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Dr. Mary Edwards Walker

Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Wikipedia Edit-a-thon presented by the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum with support from Wikimedia DC

When

June 20, 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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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 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.

Further Reading


External Links


Links to Smithsonian Collections about Walker

Dr. Nellie Barsness (1873-1966) - electrical engineer
* Add photo of Barsness in uniform https://picryl.com/media/nellie-barsness-1918-in-french-uniform-703ab1
Dr. Mary Lee Edward (1885-1980) - surgeon
* Lemay, Kate Clarke. “Où Sont Les Dames?”: Suffragists and the American Women’s Oversea Hospitals Unit in France During World War I” in Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence (Yale University Press, 2019): 72, 73, 77, 79, 83-84.
* Lemay, Kate Clarke. “Où Sont Les Dames?”: Suffragists and the American Women’s Oversea Hospitals Unit in France During World War I” in Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence (Yale University Press, 2019): 77, 79, 80.
  • Seitz, Emily A. “Womanhood of the Noblest Type: Early Medical Training for Women; The Distinguished Career of Dr. Marie Formad” in Prescribing Pregnancy Loss: Women Physicians and the Changing Boundaries of Fetal Life in Nineteenth-Century America. Dissertation. Pennsylvania State University. 2021. See pages 39-43. https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/files/final_submissions/24628
* Lemay, Kate Clarke. “Où Sont Les Dames?”: Suffragists and the American Women’s Oversea Hospitals Unit in France During World War I” in Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence (Yale University Press, 2019): 71, 76, 77 picture and caption, 78-79 picture and caption, 80, 86
Dr. Olga R. Povitsky - (1877-1948)
* Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, 53rd Annual Announcement, Session of 1902-1903. See page 21-22 “The following graduates of the Class of 1901 received hospital appointments.” https://obgynhistory.net/articles/1902-WomensMedCollPenn-Rev-Apr2016.pdf
* Lemay, Kate Clarke. “Où Sont Les Dames?”: Suffragists and the American Women’s Oversea Hospitals Unit in France During World War I” in Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence (Yale University Press, 2019): 71.
* Needs a robust opening paragraph
* Women at War: Female Physicians’ Work During World War I, September 18, 2022, The Premed Scene https://www.thepremedscene.com/post/women-at-war-female-physicians-work-during-world-war-i


New articles for creation

Selecting a red link will allow you to start an article draft. Save as you go. When ready (today or another time), draft articles can be moved into Wikipedia mainspace.

Note: Wikipedia articles are not typically named using prefixes. For example, the article about Dr. Mary Edwards Walker is saved as Mary Edwards Walker. Prefixes can be used as they normally would within the text of the article.

Draft:Elizabeth Bruyn - (1875-1937)
* Lemay, Kate Clarke. “Où Sont Les Dames?”: Suffragists and the American Women’s Oversea Hospitals Unit in France During World War I” in Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence (Yale University Press, 2019): 82.
* Lemay, Kate Clarke. “Où Sont Les Dames?”: Suffragists and the American Women’s Oversea Hospitals Unit in France During World War I” in Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence (Yale University Press, 2019): 72, 73, 74 picture and caption, 77, 79, 83-84, 85.
* Lemay, Kate Clarke. “Où Sont Les Dames?”: Suffragists and the American Women’s Oversea Hospitals Unit in France During World War I” in Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence (Yale University Press, 2019): 72, 73, 75 picture and caption, 77, 83.
Draft:Adah McMahan - (1869-1942)
* Also spelled McMahon. Sometimes spelled Ada. Lived in Lafayette, IN
Draft:Irene May Morse - (1867-1933)
* Clinton, MA
* Death notice https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bangor-daily-news-obituary-dr-barbar/61977949/
* Graduated from University of Buffalo Medical School in 1902 https://medicine.buffalo.edu/175/celebrating.html Scroll down yellow sidebar.
* Western New York Suffragists: Winning the Vote https://rrlc.org/winningthevote/biographies/marion-craig-potter/
Draft:Olga Stastny - (1878-1952)
* Olga Stastny, Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23618188
Draft:Anne Tjomsland - (1880-1968)
* Anne Tjomsland, Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67695468


Women Who Meet Wikipedia Notability Standards, But Biographic Details Are Scarce

* New York, NY QVleYrShuhcA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8hZOGlceFAxXFEVkFHTG7CV4Q6AF6BAgIEAM#v=onepage&q=%22dr.%20alice%20flood%22%20new%20york&f=false
Draft:Marie Louise Lefort - (1874-1951) (Biographical details scarce)
* Newark, NJ
* Lemay, Kate Clarke. “Où Sont Les Dames?”: Suffragists and the American Women’s Oversea Hospitals Unit in France During World War I” in Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence (Yale University Press, 2019): 75-76, 79, 83.
  • See Chapter 13, “The Dental Service in the American Expeditionary Forces in France, 1917-1919: Organization, Administration, Personnel, Training, and Supply” in The History of Dentistry in the US Army to World War II. By John M. Hyson, Jr., DDS, Joseph W.A. Whitehorne, PhD, John T. Greenwood, PhD. (Washington DC: Borden Institute, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 2008): 496. https://medcoe.army.mil/borden-tb-history-of-dentistry-to-wwii
  • “Women Dentists Will Send Unit Abroad,” Detroit Free Press, January 5, 1918, p. 7. ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
  • “Women Doctors Cut Army Red Tape to Care for Wounded: Precedent Shattered in France When They Assist Male Surgeons” New York Tribune, July 4, 1918, p.4. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Tribune/Herald Tribune
  • “Women Vets Organize to Aid Defense Plans,” Daily Boston Globe (1928-1960), September 24, 1940, p.6. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Boston Globe.
  • Married name Sophie Nevin Wemple
* Lemay, Kate Clarke. “Où Sont Les Dames?”: Suffragists and the American Women’s Oversea Hospitals Unit in France During World War I” in Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence (Yale University Press, 2019): 69 picture and caption, 71, 72, 73, 77, 79, 83-84


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