Talk:Mary Custis Lee
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![]() | A fact from Mary Custis Lee appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 June 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 09:54, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
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- ... that Mary Custis Lee (pictured), a daughter of the Confederate General Robert E. Lee, refused to sit in the "Whites only" area? Source: "arrested on June 13th in Alexandria for riding in the back of a streetcar with her black maid, having refused to move to the whites-only section at the front of the car"
- Comment: WIR edithon theme number 197 is Marys, feel free to improve the hook or suggest another
Created by Willthacheerleader18 (talk) and Jmertel23 (talk). Nominated by Victuallers (talk) at 16:32, 23 May 2021 (UTC).
Interesting travelling life, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed and shows the time well. I'm open to include a year, and/or area of what, but you can also leave it mysterious. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:48, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
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[edit]Didn't she serve as president of the Confederate Home for Needy Women (Draft:Confederate Home for Needy Women)? FloridaArmy (talk) 13:39, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
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