Wikipedia:GLAM/Smithsonian Institution/American Women's History Initiative (AWHI)

The American Women's History Initiative (AWHI) aims to transform the narrative of history to better reflect a diversity of women's and girls' stories. We will highlight the stories of those who identify as women and girls, and those who were designated female but self-identify differently. It includes programming and events, initiative focused curators across nine museums, and a digital-first strategy to reach 1 billion people a year.

The Open Knowledge Coordinator (User:KellyDoyle) will assist with the Smithsonian's digital and educational strategies as part of the American Women's History Initiative (AWHI). A portion of this project was funded through a Wikimedia Foundation grant. Effie Kapsalis (User:Digitaleffie) is the Senior Digital Program Officer for the Smithsonian and AWHI.

People

 * Kelly Doyle Kim / User:KellyDoyle: Open Knowledge Coordinator, February 2019 - October 2023
 * Effie Kapsalis / Digitaleffie: Created the infrastructure for Kelly's role and advised on the project through December 2022
 * Andrew Lih / Fuzheado: Wikimedian at Large, within AWHI and Office of Digital Transformation (ODT) 2021 - 2023
 * User:CarCai: AWHI Intern, then contractor (Wikimedia Coordinator), assisting + supervised by Kelly with outreach and events around AANHPI (Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander) women's history related topics and gaps

Some ways to get involved:
 * Follow the initiative event and news pages
 * Follow the hashtag #BecauseofHerStory on Twitter
 * Sign up below to participate



Commons Uploads (selected)

 * Votes for Women exhibit images. Added as part of the Whose Knowledge? VisibleWikiWomen 2019 Challenge
 * National Portrait Gallery images of women. Added as part of the Whose Knowledge? VisibleWikiWomen 2020 Challenge
 * National Portrait Gallery images of women. Added as part of the Whose Knowledge? VisibleWikiWomen 2021 Challenge

AWHI Events /Edit-a-thons:

 * April 5, 2019 Votes for Women Edit-a-thon
 * July 12, 2019 All Work and No Pay Edit-a-thon
 * October 8, 2019 Ada Lovelace Day Edit-a-thon at National Air and Space Museum
 * February 28, 2020 Women, Art, and Digital Visibility: Microwcrowdsourcing / Wikimedia Commons event at National Portrait Gallery
 * March 13, 2020 Smithsonian American Art Museum, Art + Feminism Edit-a-thon
 * June 25, 2020 Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Wikipedia and Women in Science
 * August 2020 19th Amendment Virtual Edit-a-thon
 * August 31, 2020: Wikipedia & Women in Science: Smithsonian Groundbreakers with Smithsonian Archives
 * October 29, 2020: Women in Finance Edit-a-thon
 * March 25, 2021: Wikipedia & Women in Science: Smithsonian Groundbreakers with Smithsonian Archives
 * April 23, 2021: Native American Women Edit-a-thon with Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
 * May 18, 2021: WikiAPA Edit-a-thon: She/They Edition with Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
 * July 27, 2021: Wiki Focus: Black Women in Food History with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History
 * October 28, 2021: Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon: Women Innovators in Aviation and Spaceflight with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
 * January 20, 2022: 100 Women in Science at the Smithsonian with the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
 * February 1, 2022: Wiki Focus: Black Women in Food History 2.0 with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
 * March 31, 2022: Increasing the Representation of Women in STEM with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
 * May 19, 2022: WikiAPA Edit-a-thon: We Are Here with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
 * June 9, 2022: Fifty Women Sculptors: A Wikipedia Edit-a-thon with the Smithsonian American Art Museum
 * September 15, 2022: Advocacy and Invention: A Women's History Edit-a-Thon with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and the Cooper Hewitt Museum
 * October 26, 2022: WikiAPA Edit-a-thon: "We Are Here" to Stay with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and |Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
 * January 8 and 9, 2023 Editing For Effie
 * February 1, 2023: Wiki Focus: Black Women in Food and Drink History with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History
 * February 22, 2023 WikiAPA Edit-a-thon: Leaving a Legacy with Densho with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and Densho
 * March 30, 2023 Crafting a Better Wikipedia: Women of Color in the Renwick Gallery with the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery
 * May 4, 2023 "Into the Wikiverse": AANHPIs in Science Fiction and Pop Culture with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
 * May 17, 2023 Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: A Spotlight on Black Women Birders with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Outcomes

 * Over 2.2 million words about American women were added during the period of February 2019 - October 2023
 * Words added were from a various of outreach means: edit-a-thons, courses taught, intern and contractor work, trainings and information session, and facilitator / organizer edits
 * Over 50 millions views of Smithsonian images of American women on 22 language Wikipedia versions

In the news (selected)

 * Smithsonian brings images of diverse figures from the history of US women’s suffrage to Wikimedia - Wikimedia Foundation Blog
 * A landmark Smithsonian decision could change the way we see history online. What it means for Wikipedia and women’s stories - Wikimedia Foundation Blog
 * Q&A with Kelly Doyle Kim, AWHI website. 2020
 * Wiki Education Foundation + AWHI + Smithsonian Affiliates, 2022
 * My GLAMorous introduction into the Wikiverse, Wikimedia Blog (Mia Cariello), June 2022
 * ‘We Are Here’ Introduces Readers to 30 Inspiring Profiles, Smithsonian Magazine, November 2022. Discusses the Wikimedia "field work" of Kelly Doyle Kim & Andrew Lih
 * The Smithsonian’s quest to expand the history of Black women in food and drink on Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation Blog, February 2023
 * SXSW Panel recording, featuring Kelly Doyle Kim, Andrew Lih, Becky Kobberod, and Maryana Iskander, March 2023
 * Kelly Doyle Kim and Smithsonian are Writing Women into Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation Blog, March 2023
 * Smithsonian Sidedoor Podcast episode about this work, featuring Kelly Doyle Kim, Liz Harmon, and Rebecca Dikow, May 2023

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