Template:Did you know nominations/Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:35, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools, Little Rock, Arkansas
Source: "the membership of the WEC grew from an initial fifty eight to nearly fourteen hundred by 1959" cited on page 200 of [|Gates' article], then on page 201, Gates notes that "the average Arkansas family earned $3,184, less than half of the average WEC family," and that "more than 80 percent had attended college," and on page 208-209, "the Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools was formed as an exclusively White organization." As for anonymity, same article, page 216, "Having promised to protect the names of their members, however, the WEC officers refused to submit a membership list."
 * ... that 1,400 wealthy, educated white women worked semi-anonymously to end school segregation in Little Rock, Arkansas?
 * Reviewed: Tawhai Hill, Kānuka Hills, Pūkio Stream
 * Comment: I think the name of the organization is extremely dry, so I propose a "hook" describing the demographic, which is considered an unlikely ally of Southern US desegregation efforts.

5x expanded by Owlsmcgee (talk). Self-nominated at 21:16, 22 October 2017 (UTC).


 * Beginning review --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:31, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't think their name is dull, "emergency" and "open" tell me more than "wealthy" and "white" and an exact (?) number:
 * ALT1: ... that the Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools worked to end school segregation in Little Rock, Arkansas?
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Interesting group, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. I'd think an infobox would clarify things at a glance, no? - I'll watch for other suggestions. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:46, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you Gerda Arendt. I've added an infobox. I'm OK with ALT1, though prefer the original. Thanks for your review. - Owlsmcgee (talk) 07:06, 25 October 2017 (UTC)