en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggi_Rubenstein
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In the same year, she co-founded San Francisco Sex Information (SFSI) with Toni Ayres and Carolyn Smith.
This sentence wrongly places SFSI’s founding in 1976. Multiple sources, including SFSI itself, say the organization was founded in 1972, several years earlier.
Full reasoning
The sentence is incorrect because “In the same year” clearly refers to 1976, but reliable sources place the founding of San Francisco Sex Information in 1972, not 1976.
Evidence:
- San Francisco Sex Information’s official website says: “SFSI was founded in 1972 by a group of nurses in San Francisco...”
- The Online Archive of California describes SFSI as “an information and referral switchboard that has been providing ... information about sex since 1972.”
- A 1997 FoundSF interview with Maggi Rubenstein has Rubenstein herself saying she began working with the National Sex Forum in 1972, and that Ted McIlvenna helped get money to start SFSI, “which Toni and Carolyn and I started.”
So while Rubenstein was indeed one of SFSI’s founders, this Wikipedia sentence incorrectly ties that event to 1976. The founding happened about four years earlier.
3 sources
- San Francisco Sex Information
SFSI was founded in 1972 by a group of nurses in San Francisco to provide free, confidential, accurate, non-judgmental information about sex.
- San Francisco Sex Information records, 1972-2000 - OAC
This collection contains records related to San Francisco Sex Information (SFSI), an information and referral switchboard that has been providing free, confidential, accurate, non-judgmental information about sex since 1972.
- Godmother of SexEd: Maggi Rubenstein - FoundSF
In '72 when I began to work with the National Sex Forum... Ted... was able to get some money to start San Francisco Sex Information (SFSI), which Toni and Carolyn and I started.