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Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: 100 Women in Science at the Smithsonian

Ursula B. Marvin

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 science at the Smithsonian.

This event is planned in conjunction with the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives 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

January 20th, 2022

1:00pm-3:30pm Eastern

where

Virtual!

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

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

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• Find an article to edit!
• Ask questions in the Zoom chat
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Articles to edit

• Uta Merzbach, first curator of mathematical instruments at the Smithsonian Institution [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
• Margaret Santiago, museum registrar [8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
• Cleofé Calderón, botanist [15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
• Susan Faye Cannon, historian of science [22][23][24][25]
• Barbara Bell (astronomer), [26][27][28][29]
• Marie-Hélène Sachet, botanist [30][31][32][33][34][35][36]
• Jean Chandler Smith, librarian and bibliographer [37][38][39][40]
• Rose Ella Warner, entomologist who researched beetles [41][42][43]
• Jean Milton Berdan, geologist [44][45][46][47]
• Roxie Collie Laybourne, pioneered the study of forensic ornithology [48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56]
• Marian H. Pettibone, known for her work on worms, specializing in polychaetes [57][58][59][60]
• Florence Meier Chase, botanist who researched the interaction of sunlight and algae [61][62][63][64][65][66]
• Marie Poland Fish, oceanographer [67][68][69][[70][71][72]
• Regina Olson Hughes, scientific illustrator and translator [73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80]
• Viola Shelly Schantz, biologist and zoologist [81][82][83][84]
• Doris Holmes Blake, entomologist, scientific illustrator, & leaf beetle expert [85][86][87][88][89][90][91]
• Evelyn Groesbeeck Mitchell, entomologist, medical doctor and social reformer [92][93][94][95][96][97][98][99]
• Mary Wright Gill, scientific illustrator [100][101][102][103][104][105][106]
• Margaret W. Moodey, American scientific curator [107][108][109][110][111][112][113][114][115][116][117][118][119][120]
• Mary Vaux Walcott, artist, photographer, botanist and naturalist (1860-1940) [121][122][123][124][125][126][127][128][129][130][131][132]
• Erminnie A. Smith, geologist and an anthropologist[133][134][135]
• Ellen Powell Thompson, naturalist and botanist [136][137][138][139][140][141][142]
• Alice Cunningham Fletcher, American ethnologist, anthropologist, and social scientist [143][144][145][146]
• Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Founder and first president of Women's Anthropological Society of America [147][148][149]
• Louisa Bernie Gallaher, scientific photographer for the National Museum of Natural History [150][151][152][153][154][155][156][157]
• Mary J. Rathbun, American zoologist who specialized in crustaceans [158][159][160]
• Frances Densmore, American anthropologist and ethnographer [161][162][163][164][165][166][167][168][169]
• Mary Agnes Chase, U.S. botanist, botanical collector and scientific illustrator (1869–1963) [170][171][172][173][174][175][176][177][178][179][180][181][182]
• Harriet Richardson, one of the first female carcinologists [183][184][185][186][187]
• Julia Anna Gardner, geologist known worldwide for her work in stratigraphy and mollusc paleontology [188][189][190][191][192][193][194][195][196]
• Lucile Quarry Mann, zoologist, writer, and editor [197][198][199][200][201][202][203][204][205]
• Doris Mable Cochran, herpetologist & custodian of the American Natural Collection at the Smithsonian Institution [206][207]
• Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, astronomer and astrophysicist [208][209][210][211]
• Olive Ann Beech, aerospace businesswoman who was the co-founder, president, and chairwoman of the Beech Aircraft Corporation [212][213][214][215][216][217][218][219]
• Mildred Stratton Wilson, zoologist who researched copepods [220][221][222][223][224][225][226]
• Sophie Lutterlough, entomologist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History [227][228][229]
• Velva E. Rudd, botanist specializing in tropical legumes [230][231][232][233][234][235]
• Marion Stirling Pugh, American archaeologist [236][237][238][239]
• Isabel Pérez Farfante, carcinologist [240][241][242][243][244]
• Betty Meggers, archaeologist best known for her work in South America [245][246][247][248]
• Ursula Marvin, American geologist, mineralogist and historian of science [249][250][251][252][253][254][255][256]
• Margaret S. Collins, entomologist (zoologist) specializing in the study of termites Institution Archivesrchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_238733Institution Archivesrchives.si.edu/blog/margaret-collins-scholar-civil-rights-activist-and-mentor[257][258][259][260][261]
• Priscilla Reining, applied anthropologist [262][263][264]
• Lucile Eleanor St. Hoyme, biological anthropologist [265]Institution Archivesrchives.si.edu/blog/wisdom-head-and-not-beard[266][267][268][269]
• Mary E. Rice, invertebrate zoologist [270][271][272][273][274]
• Olga F. Linares, anthropologist and archaeologist [275][276][277][278]
• Devra G. Kleiman, biologist who helped create the field of conservation biology [279][280][281][282][283]
• Vicki Funk, botanist for the National Museum of Natural History [284][285][286][287][288][289][290]
• JoGayle Howard, zoologist and theriogenologist specializing in the captive breeding of endangered species [291][292][293][294][295][296][297][298]
• Pearl Lee Boone, invertebrate zoologist [299][300][301][302][303][304]

Articles to create

• Carolyn L. Rose, archaeological conservator for the Smithsonian Institution [305][306][307][308][309]
• Carol F. Jopling, librarian and anthropologist [310][311][312][313][314]
• Draft:Alice Withrow, botanist for the National Museum of Natural History and co-author of "Generation, Control, and Measurement of Visible and Near-visible Radiant Energy" [315][316][317][318][319][320][321]
• Draft:Constance Philpitt Warner, Photographer for the Smithsonian Zoological Park [322][323][324][325]
• Draft:Aime M. Awl, scientific illustrator for the National Museum of Natural History [326][327][328][329][330][331]
• Draft:Florence Elizabeth Frisby, computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory [332][333][334][335][336]
• Emma Dean Powell, American ornithologist; wife of John Wesley Powell (1835-1924) [337][338][339][340]
• Draft:Aida M. Doyle, scientific aide for the National Museum of Natural History, draft article here, [341][342][343][344][345][346][347][348][349][350][351][352][353][354]
• Mary Farnham Miller, American botanist (1872-1920), draft article here [355][356][357][358][359][360][361][362][363][364]
• Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot, American artist, draft article here [365][366][367][368][369][370][371][372][373][374][375][376][377][378][379][380]
• Florence A. Graves, computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, draft article here [381][382][383][384][385][386][387]
• Violet Dandridge, scientific illustrator and naturalist, draft article here [388][389][390][391][392][393][394][395][396]
• Eula Davis McEwan, geologist for the National Museum of Natural History, draft article here [397][398][399][400][401][402][403][404]
• Adelaide Corinna Reeside, paleobiology aide, Draft article here [405][406][407][408][409][410]
• Maude C. Rhoderick, computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, draft article here [411][412][413][414][415]
• Jessie G. Beach, Museum Aid, draft article here [416][417][418][419][420][421][422][423][424][425]
• Lena Hill, computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, draft article here [426][427][428][429][430][431][432][433][434][435]
• Esther S. Walker, volunteer for the National Zoological Park, draft article here [436][437][438]
• Juliana Kugua Fowle, computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, draft article here, [439][440][441]
• Gladys T. Bond, computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, draft article here [442][443][444][445][446][447][448][449][450]
• Nettie L. Stroman, volunteer with the National Zoological Park, draft article here [451][452][453][454][455]
• Grace E. Glance, entomologist for the National Museum of Natural History, draft article here [456][457][458][459][460][461][462][463]
• Josephine W. Cooper, paleobiologist for the National Museum of Natural History, draft article here [464][465][466][467][468][469][470]Image[471]
• Margaret Sordahl, naturalist for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, draft article here [472][473][474][475][476][477][478][479][480][481][482][483]
• Tillie Berger, preparator for the National Museum of Natural History, draft article here [484][485][486][487][488][489][490]
• May Belle Hutson Chitwood, zoologist with the National Zoological Park and the National Museum of Natural History, draft article here [491][492][493][494][495][496]
• Kittie Fenley Parker, botanist [497][498][499][500]
• Mildred Mott Wedel,anthropologist, draft article here [501][502][503]
• Nancy Prichard, computer and Special Assistant for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, draft article here [504][505][506][507]
• Sophy Parfin, entomologist for the National Museum of Natural History, draft article here [508][509][510]
• Elisabeth West FitzHugh, conservationist, draft article here [511][512][513][514][515]
• Catherine Scott (librarian), chief librarian for the National Air and Space Museum, draft article here [516][517][518]
• Marion P. McCrane, zoologist for the National Zoological Park, draft article here [519][520][521][522][523][524][525]
• Patsy Ann McLaughlin, carcinologist for the National Museum of Natural History, draft article here [526][527][528]
• Suzanne Ripley, primatologist for the National Zoological Park, draft article here [529][530][531]
• Alta Walker, geologist for the National Air and Space Museum, draft article here [532][533]
• Beth Ann Richwine, Objects Conservator, draft article here [534][535][536][537][538][539][540][541]
• Sherry Ann Reed, marine biologist and station manager for the Smithsonian Marine Station, draft article here [542][543][544][545][546][547][548]
• Constance G. Andre, remote sensing analyst [549][550][551][552]
• Francisca Wieser, artist for the National Museum of Natural History, draft article here [553][554][555]
• Inez A. Ensign, human computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, draft article here [556][557][558][559]
• Esther Weaver, computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, draft article here [560][561]
• Margaret A. Marsden, computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, draft article here [562][563][564][565]
• Muriel Denoyer Johnson, computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Obsvervatory, draft article here [566][567][568][569]
• Olive A. Greeley, assistant field director and bolometer assistant for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, draft article here [570][571][572][573]

Resources for Editing

To search for collections at the Smithsonian relating to an individual or topic: 
https://www.collections.si.edu  

Smithsonian Annual Reports of the Board of Regents with staff lists and descriptions of staff’s work and achievements:  
1847-1964: Online at Biodiversity Heritage Library: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/7964#/summary 
1965-1976: Online at Biodiversity Heritage Library: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/37221#/summary 
1977-2000: Online at Biodiversity Heritage Library: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/50761#/summary  

To search for publications and miscellaneous historical records relating to an individual:  
BHL general search: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/  

To find information about an individual who worked at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory:  
Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory of the Smithsonian Institution: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000678167  

Misc. Sources online:
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/ 
Library of Congress Chronicling America database of historical newspapers https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ 

Outcomes

Dashboard Metrics

• Added test and added refs to several articles. Geraldshields11 (talk) 20:23, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
• Moved from draft to published page for Mary Farnham Miller - JordanMHay (talk) 21:03, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
• Submitted draft to be published that included provided citations for Tillie Berger. Draft was rejected as not notable - JordanMHay (talk) 21:03, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
• Margaret Sordahl (new) Lajmmoore (talk) 21:34, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
• Improved and published Carolyn L. Rose article --CarCai (talk) 09:16, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
• Improved and published Carol F. Jopling article --CarCai (talk) 02:42, 22 January 2022 (UTC)