Join us for the...
Women’s Economic Empowerment Edit-a-thon
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Only 17% of biographies on Wikipedia are about women. Help us change that! Join Wikimedia DC and the Embassy of Sweden for a Women’s Economic Empowerment Edit-a-thon. Learn to edit Wikipedia and help improve or create articles about Swedish and American women entrepreneurs, business leaders, scientists and innovators. The afternoon will include welcome remarks by the Swedish Ambassador to the US, Karin Olofsdotter, and a training session with Wikimedia DC. A guided tour of the exhibitions in House of Sweden is included.
This event is free and open to the public. Please bring a laptop and photo ID. Registration is required.
When
- Friday, December 8, 2017 2:30PM-5:30PM
Where
- Embassy of Sweden
- 2900 K Street NW
- Washington, DC 20007
Register
- Register here with Eventbrite
Social Media
- @SwedeninUSA
- @wikimediadc
- #HerStory
Presentation
editCoordination
editPolicies, Quick Tips and Other Wikimedia Resources
edit- Wikipedia:Five pillars
- Wikipedia:Core content policies
- Wikipedia:General notability guideline
- Wikipedia:Verifiability
- Wikipedia:Conflict of interest
- Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources
- Wikipedia:No original research (Examples of Original Research)
- Wikipedia:Citing sources
- Wikipedia:Identifying and using primary sources
Your first article
Tips
- Creating Redirects with Visual Editor
- Creating Redirector with Source Editor
- Using categories
- Cheatsheet for Wiki markup
- Wiki Ed Foundation's online training modules
- Wikicommons
Wikimedia and other related projects
Suggested Work List
editPlease read the policy regarding Wikipedia Biographies of Living Persons.
Editors must take particular care when adding information about living persons to any Wikipedia page. Such material requires a high degree of sensitivity, and must adhere strictly to all applicable laws in the United States, to this policy, and to Wikipedia's three core content policies: 1. Neutral point of view (NPOV) 2. Verifiability (V) 3. No original research (NOR)
Select 'Show' to view potential sources (clickable links) for each article.
* "Karin Olofsdotter - New Ambassador to the United States". Embassy of Sweden: Washington.
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* Savage, Maddy. "From berated blogger to beauty millionaire". BBC.
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* Fjällborg, Ulrika (March 6, 2017). "Svenska Google-chefen: "Vi spenderar så mycket tid på jobbet – det är viktigt att vi har roligt"(Swedish Google Manager: "We spend so much time at work - it's important that we have fun)"". Veckans Affärer.
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* Pace, Eric (February 3, 1986). "ALVA MYRDAL, NOBEL WOMEN, DIES IN SWEDEN AT 84". The New York Times.
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* "Cecilia Malmstrom Commissioner:Trade, European Commission". Bloomberg.
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* Dahlerup, Drude; Leyenaar, Monique (2013). Breaking Male Dominance in Old Democracies. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
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* "Cristina Stenbeck steps down from Kinnevik, Millicom chairs". Reuters. March 11, 2016.
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* "The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women". NPR.org.
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* Henderson, Val (October 13, 2011). "Swedish league soccer stars work overtime". ESPN.
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* Asp, Jon (February 15, 2016). "Berlin: Pernilla August Brings Her Best 'Game' to the Festival". Variety.
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* Roxborough, Scott (November 19, 2017). "Alicia Vikander Among Nearly 600 Swedish Actresses Calling Out Sex Abuse in Film, Theater". The Hollywood Reporter.
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* Weinstein, Farrah (August 5, 2001). "STYLE & SUBSTANCE: MINI ANDEN". New York Post.
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* Couch, Aaron (August 18, 2017). "Noomi Rapace Is Unleashing Her Toughest Role Yet". The Hollywood Reporter.
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* "Natalia Brzezinski - CEO of Symposium Stockholm och Brilliant Minds". Visit Sweden.
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* Uhlin, Åsa (March 6, 2017). "The most powerful woman in business 2017: She puts pressure on Sweden's industrial justice". Veckans Affärer.
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* "Susanna Campbell Biography". Bloomberg.
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* Bederoff, Jill (March 6, 2017). "Styrelseproffset som krishanterat tsunamin och isländska askmoln: "Ha många bollar i luften – men aldrig samtidigt" (The board of directors as crisis-controlled tsunami and Icelandic ash clouds: "Have many balls in the air - but never at the same time")". Veckans Affärer f.
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* "Executive Profile: Sara Mazur". Bloomberg.
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* Akerlund, Caroline (October 21, 2017). "Renée Voltaire: "Jag skulle gärna hitta en annan vd, men jag tror inte att det går" ("I would love to find another CEO, but I do not think it's going to be")". Di.
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* "Executive Profile: Lena Apler". Bloomeberg.
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* "Executive Profile: Ulla Litzén". Bloomberg.
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* "New Vattenfall CFO named". Wind Power Monthly. October 19, 2017.
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* "Executive Profile: Annika Winsth". Bloomberg.
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* Artikeln, Dela a (May 5, 2015). "Miljardaffär första veckan på nya jobbet (Billionaire the first week of the new job)". Veckens Affarer.
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* "Executive Profile: Ida Backlund". Bloomberg.
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* Svensson, Emma (October 13, 2012). "HEMMA HOS FILIPPA KNUTSSON (HOME AT FILIPPA KNUTSSON)". Elle.
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* Buchanan, Heather (January 2015). "Lexington Company Founders Kristina and Tommy Lindhe Live the Swede Life In a Leafy Suburb of Stockholm". Cottages and Gardens.
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* Savage, Maddy (August 7, 2017). "The Swedish physicist revolutionising birth control". BBC News.
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* "Executive Profile: Stina Honkamaa Bergfors".
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* "Executive Profile: Anna Malmhake". Bloomberg.
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* Zipkin, Nina (July 6, 2017). "This Introvert Founder Swears by This Management Tip". Entrepreneur.
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* O'Connor, Clare (November 29, 2017). "Stitch Fix Stock Surge Puts CEO Katrina Lake Among America's Richest Self-Made Women". Forbes.
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* Aspan, Maria (2017). "Meet the Woman Who Broke Silicon Valley's Gender Barrier--and Built a $1.5 Billion Tech Company". Inc.com.
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* Dowd, Maureen (October 21, 2017). "She's 26, and Brought Down Uber's C.E.O. What's Next?". The New York Times.
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* O'Connor, Clare (April 10, 2017). "Forbes Top Influencers: How Grace Bonney Took Design*Sponge From Interiors Blog To Big Business". Forbes.
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Bernard, Sarah (October 25, 2007). "Yoga on a Bike". New York Magazine.
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* Bernard, Sarah (October 25, 2007). "Yoga on a Bike". New York Magazine.
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* "Executive Profile: Lisa A. Conte". Bloomberg.
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* Rodríguez Bellas, Maritere (August 9, 2016). "SELF MADE Latina Entrepreneur Nely Galán And The Era Of Women". Huffington Post.
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* Syphrett, Shani (October 23, 2017). "How This Founder Built A Business From A Viral Photo". Forbes.
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* Johnson, Whitney (August 15, 2016). "Black Girls Code: The Next Steve Jobs Will Be A Woman of Color". Forbes.
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* Kosoff, Maya (June 17, 2015). "2 Harvard students were sick of their dirty apartments, so they built a company that will do your chores for you". Business Insider.
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* Tsui, Diana (February 1, 2013). "Marissa Webb Dreams of a Mad Hatter Wedding". The Cut.
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* Berlatsky, Noah (March 1, 2017). "Superheroes Too Male? Jazmin Truesdale of Aza Made Her Own". Vogue.
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* Nunez, Vivian (April 28, 2017). "Having Mentors Helped This Latina Pursue A STEM Career, Now She's Paying It Forward". Forbes.
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* Bessette, Chanelle (July 3, 2014). "10 Questions: Elissa Murphy, chief technology officer, GoDaddy". Fortune.
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* Moglen, Laurel (February 8, 2017). "Amani Al-Khatahtbeh: Brave Muslim Girl". Forbes.
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* "This Scientist Wants to Bring 'Star Trek' Values to Congress". Wired. December 2, 2017.\
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* Dunn, Laura (October 28, 2014). "Women in Business: Q&A with Marla Rausch, Founder of Animation Vertigo". Huffington Post.
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* CINEAS, FABIOLA (May 12, 2017). "New York VC Gayle Jennings O'Byrne on Tech Scene: "There's Nothing Philly Can't Do"". Philadelphia Magazine.
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Additional Work List (Sources not included)
edit- Tiffany R. Warren
- Amelie Lamont
- Susan Akkad
- Janice Bryant Howroyd
- Myleik Teele
- Stacy Brown Philpot
- Angel Guy
- Bozoma Saint John
- Charlene Dance
- Dia Simms
- Alexis Tryon
- Amy Pressman
- Anarghya Vardhana
- Ann Wang
- Arlan Hamilton
- Audrey Gelman
- Ayah Bdeir
- Christina Wallace
- Courtney Smith Goodrich
- Emily Weiss
- Leiti Hsu
- Lori Wright
- Natalia Obertis Noguera
- Sarah Kunst
- Susan Ho
Other useful sources
editPlease feel free to add sources.
- Google Scholar
- Fortune: Female Entrepreneurs
- Forbes: America's Richest Self-made Women
- Forbes: The World's Most Powerful Entrepenuers
- Business Insider: 26 Most Powerful Female Engineers in 2016
- Photographs were added under the Wikimedia Commons Category:Women’s Economic Empowerment Edit-a-thon