Talk:Agnes Newton Keith

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An entry from Agnes Newton Keith appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 7 February 2007.

[edit] Clarification

I know that this article needs cited references, but this sentence needs to be explained: '...after waiting three days for the licence to mature.' What license? Hopefully, someone who knows more about this topic will clean this up. SailorAlphaCentauri 16:04, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

I assume that this just means that they had to wait for the expiration of the marriage license's waiting period (presumably three days in this instance), but I'm hesitant to edit the article to say that without confirmation. It also isn't clear to me why the waiting period was important enough to mention. Is the author trying to say that as soon as they saw each other they got married immediately, waiting only the legal minimum amount of time? John M Baker 17:26, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Agnes Newton Keith's daughter, if born in the early fifties, would have four children by the age of 14 according to the information in Children of Allah. Agnes talks about visiting their daughter and her four children on trips back to Vancouver. The book was published in 1965. The math doesn't work. I am wondering if perhaps Harry was married previously and the daughter referred to was from a prior marriage? She never mentions her in the vignettes of her writing...

--Galyn 21:10, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Changed text to remove dating ambiguity. Funny, I was wondering whether she was perhaps adopted ... Please feel free to add any pertinent info you have: it's the encyclopaedia that anyone can edit. Jasper33 23:01, 21 March 2007 (UTC)