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Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon: Women Innovators in Aviation and Spaceflight

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Wikipedia is an openly editable resource, meaning that you can improve the quality and accuracy of Wikipedia entries. As one of the web’s most visited reference sites, Wikipedia serves as a starting point for many individuals looking to learn about art, history, and science.

During this training, attendees of all experience levels will learn the basics of how to edit Wikipedia by updating articles related to the history of women in aviation and spaceflight.

This event is planned in conjunction with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative, a multiyear undertaking to document, research, collect, display, and share the history of women in the United States.

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when

October 28th, 2021

1:00pm-3:30pm Eastern

where

Virtual!

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary; training will be provided. No background in aviation, spaceflight, or women's history is required.

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• Create a Wikipedia account
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• CarCai (talk) 17:39, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
• Ipigott (talk) 11:07, 17 October 2021 (UTC) Will be happy to assist with follow-up, mentoring, etc.
• econterms (talk) 16:25, 28 October 2021 (UTC) Will be happy to assist others.
• Jim.henderson (talk) 16:41, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
• --Khanbawdy (talk) 17:00, 28 October 2021 (UTC) happy to assist others
• Rosiestep (talk) 17:18, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
• Baasilt (talk) 17:19, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
• Green Tailed Jojo (talk) 17:40, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
• Sarahr334 (talk) 17:56, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
• --Cpeziogirl (talk) 17:58, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
• --KellyDoyle (talk) 17:58, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
• AeroSpaceHerstory (talk) 18:00, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
• --Nellmaccarty (talk) 18:00, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
• Wikiteatoe (talk) 18:10, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
• --UniversalExample (talk) 18:46, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
• --Sonoet2 (talk)

Articles to edit

• Shaesta Waiz, first female certified civilian pilot born in Afghanistan, and the youngest woman to fly solo around the world in a single-engine aircraft [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]Images [12][13][14][15]Wikidata item [16]
• Patrice Washington, first black woman graduate of Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida; first woman pilot of Bahamasair; first black woman captain of a major U.S. air service and first black female pilot hired by the United Parcel Service [17][18][19][20] Images to Upload [21] Wikidata item[22]
• Suzanne Asbury-Oliver, Only active female professional skywriter in the world [23][24][25][26] Wikidata item[27]
• Mary Haizlip, second woman in the United States to qualify for a commercial pilot's license [28][29][30] Images[31][32][33][34] Wikidata item[35]
• Whirly-Girls, a non-profit, charitable and educational organization that aims to advance women in helicopter aviation [36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44] Wikidata item[45]
• Maggie Gee (pilot), One of two Chinese-American women to serve in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) in World War II [46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53] Wikidata item [54]
• Nancy Hopkins (aviator), president of the International Women's Air and Space Museum and a member of United Flying Octogenarians [55][56]Images[57][58][59][60] Wikidata item [61]
• Janet Bragg,first African-American woman to hold a commercial pilot license [62][63] Wikidata item [64]
• Ida Van Smith, African-American pilot and flight instructor [65][66][67][68][69]Wikidata item[70]
• Jill E. Brown, first African-American woman to become a pilot for a major American passenger airline [71][72]Wikidata item [73]
• Emily Howell Warner, first woman captain of a scheduled US airline [74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83] Wikidata item[84]
• Olga E. Custodio, first female Hispanic U.S. military pilot [85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94]Wikidata item[95]
• Richarda Morrow-Tait, the first woman to pilot an aircraft around the world Wikidata item [96]
• Moya Lear, American businesswoman and philanthropist who is considered the mother of the business jet industry [97][98][99][100] Wikidata item[101]
• Nancy Deloye Fitzroy, American engineer and one of the first female helicopter pilots [102] Wikidata item[103]
• June Maule, American businesswoman and owner/manager of Maule Air [104][105] Wikidata item[106]
• Hayley Arceneaux, the youngest American and person with a prosthetic body part to visit space Wikidata item [107]
• Ruth Carol Taylor, the first African-American flight attendant in the United States [108]Wikidata item[109]
• Women in Aviation International, nonprofit organization dedicated to the encouragement and advancement of women in all aviation career fields and interests [110][ Wikidata item[111]

Articles to create

• Alverna Babbs Williams, first American pilot with disabilities to earn a pilot’s license [112][113][114][115] Images[116]Wikidata item[117]
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• Sharon Caples McDougle, the first female and first African American promoted to the position of Manager of the Space Shuttle Crew Escape Equipment Processing department [118][119][120][121] Images[122][123][124][125][126][127][128][129][130][131][132][133][134][135]Wikidata item [136]
  • Mbabel link
• Cassie Kloberdanz Lee, Space, environment, and women's workforce activist [137][138][139][140][141][142][143][144][145][146]Images[147][148][149][150]
• Jean Ross Howard Phelan, founder of Whirly-Girls [151][152][153][154][155][156][157][158][159][160][161] Wikidata item Jean Ross Howard Phelan (Q108892256)
• Theresa Claiborne, First African American woman pilot in the U.S. Air Force [162][163][164][165][166][167][168][169][[170][171][172][173][174]Images[175][176]Wikidata item[177]
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• Eleanor Joyce Toliver-Williams, First Certified African American Female FAA Controller [178][179][180][181][182][183][184][185][186][187]Wikidata item[188] --CarCai (talk) 18:55, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
• Erin Miller, Author and advocate [189][190][191][192][193][194][195][196]Images[197][198][199][200][201][202]Wikidata item[203]
• Andrea Lewis (Pilot), First African American female pilot of Georgia Air Guard [204][205][206][207][208][209][210]Wikidata item[211] --CarCai (talk) 18:42, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
• Rebecca Bresnik, lead attorney for International Space Station (ISS)[212][213][214][215][216]
• Cindy L. Hasselbring, Long-time STEM education advocate [217][218][219][220][221][222][223]
• Katherine Landdeck, Developed the WASP Archive, Author, historian [224][225][226][227][228][229][230]Wikidata item[231]
• Dana Bolles, Space Engineer/Science Communicator for NASA [232][233][234][235][236][237][238][239][240][241]Wikidata item[242]
• Edith Ogilby Berg (Mrs. Hart O. Berg), the first American woman to fly as a passenger in an airplane [243][244][245][246][247]Wikidata item[248] -- started new article as Draft:Edith Ogilby Berg

Outcomes

Dashboard

Articles created

• started new article as Draft:Edith Ogilby Berg

Articles improved