What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Intervenors who participated as parties at the courts of appeals should be counted as either appellants or respondents when it can be determined whose position they supported. For example, if there were two plaintiffs who lost in district court, appealed, and were joined by four intervenors who also asked the court of appeals to reverse the district court, the number of appellants should be coded as six.
When coding the detailed nature of participants, use your personal knowledge about the participants, if you are completely confident of the accuracy of your knowledge, even if the specific information is not in the opinion. For example, if "IBM" is listed as the appellant it could be classified as "clearly national or international in scope" even if the opinion did not indicate the scope of the business. 

Your task concerns the first listed appellant. The nature of this litigant falls into the category "natural person (excludes persons named in their official capacity or who appear because of a role in a private organization)". Your task is to determine the gender of this litigant. Use names to classify the party's sex only if there is little ambiguity (e.g., the sex of "Chris" should be coded as "not ascertained").

Opinion:
Henry A. SWAN and Peggy Ann Swan, Appellants, v. ESTATE of Robert Roseman MONETTE by Ollie Monette, Administratrix, Appellee.
No. 18921.
United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.
Aug. 14, 1968.
Glenn G. Glasgow, of Thice, Titus, Glasgow & Johnson, Independence, Mo., for appellants; Daily & Woods, Fort Smith, Ark., were on the brief with the firm of Thice, Titus, Glasgow & Johnson, Independence, Mo.
G. Byron Dobbs, of Dobbs, Pryor & Shaver, Fort Smith, Ark., for appellee; Nabors Shaw, Mena, Ark., was on the brief with the firm of Dobbs, Pryor & Shaver, Fort Smith, Ark.
Before VOGEL, Senior Circuit Judge, LAY, Circuit Judge, and BECKER, Chief District Judge.
PER CURIAM.
Plaintiffs-appellants appeal from an order sustaining defendant-appellant’s motion for summary judgment and dismissing the complaint. The issue raised is whether the fact that the decedent carried a policy of liability insurance on his automobile excuses plaintiffs’ failure to comply with the Arkansas non-claims statute in pursuing their cause of action against decedent’s estate. Arkansas has no direct action statute which could cover the situation herein. We hold, on the basis of a carefully considered and thorough opinion of the District Court, the Honorable John E. Miller, that the noncompliance is not excused and we affirm this appeal on the basis of that opinion. Swan v. Estate of Monette, D.C.Ark., 1967, 265 F.Supp. 362.
Affirmed.

Question: This question concerns the first listed appellant. The nature of this litigant falls into the category "natural person (excludes persons named in their official capacity or who appear because of a role in a private organization)". What is the gender of this litigant?Use names to classify the party's sex only if there is little ambiguity.

Choices:
not ascertained
male - indication in opinion (e.g., use of masculine pronoun)
male - assumed because of name
female - indication in opinion of gender
female - assumed because of name

Answer: 2