Template:Did you know nominations/Lucy Deane Streatfeild

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The result was: promoted by Harrias ^talk 07:59, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Lucy Deane Streatfeild

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... that Lucy Deane Streatfeild in 1898 was one of the first to raise concerns about the health risks arising from exposure to asbestos?

Created by Nonsenseferret (talk). Self nominated at 22:49, 20 December 2013 (UTC).

Long enough, new enough. QPQ not necessary (the ferret has one DYK so far). I'm not so thrilled about the "one of the first" phrase--it'd be nicer to have "first" followed by a plural noun, but the source that verifies the hook gives me no such noun. So I'll leave it, though I invite the DYK volunteers to ponder this for a bit to see if they can think of any possibiilties. Drmies (talk) 21:58, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Would "as early as 1898" make a better hook than "one of the first"? --PFHLai (talk) 06:53, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

i think "one of the first" makes it clearer without knowing the timeline of asbestos history --_nonsense ferret 03:38, 29 December 2013 (UTC)