Wikipedia:GLAM/Smithsonian Institution/Smithsonian American Women's History Museum (SAWHM)

The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum expands the story of America through the often-untold accounts and accomplishments of women—individually and collectively—to better understand our past and inspire our future. We share our work with anyone and everyone interested in our nation's stories. Our ultimate vision is a more representative history, a more collective future; women's history is American history. To work toward this, our mission is to create space for women's history on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., deepen our nation's stories, and inspire conversation, connection, and change.

People

 * Multiple users (Effie Kapsalis/Digitaleffie, Andrew Lih / Fuzheado, Kelly Doyle Kim / KellyDoyle, CarCai) helped lay the foundation for the museum’s Wikipedia efforts through the American Women’s History Initiative from 2019-2023.
 * We continue this work with the assistance of Ariel Cetrone, Institutional Partnerships Manager for Wikimedia DC.



Ways to get involved

 * Explore more women’s history on the museum’s website
 * Follow the museum on social media @SmithsonianWomen
 * Sign up to participate in a future edit-a-thon

Past Events and 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
 * March 27, 2024: Becoming Visible Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
 * June 20, 2024: Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Note: This work began under the American Women’s History Initiative, the predecessor to the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum. The archived GLAM wiki page for the American Women’s History Initiative can be found here.

Outcomes
Over 2.2 million words about American women were added since February 2019. 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

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

Articles created in 2024 (selected)
 * Miki Hayakawa
 * Jeanne Wilson (seamstress)
 * Mothers' March on Polio
 * Lorraine C. Friedman
 * ILC Dover seamstresses
 * Caroline Sanford Finley
 * Anna Irene Von Sholly

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
 * 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