Talk:Phyllis Draper

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Thank you, Jacqueline! I updated my page with those comments in mind. I also am reaching out to University of Oklahoma to see if their archivist has anything - so far I haven't heard anything!

I would love the birth and death dates if you have them! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emily.gagne (talk • contribs) 20:18, 1 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

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Hello, Team Draper! Some feedback on your draft page:

It looks like the proof-of-concept paper I sent to Tom and Steve came out in 1928, which puts her contribution a year earlier! Definitely reference that. It would be worth finding out from the university if you can post the pollen diagram from her article. It may be in the public domain by now.

Do we know where she did her undergrad? I found some vague references to Wake Forest.

I would change "The First Ever Pollen Diagram" to "The First North American Pollen Diagram." She was building off some previous work from Europe.

The plural of "pollen" is "pollen" (no "S"). English is annoying that way!

As to your comment about summarizing too much -- I might cut back a bit on this, though it would still be worth noting that "this diagram lacks y-axis labels, which are standard for modern diagrams..." as you did. Mostly, just tighten up the discussion as much as you can.

It might be worth reaching out to Oklahoma State to see if they have any information about her, or even a photo. I'm going to keep digging. I did find some info on Ancestry.com and I'll send you her date of birth and death, so you can include some of that basic info.

Nice work!

IceAgeDoc (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:35, 23 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

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