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Women in the Civil War Edit-a-Thon

In honor of Women's History Month, please join us at the National Archives and Records Administration's Innovation Hub for an all-day edit-a-thon about women in the Civil War.

when


 * March 11, 2016 at 10 AM – 5 PM

where


 * Innovation Hub at the National Archives
 * 700 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC


 * PLEASE NOTE: You will be entering a government building and will be required to go through security (a magnetometer). You will need to show a photo ID (preferably a driver's licence or other government ID) and sign in to come to the Innovation Hub.  If you wish to work with original records you must have a NARA researcher card.  If you do not have one, there will be an opportunity to sign up for a card.  More information here.

your hosts what to bring
 * National Archives and Records Administration and Wikimedia DC
 * A laptop (The Innovation Hub has some if you need to borrow)
 * Valid ID
 * Wikipedia account (if you're new you'll learn how to create one that day)

I'll attend in person

 * 1) econterms (talk)
 * 2) DinaHerbert (talk)
 * 3) Kirill Lokshin (talk)
 * 4) Michael Hussey, NARA
 * 5) Duckduckstop (talk)
 * 6) nosrednaharas (talk)
 * 7) Jeannie Chen (talk)
 * 8) Carole Prietto (talk)
 * 9) Francisco Macías (talk)
 * 10) Andrew Weber (talk)
 * 11) Caitlin Kearney (talk)
 * 12) mereastew (talk), Meredith Stewart, NARA
 * 13) Megan Lafayette (talk)
 * 14) Hammad Malik
 * 15) Darren Cole, NARA
 * 16) Fuzheado &#124; Talk

I'll participate online
To join the event virtually and hear the presentation by DeAnne Blanton, please join us on a google hangout. Questions about it can be directed to Dina, Coordinator of the Innovation Hub, at [mailto:dina.herbert@nara.gov dina.herbert@nara.gov].

If you're planning to participate online, you can sign up below:
 * 1) Penny Richards (talk) 14:26, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Sydney Poore/FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 21:03, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 3) Friend of Smokey the Bear

Articles to work on

 * Category:Women in the American Civil War
 * Sarah Rosetta Wakeman
 * Albert Cashier
 * Frances Clayton
 * Loreta Janeta Velázquez - PBS Documentary Rebel
 * Frances Hook
 * Clara Barton
 * Medicine_in_the_American_Civil_War
 * Washington, D.C., in the American Civil War
 * Civil War Defenses of Washington
 * Battle of Fort Stevens
 * Battleground National Cemetery
 * President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home
 * Mercy Street (TV series)
 * Mansion House Hospital
 * Grand Review of the Armies
 * Malinda Blalock
 * American Civil War - no mention of women in the main page
 * Emeline Piggott
 * Cornelia Phillips Spencer
 * Jane Claudia Saunders Johnson
 * Catherine Ann Devereux Edmonston
 * Abby House
 * Frances Webb Bumpass
 * Women Leaders of the Underground Railroad
 * Jennie Wade Gettysburg PA
 * Elvira Worth Jackson Moffitt
 * Hallie Parsley

Research resources

 * How Wikipedia works: [[File:Intro to Wikipedia WomenCivilWar Editathon Mar2016.pdf]]

Outcomes

 * upload memoirs to commons


 * c:File:Nurse and spy in the Union Army.djvu
 * c:File:The Story of Aunt Becky's Army-Life .djvu
 * c:File:The woman in battle .djvu
 * s:Index:The woman in battle .djvu
 * Women in the military in the Americas - expanded Civil War section and fixed footnotes
 * Abby House, new entry
 * Frances Dallam Peter, new article about Civil War diarist from Kentucky.