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Celebrating Influential Polish and Polish-American Women Wikipedia Edit-a-thon



Only 18% of biographies on Wikipedia are about women. Help us change that! Join the Embassy of the Republic of Poland and Wikimedia DC for a Celebrating Influential Polish and Polish-American Women Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Learn to edit Wikipedia and help to improve or create articles about notable Polish and Polish-American women. Lunch will be provided. Participants will also receive books and other rewards.

The event is a part of the celebration of the centennial of diplomatic relations between Poland and the United States.

Laptops are required. Please bring your own. Wikimedia DC has two laptops to loan. Reserve one by emailing info@wikimediadc.org.

When


 * Friday, November 15, 2019 11AM-2PM

Where


 * Embassy of the Republic of Poland
 * 2640 16th Street Northwest
 * Washington, DC 20009

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Coordination

 * Please use the Etherpad link below to share what you are currently editing. Remember to type 'Done' or 'Finished' when you are through making changes. REMEMBER TO PUBLISH (SAVE) OFTEN.'''

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Stub
 * Maria Kuncewiczowa (Wikidata)
 * LITERATURE development of her EN entry


 * Anna Rydlówna (Wikidata)
 * Luba Blum-Bielicka (Wikidata)
 * Luiza Savage
 * MEDIA: development of her Polish heritage at her EN entry

Start Class
 * Grażyna Auguścik (Wikidata)
 * MUSIC jazz musician in Chicago, an article to be improved


 * Joanna Bator (Wikidata)
 * LITERATURE update of her EN entry


 * Dorota Masłowska (Wikidata)
 * LITERATURE update of her EN entry


 * Hanna Krall (Wikidata)
 * LITERATURE update of her EN entry


 * Dorota Kobiela (Wikidata)
 * FILM development of her EN entry


 * Maria Siemionow (Wikidata)
 * SCIENCE EN entry to be developed – transplant surgeon


 * Iwona Stroynowski (Wikidata)
 * SCENCE EN entry to be developed


 * Franciszka Themerson (Wikidata)
 * LITERATURE development of her EN entry


 * Iwona Chmielewska (Wikidata)
 * ART DESIGN development of her EN entry


 * Olga Boznańska (Wikidata)
 * ART DESIGN development of her EN entry


 * Wioletta Grzegorzewska (Wikidata)
 * LITERATURE update of her EN entry

C Class


 * Anne Wojcicki (Wikidata)
 * Anne is the co-founder and CEO of 23&me, a personal genetics company.


 * Anne Wojcicki’s older sister, Susan Wojcicki is the CEO of YouTube


 * Susan and Anne Wojcicki’s father, Stanley, was born in Warsaw, Poland and is a pre-eminent physicist and professor emeritus at Stanford University. Their grandfather was a member of Poland’s parliament.
 * Potential Sources:
 * https://businessinsider.com.pl/wiadomosci/susan-wojcicki-odnowila-polski-paszport/jccj70g
 * https://www.forbes.pl/wiadomosci/prezes-youtube-susan-wojcicki-z-wizyta-w-polsce-kolejny-google-albo-youtube-moze/q0gb4vm
 * https://culture.pl/en/article/an-open-letter-to-youtube-ceo-susan-wojcicki-about-the-pronunciation-of-her-surname"


 * Irena Lasota (Wikidata)
 * POLITICS ACTIVIST Update needed


 * Wanda Rutkiewicz (Wikidata)
 * SPORTS an article to be improved


 * Martyna Majok (Wikidata)
 * LITERATURE update of her EN entry


 * Joanna Kulig (Wikidata)
 * FILM development of her EN entry


 * Dagmara Domińczyk (Wikidata)
 * FILM development of her EN entry


 * Maria Czaplicka (Wikidata)
 * SCIENCE anthropologist, EN entry to be developed


 * Ursula von Rydingsvard (Wikidata)
 * ART DESIGN to develop the topic of her Polish heritage in her art


 * Barbara Hulanicki (Wikidata)
 * ART DESIGN PL fashion designer established in Miami development of her EN entry


 * Rita Cosby (Wikidata)
 * MEDIA: development of her Polish heritage at her EN entry


 * Anna Świrszczyńska (Wikidata)
 * LITERATURE development of her EN entry


 * Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass (Wikidata)
 * FILM development of her EN entry

GA (Good Article)


 * Stephanie Kwolek (Wikidata)
 * Stephanie Kwolek was a Polish-American chemist who invented what is known today as Kevlar.


 * Wisława Szymborska (Wikidata)
 * Described as the “Mozart of Poetry” and “A Poet of Consciousness” Wisława Szymborska was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996 for, “poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality." Szymborska wrote some twenty books of poetry and became renowned all throughout the world.


 * Susan Wojcicki (Wikidata)
 * Susan Wojcicki is the CEO of YouTube. She recently received Polish citizenship and has traveled to Poland to speak about innovation.


 * Susan Wojcicki’s younger sister, Anne, is the co-founder and CEO of 23&me, a personal genetics company.


 * Susan and Anne Wojcicki’s father, Stanley, was born in Warsaw, Poland and is a pre-eminent physicist and professor emeritus at Stanford University. Their grandfather was a member of Poland’s parliament.


 * Potential Source
 * https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/18/how-the-wojcickis-parents-raised-23andme-founder-youtube-ceo.html


 * Olga Tokarczuk (Wikidata)
 * To do: 2018 Nobel literature winner – reviews of her books in USA
 * Potential Sources
 * https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/books/olga-tokarczuk-flights-booker.html
 * https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/books/nobel-literature.html"

Articles for Creation-Do not exist on English or Polish Wikipedia

 * Blanka Rosenstiel
 * POLITICS ACTIVISTS honorary consul of Poland in Miami / no article on Wiki
 * Potential Source: http://www.poles.org/db/R_names/Rosenstiel_LB/Rosenstiel_LB.html


 * Patrycja Pacak
 * SPORTS a young pilot – first female to win world gliding championship /no article on WIKI
 * Potential Source
 * https://czestochowa.wyborcza.pl/czestochowa/7,48725,25034420,czestochowianka-patrycja-pacak-zostala-mistrzynia-swiata-w-akrobacjach.html


 * Magdalena Wor
 * MUSIC mezzosoprano based in Atlanta, no Wiki entry
 * Potential Source
 * https://www.atlantasymphony.org/About/Artists/Guest-Artists/Magdalena-Wor
 * https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2015/04/09/a-qa-with-mezzo-soprano-magdalena-wor-on-her-training-in-washington-and-returnthis-weekend-to-strathmore/


 * Aleksandra (Ola) Bilinska
 * MUSIC world music (Yiddish), no Wiki entry
 * Potential Sources
 * https://www.jewishfestival.pl/en/bajgelman-2/
 * https://www.olabilinska.pl/about/"


 * Joanna Sułkowska
 * SCIENCE PL entry only, young scientist - physics


 * Aleksandra Przegalińska
 * SCIENCE PL entry only, young scientist - futurology


 * Maria Dworzecka
 * SCIENCE professor of physics at George Mason University, Holocaust Survivor, No Wiki entry
 * Potential Sources
 * https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn598223
 * https://dzieje.pl/aktualnosci/uroczystosci-w-69-rocznice-zaglady-zydow-z-tykocina
 * https://issuu.com/osmgmu/docs/issue_11_-_nov._17
 * http://gmufourthestate.com/2014/11/14/expressions-of-the-holocaust-storytellers/
 * https://www.physics.gmu.edu/people/maria-dworzecka/"
 * https://www.facebook.com/holocaustmuseum/posts/maria-dworzecka-was-born-marysia-rozenszajn-in-bialystok-in-1941-her-parents-iza/10156400733742677/


 * Maja Ganszyniec
 * ART DESIGN no Wiki entry
 * Potential Source
 * https://www.iconeye.com/design/features/item/13027-maja-ganszyniec-from-queen-of-polish-design-to-ikea


 * Agnieszka Polska
 * ART DESIGN young generation video artist, had her exhibit at the Hirshhorn Museum No EN entry
 * Potential Source
 * https://www.ifj.edu.pl/dept/no1/nz16/agnieszka/index.php?page=cv


 * Aleksandra Mizielińska
 * ART DESIGN no Wiki entry
 * Potential Source
 * https://culture.pl/en/artist/aleksandra-mizielinska-and-daniel-mizielinski


 * Joanna Concejo
 * ART DESIGN no EN entry

Articles from Polish Wikipedia to be translated and added to English Wikipedia

 * Hanna Rudzka-Cybis: Polish Wikipedia (Wikidata)
 * Agnieszka Zalewska: Polish Wikipedia (Wikidata)
 * Helena Ceysingerówna: Polish Wikipedia (Wikidata)
 * Olga Didur-Wiktorowa: Polish Wikipedia (Wikidata)
 * Monique Lehman: Polish Wikipedia (Wikidata)
 * Leona Bierkowska: Polish Wikipedia (Wikidata)
 * Anna Styszyńska: Polish Wikipedia (Wikidata)
 * Maria Ewa Łunkiewicz-Rogoyska: Polish Wikipedia (Wikidata)
 * Józefa Krzyżanowska-Kodisowa: Polish Wikipedia (Wikidata)
 * Zofia Baltarowicz-Dzielińska: Polish Wikipedia (Wikidata)
 * Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak: Polish Wikipedia (Wikidata)
 * Helena Paderewska (Wikidata)

Useful Resources

 * Directory of Open Access Journals
 * Creative Commons for Image Download
 * Cleveland Museum of Access Materials

Attendees

 * History2049 (talk) 16:03, 15 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Mirodelve (talk) 16:09, 15 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) (talk) 16:17, 15 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Mjb2593 (talk) 16:17, 15 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) (talk) 16:17, 15 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Dagmara Jasinska (talk) 16:18, 15 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Mstefanski1 (talk) 16:30, 15 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Jweaver28 (talk) 16:57, 15 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Jamie-NAL (talk) 17:56, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Celebrating Influential Polish and Polish-American Women Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

 * Wikis: commons.wikimedia, en.wikipedia, pl.wikipedia and www.wikidata
 * Start date: 2019-11-15 11:00 (America/New York)
 * End date: 2019-11-15 14:00