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Advocacy and Invention: A Women's History Edit-a-Thon

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 event, attendees of all experience levels will learn the basics of how to edit Wikipedia by creating or updating articles related to the history of women's health in the United States.

This event is planned in conjunction with the Smithsonian National American History Museum, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 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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September 15, 2022

1:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT (United States)

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No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary; training will be provided. No background in art history nor women's history is required either.

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The Basics

NPOV - Neutral point of view

NOR - No original research

RS - Reliable sourcing

V - Verifiable info

Additional resources

Wikipedia:Manual of Style

Articles to edit

Marty Goddard, American victims' advocate [1][2][3][4], also Testified in this hearing: HRG-1983-WAM-0014 Crime Victims Compensation Trust Fund Apr. 18, 1983
Louis Vitullo, best known for his role in the development of the rape kit, [5][6]
Rape kit, add information about Smithsonian acquisition [7]
- Image - Smithsonian
Margaret Crane, created the first at home pregnancy test, [8][9]
Take Back the Night (organization),[10]
Playboy Foundation, [11][12][13][14]
Christie Hefner, add information about Foundation's efforts [15]
Sakhi for South Asian Women, anti-domestic violence organization [16][17]
Pagan Kennedy, columnist and author, and pioneer of the 1990s zine movement [18][19]
In Mourning and in Rage, work of performance art and activism
Three Weeks in May, extended work of performance art and activism
Combahee River Collective, Black feminist lesbian socialist organization active in Boston from 1974-1980
Myriam Gurba, Mexican American writer, story-teller, and visual artist
Tura Satana, Japanese American actress, vedette, and exotic dancer
Aliza Shvarts, Her art and writing explore queer and feminist understandings of reproduction [20][21]
Tarana Burke, started the Me Too movement [22] [23][24][25] - improve photo [26]
Me Too movement, social movement against sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and rape culture
Ana Mendieta, Sculptor, performance and conceptual artist, born in Havana, Cuba [27]
Dorothy Roberts, lawyer and sociologist of “health, social justice, and bioethics, especially as they impact the lives of women, children and African-Americans” UPenn bio NYmag
Kristin Luker, professor emerita of law and sociology; founder, UC Berkeley Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice

Articles to create

Secondary victimisation - possibly break out a separate article from victimisation - Wikidata: secondary victimisation (Q61081386)
Death of Sania Khan - create Wikidata, create Wikipedia article. A Pakistani-American photographer who was murdered by her abusive estranged husband as she was attempting to divorce him. Sources:
Coalition for Women's Safety - create Wikidata, create Wikipedia article
Sexual Assault Kit Initiative - create Wikidata, create Wikipedia article
- Google News search - https://www.google.com/search?q=%22sexual+assault+kit+initiative%22&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X

Wikidata properties/items to create

Citizens Committee for Victim Assistance, Founded by Marty Goddard [28][29][30]
Sexual Assault Kit Initiative, Grant program organization for sexual assault testing/reporting reform [31][32]
Coalition for Women's Safety, Boston women’s anti-violence advocacy group made up of smaller groups, worked with the Combahee River Collective during the Roxbury murders and concurrent movements [33][34][35][36]
Margaret Standish Pokorny, Former head of Playboy Foundation, was the one who approved the funding for the kits, Gave funding to Marty Goddard [37]
Susan Xenarios, Social worker and founder of Director of the Crime Victims Treatment Center. Helped to expand access to rape kits [38][39]
Leah Griffin, Sexual assault survivor and advocate for rape kit reform, running for political office [40][41][42]
Nancy Mbabazi Musinguzi, co-created The Black Lives Matter/Defund the Police digital poster [43][44]
Betty Freudenheim, [45]

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