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Women's History Month Edit-A-Thon 2022
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New list of redlink women politicians from Washington State
Some redlinks that could be fixed: past women who served in the Washington State Legislature and are therefore presumptively notable per WP:POLITICIAN but are not yet in the encyclopedia. I've also added the years they served and an external link to biographical information from the Legislature's website. Note that the legislature's website includes middle initials, but I've excluded them except as necessary for disambiguation per MOS:NAMES.

Much of the biographical information comes from this book on the Legislature's website, which also has photos, although it appears Washington State government works may not be public domain. Another fantastic resource is: this book from the Legislature. Also worth checking Legacy Washington, where the bios seem to be based partly on the ones in the Political Pioneers book but may be more complete.

Here is a sandbox where I'm working on a stub template for these articles.

Here's another for building out individual articles.

I've bolded entries who served at least six years or also held other office.
 * 1) Katherine Allen (1983-88)
 * 2) Georgianna Behm (1943-45)
 * 3) Violet P. Boede ((1935-39, 1941-47, 1949-51)
 * 4) Rose Bowman (1989-93)
 * 5) Joanne Brekke (1978-93)
 * 6) Jean Marie Brough (1983-95)
 * 7) Nancy Buffington (1975-79)
 * 8) Jeannette Burrage (1981-83)[http://web.leg.wa.gov/WomenInTheLegislature/Members/BerleenBurrageJ.htm
 * 9) Patty Butler (1997-99)
 * 10) Virginia Clocksin (1967-69)
 * 11) Pat Cochrane (1975-77)
 * 12) Grace Cole (politician) (1982-83, 1985-99)  Also a tidbit on HistoryLink, and need to turn Grace Cole, currently a redirect, into a disambiguation page.
 * 13) Anna Colwell (1920-1923)
 * 14) Suzette Cooke (1993-99)  Also mention of her unsuccessful run for King County Executive at Ron Sims bio on HistoryLink.
 * 15) Barbara Cothern (1993-95)
 * 16) Margaret Coughlin (1937-39)]
 * 17) Jeralita Costa (1995-2003)
 * 18) Shirley Doty (1985-91), also served on Yakima City Council.
 * 19) Lenea Edlund (1934-36)
 * 20) Betty Edmondson (1991-95); also served on Yakima City Council and as Yakima's first woman mayor (serving three terms).
 * 21) Jeanne Edwards (1999-2005)
 * 22) Kathryn Epton (1957-63, 1965-67)
 * 23) Phyllis Erickson (1973-1981)
 * 24) Helen Fancher (1977-83)
 * 25) Ruth Fisher (politician) (1983-2003).  Also needs addition to DAB page at Ruth Fisher.  Additional info on HistoryLink articles: ; ;.
 * 26) Sally Flint (1980)
 * 27) Lady Forbus (1943-47)
 * 28) Eleanor Fortson (1973-79)
 * 29) Georgia Gardner (1997-2003)
 * 30) Agnes Gehrman (1940-44)
 * 31) Marian Gleason (1957-65)
 * 32) Laura Grant-Herriot (2009)
 * 33) Lulu Haddon (1933-1942)  Lots more info in her bio on HistoryLink.  Story about her attendance at her daughter's swearing in, also from HistoryLink.
 * 34) Patricia Hale (1994-2004) (also served on U.S. Small Business Administration national advisory council)
 * 35) Wanda Hansen (1992)
 * 36) Marjorie Happy (1962-63)
 * 37) Emma Harman (1940-44)
 * 38) Frances Haskell (1919-1921)
 * 39) Mildred Henry (1957-65)  Also later work mentioned in this article on HistoryLink.
 * 40) Barbara Holm (1987-89)
 * 41) Joan Houchen (1979-83).  When adding, add wikilinks to her name in plain text at Mary Margaret Haugen and 1982 United States House of Representatives elections.
 * 42) Mary C. Hutchinson (1929-1933)
 * 43) Cheryl Hymes (1995-97)
 * 44) Gertrude L. Johnson (1943-45)
 * 45) Linda S. Johnson (1993-95)
 * 46) Peggy Johnson (politician) (1991-93; 95-99)
 * 47) Matilda F. Jones (1949-53, 55-57)
 * 48) Sue Karahalios (1993-95)
 * 49) Jesse Kastner (1923-1925)
 * 50) Marie Keen (1934-36)
 * 51) Agnes Kehoe (1939-47).  Also discussed in this article on HistoryLink.
 * 52) Marjorie King (1965-66)
 * 53) Gladys Kirk (1957-73). Also discussed in context of her electoral defeat by Helen Sommers in this article on HistoryLink.  When creating, add a link to her name in plaintext of her successor Joel Pritchard.
 * 54) Lela Kreidler (1991) (wife of Mike Kreidler)
 * 55) Jay Lane (politician) (1981)
 * 56) Esther Lanz (1933-1935)
 * 57) Mary LeCocq (1953-55)
 * 58) Eleanor Lee (politician) (1975-91)
 * 59) June Leonard (1985-94)
 * 60) Barbara Lisk (1991-2003)
 * 61) Jeanine Long (1983-87, 1993-2003)
 * 62) Liz Loomis (2008)
 * 63) Mary Stuart Lux (1965-69)
 * 64) Toni Lysen (2002-03)
 * 65) Kathryn Malstrom (1933-37, 1939-45)
 * 66) Dawn Mason (1995-99)
 * 67) Geraldine McCormick (1969-82)
 * 68) Ida McQuesten (1929-33)
 * 69) Louise Miller (politician) (1983-94); also served on King County Council.  Tidbits on HistoryLink: ; ; .
 * 70) Mabel I. Miller (1923-27)
 * 71) Carol Monohon (1977, 1979-85)
 * 72) Frances Haddon Morgan (1959-69)  Story about her mother's attendance at her swearing in, from HistoryLink.  When creating, add wikilink to plaintext of her name at Gordon Walgren and note that he defeated her in the primary while he was a defendant in a criminal trial, per HistoryLink.
 * 73) Gladys Morgen (1976)
 * 74) Betty Sue Morris (1989-96)
 * 75) Florence Myers (1933-39)
 * 76) Frances North (1973-83)
 * 77) Ann T. O'Donnell (1959-65).  Note about her untimely death in this article on HistoryLink.  When creating, add disambiguation templates to Ann O'Donnell and Ann O'Donnell (hotel proprietor).
 * 78) Leona Savage Osterman (1976), who served out the term of her deceased father Charles R. Savage.  When creating her article, edit his article to that effect.

Articles now created:


 * 1) Jennifer Belcher (1983-93); also first woman to be Washington Commissioner of Public Lands (1993-2000).
 * 2) Gene Bradford (1937)
 * 3) Mary Farquharson (1935-43).  Lots more info in her biography on HistoryLink, and some info on her accusations of communism in the Washington State Federal Writers' Project of the WPA in this other HistoryLink article, and Japanese Internment related activities in her bio at Densho Encyclopedia.
 * 4) Marjorie Lynch (1963-73).  Also her bio on HistoryLink and being sworn in as deputy administrator of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration.  (Someone else beat me to it with a great new article on December 29, 2022)
 * 5) Cathy Pearsall-Stipek (1977-79)
 * 6) Blanche Pennick (1945-47)
 * 7) Gladys Phillips (1951-53)
 * 8) Renee Radcliff (1995-2001)
 * 9) Belle Reeves (1923-27, 1931-38); also Washington's first Secretary of State, for 10 years; and biography on HistoryLink. Photo of her on State Archives website.
 * 10) Shirley Rector (1989-92)
 * 11) Katherine Reid (1979)
 * 12) Emma Ridgway (1945-47, 1949-57)
 * 13) Judith Roland (1991-95)
 * 14) Shay Schual-Berke (1999-2009)
 * 15) Patricia Scott (politician) (1984-2001)
 * 16) Jan Shabro (2003-07)
 * 17) Jean Silver (1983-97)
 * 18) Mary Skinner (1995-2009)
 * 19) Nettie Smith (1943-47)
 * 20) Susan Sumner (1992)
 * 21) Maude Sweetman (1923-31)
 * 22) Jeanette Testu (1943-45, 1949-63, including Speaker Pro Tempore 1961-63)
 * 23) Delores Teutsch (1979-83).
 * 24) Linda Craig Thomas (1985-87)
 * 25) Pearl Thrasher (1945-47)
 * 26) Vivien Twidwell (1957-61)
 * 27) Beverley Vozenilek (1979)
 * 28) Deb Wallace (2003-11) ]
 * 29) Sally W. Walker (1985-90)
 * 30) Pearl Anderson Wanamaker (1929-31, 1933-40) (Someone else did a great job creating this on 12 March 2022!)
 * 31) Ina Phillips Williams (1917-19)
 * 32) Karla Wilson (1985-91)
 * 33) Ella Wintler (1939-41, 1943-45, 1947-49, 1951-64)
 * 34) Cathy Wolfe (1993-2001)
 * 35) Dianne Woody (1977-85)
 * 36) Linda Wynne (1978)

Related work, to expand pre-existing articles:
 * Talk:Ann_Anderson_(politician)
 * Talk:Ida_Ballasiotes, who filed the initiative that became the nation's first three-strikes law
 * Talk:Julia_Butler_Hansen
 * Talk:Sarah_Casada
 * Talk:Eileen_Cody
 * Talk:Ellen_Craswell
 * Talk:Kathleen_Drew_(politician)
 * Talk:Tracey_Eide; also an opportunity to replace references because two of the three already there are broken links.
 * Talk:Susan_Gould
 * Talk:Barbara_Granlund
 * Talk:Audrey_Gruger. She also served on King County Council.
 * Talk:Shirley_Hankins
 * Talk:Mary_Margaret_Haugen
 * Talk:Margaret_Hurley
 * Talk:Nena_Jolidon_Croake
 * Talk:Grace_Kelley
 * Talk:Margaret_Leonard
 * Talk:Mary Ellen McCaffree
 * Talk:Lois_North
 * Talk:Ruthe_Ridder
 * Talk:Nita_Rinehart
 * Talk:Nancy_Rust
 * Talk:Karen_Schmidt
 * Talk:Marion_Kyle_Sherman
 * Talk:Helen_Sommers
 * Talk:Lois_Stratton
 * Talk:Frances_Swayze
 * Talk:Georgette_Valle
 * Talk:Shirley_Winsley
 * Talk:R._Lorraine_Wojahn

Eventually I may put this list in a subpage and add a link to it to the Women in Red list of politics redlists.

Other Women in Red from Washington politics that I came across while working on the list of legislators:
 * Joni Earl, the ED and CEO of Sound Transit from 2001 to 2016. on HistoryLink.

Climate change law
How does this article not exist? So I'm working on it: sandbox.

Scrounge for usable work in these articles: search results.

Add to new articles

 * Dillon S. Myer
 * Stan Boreson
 * Glenn L. Emmons
 * After Winter, Spring
 * The Curve of Time
 * M. Wylie Blanchet, its author, which I'm expanding from a stub

Protected areas of Washington

 * An amazing resource: the USGS Protected Areas Data Viewer.
 * State map of public land ownership:
 * Comprehensive list of state park property names (as of 2018 or so)
 * Inventory of state marine protected areas available starting at page 38 of this WDFW document.
 * Update Washington state park pages:
 * Merge Iron Horse State Park into Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail.
 * Consider moving Klickitat Trail to a state park-named article in light of that status.
 * Likewise for Willapa Hills Trail
 * Figure out what happened to these parks, no longer listed on the state parks website. Update that article and the template accordingly:
 * Lake Lenore Caves State Park (still mentioned on Falls Visitor Center website)
 * Upright Channel State Park
 * Stretch Point State Park
 * Add material, as appropriate, for the retreat centers (done through Camp Delany)


 * Update the state forest category in the template above, and the List of Washington state forests, in light of the info on the pages linked from the DNR forest and trust lands site.
 * Create stubs for protected areas on the Protected Areas of Washington template that don't already have articles, especially the Washington Natural Areas Program redlinks I'm adding.
 * My sandbox for pages in progress.
 * Add sections at Mount Si, Tiger Mountain, Cypress Island (Washington), Gedney Island (Washington) (Hat Island NRCA), Table Mountain (Skamania County, Washington), Lummi Island, Klickitat River (Klickitat Canyon NRCA) identifying the NRCAs there.
 * Consider moving Dishman Hills to Dishman Hills Natural Resources Conservation Area.
 * IF YOU WANT TO HELP with this project, you may have an easier time after reading my post at the WikiProject Washington talk page.


 * Find articles for former Washington state parks, both in the navbox and lost elsewhere, and put them in the appropriate navbox subgroup I created. Clues here.
 * Add section on National Recreation Trails and names from NRT database.
 * An example citation:

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 * Trails that don't have pages on Wikipedia (starting alphabetically): Bennington Lake Trail System, Blue Lake, Boulder Cave, Boundary Trail, Cedar Creek Trail, Clearwater and Snake River Trail, Cutthroat Creek, Deception Falls, Domke Lake Trail, Eagle Lake Trail, Fred Cleator Interpretive Trail, Kettle Crest, Lena Lake, Meta Lake, Oak to Wetlands, Pass Creek-Grassy Top, Rainy Lake, Shadow of the Sentinels, Silver Falls, Skookum Flats, Washington Lake Bike Trail, Yakima Greenway


 * Add section on National Natural Landmarks and names / links. Also, create stubs for redlinks. Sources:
 * List of National Natural Landmarks in Washington
 * NNLR registry.
 * NPS directory of WA NNL sites.


 * Look over protected areas of the United States for other designations to add. Also this state-specific file.
 * Go through category:state parks of Washington (state) and move category tag to redirects where main page is not about the park itself

Other WikiProject Washington tasks

 * Expand Everett Massacre
 * Add paragraph about Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting to Mount Rainier if consensus supports it.
 * Create stubs for high peaks in Washington. For help, lists of 100 highest with 400+ feet of prominence (currently Copper Peak (Washington) (#22) is the highest redlink) and all peaks with 2000+ feet of prominence (currently Round Mountain (Washington) (#8) is the highest redlink). sandbox
 * Tag articles in Category:Snohomish County, Washington with the WikiProject template. Done through "A."
 * Write an article for groundfrog day
 * Spruce up Everett High School (Washington). This article will help.
 * Add articles for major fires, and list them on the List of Washington wildfires. In particular, 2012 Table Mountain fires.
 * An example of how I'm citing to information derived from NWCC interactive map:

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 * ICS-209 reports:
 * Nice picture of Table Mountain fire.


 * Work on Seattle? A sandbox I forgot I created: User:W.stanovsky/Seattle sb
 * Add photos where requested -

Other stuff entirely

 * Add stuff to the encyclopedia as I learn from reading Saving Paradise by Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker.
 * Create an article for the book? Consider Notability (books)
 * Crucifix
 * Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran--specifically the apse mosaic as described at xiv and n.3.
 * Gero Cross and environs, xx (foreshadowing generally Ch. 9).
 * Wikify the page my uncle and his students made for Capital, Volume I

What am I doing here?

 * New articles I've created
 * A collection of useful templates because I can never seem to find them easily when I want them.
 * Shortcuts to useful guidelines, etc.