Talk:Mildred Lewis Rutherford

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Mildred Lewis Rutherford thought that the only problem with slavery was the burden it placed on white slaveholders?

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: TheSpecialUser (talk · contribs) 16:11, 28 June 2012 (UTC) I'll be doing this in short time, thanks! →TSU ^tp* 16:11, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay;

She was a prolific writer of textbooks and other works, and was also known for her oratory, delivered while dressed as a southern belle - Sounds little odd, can you please re-phrase it?

Reworded. LadyofShalott 01:47, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mildred Rutherford was the daughter of Laura Cobb Rutherford (Howell and Thomas's sister) and Williams Rutherford, a professor of mathematics at the University of Georgia. - Please move this sentence to the line next to this: Rutherford was born July 16, 1851 in Athens, Georgia

Done, if I understood correctly what you requested LadyofShalott 01:32, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, I have fixed it. →TSU ^tp* 01:35, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lucy Cobb Institute. was founded Thomas R.R. Cobb, so merge the last line of Family background with that of this: ...and the lawyer Thomas R.R. Cobb, one of the founders of the University of Georgia School of Law...

It's more comlicated (and interesting) than that, but done. LadyofShalott 02:05, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lucy Cobb Institute has been linked many times. As it is already linked in the lead, no need of re-linking. 2 links (including the lead) are enough and others are overlinking so please remove them also.

It was linked twice (unless you've already removed some of the links?) Anyway now it's only the lead mention that has a link. LadyofShalott 01:21, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Humm, it was linked 3 times. I have removed the 3rd :) →TSU ^tp* 01:25, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OK. LadyofShalott 01:32, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In 1927 Rutherford became gravely ill - please change the word "gravely"

What is the objection? LadyofShalott 01:16, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The word sounds as if it were written in a book about her not in an encyclopedia. Little less neutral in short. →TSU ^tp* 01:20, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Changed to seriously. LadyofShalott 01:47, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Also, add WP:ALT to the image in the infobox.

Added. LadyofShalott 01:55, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That is it for now. Once the problems are solved, I'll have a close look at it again. Cheers! →TSU ^tp* 01:11, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think that's all of them. LadyofShalott 01:55, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No wait, one more. LadyofShalott 01:56, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Now I think that's all of them. LadyofShalott 02:05, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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NPOV template: whitewashed version of Rutherford's background[edit]

I posted a POV dispute template to the article, because it evades the full nature of the subject's work. Except for a few words in the lede and a long paragraph under the Views section, little is said about the specific content of Rutherford's writings and lectures. Since she is praised at length as a "prolific writer", "accomplished public speaker", and "amateur historian", you'd think more would be said about her subjects, the effects of her work, and the reactions of scholars and others.

According to Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr.*, Rutherford was a leading propagandist in the post-Reconstruction era who was also successful in ridding libraries of materials critical of the South over issues related to slavery and the Civil War. While Rutherford's role as principal at the Lucy Cobb Institute may be notable, her activities in revising history are more so and need to be documented to a similar extent. As it stands, the article is far from neutral in that it pays attention to only one side of the story, while the other has been painted over, largely hidden, in effect, whitewashed.

* "America's Long Tradition of Rewriting Black History", New York Times, Sunday, February 19, 2023.
Allreet (talk) 17:47, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There is also an extensive article on her by James McPherson, and this essay by Kevin Kruse;

'Long-legged Yankee Lies'

I hope to find this amended. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 16:13, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What edits have you made to correct and add this info? FloridaArmy (talk) 15:42, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]