Wikipedia:Meetup/YWCA Greater Pittsburgh Editathon

YWCA Greater Pittsburgh Wikipedia Editathon

• About the YWCA

Introduction

Please join the YWCA Young Leaders Board on October 8, 2017 for our Wikipedia Editathon. We will be working to address the gender gap in the pages of Wikipedia by adding and improving pages about women who have made significant contributions in the fields of social justice, community organizing, and politics. This event will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the YWCA Greater Pittsburgh.

Meetup details

• Date: October 8, 2017
• Start time: 10:00 AM EST / 1000
• End Time: 2:00 PM EST / 1400
• Location: Repair the World
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Attended

Please add your username to let us know you will be attending - all are welcome. Help us spread the word!

• Aguadagnino (talk) 22:16, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
• Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ 20:56, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
• FrindleandInk (talk) 7:52, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
• Kellycora
• mfmiller
• Mguadagnino
• Tori2504
• Cvolosky
• Rounida*
• Shakita
• catiercohn

About the event

New and experienced Wikipedia editors are invited to join the YWCA Greater Pittsburgh close the gender gap! Food and beverages will be served throughout the day.

Articles to edit or improve

• Hill House Association
• Esther Barazzone
• Alma Speed Fox
• Aradhna Oliphant
• Carol Brown
• Edith Dennison Darlington Ammon
• Nellie Bly
• Elsie Hillman
• Eva Tansky Blum
• Gwendolyn J. Elliott
• Heather Arnet
• Helen Faison
• Jane Grey Swisshelm
• Janera Solomon
• Joy Flowers Conti
• Karen Wolk Feinstein
• Kathy W. Humphrey
• LaVera Brown
• Linda Dickerson
• Mary Dee Dudley
• Mrs. John O. Miller
• Sandra Welner
• Thelma Lovette Morris
• Yvonne Campos
• LaTasha Mayes
• Esther Bush
• Josie Badger
• Marita Garrett
• Jennie Bradley Roessing
• Wyona Coleman
• Joann Evansgardner
• Molly Rush
• Joan Andrews
• Marilyn Skolnik
• Rosemary Trump
• Regaina Koetters
• Lisa Horton
• Edith Balas
• Barbara McNees
• Kim Berkeley Clark
• Amelia Papapetropoulos
• Anna Hollis
• Asheley Williams
• Vanessa German
• Mary Cardwell Dawson
• Devra Davis

Lists of missing and stub articles

Browse these lists to find another page topic to add or improve upon.

• | Women writers missing from Wikipedia
• | Women activists missing from Wikipedia
• | Women in politics missing from Wikipedia
• | Women leaders missing from Wikipedia
• | Pittsburgh stub articles to expand

Resources

Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure

Intro to Wikipedia Slideshow

YWCA Edit-a-thon survey

Wikipedia:Tutorial

Reference links to use

Heather Arnet

• http://wgfpa.org/heather-arnet/
• http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/letters/2015/11/01/Heather-Arnet-is-supported-by-the-people-for-state-Senate/stories/201511010129
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/heather-arnet
• http://www.wisewomenlife.com/heather-arnet-on-strong-women-and-mad-men/
• http://www.politicspa.com/sd-37-heather-arnet-announces-candidacy/67700/
• http://www.bloomberg.com/research//stocks/private/person.asp?personId=60211025&privcapId=6844200&previousCapId=211920121&previousTitle=Dallas%20Film%20Society

Edith Balas

• https://www.cmu.edu/cas/people/balas_edith.html
• https://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2011/March/march22_edithbalasmemoir.shtml
• http://holocaustcenterpgh.org/exhibitions/in-celebration-of-life-living-legacy-project/edith-balas/
• http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1353/ren.2008.0719?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
• https://books.google.com/books/about/Michelangelo_s_Medici_Chapel.html?id=HM-1Q59H2kwC
• http://www.upne.com/0887484599.html
• https://www.arthistoricum.net/kunstform/rezension/ausgabe/2005/12/9763/

LaVera Brown

• http://www.insisterhood.info/historical-library/activist-histories/leaders/lavera-brown/
• http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/lavera-brown-obituary?pid=1000000184499638&view=guestbook

Yvonne Campos

• https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2016/09/20/campos-launches-womens-angel-network.html
• https://www.nextactfund.com/leadership/
• http://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/Pittsburgh-Magazine/July-2011/Spotlight-on-Women-in-Business-July-2011/
• https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=1120532&privcapId=4438480
• https://books.google.com/books?id=OzAwSk6ikecC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=yvonne+Campos&source=bl&ots=GglTaJXgrD&sig=xQZxmd8ZciWMQImz-PV9Kox0Zxo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjo6uSmd_WAhWD5SYKHXceCEM4ChDoAQhfMA4
• http://www.pitchwerks.com/podcast/yvonne-campos-cant-believe-how-many-great-early-stage-investments-are-overlooked-pitchwerks-16

Gwen Elliott

• http://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2007/05/14/Obituary-Gwendolyn-J-Gwen-Elliott-Retired-Pittsburgh-police-commander/stories/200705140193
• http://www.gwensgirls.org/what-we-do/outreach-training/1124-2/
• http://www.gwensgirls.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/3-13-15-Pittsburgh-Urban-Media-NEED-Scholarship.pdf
• http://www.news.pitt.edu/news/gwen-elliott-former-police-commander-and-advocate-adolescent-girls-speak-pitts-center-race-and-
• https://books.google.com/books?id=OzAwSk6ikecC&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=Gwendolyn+J.+Elliott&source=bl&ots=GglTaJY8pI&sig=wx7_iwIrHmJN1uJSYQXTXbT4Ogk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjshp7qmd_WAhUDWSYKHdxmDIkQ6AEIYzAN#v=onepage&q=Gwendolyn%20J.%20Elliott&f=false
• https://books.google.com/books?id=cWtt5lIeR04C&pg=PA6128&lpg=PA6128&dq=Gwendolyn+J.+Elliott&source=bl&ots=bKgpMD7Kp8&sig=HR-7JXPQtDSkvo-6deJ08CjrPkY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjshp7qmd_WAhUDWSYKHdxmDIkQ6AEIZjAO

Helen Faison

• http://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2015/07/17/Obituary-Helen-Faison-Educator-civil-rights-leader/stories/201507170292
• http://www.cue.pitt.edu/about-helen-faison
• https://www.chronicle.pitt.edu/story/helen-s-faison-pioneering-educator-esteemed-alum-dies
• https://www.collegexpress.com/scholarships/helen-faison-scholarship/7896/
• https://www.chatham.edu/news/index.php/2015/07/chatham-views/in-memoriam-dr-helen-faison
• http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/university-of-pittsburgh-graduate-helen-elizabeth-smith-news-photo/475265727
• http://www.distinguisheddaughtersofpa.org/Daughters/Helen--Faison/

Vanessa German

• http://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/Pittsburgh-Magazine/June-2016/Citizen-Artist-Vanessa-German/
• http://www.npr.org/2016/01/24/463859455/young-artists-find-home-and-healing-at-a-pittsburgh-art-house
• http://www.avam.org/our-visionaries/vanessa-german.shtml
• http://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/03/exhibition_spotlight_vanessa_german_at_the_everson_museum_of_art_1.html
• http://www.post-gazette.com/news/portfolio/2013/11/05/Artist-displays-her-love-for-Homewood-in-New-York-City/stories/201311050084
• http://www.oprah.com/inspiration/vanessa-german-arthouse
• http://artonthevinemv.com/artist/vanessa-german/

Anna Hollis

• http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/letters/2015/11/01/Heather-Arnet-is-supported-by-the-people-for-state-Senate/stories/201511010129
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/heather-arnet
• http://www.wisewomenlife.com/heather-arnet-on-strong-women-and-mad-men/
• http://www.politicspa.com/sd-37-heather-arnet-announces-candidacy/67700/
• http://www.bloomberg.com/research//stocks/private/person.asp?personId=60211025&privcapId=6844200&previousCapId=211920121&previousTitle=Dallas%20Film%20Society

Barbara McNees

• http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-counties/2005/05/23/Newsmaker-Barbara-McNees-Chamber-head-a-driving-force-in-row-office-reform/stories/200505230167
• https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2013/07/16/mcnees-to-retire-as-pittsburgh-chamber.html