Heavy Grasshopper

Percy Maxim Lee = Mrs. John G. Lee

Thanks for your work on the article. I am delighted to see it finally published.

I have a question, though. I included "Mrs. John G. Lee" parenthetically after her name because that is the only way her name appears in the press at the time she was active in the League of Women Voters. I think the activities at that time are the ones that make her worth mention in wikipedia.

In fact, I had given up on the article because I was unable to find adequate references for her, until one day I was reading an NYT article and in passing saw the name "Mrs. John G. Lee". Just a little bit of research verified that it was indeed the same person, and so opened up the way to finding more information.

I think readers of this article should also be given that clue if they are interested in learning more. What do you think would be the best way to do it? Ngriffeth (talk) 14:42, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Ngriffeth. Having looked at the sources again, I agree with you. It is clear that "Mrs. John G. Lee" was the name commonly used by the press during her time as the President of the League of Women voters. I think perhaps the parentheses alone did not give sufficient context, so I have added a little sentence about that in the lead and body of the article. Feel free to change it if you think of a better way to do it. JohnmgKing (talk) 09:30, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

@JohnmgKing Instead of often, I'm making it "almost always." But I'm certainly open to discussion on it.

I was a child in the 50s and in college in the 60s, and I remember well that in any formal situation the rule was to address a married woman as "Mrs. <husband's name>". My father had died when I was 2, so I found it confusing to address letters to my mother using only my father's name, but in fact addressing her as Mrs <her name> would have implied she was divorced, not widowed. And addressing her as "Miss" would have made her a single mother! And a woman just wasn't addressed without an honorific - just not done!!

Since we're Wikipedians, here's a reference: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/starting-in-the-1970s-womens-first-names-were-included-in-post-references/2019/11/23/73dc1eb2-0d59-11ea-bd9d-c628fd48b3a0_story.html. It says that by 1969, the Washington Post modernized a bit, but until 1989 it was only allowable, not required, to refer to a woman by her own name. The Post changed earlier than most papers, as far as I can tell, possibly because in 1963 Katherine Graham (of Watergate fame) became its publisher.

@Ngriffeth Thanks, that phrasing looks good to me. That context is very interesting, thank you very much for sharing the article. I have seen this during my lifetime only in relation to couples being referred to together: i.e Mr and Mrs John Smith, which I last saw on an insurance letter addressed to my parents just before the pandemic. I mentioned it to my mother, and we found it quite amusing, in the sense that it is an archaic practice. It is odd how something so fundamental changes so quickly. In any case, I'll have a more careful look at the sources in future when I see this kind of honorific usage in articles. JohnmgKing (talk) 15:39, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Lee probably wasn't an educator

Oops, another thing: saying she's an educator suggests that she taught at some point in her career. There's no evidence of that. She founded a school, but school founders tend to be philanthropists as well as teachers, and that seems more likely in her case.

She was also on several boards of educational institutions, but board members tend to be graduates or parents of students. And she served on a variety of commissions and task forces having nothing to do with education, but most of which would be called "do-good" organizations. I'm going to call her a political and social reformer.

Yes, I suppose despite being involved in some educational institutions, she wasn't a professional educator. All in all it looks to be going in the right direction. Thanks for creating the article, it's been an interesting read and I've learned something.JohnmgKing (talk) 15:39, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

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@Schminnte Thanks for your message and the time you took to examine the page. I do plan to expand it. JohnmgKing (talk) 15:14, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Good stuff. Please keep writing detailed articles like this, they help to improve the encyclopedia as a whole. Happy editing! Schminnte (talk • contribs) 15:16, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

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