Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Georgetown University Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Women’s History Month

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Georgetown University Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Women’s History Month presented with support from Wikimedia DC

When

March 15, 2024 - 1:30pm-4:30pm

Where

Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

Description

The theme for Women’s History Month this year at Georgetown University is “It’s all the Rage,” where we will engage feminist rage and emotion from intersectional lenses.
Did you know that only 15% of contributors to Wikipedia are women?
Did you know that women only appear in just over 20% of all images of human beings on Wikimedia Commons?
Did you know efforts are happening around the world to address the “gender gap” on Wikipedia?
Join the Georgetown community to help close this gender gap on Wikipedia by increasing the representation of underrepresented groups — in both Wikipedia content and contributors — on topics such as women in politics, women in STEM, and women in the arts. There will be hands-on training provided by representatives from Wikimedia DC.
No Wikipedia editing experience necessary.
Bring your own laptop.
Snacks will be provided.
This event is open to Georgetown Students, Staff, Faculty, Alumni.

Registration

Register

Event Dashboard

Dashboard

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Slides

START HERE

Step 1:

  • Create a Wikipedia username if you don't already have one (top right) and log-in
  • Already have an account? Simply log-in (top right)
  • Usernames are public. You do not have to use your real name.

Step 2:

  • Check-in for this event using the blue button below. This helps us to track editing progress during the edit-a-thon.
1) Select 'Check in'
2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Publish changes'. DO NOT ADD TEXT TO THE FIELD.
Your username will automatically be added to the list of attendees.

Articles to create or edit

Instructions

  1. Go to this Google sheet and add your username next to the article you would like to edit or create
  2. Return here to the event page and select your article's red or blue link. Red=New draft articles for creation, Blue=Existing articles
  3. Select 'Create' (for new articles), and 'Edit' for existing articles
  4. For new articles, start by adding a 'References' header at the bottom. Return to the top and start writing. Publish as you go to avoid losing your work.
  5. Use the sources below each article name to find information and build your article/s. Be sure to cite your sources.


Tip: Open this event page in multiple tabs. You will need it quite often (mostly for sourcing) and it's easy to close inadvertently.

  • Lily Chin - Activist[1][2][3]
  • Draft:Lena Angevine Warner - Activist, nurse[4][5]
  • Draft:Sondra Freckelton - Artist[6][7][8]
  • Draft:Mae Engron - Artist[9][10]
  • Draft:Katja Oxman - Artist[11][12][13][14]
  • Draft:Binta Diaw - Artist [15][16]
  • Draft:Trish Beckman - Aviator: First woman to qualify as a crewmember in the F-15E program and the first American woman to qualify as a crewmember in the F.A-18D[17][18]
  • Draft:Adele Y. Schonbrun - Ceramic artist[19][20]
  • Draft:Marika Gidali - Dancer, Holocaust survivor[21][22][23]
  • Draft:Ida Gray Hampton - Educator and first Black woman to graduate from Gallaudet University[24][25]
  • Draft:Sandra Jeffcoat - First African American woman to become a member of the Boeing Technical Excellence Program and was the winner of the 2005 National Women of Color in Technology award[Trailblazers: The Women of The Boeing Company (is it possible to get this book?)]
  • Draft:Megan Robertson (pilot) - First female pilot to conduct a Chinook helicopter test flight
  • Draft:Marisol Chalas - First latina female National Guard Blackhawk helicopter pilot[26][27][Photo: [28][29]
  • Draft:Connie J. Engel - First woman to solo in the T-41 and T-37 and the first woman to become a T-38 instructor pilot[30][31][Interview: use as primary source. Add to external links section. [32]
  • Draft:Charlotte Holzer - Nazi resistance, Baum Group[33][34][35], also see Years of Defiance: The Herbert Baum Group and Jewish Resistance in Berlin
  • Draft:Mira Shelub - Partisan (Nazi resistance)[36][37]
  • Draft:Gertrudes Altschul - Photographer[][38][39]
  • Draft:Melissa Carper - Signer, songwriter[40][41][42]
  • Draft:Mabel Cody - Stunt aviator[43][44][45]Photo: [46]
  • Draft:Janetta R. FitzHugh - Suffragist[][47][48][49]

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