Wikipedia:GLAM/NHMandSM/ZSL editathon

Wonder Women of Natural History

Join the Zoological Society of London in a one-day Wikipedia editathon dedicated to improving the Wikipedia pages of the most remarkable women who have helped shape our understanding of natural history.

Date: 18th January 2014, 10am - 4pm
Location: London Zoo, Mappin Pavillion
Twitter hashtag: #WISWIKI

Schedule

09:30-09:45: Meet at the Prince Albert Gate of ZSL London Zoo (Outer Circle, about 100m east of main entrance)

10:00: Welcome, tea/coffee

10:15: Begin wiki training and start getting to grips with editing

11:15: Head to the ZSL Library to see materials from some amazing women scientists

12:15: Head back to hear from Liz Smith from the Darwin Correspondence Project who will show us the short film Darwin’s Women

12:30: Back to editing and start researching

13:15 (ish): Lunch and zoo (there is a café but you are more than welcome to bring your own packed lunch)
14:15: Feedback on progress, chat about discoveries and troubleshooting
14:30: Editing
15:30-16:00: Wrap up/end

Resources

Please add the following template (ask for help if you need it!) to any pages you edit today or as a result of today!

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	This article was edited as part of the Zoological Society of London Edit-a-Thon . The editor who attended the event may be a new editor. In an effort to support new editors, please assume good faith to their contributions before making changes. Thank you! ~~~~

Topics for articles

Name	Role	Known for	Wikipedia page	Alive?	Sources	User writing article
Name	Role	Known for	Wikipedia page	Alive?	Sources	Username here
Agnes Claypole Moody	Zoologist	First woman appointed to a teaching position at Cornell University in the Medical Department	Poor	Yes	http://www.amazon.com/Women-Field-Americas-Pioneering-Naturalists/dp/0890964890	Username here
Alice Eastwood	Botanist	-	Poor	No	-	Username here
Althea Sherman	Ornithologist	-	-	No	No	Username here
Ann Haven Morgan	Zoologist	The 1933 edition of American Men of Science listed her along with two other women among the 250 total entries	Poor	No	http://www.amazon.co.uk/Revealing-New-Worlds-Victorian-Naturalists/dp/0415270693	Username here
Anna Botsford Comstock	Conservationist	-	Poor	No	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-5661.00024/abstract	Username here
Biruté Galdikas	primatologist, conservationist, ethologist	World's orangu-tan expert	Yes	Yes	http://www.amazon.com/American-Women-Afield-Naturalists-Environment/dp/0890966346	Username here
Carrie/Caroline Dormon	Ecologist	-	No	No	http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_de_femmes_scientifiques	--CathyHensman (talk) 14:45, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Christine Petit	Geneticist	-	No	No	http://lesaventuresdeuterpe.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/les-femmes-de-lannee-2011.html	Username here
Cordelia Stanwood	Ornithologist	-	No	No	-	Username here
Cornelia Clapp	Zoologist	Marine biology	Poor	No	-	--Biscottibiscotti (talk) 14:19, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Edith Clements	Ecologist	Wife of Frederic Clements	No	No	-	Username here
Edith Marion Patch	Entomologist	-	No	No	-	Username here
Eleanor Anne Ormerod	Naturalist	Entomology	Yes	No	-	--NHMFiona (talk) 13:14, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Eleanor Glanville	Entomologist	-	-	-	-	Username here
Elizabeth Gault Fisher	Naturalist	The Glanville Fritillary is named after her	No	No	-	Username here
Elizabeth Peckham	Behavioural Ecologist	-	Yes - shared with husband	No	-	Username here
Ellen Schulz Quillin	Naturalist	"Flower Lady of Texas"	No	No	-	CMD (talk) 14:09, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Ethel Sargant	Botanist	-	Poor	No	-	Username here
Eugenie Clark	Ichthylogist	The shark lady	Yes	Yes	-	Username here
Evelyn Cheesman	Entomologist	First women to be given a job at London Zoo	Poor	No	-	Username here
Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey	Naturalist	"First lady of ornithology"	Yes	No	-	Username here
Florence Peebles	Geneticist	Genetics -- student of T.H. Morgan	No	No	-	Username here
Georgina Mace	Ecologist	BES president, FRS, IUCN red list	Poor	No	-	--Elutris1 (talk) 12:49, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Graceanna Lewis	Naturalist	Expert ornithologist	Yes	No	-	Username here
Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige	Naturalist, Museum curator	Herpetologist and Icthyologist	Poor	No	-	electronpink
Isabelle Bird	Natural Historian	-	Yes	No	-	Username here
Jane Colden	Botanist	First female botanist?	Poor	No	-	Zabbals
Karen Steel	Geneticist	Genetics of hearing	Poor	Yes	-	Username here
Margaret Gatty	Writer	Marine biology - wrote a book on British seaweeds	Poor	No	-	--Allisonhensman (talk) 14:15, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Marianne North	Naturalist	Botanical art	Poor	No	-	Username here
Martha Maxwell	Naturalist & Vegetarian	Helped found modern taxidermy	Poor	No	-	Username here
Mary Agnes Chase	Botanist	considered one of the world's outstanding agrostologists	Yes	No	-	Username here
Mary Elizabeth Barber	19th century scientist	Botany, ornithology and entomology	Yes	No	-	Username here
Mary J. Rathbun	Zoologist	Crustaceans	Yes	No	-	Username here
Mary Murtfeldt	Entomologist	-	Poor	No	-	Username here
Mary Rice	Zoologist	Worms	No	Yes	-	Username here
Mary Sophie Young	Botanist	-	No	No	-	--PhyloDom (talk) 13:53, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Mary Treat	Naturalist, friend of Darwin	Entomology	Yes	No	-	Username here
Metrodora	Polymath, physician	First medical book written by a woman	Poor	No	-	Username here
Nancy Grimm	Ecologist	Urban ecology -- all the major reviews and insights are by her or in her publications	No	Yes	-	Username here
Olive Thorne Miller	Naturalist	-	No	No	-	Username here
Polina Mendeléef	Cancer researcher	Daughter of Mendeleev	No	No	-	Username here
Pythias of Assos	-	Aristotle's first wife	No	No	-	Username here
Roger Arliner Young	Zoologist	First African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in Zoology	Quite good -- but could be improved	No	-	Username here
Rosa Smith Eigenmann	Marine Biologist	first notable female ichthylogist	Yes	No	-	Username here
Rosemary Gillespie	Ecologist	-	No	Yes	-	Username here
Sandra Diaz	Ecologist	Largest plant database	No	Yes	-	Username here
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh	Primatologist	-	-	-	-	Username here
Susan Fenimore Cooper	Naturalist	-	Poor	No	-	Username here
Susan Trumbore	Ecologist	-	No	Yes	-	Username here
Ynes Mexia	Botanist	Mexican and South American plant collection	Yes	No	-	Username here
Louise-Anastasia Serment	Natural philosopher	-	Very poor	No	-	Username here
Margaret Morse Nice	Ornithologist	Song Sparrow	Yes	-	-	Username here
Nellie Harris Rau	Behavioural Ecologist	Wife of Phil Rau. Wasps	-	-	-	Username here
Jane Sharp	-	-	-	-	-	--Username here
Annie Morrill Smith	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Amelia Laskey	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Lorenna Strozzi	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Emma Lucy Braun	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Ruth Harris Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Barbara De Wolfe	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Bessa Vugo	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Jeanne Villepreux-Power	-	-	-	-	-	--Holrob2000 (talk) 14:26, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Marie Lachapelle	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Caroline Dormon	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Anna Atkins	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Laura Boulton	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Marie Boivin	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Kathleen Haddon	-	-	-	-	-	--MCMLowe (talk) 13:17, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Helen Frances James	Palaeontologist/ornithologist	Fossil birds of Hawaii, curator of birds at the Museum of Natural History, Washington.	Yes	Yes	-	--Flakkarin (talk) 12:44, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Alison Jolly	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Amalie Dietrich	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Käthe Hoffmann	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Harriet Mann Miller	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Margaret Clay Ferguson	-	-	-	-	-	--PhyloDom (talk) 14:10, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Tamara Mkheidze	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Liane Russell	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Carolina Dodel Port	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Margaretta Hare-Morris	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Anna Thynne	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Juliet Clutton-Brock	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Marie Sibille Merian	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Mary Roberts (author)	-	-	-	-	-	--Helenherself (talk) 12:46, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Elizabeth Gould	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Elsie Wilkins Sexton	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
N. B. Eales	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Marie Victoria Lebour	-	-	-	-	-	Username here
Sidnie Manton	-	-	-	-	-	Username here