Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/TSU USF WHM edit-a-thon 2024

Tennessee State University and University of South Florida University Women's History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon presented with support from Wikimedia DC

When

March 21, 2024 - 11am-2pm

Registration

Private

Event Dashboard

Coming soon

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Step 1:

Create a Wikipedia username if you don't already have one (top right) and log-in
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Usernames are public. You do not have to use your real name.

Step 2:

Check-in for this event using the blue button below. This helps us to track editing progress during the edit-a-thon.

1) Select 'Check in'

2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Publish changes'. DO NOT ADD TEXT TO THE FIELD.

Your username will automatically be added to the list of attendees.

Articles to create or edit

Instructions

Go to this Google sheet and add your username next to the article you would like to edit or create
Return here to the event page and select your article's red or blue link. Red=New draft articles for creation, Blue=Existing articles
Select 'Create' (for new articles), and 'Edit' for existing articles
For new articles, start by adding a 'References' header at the bottom. Return to the top and start writing. Publish as you go to avoid losing your work.
Use the sources below each article name to find information and build your article/s. Be sure to cite your sources.

Tip: Open this event page in multiple tabs. You will need it quite often (mostly for sourcing) and it's easy to close inadvertently.

Please DO NOT create or edit articles about yourself or anyone with whom you have a financial, familial, or close-personal relationship. For more, see WP:COI.

For creation

Draft:Lena Angevine Warner - Activist, nurse[1][2]This draft was started but needs to be rewritten. There is too much 'puffery'. Delete and rewrite if moved to do so.
Draft:Sondra Freckelton - Artist[3][4][5]
Draft:Mae Engron - Artist[6][7]
Draft:Katja Oxman - Artist[8][9][10][11]
Draft:Binta Diaw - Artist [12][13]
Draft:Trish Beckman - Aviator: First woman to qualify as a crewmember in the F-15E program and the first American woman to qualify as a crewmember in the F.A-18D[14][15]
Draft:Adele Y. Schonbrun - Ceramic artist[16][17]
Draft:Marika Gidali - Dancer, Holocaust survivor[18][19] - [20] This draft needs a rewrite and far more content. There should be enough for a lead paragraph and multiple sections
Draft:Ida Gray Hampton - Educator and first Black woman to graduate from Gallaudet University[21][22]
Draft:Sandra Jeffcoat - First African American woman to become a member of the Boeing Technical Excellence Program and was the winner of the 2005 National Women of Color in Technology award[Trailblazers: The Women of The Boeing Company (is it possible to get this book?)]
Draft:Megan Robertson (pilot) - First female pilot to conduct a Chinook helicopter test flight
Draft:Marisol Chalas - First latina female National Guard Blackhawk helicopter pilot[23][24][Photo: [25][26]
Draft:Connie J. Engel - First woman to solo in the T-41 and T-37 and the first woman to become a T-38 instructor pilot[27][28][Interview: use as primary source. Add to external links section. [29]
Draft:Charlotte Holzer - Nazi resistance, Baum Group[30][31][32], also see Years of Defiance: The Herbert Baum Group and Jewish Resistance in Berlin
Draft:Mira Shelub - Partisan (Nazi resistance)[33][34] - This draft was a good start, but there's a lot more to add.
Draft:Gertrudes Altschul - Photographer[][35][36] - Expand draft. There's a lot missing.
Draft:Melissa Carper - Signer, songwriter[37][38][39]
Draft:Mabel Cody - Stunt aviator[40][41][42]Photo: [43]
Draft:Janetta R. FitzHugh - Suffragist[][44][45][46]
Draft:Tsedaye Makonnen [47][48]
Draft:Therrell C. Smith [49][50](Add link in External links as it's a primary source)[51]
Draft:Cora Masters Barry [52][53][54]
Draft:Quest Skinner [55][56][57]
Draft:Dane Figueroa Edidi [58][59]
Draft:Carla Perlo [60][61][62]
Draft:Deborah Riley [63][64]
Draft:Ayanna Gregory [65][66]
Draft:Felicia Curry [67][68]
Draft:Regina Aquino [69][70]
Draft:Sylvia Soumah [71][72]
Draft:Lola Beaver [73][74][75]
Draft:Myrtis Bedolla [76][77][78]
Draft:Joy Zinoman [79][80][81]
Draft:Hana S. Sharif [82][83]
Draft:Shanara Gabrielle [84][85]
Draft:Dani Stoller [86][87]
Draft:Sandra Butler Truesdale [88][89]
Draft:Amy Austin (theater director)[90][91]

Stubs

Agnes Lyall - Artist
Ruth Elias - Survivor. Saved prisoners by evacuating a hospital, Wrote memoir.
Tema Schneiderman - Nazi resistance

Stubs (short articles) to expand (good for beginners)

Di Stovall [92], Add external links section with link to website
Susan Fisher Sterling [93][94]

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