Thank you for the comment; allow me to elaborate. My work on this topic has been misconstrued by many. It is clear beyond doubt that Elizabeth gave stirring testimony, the act was a significant step forward in our history, and that she and Roy deserve the honors they've received. It's also clear that apart from a quote in the next day's Juneau Empire, we don't know precisely what she said. The act and her role in its passage essentially disappeared from the public record for nearly three decades. It was so forgotten that when Elizabeth died in 1958, the obituary that appeared in the ANB's own newsletter made no mention of the act or her supposedly famous speech. The first account is a remembrance by Gruening twenty-nine years later. The rest of her speech was embellished by later writers. My goal is not to chip away at Elizabeth's legacy, only that we should be honest with ourselves about what we know and what we don't. An embellished myth may make us feel good, but it's not history.