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Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon: Women Innovators in Aviation and Spaceflight
- 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 of women in aviation and spaceflight.
- This event is planned in conjunction with the Smithsonian National Air and Space 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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livestream
- Zoom link upon registration
when
- October 28th, 2021
- 1:00pm-3:30pm Eastern
where
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- No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary; training will be provided. No background in aviation, spaceflight, or women's history is required.
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edit- Create a Wikipedia account
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- Find an article to edit!
- Ask questions in the Zoom chat
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edit- CarCai (talk) 17:39, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
- Ipigott (talk) 11:07, 17 October 2021 (UTC) Will be happy to assist with follow-up, mentoring, etc.
- econterms (talk) 16:25, 28 October 2021 (UTC) Will be happy to assist others.
- Jim.henderson (talk) 16:41, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
- --Khanbawdy (talk) 17:00, 28 October 2021 (UTC) happy to assist others
- Rosiestep (talk) 17:18, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
- Baasilt (talk) 17:19, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
- Green Tailed Jojo (talk) 17:40, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
- Sarahr334 (talk) 17:56, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
- --Cpeziogirl (talk) 17:58, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
- --KellyDoyle (talk) 17:58, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
- AeroSpaceHerstory (talk) 18:00, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
- --Nellmaccarty (talk) 18:00, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
- Wikiteatoe (talk) 18:10, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
- --UniversalExample (talk) 18:46, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
- --Sonoet2 (talk)
Articles to edit
edit- Shaesta Waiz, first female certified civilian pilot born in Afghanistan, and the youngest woman to fly solo around the world in a single-engine aircraft [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]Images [12][13][14][15]Wikidata item [16]
- Patrice Washington, first black woman graduate of Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida; first woman pilot of Bahamasair; first black woman captain of a major U.S. air service and first black female pilot hired by the United Parcel Service [17][18][19][20] Images to Upload [21] Wikidata item[22]
- Suzanne Asbury-Oliver, Only active female professional skywriter in the world [23][24][25][26] Wikidata item[27]
- Mary Haizlip, second woman in the United States to qualify for a commercial pilot's license [28][29][30] Images[31][32][33][34] Wikidata item[35]
- Whirly-Girls, a non-profit, charitable and educational organization that aims to advance women in helicopter aviation [36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44] Wikidata item[45]
- Maggie Gee (pilot), One of two Chinese-American women to serve in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) in World War II [46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53] Wikidata item [54]
- Nancy Hopkins (aviator), president of the International Women's Air and Space Museum and a member of United Flying Octogenarians [55][56]Images[57][58][59][60] Wikidata item [61]
- Janet Bragg,first African-American woman to hold a commercial pilot license [62][63] Wikidata item [64]
- Ida Van Smith, African-American pilot and flight instructor [65][66][67][68][69]Wikidata item[70]
- Jill E. Brown, first African-American woman to become a pilot for a major American passenger airline [71][72]Wikidata item [73]
- Emily Howell Warner, first woman captain of a scheduled US airline [74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83] Wikidata item[84]
- Olga E. Custodio, first female Hispanic U.S. military pilot [85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94]Wikidata item[95]
- Richarda Morrow-Tait, the first woman to pilot an aircraft around the world Wikidata item [96]
- Moya Lear, American businesswoman and philanthropist who is considered the mother of the business jet industry [97][98][99][100] Wikidata item[101]
- Nancy Deloye Fitzroy, American engineer and one of the first female helicopter pilots [102] Wikidata item[103]
- June Maule, American businesswoman and owner/manager of Maule Air [104][105] Wikidata item[106]
- Hayley Arceneaux, the youngest American and person with a prosthetic body part to visit space Wikidata item [107]
- Ruth Carol Taylor, the first African-American flight attendant in the United States [108]Wikidata item[109]
- Women in Aviation International, nonprofit organization dedicated to the encouragement and advancement of women in all aviation career fields and interests [110][ Wikidata item[111]
Articles to create
edit- Alverna Babbs Williams, first American pilot with disabilities to earn a pilot’s license [112][113][114][115] Images[116]Wikidata item[117]
- Sharon Caples McDougle, the first female and first African American promoted to the position of Manager of the Space Shuttle Crew Escape Equipment Processing department [118][119][120][121] Images[122][123][124][125][126][127][128][129][130][131][132][133][134][135]Wikidata item [136]
- Cassie Kloberdanz Lee, Space, environment, and women's workforce activist [137][138][139][140][141][142][143][144][145][146]Images[147][148][149][150]
- Jean Ross Howard Phelan, founder of Whirly-Girls [151][152][153][154][155][156][157][158][159][160][161] Wikidata item Jean Ross Howard Phelan (Q108892256)
- Theresa Claiborne, First African American woman pilot in the U.S. Air Force [162][163][164][165][166][167][168][169][[170][171][172][173][174]Images[175][176]Wikidata item[177]
- Eleanor Joyce Toliver-Williams, First Certified African American Female FAA Controller [178][179][180][181][182][183][184][185][186][187]Wikidata item[188] --CarCai (talk) 18:55, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
- Erin Miller, Author and advocate [189][190][191][192][193][194][195][196]Images[197][198][199][200][201][202]Wikidata item[203]
- Andrea Lewis (Pilot), First African American female pilot of Georgia Air Guard [204][205][206][207][208][209][210]Wikidata item[211] --CarCai (talk) 18:42, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
- Rebecca Bresnik, lead attorney for International Space Station (ISS)[212][213][214][215][216]
- Cindy L. Hasselbring, Long-time STEM education advocate [217][218][219][220][221][222][223]
- Katherine Landdeck, Developed the WASP Archive, Author, historian [224][225][226][227][228][229][230]Wikidata item[231]
- Dana Bolles, Space Engineer/Science Communicator for NASA [232][233][234][235][236][237][238][239][240][241]Wikidata item[242]
- Edith Ogilby Berg (Mrs. Hart O. Berg), the first American woman to fly as a passenger in an airplane [243][244][245][246][247]Wikidata item[248] -- started new article as Draft:Edith Ogilby Berg
Outcomes
editArticles created
- started new article as Draft:Edith Ogilby Berg
Articles improved