Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/SAWHM Becoming Visible Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
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Becoming Visible Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon presented by the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum with support from Wikimedia DC
When
- March 27, 2024 - 11 am – 2 pm EDT
Where
- Virtual
Description
- Did you know that less than 20% of biographies in English-language Wikipedia are about women? Help change that by joining the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum on March 27th for a Wikipedia edit-a-thon. Attendees will edit and create Wikipedia articles inspired by the museum’s first digital exhibition, “Becoming Visible.”
- This event will have two parts:
- 1) Getting started with Wikipedia edits: 11am-12pm
- 2) Wikipedia edit-a-thon: 12pm-2pm
- Attendees can join us for one of both parts depending on their availability and experience with Wikipedia editing. New editors are encouraged to attend the introductory session at 11am.
Registration
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Outcomes via the dashboard
START HERE[edit]
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[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.
ILC Dover seamstresses[edit]
- De Monchaux, Nicholas. Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo. MIT Press, 2011.
- Ayrey, Bill. Lunar Outfitters: Making the Apollo Space Suit. University of Florida Press, 2020.
- Douglas N. Lantry, “Man in Machine: Apollo-Era Space Suits as Artifacts of Technology and Culture,” Winterthur Portfolio 30.4 (Winter 1995): 203-230. See section The Shop Floor, pages 222-224
- Douglas N. Lantry, “Dress for Egress: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Apollo Spacesuit Collection,” Journal of Design History 14.4 (2001): 343-359
- “Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit Was Made by a Bra Manufacturer,” Smithsonian Magazine
- Outer Space & Underwear, Sidedoor, A Smithsonian Podcast, Season 5: Episode 1
- Nelson, Sue, “The women who sewed the suits for the space race” BBC.com, 24 February 2022
- “The improbable story of the bra-maker who won the right to make astronaut spacesuits” Fast Company blog
- The Women Behind the Apollo Space Suit, University of Florida Press blog, October 30, 2020
- The seamstresses behind NASA’s spacesuit
- Bras in space: The Incredible True Story Behind the Upcoming Film Spacesuit
- Expedition: Fashion from the Extreme, Exhibition at the Fashion Institute of Technology, September 15,2017-January 6, 2018
- The seamstresses who fashioned Apollo’s spacesuits, CBS Morning News, July 14, 2019
- Apollo Space Suit: A Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark (2013). See page 8 of pdf linked to page under “More of the Apollo Space Suit”
Seamstresses (Notable)[edit]
- Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo (2011): 211.
- Douglas N. Lantry, “Man in Machine,” p. 223-224 see notes
- Lunar Outfitters, p. 113, 119-121, 211, 280.
- Oral history in Hagley Digital Archives
- Apollo Space Suit: A Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark (2013) (p. 9 of pdf)
- Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo (2011), p. 209
- Oral history in Oral history in Hagley Digital Archives (digital.hagley.org)
- Douglas N. Lantry, “Man in Machine,” p. 223, see notes on p. 223-224
- Lunar Outfitters, p. 125-128.
- Apollo Space Suit: A Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark (2013) (p. 9 of pdf)
- Dr. Emily A. Margolis Recognizes Women in STEM
- Douglas N. Lantry, “Man in Machine,” p. 223-224 see notes
- Lunar Outfitters, p. 67, 124 photograph and caption
- Oral history in Hagley Digital Archives (digital.hagley.org)
- Apollo Space Suit: A Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark (2013) (p. 9 of pdf)
Draft:Joanne Thompson (seamstress)
- The women who sewed the suits for the space race
- Sidedoor “Outer Space and Underwear”
- Lunar Outfitters, p. 299 photograph and caption
- CBS Sunday Morning, July 14, 2019 (informational. Do not cite youtube)
Draft:Jeanne Wilson (seamstress)
- Dr. Emily A. Margolis Recognizes Women in STEM
- The women who sewed the suits for the space race
- (spelled Jean Esther Wilson) Sidedoor “Outer Space and Underwear”
- Dr. Emily A. Margolis Recognizes Women in STEM
- Blog, women Apollo (5th woman highlighted, go to blue section and use arrows to scroll right)
- NASM Archives photo
- Lunar Outfitters, p. 123 photograph
- Photo only
- Photo only
Black Fashion Museum[edit]
- NMAAHC collection items
- Lillian Brown Head, 89: Creative milliner and fashion pioneer, Atlants Journal Constitution
- Atlants History Center
- Episode 51: Two Georgia-Born Milliners You've Probably Never Heard Of, Black Fashion History
Draft:Grace Miceli or Draft:Grace Costumes (choose one to create)
- Collection item
- Obituary, NY Times
- Costume Hunting After the Warehouse Fire
- Article where her protégé, Emilio Sosa, has an article mentions her shop
- Column, NY Mag
- Fall Theater Preview
- LACMA Unframed
- Mildred Blount: “Milliner to the Stars!” and designer of hats for “Gone With The Wind”
- Millner's Guild
Mothers’ March on Polio[edit]
- A Mother’s Lessons on Vaccine Advocacy Not Hesitancy
- Mother’s March on Polio Collection Envelope
- https://www.loc.gov/item/2019643177/ Editorial cartoon: Never underestimate the power of a woman]
- Article about two of the women who were leaders in the original march in Phoenix (only lists their married names ) January 23, 1955 (page 22 of 107). (1955, Jan 23). Arizona Republic (1930-)
- Oshinsky, David M. Polio: An American Story (Oxford University Press, 2005): 87-90.
- Sills, David L. The Volunteers: Means and Ends in a National Organization. New York: Columbia University, Bureau of Applied Social Research (1957): 158-162, 183-185. Digital copy of book found on Internet Archive
- Eleven congresswomen displaying their armband and putting donations into a ccup to support the March of Dimes’ Mother’s March. They stand in an office with Mrs. F. Reid Wallace, a representative of the March of Dimes, circa 1953-1955.
- “10,000 Mothers March on Polio: Most Thrilling Sight I Ever Saw,” The Baltimore Sun, February 1, 1951, p. 32. ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
- “Mother’s March on Polio Seeks 200,000 Army: Women Volunteers Collect Dimes Needed,” New York Herald Tribune, November 8, 1952, p. 13. ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
- “30, 000 Turn Out Wednesday in Mother’s March on Polio,” The Washington Post, January 25, 1953, p. M16. ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
- “45,000 Women March Tonight in Polio Drive: Call at Houses Where Porches Are Lit,” Chicago Daily Tribune, January 30, 1958, p. 4. ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
- Many photographs available on the Digital Public Library of America
- Oshinsky, David M. Polio: An American Story (Oxford University Press, 2005): 86-87.
- Obituary, NY Times
Draft:Elinor Widmont Bodian - Medical illustrator, wife of polio researcher Dr. David Bodian
- Obituary, Baltimore Sun, September 28, 2011
- In Memoriam (Death of Alumni), Johns Hopkins Magazine
- Elinor Widmont Bodian Scholarship in Medical Art
- The David and Elinor Bodian Scholarship Fund
- Mentioned in Molliver, Mark E. David Bodian, 1910-1992: A Biographical Memoir. National Academy of Sciences, 2012
Draft:Norma Gaillard - Chemist for the Tuskegee Infantile Paralysis Center (March of Dimes connected research)
- Article, Scientific American
- Waters, Enoc P.,Jr. 1954. "Carver Lab Aids in Fight on Mysterious Polio Virus." The Chicago Defender (National Edition) (1921-1967), Jan 02, 5.
- "Tuskegee Scientists, Researchers Play Key Role in Polio Program: Carver Foundation Central Source of Tissue Cultures." 1955.Atlanta Daily World (1932-), Apr 17, 1
Draft:Bettye Steele Turner - the head of Tuskegee’s March of Dimes chapter
- Article from Tuskegee Herald
- Jackson advocate. [volume (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, December 19, 1959, page 2]
Draft:Mathilda Benyesh Melnick - Wife and collaborator of polio research Joseph Melnick)
- “Women Play Key Role In ‘Dimes’ Research” March of Dimes article 1960, appearing in newspapers nation-wide including The Helper Journal.
- Matilda Melnick Obituary
- Joseph Melnick, Polio Pioneer, Dies at 86
Irena Koprowska - Polish born pathologist and wife of Hilary Koprowski who discovered the first oral polio vaccine) (Page exists and needs improvement[1][2][3][4] (*NOTE: Koprowska page updated by Maydayparker and others during this edit-a-thon)
Bernice E. Eddy - vaccine tester at NIH who found live virus in the Cutter vaccine
- The Tainted Polio Vaccine that Sickened and Fally Paralyed Children in 1955, Washington Post, Also see
- The Netowrks of Women Behind the Polio Vaccine
- Conquering Polio (2005)
- The Women of the Virus Resear omen of the Virus Research Labor ch Laboratory: The Hidden Hist y: The Hidden History of the Salk V of the Salk Vaccine thr accine through the W ough the Women who work omen who worked with Dr ed with Dr. Jonas Salk in Pittsburgh, PA from 1947 to 1955
- Youngner, J. S., Elsie N. Ward, and Jonas E. Salk. 1952. Studies on Poliomyelitis Viruses in Cultures of Monkey Testicular Tissue. I. Propagation of Virus in Roller Tubes. American Journal of Hygiene 55 (2): 291–300.
- Lady Science: The networks of women behind the polio vaccine
Lorraine C. Friedman - (Jonas Salk’s personal secretary for 40 years)
Japanese American Women Artists and World War II[edit]
- Densho.org profile
- Miki Hayakawa, SI.edu
- Miki Hayakawa: Painting in Place, The Huntington
- Portrait of a Negro, LACMA Collections
- Craft in America
- Mira Nakashima on the Life and Legacy of George Nakashima - SAMBlog (seattleartmuseum.org)
- The Woodworker’s Daughter, Princeton Magazine
- Oral history interview with Mira Nakashima, 2010 March 11 | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution (si.edu)
- House Calls: Mira Nakashima (phillips.com)
- New Auction Record for Mira Nakashima | Architectural Digest
- Fashion art by Doris Saito
- Japanese American Artists Behind Barbed Wire
- ddr-densho-339 — Doris & Carl Saito Collection | Densho Digital Repository
- The Emergence of Japanese Americans in Fashion: The Triumphs and Legacies of Forgotten Designers, 1939-1965 - ProQuest
- Forgotten Designers, 1939-1965 - ProQuest
- Music in Japanese American Concentration Camps
- Bits ‘n’ Pieces: Years in internment camp didn’t stifle spirit of singer - The Columbian
- Woman who began singing in Japanese internment camp releases CD - The Columbian
- Off Beat: CD reunites friends after a half century - The Columbian
- Vancouver woman, 85, releases jazz CD a half-century after her last performance - oregonlive.com
- Searchlight Serenade: Amy Uyeki, Chickie Ishihara White | KBOO
- ‘Searchlight Serenade’: High Notes, Dark Times - International Examiner (iexaminer.org)
- Mary Nomura, Densho encyclopedia
- Mary Nomura — Japanese American Museum of San Jose (jamsj.org)
- The Songbird of Manzanar: Mary Nomura - Part 1 - Discover Nikkei
- The Songbird of Manzanar: Mary Nomura - Part 2 - Discover Nikkei
- Words, Weavings, and Songs | Japanese American National Museum (janm.org)
- VJAMM Committee Members and Former Manzanar Internees Speak to High School Students About Their Wartime Experience, Pacific Citizen
- Hidden Legacy Article (jcalegacy.com)
- Koho Yamamoto: Under a Dark Moon – The Brooklyn Rail
- Koho Yamamoto with Amanda Millet-Sorsa – The Brooklyn Rail
- From Topaz to Soho: The Spirited Art of Koho Yamamoto - The Interchurch Center (interchurch-center.org)
- JHC Exhibits Rare Painting by Koho Yamamoto; Ikebana Flower Show Highlights Japanese Art - Jay Heritage Center
- SI Collection Images: Search | Smithsonian Institution (si.edu)
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