Talk:Carrie Nation

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This is the only place I've ever read that Carry Nation was tall. She is almost always described as "short".

I must disagree - she's always said to be almost 6 feet tall, which is a lot for a woman even today, and certainly back then; sources often add that she was around 175 pounds, and that her size contributed to her imposing presence (although carrying a hatchet didn't hurt) - DavidWBrooks 19:59, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Junk characters

Someone inserting a bunch of junk characters @ the end of the article. I removed it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.191.19.42 (talk) 22:54, 19 March 2007 (UTC).

While I'm (obviously) not qualified to add anything to this page, it should be noted the that the town of Holly, Michigan celebrates a Carrie Nation festival every year at the conclusion of summer. This festival is not noted in the Wiki page for either Holly or Carrie Nation. Is it insignificant?

Questions

Shouldn't this "2006" get reverted to 2007 or 2008? Just to be more accurate?

The Kansas City World, April 15, 1901</ref> She was promptly arrested, fined $500 ($11,500 in 2006 dollars), —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fejj the ritual (talk • contribs) 03:31, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, if you change the figure so it reflects 2008 values.Yopienso (talk) 23:17, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Junk

For some reason I don't think this dear lady was 67 feet tall or 17510 pounds. Perhaps somebody can correct this because I am too lazy.--Regnimri (talk) 19:18, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Overlooked vandalism, reverted. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 21:03, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Questionable phrasing

Under the "Early Life" section it states that "young Carrie often tended to the slave quarters as a result." Given the unclear nature of this statement I am led to believe this is a euphamism for something else? Could somebody please clarify or remove this phrase? • Freechild'sup? 15:05, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

What a Nazi! The tone of the article could be less positive considering that she used terror methods to prevent people from doing legal recreational things. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.70.40.166 (talk) 12:36, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Carrie vs. Carry

The signed photo in the article shows the subject's first name spelled "Carry", but the article spells it variously "Carrie" and "Carry". One would presume that Mrs. Nation would have been the ultimate authority on the spelling of her name.—Quicksilver^{T @} 14:08, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

The article talks about this issue, thus: "The spelling of her first name is ambiguous and both Carrie and Carry are considered correct. Official records say Carrie, which Nation used most of her life; Carry was used by her father in the family Bible. Upon beginning her campaign against liquor in the early 20th century, she adopted the name Carry A. Nation mainly for its value as a slogan, and had it registered as a trademark in the state of Kansas. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 18:49, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Naperville --> Carry/Carrie

Someone replaced every instance of Carry and Carrie with her daughter's name, Naperville. Can only be fixed manually and I'm too lazy. Can someone with some time fix? This happened on that May 2, 2011 revision. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.53.163.207 (talk) 05:57, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Unsourced material

I've removed some unsourced material which may be true. Please source it if you reinsert it. I've also removed Ethnicity: Battle Axe. Yopienso (talk) 06:17, 4 February 2012 (UTC)