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The article needs citations to support the excellent facts.--Parkwells (talk) 13:40, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In the first and second lines, it says Ovington's grandmother attended a Connecticut "congregation" (my change, also today) of Samuel Joseph May also known as Harvard (italics mine). My question is who, or what, was "also known as Harvard?" Was it Rev. May? Was it the town of Brooklyn, CT where May served? Maybe her grandmother was "also known as Harvard!" I believe this phrase, unless it can be substantiated to what it refers, should be deleted. Danafr3 (talk) 21:09, 14 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The school in Brooklyn, N.Y. named in her honor is now P.S. / I.S. 30 as it has now added an elementary school to the middle school.

I love smoky (talk) 03:33, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by S. Hartman 70.185.133.251 (talk) 03:26, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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