add, tweak, rewrite whatever you want. We should definitely work in the material from the NY Times, because there will be those who do not like that most of the sources are from the Courant. Sorry for keeping it on hold for so long. I am slow and do not usually compose in mainspace, as it seems an invitation to get your work deleted before you have even had time to write it. Thank you for finding her. Loved learning about her. SusunW (talk) 20:38, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. You did an amazing job. I will nominate this for DYK and credit you. JehochmanTalk 01:33, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 15:10, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
... that for decades, Miriam Butterworth protested every Saturday in the center of West Hartford, against war, including those in Nicaragua, Iran and Iraq, as well as in opposition to nuclear arms?
... that for decades, Miriam Butterworth protested every Saturday against wars such as those in Nicaragua, Iran and Iraq, as well as in opposition to nuclear arms? [2]
Other problems: - I'm not really satisfied with this many commas being used in one sentence. Also, I don't see why to include West Hartford if there's no other context for the geographical location, and especially I don't see how that's important to the hook. Here's my alternative:
... that for decades, Miriam Butterworth protested every Saturday against wars such as those in Nicaragua, Iran and Iraq, as well as in opposition to nuclear arms?
QPQ: None required.
Overall: Approved the alternate hook epicgenius (talk) 00:15, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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- I'm not really satisfied with this many commas being used in one sentence. Also, I don't see why to include West Hartford if there's no other context for the geographical location, and especially I don't see how that's important to the hook. Here's my alternative:
Approved the alternate hook epicgenius (talk) 00:15, 26 July 2019 (UTC)