Talk:Alabama (Julia Tutwiler song)

This article was proposed for deletion December 2004. The discussion is archived at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Alabama (song). Joyous 00:09, Jan 18, 2005 (UTC)

Proposed Changes to the Article

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I am interested in improving my writing and learning about new topics. A few friends and I thought it would be interesting to Find a Wikipedia article and updated the information. Not only learning about topics that we would be clueless about otherwise. More importantly.Becoming a better writer. My colleagues and I would like to make changes to the article that directly tie into Wikipedia featured article criteria. We will be addressing the lead, because the original lead was too long and way too comprehensive. Which brings me anger! This article was very greatly written, our changes may be enough but they are definitely a step in the right direction. lastly we will be addressing, the citing in this article showed, the article had all the right sources my colleagues and I removed all of them and put ones for roblox which may be removed by now. frick you who ever removed it. - below are the changes My friends have felt are a few necessary updates.we have already put these additions on the article, and plan on making a few more additional changes.

The song “Alabama” is the state song for the state of

. It was first written as a poem by Julia Tutwiler,(1814-1916) an educator and woman’s rights activist for women educations reform in the state of Alabama in 1841. The song was written between the years 1868-1869, after a trip Tutwiler took to Germany where she was impressed by the patriotism that could be encouraged through song. The poem later being turned into a song by Edna Gockel-Gussen in 1917. Gockel was an Organist and choirmaster from Birmingham, Alabama. A state wide competition was held by the State Federation of Music Clubs, Gockel music was chosen for the song during the competition. In 1931 the bill to legislate the song was introduced by Hon Tyler Goodwyn and approved to be the official state song on March 9, 1931 by Governor B.M. Miller, a democratic politician born and raised in Alabama