Template:Did you know nominations/Alice Harrell Strickland

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:52, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Alice Harrell Strickland edit

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... that Alice Harrell Strickland was elected the first woman mayor in the U.S. state of Georgia at age 62 on a platform to rid her town of "demon rum" in 1921? Source: "Strickland, a widow, became the first female mayor in Georgia when she was elected to lead Duluth at the age of 62 in 1921, only a year after women gained the right to vote." from [1], and the quote about "demon rum" is from [2]

Reviewed: Lila Gene George [3]

Created by Krelnik (talk). Self-nominated at 14:24, 23 November 2018 (UTC).

- Length, Date, Cite, QPQ, and Earwigs check. Best, Mifter (talk) 01:53, 10 December 2018 (UTC)