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The result was: promoted by
Lightburst (
talk) 14:42, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
... that Evelyn Pruitt coined the term "
remote sensing" in the early 1960s? Source:Fussell, Jay; Rundquist, Donald; Harrington, John A. (September 1986).
"On defining remote sensing"(PDF). Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 52 (9): 1507–1511. Archived from
the original(PDF) on October 4, 2021.
Comment: Note on the QPQ: This is only my second DYK review, and in my first review I noted one issue. I fully intend to follow up on the DYK review, so I don't view it as complete. I am not clear if this counts for my QPQ.
Interesting: - I think the hook could be more interesting. The things about her being the first woman to serve in the USCGS, the highest ranking woman in the Navy at the time of her retirement, how she advanced the use of satellites in surveys, and how she spearheaded the development of remote sensing as a field, all strike me as more interesting than her simply coining a term.
QPQ: Done.
Overall: Grnrchst (
talk) 22:17, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
...that Evelyn Pruitt was the highest ranking woman in the
United States Navy when she retired in 1973?
Source is citation #2, Map Worlds book Van den Hoonard
DaffodilOcean (
talk) 02:15, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
Support alternative hook. --
Grnrchst (
talk) 09:40, 11 June 2023 (UTC)