Improve Wikipedia entries related to gender equality with the the National Archives and Records Administration. This event is part of the Amending America initiative at the National Archives in celebration of the 225th anniversary of the Bill of Rights. This event is co-sponsored with Wikimedia DC.
This event is part of DCFemTech's Tour De Code 2016.
The event will be held in the Innovation Hub at the National Archives in Washington, DC. To access NARA's Innovation Hub, please use the National Archives Building's entrance at Pennsylvania Avenue. This is the research/staff entrance, not the main exhibits/events door.
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.
Time | Activity | Location | Livestream information |
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10:00 - 10:15 | Welcome, Introductions, and Refreshments Welcome by David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States | Innovation Hub (see above for directions)
Refreshments generously provided by Wikimedia DC Photo ID required for security entry |
Join us virtually |
10:15 - 11:00 | How to edit Wikipedia | Innovation Hub and Online | Join us virtually |
11:00 - 11:45 | WWI Army Nurses and Red Cross Records Held by NARA, Pat Anderson, Retired Supervisory Archivist | Innovation Hub | Join us virtually |
11:45 - 5:00 | Editing | Innovation Hub | This part will not be livestreamed but you are welcome to continue editing with us virtually. |
12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch | Innovation Hub
Refreshments generously provided by Wikimedia DC |
RSVP below or on our eventbrite page
We will also be broadcasting the first part of the day on a Google Hangout. More information for a link coming During the editing if you have questions, log in to the chat below or ask them to innovationhub@nara.gov
Can't join in person? No problem! A livestream will be available.
Note: These categories are relatively arbitrary. Many of the women, events, or themes are listed multiple times
* Anderson, Mary (22 February 1942). "Speech on Equal Pay and Women's Contribution to the War Effort" (mp3). Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 1826 - 2009. No. 1772533, 48.360. National Archives and Records Administration.[1]
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*[www.archives.gov/education/lessons/bloomer Article on archives.gov “Petition of Amelia Bloomer Regarding Suffrage in the West]
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*Ellen Ochoa in National Archives Catalog-- we've got some good images in the catalog.
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ENIAC Girls or Section on Women in ENIAC Article
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Historical Resource: Changing the Boundaries: Women at Work in the Government
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Ann Moore - Peace Corps Alumna
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Carol Bellamy - Peace Corps Alumna and Director, Director of UNICEF
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*9405524 Letter to President Clinton
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* You're Going to Employ Women
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Some of the Women who Dressed as Men could be considered transgender by today's standards but it's not clear.
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Sarah Rosetta Wakeman - woman who served as a man in Civil War; see references on Women in Civil War in To Create List
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Albert Cashier - woman who served as a man in Civil War; see references on Women in Civil War in To Create List
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Joseph Lobdell - Lobdell would like be considered as transgender in today's world; see references on Women in Civil War in To Create List
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*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/12005167 Letters to Harry Truman - if you click on the link to the file units, each letter is in its own file unit.
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For NARA Employees working on these articles, check with an experienced editor for conflict of interest issues
*Claudine Weiher: The Fight for Independence - can use images from the blog post to add to the page
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✓ Please check with a WikiFacilitator before starting new pages
Plural Marriage Amendment
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No page exists only Reynolds v. United States or Polygamy, neither mention the drive for a constitutional amendment. The drive mostly came during Utah’s bid for statehood. There was also a push at the time for the federal government to regulate marriage and divorce (because of the fear of polygamy from Utah).
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Thelma Bowe, et al, vs. Colgate Palmolive Company Hiring rules involving weight-lifting ability, when solely applied to female applicants, are unconstitutional.
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Nurses in the Civil War
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*There are many nurses, for example Dorethea Dix and a category but no article; Even the category page can be fixed: Clara Barton and Dorethea Dix are not in this list
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Women in the Spanish-American War OR Nurses in the Spanish-American War
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There are no articles about either subject or mention on the main page. There is an article about the Spanish–American War Nurses Memorial and Anita Newcomb McGee In the memorial article there is a section about nurses in the War; that can be made into its own page Juliette Gordon Low was a nurse during the war but her page does not say that - HRC [Hillary Rodham Clinton /Girl Scouts 85th Anniversary 5/21/97] |
Nurses in World War I
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There is no article of nurses in WWI; there is a category There is an article about Women in World War I and a category for it.
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Judith Anne Bensiger - her husband is Peter B. Bensinger so once we have a page for her we need to add to his page as well
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Linda Louise Glenn
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Gilda Maria Iriarte
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Ellen Irene Kirby
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Diane Stone Millhollin
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Karol Collette Petraitis
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Carolyn Louise Stapleton
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Lynne Dianne Salvage
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ENIAC Girls or Section on Women in ENIAC Article
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Women arrested with Susan B. Anthony: General resources for women arrested with Susan B. Anthony
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Ellen S. Baker (Suffragist)
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Nancy M. Chapman
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Hannah M. Chatfield
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Jane M. Cogswell
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Rhoda DeGarmo
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Mary Hibbard
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Susan M. Hough
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Margaret Garrigues Leyden
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Guelma Anthony McLean
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Hannah Anthony Mosher
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Mary E. Pulver
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Sarah Cole Truesdale
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If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature.
N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources
See Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources
References
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