A fact from Sarah Pike Conger appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 August 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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... that Sarah Pike Conger(pictured) helped defend the international legations during the Boxer Rebellion by making sandbags and carrying supplies? Source: "Sarah reported that Legation personnel, refugees, and missionaries worked together to fight the fires set by the Boxers.She joined them in making sandbags for the barricades, tearing clothing for bandages and retrieving supplies." from: "Women of History: Sarah Pike Conger". Mary Baker Eddy Library. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
ALT1: ... that Sarah Pike Conger(pictured) was demonized in the American press for her friendship with Empress Dowager Cixi in the years following the Boxer Rebellion? Source: "Primed by Wang on the symbolic utterances, gestures, and gifts that would be most appreciated by a woman like Cixi, Sarah was a hit from her first private audience. She and Cixi became simply two women of a certain age and similar experiences, who had been through tragedies and triumphs, who loved what was beautiful, and who shared a keen interest in the rights and education of women. Cixi paid Sarah the rare compliment of acting on her advice, issuing a decree to permit overseas education of promising Chinese and Manchu boys, and supporting schools for women in China. As a result of these meetings, Sarah was demonized by the American press for “taking a hand washed in the blood of Christian martyrs,” accused of excusing the trauma of the Boxer Uprising. Sarah forgot nothing of those fifty-five days of misery. But as she told a reporter, “Nothing was said between us of forgiving or forgetting" from: Hayter-Menzies, Grant. "Domestic Diplomacy: Empress Dowager Cixi, Sarah Pike Conger, and the Chinese Butler Who Brought Them Together"(PDF). Asia Pacific Perspectives (Fall/Winter 2013–14): 109–120.
Overall: For the image: it is missing a US public domain tag. Commons has a list of banners that you can add. As for the image itself, I do not think it is clear enough for it to be used on the main page, and I do not recommend its use. Z1720 (talk) 00:53, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Z1720, the image is not mine it was a crop of one already on Commons. I managed to find a better scan of the original and have replaced that. Also found some details on the photographer which looks to confirm it was PD in China by 1996 and therefore is PD in the US - Dumelow (talk) 09:48, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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For the image: it is missing a US public domain tag. Commons has a list of banners that you can add. As for the image itself, I do not think it is clear enough for it to be used on the main page, and I do not recommend its use. Z1720 (talk) 00:53, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Approved with new image. The image looks clear enough to use now and properly tagged. Z1720 (talk) 12:51, 20 July 2022 (UTC)