Ladies of Liberty includes Rose Wilder Lane, Isabel Patterson, Rose Friedman, Jane Jacobs and others.
Resolved true The record shows it happened or was so.
Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
What would count as true or false
Judged as of 2011-10. True: the table of contents of the book 'Ladies of Liberty' that Cowen refers to (likely the 2011 book of essays on female libertarian thinkers, e.g. Lawrence Reed's, not Cokie Roberts' book of the same name) includes chapters or profiles on Rose Wilder Lane, Isabel Paterson, Rose Friedman and Jane Jacobs, plus other women. Misspelling 'Paterson' as 'Patterson' does not matter. Mostly true: three of the four named women are covered and the fourth is mentioned substantially. Mixed: two of the four are covered. Mostly false: only one is covered. False: none of the named women are profiled in the book.
Set before the research began.
Evidence (3)
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E1 Ladies: Not All Women Collectivist Carolina Journal · 1 June 2012
“Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane; Isabel Paterson; Lila Acheson Wallace; Vivien Kellems; Taylor Caldwell; Clare Boothe Luce; Ayn Rand; Rose Director Friedman; Jane Jacobs; and Dorian Fisher.”
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E2 Ladies for Liberty: Women Who Made a Difference in American History Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) · 10 December 2012
“Rose Wilder Lane, Isabel Paterson, Lila Acheson Wallace, Vivien Kellems, Taylor Caldwell, Clare Boothe Luce, Ayn Rand, Rose Director Friedman, Jane Jacobs, and Dorian Fisher.”
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E3 Ladies for Liberty | Independent Women Independent Women · 9 March 2012
“11. Laura Ingalls Wilder and Rose Wilder Lane 12. Isabel Mary Paterson”
Reasoning
I checked three independent reviews of the book, which is titled "Ladies for Liberty: Women Who Made a Difference in American History." The Carolina Journal (E1) and FEE (E2) reviews list the women the book profiles, and both include Rose Wilder Lane, Isabel Paterson, Rose Director Friedman and Jane Jacobs. Both lists also name other women, such as Lila Acheson Wallace, Vivien Kellems and Ayn Rand. The Independent Women listing (E3) separately shows chapters on Rose Wilder Lane and Isabel Paterson. Cowen's "Ladies of Liberty" differs slightly from the book's title, and he spelled Paterson as "Patterson," but the criteria allow this, so all four named women are covered as he said.
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Tyler Cowen, “Ladies of Liberty includes Rose Wilder Lane, Isabel Patterson, Rose Friedman, Jane Jacobs and others.” (said October 2011). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_aa81e1e8da86, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_aa81e1e8da86
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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