Talk:Widow's succession

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Why does the list by country say "Notable" or should it include any widows succeeding? Hugo999 (talk) 07:30, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Mrs. Joe C. Carr
Mrs. Carr does not truly belong on this list. She was appointed to her husband's office while he was away in the U.S. forces in World War II, not as the result of his death, and he resumed the office upon his return. While she was his (temporary) successor in office, she was not such as the result of being his widow. 2600:1004:B103:745C:785F:A1:CE83:17B (talk) 04:55, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

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Succeeded by "their" son?
In the New Zealand section, Elizabeth McCombs is stated to have been "succeeded by their (sic) son". There is no evidence cited in her WP entry that she identified herself by the pronoun "they", which is in any event a 21st century or possibly late 20th century usage. In fact, here we read that "she was succeeded by her son Terry McCombs". May I therefore propose changing "their" to "her"? 31.50.206.73 (talk) 15:54, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
 * It actually meant plural "their" in the sense of "the son of her and the dead husband she succeeded", not singular "their" in the sense of "non-binary gender". I'll grant that it was bad writing in this particular context, because it didn't clarify that very well by actually mentioning her husband before jumping to the plural pronoun, but it clearly wasn't meant to imply what you think it was. I've revised it to be clearer about what was actually intended. Bearcat (talk) 22:10, 9 August 2021 (UTC)