Talk:Marjory Stoneman Douglas

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Contents 1 POV 2 Counties versus counties 3 GA pass 4 Suggestions

[edit] POV

quite POV "humble and charming", "sharp mind", "eminent", "best of these", etc... --Ruben 14:44, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Counties versus counties

I don't want to get into an editing war, but Broward and Miami-Dade Counties should be Broward and Miami-Dade counties. County is capitalized when it is the name of one county. Broward County, Miami-Dade County, etc but when they are strung together, it is not capitalized, e.g. Broward and Miami-Dade counties. The same rule covers things such as streets, e.g., First Street, Second Street, etc., when combined become First and Second streets. Former English teacher clariosophic (talk) 03:59, 20 December 2007 (UTC) Reference: Goldstein, Norm, editor, Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Perseus Press (2000) p. 61, states: County Capitalize when an integral part of a proper name: Dade County, Nassau County, Suffolk County ... Lowercase plural combinations: Westchester and Rockland counties. clariosophic (talk) 04:09, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

It is changed. --Moni3 (talk) 04:24, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA pass

Great article. Easily passes. Wrad (talk) 01:06, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Whoa, thanks! That was very quick. Thank you for reading and reviewing the article. --Moni3 (talk) 01:14, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestions

Hi Moni3!

It's gets more fun each time i read it, as it all comes into focus. :) Unfortunately, I'm really tired so I'm not sure how far I'll get tonight. Here's just an initial list of things I noticed. Willow (talk) 07:02, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

• Mention her suffrage work in the lead, maybe as part of an expanded topic sentence in the 2nd paragraph?

• I had a little trouble following the chronology in the Writing section. Maybe you could add some dates there?

• You do a great job of bringing her to life! :) I was curious about the yeoman story, though?

• A little historical context section, maybe at the very beginning, before she's born, might be good. It seems important to know who was threatening the Everglades and why, and what Douglas was up against. It's interesting to me that the sugar barons were so powerful in Florida; I remember reading how they also used American troops to subjugate the kingdom of Hawaii in 1893.

Wow, I did not expect you to read it so soon! I mentioned her suffrage and civil rights interests in the lead. The last paragraph under Freelance writer I had below River of Grass, but it seemed odd there, so I moved it back up. Is it confusing there? Where were you looking for dates - in The Miami Herald Section? The yeoman story in her autobiography is odd. There are a few parts where she completely detaches from being in the situation, like the period after her college graduation and her marriage. Again, when she signed up for the Navy, she termed it as "found myself signing up for", as if she wasn't present. She does explain a bit about why she didn't like it - how much detail would you like to see?

I think it might be good to have some background, but not until the Everglades work section, She moved to Miami when less than 5,000 people lived there and it was a frontier town with dirt streets and wooden plank sidewalks (I might add a couple sentences about that, though). There was no Big Sugar when she went there. But in her lifetime, she saw the enormous expansion of South Florida. I can add some details about that.

Thanks again, Willow! Please drop by to give more suggestions at any time. --Moni3 (talk) 13:07, 25 April 2008 (UTC)