Template:Did you know nominations/Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida


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The result was: promoted by  Jolly  Ω   Janner  07:24, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida

 * ... that Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida, a martyr of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, exchanged correspondence with Martin Luther King, Jr. while she was a university student in Brazil?


 * ALT1: ... that Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida, who became known as the "Mother of the Revolution", was recruited by the MPLA to participate in the 1961 attack on "Fortalesa"?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Margaret Benyon
 * Comment: Created during Meetup/Women in Red/7. Hold for March (Women's History Month)

Created by Rosiestep (talk) and SusunW (talk). Nominated by Rosiestep (talk) at 20:15, 6 February 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Tough reading, - thank you for another moving bio, on good sources. I find both hooks too harmless, sorry. I don't think an abbreviation works, even if linked. "Mother of the Revolution" is good, and perhaps enough if Angola is mentioned. The title of her 2003 book is also strong, - please have a look, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:24, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Hook0 is 196 chars if we spell out MPLA (and I changed member to martyr). If I add it to ALT1 it is too long, so what about ALT2 or ALT3 also 196 char: SusunW (talk) 00:08, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
 * ALT2 ... that Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida, known as the "Mother of the Revolution", was recruited by the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola to participate in the 1961 attack on "Fortalesa"?
 * ALT3 ... that the diary of martyr Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida, Diário de um exilio sem regresso, laments her invisibility as a woman in the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola?
 * I like that better, but think you don't have to spell it out, you could just say ""Mother of the Revolution" in Angola". I have a language problem: please explain what invisibility means in this context. Probably everybody else knows ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 00:12, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The source says she was frustrated because though she was part of the leadership her ideas did not have the same weight as the men in the movement's did. She came to recognize she was a double minority, not Portuguese and not male. SusunW (talk) 00:30, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I understand that, but will readers know that is meant by invisibility? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 00:34, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
 * A simplified ALT3, ALT4: ... that Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida became known as Angola's "Mother of the Revolution"? --Rosiestep (talk) 01:56, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thank you, I think that hits. We want readers to read the article, not turn away because it may get complicated and women's lament ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 9 February 2016 (UTC)