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Wiki Focus: Black Women in Food History






 * 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 many individuals looking to learn about art, history, and science.


 * During this training, attendees of all experience levels will learn the basics of how to edit Wikipedia by updating articles related to the history Black women in food history.


 * This event is planned in conjunction with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative, a multiyear undertaking to document, research, collect, display, and share the history of women in the United States.

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 * Zoom link upon registration

when


 * July 27, 2021
 * 1:00pm-3:30pm Eastern

where
 * Virtual!
 * Smithsonian National Museum of American History

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 * No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary; training will be provided. No background in food history or women's history is required.

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 * Create a Wikipedia account
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 * Find an article to edit!
 * Ask questions in the Zoom chat

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Articles to edit

 * LaDeva Davis, Television Chef and Educator Wikidata item
 * Zephyr Wright, Activist and cook for President Lyndon B. Johnson and family Wikidata item
 * Lena Richard, Television chef, cookbook author, & restaurateur from New Orleans
 * Malinda Russell, published the first known cookbook by a Black woman in the US
 * Abby Fisher, published the second known cookbook by a Black woman in the US
 * Lucille Elizabeth Bishop Smith, chef, invented the first hot biscuit mix
 * Thérèse Nelson, founder of the Black Culinary History organization
 * Catherine Ferguson (educator), baker
 * Sally Seymour, Charleston SC pastry chef
 * Dolester Miles, pastry chef and three-time James Beard Award finalist
 * Georgia Gilmore, participated in the Montgomery bus boycott through her fund-raising effort selling food at boycott mass meetings
 * Jessica B. Harris, culinary historian, chef, professor journalist
 * Carla Hall, chef and television personality
 * Toni Tipton-Martin, editor-in-chief of Cook's Country
 * Leah Penniman, farmer, educator, author, and food sovereignty activist
 * Karen Washington, food justice organizer
 * Edna Lewis, American chef, teacher, and author who helped refine the American view of Southern cooking
 * Haile Thomas, food / health activist
 * Sylvia Woods, restaurateur who founded the restaurant Sylvia's in Harlem, NY
 * Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor, culinary anthropologist, griot, food writer, and broadcaster on public media
 * Leah Chase, chef, author, & tv personality based in New Orleans; known as the "Queen of Creole Cuisine"
 * Freda DeKnight, first food editor of Ebony magazine
 * Nina Compton, James Beard award winning chef, based in New Orleans Wikimedia Commons image from restaurant
 * Mashama Bailey, James Beard award winning chef, based in Savannah
 * Fawn Weaver, entrepreneur, historian, NYT bestselling author
 * Annie Johnson (brewer)
 * Libby Clark, food journalist
 * Pamela Strobel, Cookbook Author and Owner of the "Little Kitchen" restaurant Wikidata item
 * Kia Damon (chef), culinary director for Cherry Bomb
 * Ashleigh Shanti Asheville, NC based James Beard award semi-finalist
 * Martha Lou Gadsden Charleston, SC chef of (now closed) soul food restaurant Martha Lou's Kitchen
 * Kelis Rogers, singer and chef

Articles to create

 * Myra Miller, Atlanta-based food entrepreneur and baker Wikidata item
 * Adela Fargas, Founder and owner of restaurant Casa Adela Wikidata item
 * Bertha L. Turner, A State Superintendent of Domestic Science and private caterer who published the cookbook - "The Federation Cookbook: A Collection of Tested Recipes Compiled by the Colored Women of the State of California" Wikidata item
 * Maria Elena Lorenzo, Owner and chef at LA's first Afro-Mexican restaurant - Tamales Elena y Antojitos
 * Winnette McIntosh Ambrose, baker, entrepreneur, engineer, owner of the cafe "Souk" and co-owner of the bakery "The Sweet Lobby" Wikidata item
 * Ysanet Batista, chef Wikidata property
 * Paola Velez, pastry chef Wikidata item
 * Kardea Brown, Food Network host of Delicious Miss Brown Wikidata item
 * Cheryl Day, Baker, owner of Back in the Day bakery in Savannah, GA Image from Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item draft here for timebeing
 * Judith Suzarra Campbell, Philadelphia based chef of Sazon Wikidata item
 * Maria Elena Lorenzo, LA based chef of Tamales Elena y Antojitos Wikidata item
 * Catherine Sow,
 * Margot Santana, Wikidata item []
 * Robin and Andréa McBride, owners of McBride Sisters Collection Wine Company (Largest Black-owned wine company in the United States)
 * Virginia Ali, co-owner of Ben's Chili Bowl Wikidata item
 * Ashtin Berry, New Orleans activist, sommelier, bartender, and cofounder of the creative agency "Radical XChange" Wikidata item
 * Tambra Raye Stevenson,visionary founder and CEO of WANDA: Women Advancing Nutrition, Dietetics and Agriculture Wikidata item
 * Leni Sorensen, Monticello research historian Wikidata item
 * Gabrielle E.W. Carter, Multi-disciplinary Artist and cultural preservationist Wikidata item
 * Celeste Beatty, Brewer and owner of Harlem Brewing company
 * Jonell Nash, food editor of Essence magazine from 1984-2008 and the author of several cookbooks Wikidata item
 * Desta Bairu, Owner of the ethiopian restaurant Mamma Desta (est. 1977) and former chief cook for the Ethiopian Ambassador to the United Nations
 * Mariya Russell,Chef and First Black Woman To Earn A Michelin Star

Outcomes
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Articles created
 * LaDeva Davis
 * Pamela Strobel
 * Maria Elena Lorenzo
 * Celeste Beatty
 * Jonell Nash
 * Desta Bairu
 * Mariya Russell
 * Bertha L. Turner

Articles improved
 * Martha Lou Gadsden
 * Nina Compton
 * Ashleigh Shanti
 * Toni Tipton-Martin
 * Mashama Bailey
 * Lena Richard
 * Annie Johnson (brewer)
 * Leah Penniman
 * Freda DeKnight
 * Malinda Russell
 * Sylvia Woods
 * Karen Washington
 * Fawn Weaver
 * Sally Seymour
 * Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor
 * Libby Clark
 * The Grey (restaurant)