Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Eunice Newton Foote

Eunice Newton Foote

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/March 8, 2023 by Wehwalt (talk) 18:35, 2 February 2023 (UTC)



Eunice Newton Foote (1819–1888) was an American scientist, inventor, and women's rights campaigner. She was the first scientist to conclude that rising carbon dioxide levels could impact climate. Born in Connecticut, Foote was raised in New York at the center of social and political movements such as the abolition of slavery, anti-alcohol activism, and women's rights. She attended the Troy Female Seminary and the Rensselaer School, gaining a broad education in scientific theory and practice. After marrying an attorney in 1841, Foote settled in Seneca Falls, New York. She was a signatory to the Declaration of Sentiments and one of the editors of the proceedings of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention. In 1856 she published a paper notable for demonstrating the absorption of heat by and water vapor and hypothesizing that changing amounts of  in the atmosphere would alter the climate. Foote died in 1888 and for almost a hundred years her contributions were unknown, before being rediscovered by women academics in the twentieth century. In 2022, the American Geophysical Union instituted The Eunice Newton Foote Medal for Earth-Life Science in her honor.
 * Most recent similar article(s): nothing remembered, and this was written for IWD
 * Main editors: SusunW
 * Promoted: October 2022
 * Reasons for nomination: International Women's Day
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:09, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Coordinator comment Given that we have two worthy articles for March 8, I'd appreciate it if people, in !voting on both, express a preference for one over the other if they can, with whatever reasons they care to state.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:15, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support as main editor. I don't discount the song's powerful message, but feel that an actual woman who was a participant in the first convention ever held globally solely in support of women's rights and who represents the struggle of the Matilda effect, first identified over 150 years ago, should be celebrated for her accomplishments on a day honoring women. SusunW (talk) 07:55, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support over the song, per SusunW and the fact that we run many contemporary popular music articles on TFA and fewer scientists. Hog Farm Talk 15:42, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support as I think International Woman's Day TFA would be better represented by a woman's biography. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:45, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. This seems to me to be far more appropriate for 8 March.--Ipigott (talk) 06:27, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Strongly support relative to the alternatives on offer. Or even any alternative I am able to think of. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:01, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support ~ HAL  333  03:59, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support: I think the alternative suggestion is a solid idea and it is nice to have a variety of subject matters featured on this day (to show the range of topics associated with women), but I think is the stronger choice. I was convinced primarily by SusunW's argument as I agree that female sciences often get overlooked and this could be a solid way to not only highlight the subject, but also to encourage editors to work on biographies like this one. Aoba47 (talk) 00:39, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support, per SusunW's points. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 23:39, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support per SusanW. QuicoleJR (talk) 15:21, 28 January 2023 (UTC)