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Wiki Focus: Black Women in Food History
- 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 Black women in food history.
- This event is planned in conjunction with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History 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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- July 27, 2021
- 1:00pm-3:30pm Eastern
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- No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary; training will be provided. No background in food history or women's history is required.
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Articles to edit
edit- LaDeva Davis, Television Chef and Educator[1][2][3][4][5][6] Wikidata item[7]
- Zephyr Wright, Activist and cook for President Lyndon B. Johnson and family [8][9] Wikidata item[10]
- Lena Richard, Television chef, cookbook author, & restaurateur from New Orleans [11][12][13][14][15]
- Malinda Russell, published the first known cookbook by a Black woman in the US [16][17]
- Abby Fisher, published the second known cookbook by a Black woman in the US [18][19][20]
- Lucille Elizabeth Bishop Smith, chef, invented the first hot biscuit mix [21][22][23][24]
- Thérèse Nelson, founder of the Black Culinary History organization [25][26][27]
- Catherine Ferguson (educator), baker
- Sally Seymour, Charleston SC pastry chef [28][29][30]
- Dolester Miles, pastry chef and three-time James Beard Award finalist [31][32][33][34]
- Georgia Gilmore, participated in the Montgomery bus boycott through her fund-raising effort selling food at boycott mass meetings [35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]
- Jessica B. Harris, culinary historian, chef, professor journalist
- Carla Hall, chef and television personality [43][44]
- Toni Tipton-Martin, editor-in-chief of Cook's Country [45][46]
- Leah Penniman, farmer, educator, author, and food sovereignty activist [47][48][49]
- Karen Washington, food justice organizer [50][51][52]
- Edna Lewis, American chef, teacher, and author who helped refine the American view of Southern cooking [53][54]
- Haile Thomas, food / health activist [55]
- Sylvia Woods, restaurateur who founded the restaurant Sylvia's in Harlem, NY [56]
- Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor, culinary anthropologist, griot, food writer, and broadcaster on public media [57][58][59][60]
- Leah Chase, chef, author, & tv personality based in New Orleans; known as the "Queen of Creole Cuisine" [61]
- Freda DeKnight, first food editor of Ebony magazine [62][63]
- Nina Compton, James Beard award winning chef, based in New Orleans [64][65][66][67] Wikimedia Commons image from restaurant[68]
- Mashama Bailey, James Beard award winning chef, based in Savannah [69][70][71][72]
- Fawn Weaver, entrepreneur, historian, NYT bestselling author [73][74][75]
- Annie Johnson (brewer)[76][77]
- Libby Clark, food journalist [78][79][80]
- Pamela Strobel, Cookbook Author and Owner of the "Little Kitchen" restaurant[81][82][83][84][85][86] Wikidata item[87]
- Kia Damon (chef), culinary director for Cherry Bomb
- Ashleigh Shanti Asheville, NC based James Beard award semi-finalist
- Martha Lou Gadsden Charleston, SC chef of (now closed) soul food restaurant Martha Lou's Kitchen[88][89]
- Kelis Rogers, singer and chef [90][91]
Articles to create
edit- Myra Miller, Atlanta-based food entrepreneur and baker[92][93][94] Wikidata item[95]
- Adela Fargas, Founder and owner of restaurant Casa Adela [96][97][98][99][100] Wikidata item[101]
- Bertha L. Turner, A State Superintendent of Domestic Science and private caterer who published the cookbook - "The Federation Cookbook: A Collection of Tested Recipes Compiled by the Colored Women of the State of California"[102][103] Wikidata item[104]
- Maria Elena Lorenzo, Owner and chef at LA's first Afro-Mexican restaurant - Tamales Elena y Antojitos [105][106][107][108]
- Winnette McIntosh Ambrose, baker, entrepreneur, engineer, owner of the cafe "Souk" and co-owner of the bakery "The Sweet Lobby" [109][110][111][112][113][114][115] Wikidata item [116]
- Ysanet Batista, chef [117][118] Wikidata property [119]
- Paola Velez, pastry chef [120][121][122] Wikidata item [123]
- Kardea Brown, Food Network host of Delicious Miss Brown [124][125][126][127] Wikidata item[128]
- Cheryl Day, Baker, owner of Back in the Day bakery in Savannah, GA [129][130][131][132][133][134][135][136] Image from Wikimedia Commons[137] Wikidata item[138] draft here for timebeing
- Judith Suzarra Campbell, Philadelphia based chef of Sazon [139][140] Wikidata item[141]
- Maria Elena Lorenzo, LA based chef of Tamales Elena y Antojitos [142][143][144]Wikidata item[145]
- Catherine Sow, [146]
- Margot Santana, [147][148][149] Wikidata item [[150]]
- Robin and Andréa McBride, owners of McBride Sisters Collection Wine Company (Largest Black-owned wine company in the United States) [151][152][153][154][155][156][157]
- Virginia Ali, co-owner of Ben's Chili Bowl [158][159][160] Wikidata item[161]
- Ashtin Berry, New Orleans activist, sommelier, bartender, and cofounder of the creative agency "Radical XChange"[162][163][164][165] Wikidata item[166]
- Tambra Raye Stevenson,visionary founder and CEO of WANDA: Women Advancing Nutrition, Dietetics and Agriculture [167][168][169][170] Wikidata item[171]
- Leni Sorensen, Monticello research historian[172][173][174][175][176] Wikidata item[177]
- Gabrielle E.W. Carter, Multi-disciplinary Artist and cultural preservationist [178][179][180] Wikidata item[181]
- Celeste Beatty, Brewer and owner of Harlem Brewing company[182][183][184][185][186]
- Jonell Nash, food editor of Essence magazine from 1984-2008 and the author of several cookbooks [187][188] Wikidata item [189]
- Desta Bairu, Owner of the ethiopian restaurant Mamma Desta (est. 1977) and former chief cook for the Ethiopian Ambassador to the United Nations[190][191][192][193]
- Mariya Russell,Chef and First Black Woman To Earn A Michelin Star[194][195][196][197][198]
Outcomes
editArticles created
- LaDeva Davis
- Pamela Strobel
- Maria Elena Lorenzo
- Celeste Beatty
- Jonell Nash
- Desta Bairu
- Mariya Russell
- Bertha L. Turner
Articles improved