Former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter , the first First Lady to have her own office and staff in the East Wing and an avid mental health advocate, died over the weekend. In her honor, we're featuring first ladies (head of state's wives) in the Connection Finder next week.
Here's who we're getting started on:
- Helen Taft, the first First Lady to initiate a federal act and who was part of the inclusion of cherry blossom trees on the tidal basin in D.C.
- Imelda Marcos, First Lady of the Philippines for 21 years during her husband's scandalous tenure
- Janet Jagan, who served as both the First Lady and later as President of Guyana. Not Connected
Who else should we feature? We have room for 12 notables. We can't feature everyone who is nominated, but if we don't feature a profile you work on, we may use it sometime in the future. And, of course, all contributions help improve our shared tree.
Our choice of features will depend partly on the notable person's CC7, i.e. their connection count within seven degrees. The more connections they have, the more likely it is for all WikiTree members to find a close and interesting connection to them. So, if you nominate someone, please help grow their CC7.
Suggestions are more likely to be considered if you provide a link to the person on WikiTree, some information about who they were or why you're nominating them, and if their profile is in good condition with a connection, image, and well-written and well-sourced biography.
We'll make a final decision on which ones to feature early next week.
Please reply here with what you're working on so that we don't duplicate our efforts. Thank you!
Take note that this is not the place to discuss why you think we shouldn't feature someone if those reasons are due to politics, actions, or opinions of those being suggested. Mentioning things like their not being connected, their biography still needing work, erroneous information, etc. are all suitable for discussion here and an opportunity to correct those situations.
Help us plan Connection Finder themes for 2023 here and now the 2024 planning post is up, too!
