Template:Did you know nominations/Bernice C. Downing


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:58, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

Bernice C. Downing

 * ... that twin sisters Bertha and Bernice C. Downing owned and published the Santa Clara Journal at 17 years old? Source:
 * ALT1:... that twin sisters Bertha and Bernice C. Downing were the first women in California to own and publish a newspaper? Source: "With her late sister, Miss Bertha Downing, they were the first women in California to actually own, edit, and publish their own newspaper, having inherited the Santa Clara Journal from their father on his death in 1905."
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Frederick Brundrett

Created by Elisa.rolle (talk). Self-nominated at 21:07, 17 September 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Good to go! It's new, it's long enough, the hook is cited, it's within policy, and the QPQ has been met. Futurist110 (talk) 01:35, 18 September 2017 (UTC)