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A fact from Mary Shadow appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 April 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Mary Shadow, the first unmarried woman in the Tennessee House of Representatives, received fourteen marriage proposals after her election?

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Did you know nomination

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 Cielquiparle (talk) 15:31, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Mary Shadow, the first unmarried woman in the Tennessee House of Representatives, received fourteen marriage proposals after her election? Source: "Mary Shadow May Seek Frazier Job, Says Collier's Story on Meigs Girl". Chattanooga Daily Times. January 6, 1950. p. 12. Archived from the original on March 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rachel Belden Brooks

Moved to mainspace by Jon698 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:58, 13 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Mary Shadow; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Interesting article and hook - ready now that QPQ is done. Zeromonk (talk) 10:13, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Zeromonk: Apologies for taking so long to do this, but I have just added the QPQ. Jon698 (talk) 02:09, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Jon698: Have revised review to reflect, thanks! Zeromonk (talk) 09:22, 27 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]