Template:Did you know nominations/Belle S. Spafford


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The result was: promoted by  MPJ  -DK 15:58, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Belle S. Spafford

 * ... that LDS Relief Society president Belle S. Spafford directed the Singing Mothers at the 1964 World's Fair? Source: "This week a 300-member chorus [...]  were in New York to perform at the World's Fair Pavilion opposite the Mormon Pavilion at the World's Fair." 1964 Daily Times from New Philadelphia, Ohio
 * ALT1:... that while LDS Relief Society president Belle S. Spafford did not endorse the Equal Rights Amendment, she did support equal pay for equal work? Source: "But some of the things movement women agitate for deserve support, said Mrs. Spafford. 'For example, equal pay for equal work[...]'" 1974 Idaho Free Press
 * ALT2:... that Belle S. Spafford was president of the LDS Relief Society for 29 years, longer than any other president? Source: "Serving as general president from 1945 to 1974 (for twenty-nine and a half years to be exact), the longest term of any Relief Society president, Belle Smith Spafford was a tremendous influence not only on the sisters of the Church, but also on the women of the world." Meridian magazine
 * Reviewed: Bruce by-election

Improved to Good Article status by JAGrace (BYU) (talk). Nominated by Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) at 21:43, 22 February 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg - Length, Date, QPQ, and Earwigs check. Paywall refs accepted AGF.  All three hooks approved.  Mifter (talk) 04:49, 25 February 2017 (UTC)