Wikipedia:WikiProject Wentworth Institute of Technology Ada Lovelace Edit-a-thon

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Schedule of Events
Wentworth Institute of Technology's Alumni Library and Women's Integrating Taskforce (WIT^2) will host a celebration of women's contributions to STEM fields. All events will take place in the Alumni Library Program Room (Beatty 201BA).

Wednesday, October 29, 2pm - 2:50pm: Roundtable discussion on Ada Lovelace's life, work, and times with Professor Cynthia Williams, Department of Humanities

Thursday, October 30, 12:30pm - 6:00pm: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon to improve coverage of female mathematicians, scientists, and engineers. Open-house style, drop in as your schedule allows and edit with us. Library resources and refreshments will be provided.

Alumni Library Resource Guide
Find resources on women in STEM available at Wentworth's Alumni Library: Library Resource Guide

Get Involved
If you would like to participate, please join the project.

How to edit Wikipedia
Orientation to basic Wikipedia editing will be provided at the event. Here are some useful resources on editing Wikipedia:

Wikipedia general introduction on editing articles

Guide to Wikipedia's assessment scheme for quality of articles

Notable STEM women whose Wikipedia entries need creating or improving
Astronomers

Biologists

Chemists

Computer Science

Mathematicians

Physicists

Marie Curie's article is pretty good, but it may be nice to emphasize the fact she is the first person to win two Nobel Prizes and the only person to win in two different areas over the fact that she was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.

See also

Notable Women in Computer Science

List of female scientists before the 21st century

These women should earn a Nobel prize in physics, Slate.com

"Ten Historic Female Scientists You Should Know", The Smithsonian

"Five Historic Female Mathematicians You Should Know", The Smithsonian

Participants
Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest. You need to complete the quick and easy process of signing up for a Wiki account first (see the upper right corner of the page).




 * 1)  (Rachel Maitra) 01:23, 10 October 2014 (UTC)  I'll edit Cecile DeWitt-Morette's article.
 * 2)  (Karina Assiter) 15:46, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Resources

 * ACM's Women in Computing
 * National Center for Women & Information Technology
 * Women in Technology International (WITI)