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Writing Women into Wikipedia

Articles to Improve

1. Loretta PettwayAmerican quilt maker

  • ADD: these internal links to the Wikipedia articles for
    • National Heritage Fellowship
    • the NEA (link to the National Endowment for the Arts)
    • The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
    • The MET
    • Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • ADD: more content to this article (maybe create a Biography, Career, and/or Exhibitions section). You can use this article as a guide: Mary Lee Bendolph

2. Yo-Yo, American rapper and feminist

3. Margaret De Patta, American jewelry designer 

  • ADD: Much more could be added to this article (for example, she was the co-founder of the Metal Arts Guild of San Francisco, her teaching positions, she studied with László Moholy-Nagy) Here are some sources:

4. Vera Pigee, American civil rights activist 

5. Zainon Munshi Sulaiman, Malaysian politician

  • EDIT: Create sections for this article (for example, Early Life, Education, Career, Personal Life). There are no rules for creating sections. Wikipedia recommends that you name and order sections based on the precedent of another article which is similar. Here is an example: Azalina Othman Said

6. Dorothy Lawrence, English reporter in WWI

  • EDIT: The "lead" section (first paragraph) needs to be improved. The lead should be 3-4 sentences, and should provide an overview of the topic, and why the person is notable. Here is info on how the lead paragraph should be written: Manual of Style/Lead section
  • ADD: IN 2015 (?), there was a play written about Dorothy Lawrence called The Disappearance on Dorothy Lawrence. This info could be added to the "Legacy" section (put it in your own words) Here are some sources:

7. Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor

  • ADD: The section "Later Career" contains information about the sculpture the Death of Cleopatra. Add information about the postal service in 1972, and you could clarify the info. about the Boy Scout troop. Use this source to get the info:

8. Etta Place, American cowgirl

  • ADD: this article needs citations. See if you can use any of the sources from the References section to verify information in the article that doesn't have a citation.
    • Also consider adding this source: Wild West

9. Wilma Mankiller, first woman to serve as Chief of the Cherokee Nation

  • EDIT:  the last sentence of the leader (first) paragraph is plagiarized. Put it into your own words, and add a citaiton for it.
  • EDIT: the last sentence of the early Life paragraph needs a citation ("She began an entry-level job...")

10. Tránsito Amaguaña, Ecuadorian indigenous rights activist

  • EDIT: Add sections to the article.
  • ADD: Mention Dolores Cacuango (her peer and fellow activist) and add an internal link to her Wikipedia article.
  • EDIT: Add citations to the article. Here are some sources:

11. Dolores Cacuango, Ecuadorian indigenous rights activist

  • ADD: this sentence needs a citation: "Along with fellow activist Tránsito Amaguaña, she founded the Indigenous Federation of Ecuador (FEI), one of the first primary organisations to position, demand and fight for indigenous rights."
  • ADD: an internal link to the Wikipedia article for Tránsito Amaguaña

12. Leatitia Robinson, American boxer

  • EDIT: the Amateur Career and the Professional Career sections need citations. See if you can use any of the sources from the References section, and add them to the Amateur Career and the Professional Career sections

13. Everjoice WinZimbabwean Women's rights activist

14. Julia Morgan, American architect

  • EDIT: Footnote #14 is a dead link. Replace it with this URL: https://www.mills.edu/news/news-stories/julia-morgan-mills-projects.php
  • EDIT: Footnote #17 is a dead link. Replace it with this URL: http://articles.latimes.com/1988-09-04/books/bk-2347_1_julia-morgan

15. Reena Esmail, American pianist and composer

16. Abbie Betinis, American pianist and composer

  • EDIT: Footnote #3 is a dead link. Replace it with this URL: https://www.csp.edu/news/abbie-betinis-named-2015-mcknight-foundation-composer-fellow/

 

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