Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Women's History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

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Women's History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon



Wikipedia is an openly editable resource, meaning that you can improve the quality and accuracy of Wikipedia entries. As one of the web’s most visited reference sites, Wikipedia serves as a starting point for visitors who want to learn more about a variety of topics.

Learn how to become a Wikipedia editor and spend time contributing to articles on Women's History and Baltimore industry with guidance from experts. No experience necessary.

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

Lunch will be provided.

When


 * Sunday, March 3, 2019 12:30PM-3PM

Where


 * Baltimore Museum of Industry
 * 1415 Key Highway
 * Baltimore, MD 21230

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For Creation • Sister Helen Amos

• Carolyn T. Burridge

• Evelyn Omega Cannon

• Frances Murphy Draper

• Sol del Ande Mendez Eaton

• Lavinia Margaret Engle

• Kathleen O’Farell Friedman

• Ellen Moses Heller

• Bonnie K. Heneson

• Helen L. Holton

• Barbara Brotman Kaylor

• Almira Hart Phelps Lincoln

• Odonna Mathews

• Nicole McFayden

• Bonnae Jeanne Meshulam

• Redonda Miller

• Patricia Jeanne Mitchell

• Daphne Muse

• Rosemarie T. Nassif

• Carol Sheffey Parham

• Marlene Susan Prendergast

• Eileen M Rehrmann

• Alta Schrock

• Sandra J. Skolnik

• Miss Tony

Stubs • Beverly B. Byron

• Ida Cummings

• Emily Edmonson

• Ethel Llewellyn Ennis

• Adah Jenkins

• Nancy K. Kopp

• Constance A. Morella

• Mary Pickersgill

• Gladys Noon Spellman

• Helen Brooke Taussig

• Martha Carey Thomas

Start • Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack

• Bessie Olive Cole

• E. Gail de Planque

• Ann Marie Doory

• Sonia Pressman Fuentes

• Lucille Gorham

• Diane Griffin

• Sadie Kneller Miller

• Bessie Moses

• Katherine O'Brien

• Shirley D. Peterson

• Mary Louise Preis

• Betty Robinson

• Mary Pat Seurkamp

• Beryl Williams

• N. Louise Young

C • Olive Ann Beech

• Helen Delich Bentley

• Anna Ella Carroll

• Martha Coston

• Donna Edwards

• Mary Feik

• Mary Katherine Goddard

• Ruth Handler

• Rebecca Alban Hoffberger

• Barbara Holdridge

• Maggie McIntosh

• Ma Perkins

• Lydia Pinkham

• Rosa Ponselle

• Adele Hagner Stamp

• Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

• Brownie Wise

B
 * Margaret Brent
 * Lillie Mae Carroll Jackson
 * Eliza Lucas

GA
 * Mary Elizabeth Banning
 * Mary Garrett
 * Edith Houghton Hooker

FA
 * Henrietta Lacks

Resources/Potential Secondary Sources

 * BMI online database
 * Digital Maryland
 * University of Maryland, Baltimore County special collections
 * University of Baltimore archives
 * Maryland State Archives
 * Baltimore City Archives
 * Reginald F. Lewis Museum online database
 * Archives of the Afro American
 * Library of Congress
 * National Archives
 * Google Scholar
 * World Cat

Attendees

 *  ceran  thor 17:11, 3 March 2019 (UTC)


 * econterms (talk) 17:41, 3 March 2019 (UTC)


 * JWILL961 (talk) 18:10, 3 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) (talk) 18:11, 3 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Isonah (talk) 18:11, 3 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Gi hoagland (talk) 18:12, 3 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Snicole89 (talk) 18:35, 3 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Brock-brac (talk) 18:51, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Outcomes

 * Wikis: *.wikipedia, commons.wikimedia, en.wikipedia
 * Start date: 2019-03-03 12:30 (America/New York)
 * End date: 2019-03-03 15:00