Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Women Activists edit-a-thon at Simmons University 2019

=Event Details=

Beatley Library and The Department of Women's and Gender Studies at Simmons University are co-hosting an edit-a-thon to help make women's history more visible on Wikipedia. Our thematic focus is on activists, especially activists who were or are women of color. The event is open to all students, faculty, staff, alumnae, and community members. Join us whether or not you've ever edited Wikipedia entries before!

Schedule
9:30AM-4:30PM

Laura R. Prieto will lead brief intros at 11am and 3pm, and be available for questions throughout most of the day. Jess Wallis will also be available all day to answer research-related questions.

The space will be open for anyone who wants to drop in and edit.

If you do not already have experience editing Wikipedia, we recommend the modules available at Wikipedia Training. But the event is open to all, and we will help new editors get started quickly. We will have library resources available so that participants can find relevant information easily.

Logistics



 * Locations, directions, maps: Beatley Library, Simmons University, Boston MA


 * Directions & Parking

For day-of-event questions, please call: (617) 521-2780
 * WiFi: Simmons Guest
 * What to Bring: laptop and extension cord (optional; there will be computers available)
 * Contact the organizers: Laura R. Prieto (Clio.at.work (talk)) and Jess Wallis (User:Jwallis11)

=Sign Up and Guest List= Please sign up below with your username.

Attending

 * Laura R. Prieto, Simmons University, professor, User:Clio.at.work
 * Jess Wallis, Simmons University, librarian, User:Jwallis11
 * Sophie Weitzman, Simmons University, Undergrad Student, User:KlimtFan1996
 * Sophia Cappello, Simmons University, Undergrad Student
 * Kennedy Smith, Simmons University, Undergrad Student, User:Verachytilova
 * Zaiden Sowle, Simmons University, Undergrad Student, User:ZaidenSowle
 * Kelly Hager, Simmons University, professor, User: Caroline Norton
 * Lea Goldhammer, Simmons University, Undergrad Student, User:goldhamm
 * Laura Koch, Simmons University, Graduate Student, User: Kochlaura
 * Briana Martino, Simmons University, Assistant Professor, User: briwok
 * Grace Weinberg, Simmons University, Undergrad Student, User: Graceweinberg
 * Cameron Simmons, Simmons University, Undergrad Student, User: simmonar
 * Mavis Reardon, Simmons University, Undergrad Student, User:mfr
 * Noah Cabral, Simmons University, Undergrad Student, User: nc1899
 * Cheyenna Forsee, Simmons University, Undergrad Student, User:Cheyennaf
 * Merrill Pecci, Simmons University, Undergrad Student, User: mpak3150
 * Kaitlin Maloney, Simmons University, Undergrad Student, User: kaitmalo
 * Lydia Anderson, Simmons University, Undergrad student, User:LJeanetteA
 * Hope Fliedner, Simmons University, Undergrad student, User:hopefliedner
 * Morgan Lauvray, Simmons University, Undergrad student, User:mlauvray
 * Sabika Mirza, Simmons University, Undergrad Student, User:sabikaamiramirza
 * Hope Lehnick, Simmons University, Undergrad Student, User: hlehnick
 * Gillian Buckley, Simmons University, Undergrad Student User: Gillianmaeb
 * Caroline Granitur, Simmons University, Undergrad Student
 * Jordan Ziese, Simmons University, Undergrad Student User: JordanSU2021
 * Kathryn Armour, Simmons University, Undergrad Student User: armourk2022
 * Raissa Silva, Simmons University, Undergrad Student User: Raissa-silva1810
 * Benjamin Jacobs, Simmons University, Graduate Student User: Benanater42
 * Puck Malamud, Simmons University, Graduate Student User: thehonestpuck
 * Elizabeth Boundy, Simmons University, Undergrad Student
 * Alaina Karcher, Simmons University, Undergrad Student User: correctioner101
 * Francesca Scaraggi, Simmons University, Graduate Student User: frahhhhhn

Regrets
=Articles Worked On=
 * Cornelia De Bey
 * Evening Dispensary For Working Women and Girls
 * Lucinda Cisler
 * Madeline Davis
 * The Feminist Art Journal
 * Donna Lewis Friess
 * Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics
 * International Congress of Women
 * International Ladies Garment Workers Union
 * Greensboro sit-ins
 * L'Egyptienne
 * Patricia Mainardi
 * Alice Duer Miller
 * Rose Pesotta
 * François Poullain de la Barre
 * Society for Promoting the Employment of Women
 * Lucille Times
 * Valentine de Saint-Point
 * Victoria Press
 * Wages for housework

=Suggested Topics= Besides the articles listed below, look through the stubs on this list, [| Activist stubs] and its sublists, especially [| American activist stubs].

Biographies Needing Improvement

 * Lorraine Bethel - Stub; needs references to secondary or tertiary sources
 * Ellen Bork human rights activist (needs additional citations)
 * Ruth Buendía Peruvian activist for indigenous rights (stub)
 * Madeline Davis historian, gay rights activist (insufficient inline citations)
 * Jennifer Nez Denetdale - Diné/Navajo scholar (stub)
 * Cornelia De Bey - Stub; orphan
 * Margaret Webb Dreyer painter
 * Susan Griffin radical feminist, writer, philosopher
 * Mary Dublin Keyserling - needs additional sources for verification
 * Donna Lewis Friess Children's rights activist
 * Alice Duer Miller feminist writer, suffragist
 * Prince A. Morrow early advocate of sex education
 * Judith Sargent Murray (insufficient citations)
 * Peggy Oki surfer, skateboarder, artist, environmental activist
 * Anne Hunter Popkin - stub
 * Valentine de Saint-Point - French futurist artist (needs additional citations)
 * Margo Tamez Lipan Apache activist, poet (stub; needs more precise citations)
 * Caroline Hunter anti-Apartheid activist
 * Clara Luper (needs more inline citations)
 * Ella Cara Deloria (insufficient inline citations)
 * Lucinda Cisler (needs more citations)
 * Lucille Times (needs more inline citations)
 * Jody Williams (needs more inline citations)
 * Connie Young Yu (needs more citations)
 * Maria L. de Hernández (needs more inline citations)
 * Olive Schreiner South African author, anti-war activist (insufficient citations)
 * Belle Sherwin (needs more inline citations)
 * Zilphia Horton (needs more inline citations)
 * Rose Pastor Stokes (needs more inline citations)
 * Betty Hill (needs more inline citations)
 * Caroline Severance (needs more inline citations)
 * Mary Burnett Talbert (needs additional references)
 * Olive Morris (stub; can add material from recent scholarship, for example Tanisha Ford’s Liberated Threads)
 * Liz Obi (stub; can add material from recent scholarship, for example Tanisha Ford’s Liberated Threads)
 * Mamphela Ramphele (needs citations; can add material from recent scholarship, for example Tanisha Ford’s Liberated Threads)

Other Subjects Needing Improvement

 * Chicana feminism - needs additional citations
 * Civil rights movement - many women activists mentioned but need to add links to their biographical articles elsewhere on Wikipedia; add individual names of some, such as reference to MLK’s wife without naming her
 * Greensboro sit-ins - research and include names of 4 women joined the protest on Feb 2; also "three white supporters... from the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina" who joined the sit-in on Feb 4
 * International Ladies' Garment Workers Union - needs additional citations
 * Second-wave_feminism - needs expansion beyond its current U.S. focus
 * Committee to Ratify the Massachusetts State Equal Rights Amendment - stub; needs citations; orphan
 * Daughters of St. Crispin - stub
 * Lucy Stone League - needs references to secondary and tertiary sources
 * National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies - needs citations
 * Sit-in movement - add note about Bennett College student participation (see image above!); Anne Moody; and other women who participated
 * Uprisings led by women

New Articles to be Written (People)

 * Marjorie Bradford - one of Catonsville Nine
 * Martha Bensley Bruere feminist, socialist, labor activist, writer
 * Esther Burgess - African American civil rights activist
 * Hester Campbell
 * Audrey Nell Edwards- African American civil rights activist
 * Susan Lydon - author of the feminist classic essay, “The Politics of Orgasm”
 * Janice McLaughlin
 * Deborah Matshobah - South African Students’ Organization activist, 1970s
 * Mary Moylan - one of Catonsville Nine
 * Mary Parkman Peabody - African American civil rights activist
 * Florence Rowe - African American civil rights activist
 * Mabel Ola Robinson Williams - African American civil rights activist
 * St. Augustine Four
 * Sister Maria del Rey aka Ethel Danforth
 * Sister Cecilia Goldman
 * Winnifred Wygal
 * Anita Cameron – organizer of ADAPT and Director of Minority Outreach at Not Dead Yet
 * Clara Clow – cofounder of Disabled Citizens of Frederick County United
 * several contributors listed in This Bridge Called My Back, such as Donna Kate Rushin and Naomi Littlebear and Jo Carillo, do not have individual articles

Other New Articles to be Written

 * Age Center of New England
 * Boston NOW
 * Boston Women's Community Radio
 * Center for New Words
 * Consumers' League of Massachusetts
 * Girls' High School Association - Boston
 * Great Revolt (none of the existing articles on the disambiguation page refer to the strike by 60,000 cloak makers in NY in 1910)
 * Lebanese Syrian Ladies' Aid Society
 * Massachusetts History Workshop
 * Massachusetts NOW
 * Massachusetts Society for Social Health
 * Massachusetts State Federation of Women's Clubs
 * Mother's Study Club of Cambridge
 * NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts
 * North Bennet Street Industrial School
 * Persephone Press
 * Rockport Lodge
 * Rutland Corner House
 * Quest: a Feminist Quarterly
 * Saturday Morning Club of Boston
 * Sojourner (publication)
 * South Boston Neighborhood House
 * Window Shop
 * Woman Suffrage Party of Cambridge
 * Girls' LEAP Self-Defense

=Start your research with these resources= Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Guide

Simmons University

 * Simmons University History and Online Exhibits

E-books

 * Google Books
 * Project Gutenberg
 * Internet Archive
 * Digital Public Library of America
 * HathiTrust

Databases

 * Women and Social Movements International
 * Women and Social Movements in the United States
 * Newspaper databases

Books & Encyclopedias

 * Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers
 * Readers' Companion to U.S. Women's History
 * Notable American women, 1607-1950 a biographical dictionary
 * Notable American women : the modern period : a biographical dictionary
 * Notable American women : a biographical dictionary completing the twentieth century
 * The Grounding of Modern Feminism
 * |library/m/aleph|008837089 No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women
 * |library/m/aleph|002508438 Lesser-Known Women: A Biographical Dictionary
 * Women's Firsts

Public Domain Images

 * | Schlesinger Library: Public Domain images on Flickr Commons
 * Finding Public Domain Images
 * Creative Commons Image Search
 * Wikimedia Commons

=Wikipedia & the Gender Gap=
 * Wikimedia Foundation: Gender Gap
 * Where are the Women of Wikipedia
 * National Women's Studies Association Wikipedia Initiative
 * Unlocking the Clubhouse: Five Ways to Encourage Women to Edit Wikipedia
 * Wikimedia Foundation: Gender Gap Manifesto
 * Wikipedia's gender gap and the complicated reality of systemic gender bias
 * Michelle Moravec, "The Endless Night of Wikipedia's Notable Woman Problem" (2018)

=Wikipedia Help=

These are just to get you started -- feel free to add to this list.

About Wikipedia

 * Five Pillars of Wikipedia
 * GLAM Beginners Guide
 * Wikipedia Tutorial
 * Wiki Project: Women's History

Article Examples

 * Wikipedia quality scale
 * Here is an article that Wikipedia rated as "good" Lowell Mill Girls
 * Here is another article that Wikipedia rated as "good" Feminism
 * Here is a "featured" article List of First Ladies of the United States

Formatting Shortcuts

 * Help:Cheatsheet
 * Starting an Article
 * Citation Guide
 * Wiki Markup Quick Reference
 * Text Formatting
 * Section Headers, Indents, and Lists
 * Links
 * Infobox templates

Wikiproject Templates

 * If your article fits the projects' criteria, add the template to the article's Talk page. There are many Wikiprojects, here are two examples.
 * WikiProject: Women's History Template
 * WikiProject: Feminist Taskforce Template

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