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Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon: Writing Mississippi Women Into History

Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi

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 from, or who have made a significant impact on, the state of Mississippi.

This event is planned in conjunction with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and the Smithsonian National American History Museum, a multiyear undertaking to document, research, collect, display, and share the history of women in the United States.

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Registration

when

September 23, 2022

2:00PM Central (United States)

where

Mississippi Department of Archives and History

200 North Street, Jackson, MS 39201

details

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

Get started

• Create a Wikipedia account
• Sign up below
• Find an article to edit!
• Ask questions in the Zoom chat

The Basics

NPOV - Neutral point of view

NOR - No original research

RS - Reliable sourcing

V - Verifiable info

Articles to edit

• Aurelia N. Young, Musician, music educator, civil rights activist
• Debra M. Brown, First Black woman to serve as Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
• Theora Hamblett, Painter, one of the first Mississippi folk artists to receive national prominence
• Lillian Harris Dean, Cook and entrepreneur who became a minor national celebrity in the 1920s for bringing the cuisine of Harlem, New York City, to national attention.
• Beth Henley, American playwright, screenwriter, and actress. Her play Crimes of the Heart won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the 1981 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play, and a nomination for a Tony Award. Her screenplay for Crimes of the Heart was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
• Muna Lee (writer), Author, poet, suffragist, civil rights activist
• Mary Booze, First Black woman to sit on the Republican National Committee. From 1924 until her death, she was the national committeewoman for Mississippi
• Patti Carr Black
• Thalia Mara [1]
• Mildrette Netter
• Vera Pigee [2]
• Lynn Green Root [3]
• Constance Slaughter-Harvey, First Black woman to graduate from the University of Mississippi Law School. Participated in many landmark cases including the suit that desegregated the state highway patrol. First Black female judge in Mississippi
• Winifred Green, activist from Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement. She spent her life leading grassroots movements impacting youth and education[4]
• Wednesdays in Mississippi, activist group during the Civil Rights Movement

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• Gladys Noel Bates, civil rights pioneer, and educator who filed a lawsuit, Gladys Noel Bates vs the State of Mississippi, in 1948 charging salary discrimination against black teachers and principals
• Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, Civil rights activist who participated in the Woolworth Sit-In in Jackson, Mississippi, in May 1963 with fellow students at Tougaloo College
• Mildred D. Taylor, Newbery Award-winning young adult novelist