Talk:Dottie Thomas

"Monicker?"

Given that one of the major uses of this is a criminal alias, is this the word wanted? Also, I can see remarkably little use of it except in obits, which appear to have been copied from each other. Any earlie? usage? Anmccaff (talk) 22:20, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Yes the original use seems to have been someone who said "if he's the father of.... then she's the mother..." I think it's in one of the references. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 22:43, 19 February 2016 (UTC).

Dr. George Santos, a transplant specialist at Johns Hopkins, said at the time that if Dr. Thomas was the father of bone marrow transplants, "then Dottie Thomas is the mother."

Thee it is. We should be able to find uses of it prior to her death. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 22:48, 19 February 2016 (UTC).

And here is a cite from 1991. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZtUDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA11&dq=%22mother+of+bone+marrow%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiNnZXJ9ITLAhVHjg8KHQUTC8sQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=%22mother%20of%20bone%20marrow%22&f=false

All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 22:49, 19 February 2016 (UTC).

But again it all is based on that GS quote, perhaps we should make that explicit. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 22:51, 19 February 2016 (UTC).

Yup. This wasn't a common nickname, something people used frequently. And it wasn't found on Post Office walls, either, so I suspect "moniker's" other implications aren't intended. A Shelta etymology usually isn't a good sign. Anmccaff (talk) 23:04, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Dates

It would be good to establish the timeline a little more clearly - it is interwoven with Don's and I have managed to correct a few things that disagree with the sources, but it is not clear when Don graduated, or when he "got" his lab - is this the hospital appointment? and did she join him straight away? All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 13:42, 21 February 2016 (UTC).