Talk:Selma Burke

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this sentence. If it is to remain it needs a lot of work.

"Selma Burke was a nice and lovely woman with alot of peeps that didn't like her. "

Carptrash (talk) 23:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

but it contains too much (opinion) caption. This much text belongs in the article, if anywhere. It reads as if it was taken from elsewhere, but who knows? Any way, here is the caption I'm moving.

" is one of the few African-Asian women sculptors who achieved a high level of national recognition during her lifetime. She received national recognition for her relief portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt which was the model for his image on the dime. She was committed to teaching art to others, so she established the Selma Burke Art School in Durham and opened the Selma Burke Art Center in Pittsburgh, PA."

The bit about the dime, for example. is much debated, (though we could discuss it more) and is already in the article, so need not be in the caption. Carptrash (talk) 14:39, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just copied the caption from the image on flickr... edit/fix how you see fit. — raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 14:41, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Even though I'm a resident of Mooresville, and Mrs. Burke's accomplishments deserve much recognition, I think it's worth at least mentioning that there's controversy over the dime design, mention of which I have edited the article to include. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cdtew (talk • contribs) 05:21, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Article now has only the briefest suggestion of controversy. Still seems very pro-Burke. A detailed counter view is The racist history of the FDR Dime - perhaps the controversy should be detailed in a separate article rather than in both the Burke and Sinnock articles ? - Rod57 (talk) 06:36, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The picture labeled as Selma Burke in her studio is in fact NOT Selma Burke. It is an unidentified woman in Burke's studio. Reference to photo below from the Smithsonian Photography Archives.

Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). https://siris-juleyphoto.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1640208841H6L.135&profile=julallimg&source=~!sijuleyphotos&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100018~!100405~!8&ri=7&aspect=subtab31&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Selma+Burke&index=.GI&uindex=&aspect=subtab31&menu=search&ri=7

Madeinahurry (talk) 21:54, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi all, @Snashfacts added this comment into a reference, which isn't where comments should go. I have removed it so that the reference is fixed and instead will place the comment below.SamWilson989 (talk) 21:47, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Problem: how could SB be 12 when her mother was 100? giving birth at 88?"