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Women's Independence and Financial Power Wikipedia Edit-a-thon presented by the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum with support from Wikimedia DC

When

October 28, 2024 - 11 am – 2 pm EDT

Where

Virtual

Description

Until 1974, married women could not get credit cards in their own name. Join us for a Wikipedia edit-a-thon on women, credit, and financial power to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, which prohibited lenders from discriminating against consumers based on their sex or marital status.
Did you know that less than 20% of biographies in English-language Wikipedia are about women? The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum is working to change that and we need you to help share the stories of women who ensured the success of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and leaders in the banking industry who expanded services for women.
This event will have two parts:
Getting started with Wikipedia edits: 11 am - 12 pm
Wikipedia edit-a-thon: 12 pm - 2 pm
Join in for one or both sessions, but new editors are encouraged to attend the introductory session at 11 am.

Registration

Register

Safe Space Policy

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START HERE

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Step 1:

  • Create a Wikipedia username if you don't already have one (top right) and log-in
  • Already have an account? Simply log-in (top right)
  • 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

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Instructions

  1. Go to this Google sheet (coming soon) and add your username next to the article you would like to edit or create
  2. Return here to the event page and select your article's red or blue link. Red=New draft articles for creation, Blue=Existing articles
  3. Select 'Create' (for new articles), and 'Edit' for existing articles
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

New Articles for Women Related to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act

* The legislative aide who brought the problem of women obtaining credit or financial services to the attention of Senator William Brock


Background and Education

  • B.A., Newcomb College, 1963 (the historic women’s college for Tulane, now integrated into Tulane University)
  • M.A., Tulane University, 1966, Thesis: Organization of women in a one-party state: the National Council of Ghana Women
  • Ph.D. Columbia University, New York, 1972 (Political Science) Dissertation:

The politics of underdevelopment; from voluntary associations to party auxiliaries in Ghana

https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/17/us/battle-rages-to-preserve-college-in-new-orleans.html but ultimately did not receive the appointment.

  • Associate Member, Board of Directors, Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Association, 2003-2010
Books
  • Staying Solvent (1988), ISBN-13: 978-0-03-062954-9
  • The Ms. Money Book (1990), ISBN-13: 978-052524669X
  • The Single Parent’s Money Guide (1996) with Christie Watts Kelly, ISBN-13: 978-0-2-861119-8
  • Business Capital for Women: The essential Handbook for Entrepreneurs (1996) with Adam L. Miller, ISBN-13: 978-0-02-860854-9
  • Managing you Inheritance: getting It, Keeping It, Growing It—Making the Most of Any Size Inheritance (1997) with Adam L. Miller, ISBN-13: 978-0-8129-2600-2
  • New Families, New Finances: Money Skills for Today’s Nontraditional Families (1998) with Christie Watts Kelly, ISBN-13: 978-0-471-19612-9
  • Also contributed to Consumer Reports Complete Guide to Managing Your Money (1989) and The Consumer Reports Money Book (1995 & 1997)
* In 1965 Jorie Leuloff was the first female reporter for WMAQ Channel 5 in Chicago. She became the first female anchor for the station a year later. She testified before Congress in 1972 regarding her experience of credit discrimination and bias after her marriage in 1970 to Richard Friedman. Leuloff was the most high-profile woman to testify.

New Articles Related to Women in Banking and Finance

* Strategic Growth Markets & Client Development Executive, Merrill Wealth Management
* First Female Officer at the Federal Reserve Bank
Draft:Lacey Horn, Cherokee Nation
* “Advancing Native American Representation in the Corporate World https://www.usetinc.org/uncategorized/advancing-native-american-representation-in-the-corporate-world/
* Recently named CEO of U.S. Bank https://ir.usbank.com/news-events/news/news-details/2024/U.S.-Bancorp-promotes-Gunjan-Kedia-to-president/default.aspx
* See ‘Lillian H. Payne: The Banker’s Banker’ in Shennette Garrett-Scott, “Five African American Women Pioneers in U.S. Finance,” Columbia University Press Blog, March 20, 1919. https://cupblog.org/2019/03/20/five-african-american-women-pioneers-in-u-s-finance/
* “Viola Mitchell Turner (1900-1988),” Black Past, January 8, 2011 https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/turner-viola-mitchell-1900-1988/
  • See ‘Viola Turner: Black Wall Street’s Million-Dollar Investor’ in Shennette Garrett-Scott, “Five African American Women Pioneers in U.S. Finance,” Columbia University Press Blog, March 20, 1919. https://cupblog.org/2019/03/20/five-african-american-women-pioneers-in-u-s-finance/
  • Willie, Charles V. and Jolene A. Lane, “The Role of Fathers in the Lives of Black Women of Achievement,” Phylon Vol 49, No. ¾ (Autumn-Winter, 2001): 211-212. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3132629
  • Brown, Leslie, Upbuilding Black Durham: Gender, Class, and Black Community Development in the Jim Crow South (University of North Carolina Press, 2008) 131-138, 141, 160, 250, 280-81. E-copies available on Google Books and the Internet Archive.
* Pioneer brokerage executive in Washington DC

“Galil Winslow, brokerage executive, dies at 85,” The Washington Post, Sept 21, 2015 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/gail-winslow-brokerage-executive-dies-at-85/2015/09/21/421bfeba-609c-11e5-8e9e-dce8a2a2a679_story.html

* Founding Chair and CEO of the Women’s National Bank in Washington DC

Date of Birth and Death: January 27, 1927-May 29, 2018

Victoria Wright, Aquinnah Wampanoag
* “Advancing Native American Representation in the Corporate World https://www.usetinc.org/uncategorized/advancing-native-american-representation-in-the-corporate-world/

New Articles on Women’s Banks

* “Abigail Adams National Bancorp, Inc. Business Information, Profile, and History,” https://companies.jrank.org/pages/17/Abigail-Adams-National-Bancorp-Inc.html
* Opened in 1975
  • Bank Presidents
  • Madeline McWhinney Dale, President in 1974-1975
  • Lynn D. Salvage, President in 1976-1979

“Head of Women’s Bank Pulls Reins,” The New York Times, February 16, 1977, p. D1.ProQuest Historical Newspapers https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/head-womens-bank-pulls-reins-tighter/docview/123467003/se-2?accountid=46638

“Judy H. Mello Is Dead at 60; Executive of Women’s Bank,” The New York Times, October 24, 2003. https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/24/business/judy-h-mello-is-dead-at-60-executive-of-women-s-bank.html

  • Jill M. Considine, President, 1983-1984
  • Neale S. Godfrey, President, 1985-1986

Columbia Business School Profile https://business.columbia.edu/staff/people/neale-godfrey

  • Martin A. Simon, 1987-

“A Bank of His Own: Martin Simon; Running First Women’s Bank Is Now a Man’s Job,” The New York Times, February 8, 1987, p. 6. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/08/business/a-bank-of-his-own-martin-simon-running-first-women-s-bank-is-now-a-man-s-job.html

* “First Women’s Bank Submits FDIC Application, Names Board of Directors,” MonitorDaily, September 24, 2019. https://www.monitordaily.com/news-posts/first-womens-bank-submits-fdic-application-names-board-of-directors/

Enhance Existing Articles

* Second CEO of WNB which then becomes Adams National Bank
* Board Member Profile, Beneficial State Bank, https://www.beneficialstatebank.com/about-us/leadership-team/beatriz-acevedo

Latino Community Foundation https://www.beneficialstatebank.com/about-us/leadership-team/beatriz-acevedo

* Bio at TIAA https://www.tiaa.org/public/about-tiaa/leadership-team/thasunda-brown-duckett

100 Most Influential People of 2024, TIME Magazine, April 17, 2024 https://time.com/6964925/thasunda-brown-duckett/

* “Louise McCarren Herring,” Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library, https://digital.cincinnatilibrary.org/digital/collection/p16998coll39/id/773
* Add new information about involvement with First Women’s Bank
* “CU Pioneers: 1934 CU Advocates Gather at Estes Park and Form the Credit Union National Association (CUNA),” SW WA Chapter of Credit Unions https://www.swwchapter.org/pioneers.html
* “Symbol of Enterprise: Mary Gindhart Roebling Dynamic, Persuasive,” The New York Times, May 2, 1963, p. 19. https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/symbol-enterprise/docview/116600849/se-2?accountid=46638
* President of the First Women’s Bank of New York

“Head of Women’s Bank Pulls Reins,” The New York Times, February 16, 1977, p. D1. https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/head-womens-bank-pulls-reins-tighter/docview/123467003/se-2?accountid=46638

* “Two Women’s Banks Obtain Approval to Organize,” The New York Times, July 7, 1977, p. 67. https://www.nytimes.com/1977/07/07/archives/2-womens-banks-obtain-approval-to-organize.html

Thomas Jacob Noel and Gail Marjorie Beaton, The Women’s Bank: A Denver Success Story. Twenty Twenty Design, 2021. See article on LaRae B. Orullian, founding president and CEO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._LaRae_Orullian

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