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Sylvia Mathews Burwell, an Uncommon card
Sylvia Mary Burwell is an American government and non-profit executive who is president of the Harvard Board of Overseers and was the 15th president of American University from 2017 to 2024.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 96
- Power
- 172
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 42,000
Power 172 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Sylvia Mathews Burwell quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Sylvia Mathews Burwell card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Burwell was the first woman to serve as the university's ______.
Answer
president. Burwell was the first woman to serve as the university's president. From the Sylvia Mathews Burwell article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Lê dynasty. Lê dynasty 90 · Gia Long 82 · Arctic Council 79 · Sylvia Mathews Burwell 76 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Burwell was the first woman to serve as the university's president.
- A member of the Democratic Party, Burwell earlier served as the 22nd United States secretary of health and human services from 2014 to 2017 and as 39th director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2013 to 2014.
- A West Virginia native, Burwell first worked for the United States government in Washington, D.C., during the presidency of Bill Clinton.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Sylvia Mathews Burwell article was read about 42,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 96: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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- Gia LongUncommon · History · ATK 82 DEF 90
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- Arctic CouncilUncommon · Society · ATK 79 DEF 93
- Bryan RustUncommon · Society · ATK 82 DEF 90
- Digital humanitiesUncommon · Science · ATK 81 DEF 91
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Sylvia Mathews Burwell (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : United States Department of Health and Human Services, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

