Talk:Miep Gies

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[edit] "Table of contents?"

Should the article be broken down into categories and thus create a table of contents for easier referencing? Anbellofe 01:42, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

That would be useful in a longer article, but I'm not sure that this one is long enough to merit being broken up into categories. Yallery Brown 02:01, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[unclekybo Post 2/9/7] My First post Got Removed, bummer. I posted the following: "Miep Gies proved inspirational to The Freedom Writers when she visited Erin Gruwell's urban high school in Longbeach, California (1994/1995)" (I provided a link to the foundation's page, not the movie)

It has since been removed. I saw in some of the notes that people did not think it relevant to discuss the movie and I generally agree. However, it seems appropriate to mention her apparent role in inspiring these students. It sounds like each of them went through rarely successful transformations eventually leading them to develop an organization dedicated to education. I'm a big fan of education. Miep Gies’s partial responsibility in inspiring them demonstrates her story’s continued ability to stir and broaden the minds of people around the globe. In this case, they were at-risk youth minorities in urban Los Angeles; a group whose difficulty to inspire is matched only by its terrible need for it. The simple fact that she considered it important enough to make that visit seems also relevant. The significance here has nothing at all to do with the movie. It’s her continued ability to inspire across growing generational & cultural divides and in some of our most at risk kids. BUT! I see that this article has been constructed with much respect and by people far more knowledgable, so if this Freedom Writer comment does not seem to fit, then please do not add it. I only wished to communicate my reasoning. Thanks, Kyle D. (unclekybo) 2/9/07 3:30 PM EST

Thanks for posting this. I think certainly the Talk page is the more appropriate forum to mention how Miep Gies has inspired others. Her example has motivated countless people across the world and if we were to single out one case, however famous, we would run the risk of reducing other cases by leaving them out. We also have to ask if her meeting with these particular writers was an essential detail in her biography, or if as I think, it's perhaps more significant to add the detail to their biographies. Best wishes, Yallery Brown 21:28, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alive ?

Is Mrs. Gies still alive ? She turned 99 in February of this year.

What's about her son Paul ? Does she have grandchildren ? --AndreaMimi (talk) 19:53, 27 March 2008 (UTC)