Wikipedia:Meetup/MSU/Women in Montana
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Join Montana State University Library, Diversity and Inclusion Student Commons (DISC), and the Women's Center for the Women in Montana edit-a-thon Tuesday, March 4th at Montana State University Library! |
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 What: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Women in Montana When: Tuesday, March 4th, from 10 am – 4 pm (Mountain)/ 12 pm - 6pm (Eastern) Where: Montana State University Library Bozeman, MT and online! Suggested Focus: Women in Montana. What to bring: Your preferred editing device (personal computer, tablet) and necessary charging cables. Parking: https://www.montana.edu/parking/ |
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[edit]Here are a few suggested articles to create or improve during this edit-a-thon, but you are welcome to work on anything you like.
Please note: This is a crowdsourced list. You can help us by adding to it! If you are familiar with editing Wikipedia, you can add your suggestions to the tables below. If you are unfamiliar with editing you can add your suggestions by filling out our Suggestion Form.
Since Women in Montana can cover such a broad variety of topics, we have broken our editing suggestions into a few different categories. More categories may be added as we collect more subjects. If you would like to add to our list but are unsure where a subject or person belongs, just add them to the general list.
| Topic | Some Sources | Notes |
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| List of People from Montana | Use this list for inspiration (look for names in red) and add any missing names | |
| Montana Women's Prison | Check out the "Talk" page for some suggested improvements | |
| Women in Red | This is a WikiProject specific to building (and improving) Wikipedia pages for women who aren't represented. As of November 2024 their Redlist Index does not have a page assigned to Montana. | |
| List of women cookbook writers | see if any Montana names need to be added to this list, or if their pages need improvement. | |
| Topic | Some Sources | Notes |
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| Alma Smith Jacobs | [1], [2] | First African American to serve as Montana State Librarian. Article could use more information and citations |
| Lucille Smith Thompson | [1] | Co-author of The Negro in Montana, Reference Librarian and Head of Reference at MSU Library |
| Montana Federation of Colored Women's Clubs | [1], [2], [3] | Possible alternate name: Montana Federation of Negro Women's Club. group is mentioned in Woman's club movement in the United States, Alma Smith Jacobs served as president. |
| Topic | Some Sources | Notes |
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| Jeannette Rankin | ||
| Edna Ranking McKinnon | ||
| Carol Williams (politician) | Article could use more information and citations | |
| Whitney Williams | Article could use more information and citations | |
| Zooey Zepher | ||
| Montana suffragists | Note: pages with red links haven't been created yet! | |
| Topic | Some Sources | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Waded Cruzado | Check to make sure page is as filled out as possible | |
| Minnie Paugh | [1], [2], [3], [4] | Laid the groundwork for the MSU ASC, and has a small section on their Wikipedia page. She also has multiple collections at ASC, all listed in the sources section. Previous attempts to create a page came back as "not significant enough" |
| Kate Calvin | Montana State College's first music professor | |
| Mary Ellen Chase | Author who taught in Montana | |
| Topic | Some Sources | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jonnie Jonckowsi | [1] | PBR champion bullrider |
| Susan Haughian | [1] | Cowboy Hall of fame member |
| Harriet Cushman | [1], [2], [3] | Montana Extension officer and poultry expert. She has two collections in MSU ASC (in sources), an honorary doctorate from MSU, and was also a bio-chemist. |
| Extension Services | Extension services are/were an important resource for women managing homes, gardens, and farms. Many Extension Agents are women. This topic appears to only be marginally covered on Wikipedia through a network of thin articles: Agricultural extension, Extension agency, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (this is an example of a former extension service program and it is the link that some related sites reference for extension service). Here are some related articles which could use more information and/or updated topic links: 4-H (program run by extension services), Master Gardiner Program (program run by extension services), Land-grant University (these manage/maintain extension services), Smith-Lever Act of 1914 (law that established cooperative extension services). | |
| Topic | Some Sources | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Caroline M. McGill | [1] | has a digital collection in MSU ASC |
| Marsha Karle | [1], [2], [3], [4], [5] | Needs to be added to the Artists from Montana list page. She is an artist who has collaborated on creating books with her husband, Paul Schullery. |
| Olga Ross Hannon | [1] | Art professor at MSC who organized Delta Phi Delta on campus. She has a collection in MSU ASC. |
| Marian T. Place | [1] | Author. MSU ASC has her papers |
| Annick Smith | Writer and filmmaker | |
| Yamuna Devi | Butte born cookbook author. Her page could use more information and citation | |
| Topic | Some Sources | Notes |
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| Cathy Whitlock | [1], [2] | |
| Irene Giovanini | ASC finding aid to come | Early woman in STEM, MSC student |
| Resource | Description |
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| MSU Archives and Special Collections, Women | List of collections held by MSU Archives and Special Collections that relate to women. |
| Montana Women's History Facebook page | This is not a vetted website so use for inspiration only |
| Montana Women's History website | Use for inspiration, bibliographies, articles in Magazine of Western History, oral histories and more. |
| Index of Montana-related articles | Wikipedia list page |
| The Montana Ethic | Presentations from Montana leaders (including women) |