A fact from Ben Purse appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 July 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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... that Ben Purse was a leader of the 1920 blind march(pictured) which helped bring about the world's first disability-specific legislation? "Led by the National League of the Blind, groups of marchers set off for London from Newport, Manchester and Leeds in order to meet with the Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, and demand fairer working conditions and legal rights for blind people. Their action led to a significant change in disability rights and was directly linked to the formation of the Blind Person’s Act 1920 – the world’s first disability-specific legislation, and an early precursor to today’s Equality Act 2010 ... Purse was the main speaker in the marchers' delegation to Downing Street." from: "Marching into history". Royal National Institute of the Blind. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
ALT1:... that despite being completely blind by the age of 13 Ben Purse became a piano tuner and trade union leader? "Purse was born in Salford in 1874 and had lost his sight completely by the age of 13." from: "National League of the Blind and Disabled". Working Class Movement Library. Retrieved 27 June 2021. and "in 1897 they elected one of its founder members Ben Purse to become the first full time secretary" from: Wheeler, P. F.; Salt, F. W. (September 2006). "Disabled activism, a historically problematic relationship with charity"(PDF). Disability Studies Association Conference: 4.
New enough, long enough, well cited, hook cited, QPQ complete. Good to go. I made some ws edits to lede. Not for DYK, but would suggest more radical trimming in the lede. Maury Markowitz (talk) 12:19, 29 June 2021 (UTC)Reply
New enough, long enough, well cited, hook cited, QPQ complete. Good to go. I made some ws edits to lede. Not for DYK, but would suggest more radical trimming in the lede. Maury Markowitz (talk) 12:19, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
