Wikipedia:WikiProject Smithsonian AWHI/Meetup/Smithsonian Affiliates
About[edit]
This page documents a worklist for Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative + Smithsonian Affiliates + Wiki Education project.
How to claim a biography to write[edit]
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To claim a not-yet-chosen biography, click Edit source for the section where you see the biography, find the line with the biography you want to work on, and add your username right after username=. It should look like this: {{AWHI|biography= Myra Miller |username= Ragesoss }}.Then Publish changes.
Articles to create[edit]
Women in Food[edit]
Myra Miller Atlanta-based food entrepreneur and baker[1][2][3] Wikidata Property[4]
Adela Fargas Founder and owner of restaurant Casa Adela [5][6][7][8][9] Wikidata Property[10]
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"[11][12] Wikidata Property[13]
Winnette McIntosh Ambrose baker, entrepreneur, engineer, owner of the cafe "Souk" and co-owner of the bakery "The Sweet Lobby" [14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Wikidata Property [21]
Ysanet Batista chef [22][23] Wikidata property [24]
Paola Velez (worked on by User:lilyrvo) pastry chef [25][26][27] Wikidata Property [28]
Kardea Brown Food Network host of Delicious Miss Brown [29][30][31][32] Wikidata Property[33]
Cheryl Day Baker, owner of Back in the Day bakery in Savannah, GA [34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41] Image from Wikimedia Commons[42] Wikidata Property[43]
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Judith Suzarra Campbell Philadelphia based chef of Sazon [44][45] Wikidata Property[46]
Margot Santana [48][49][50] Wikidata Property [51]
Robin and Andréa McBride owners of McBride Sisters Collection Wine Company (Largest Black-owned wine company in the United States) [52][53][54][55][56][57][58]
Virginia Ali co-owner of Ben's Chili Bowl [59][60][61] Wikidata Property[62]
Ashtin Berry New Orleans activist, sommelier, bartender, and cofounder of the creative agency "Radical XChange"[63][64][65][66] Wikidata Property[67]
Tambra Raye Stevenson (worked on by User:PeanutJr) visionary founder and CEO of WANDA: Women Advancing Nutrition, Dietetics and Agriculture [68][69][70][71] Wikidata Property[72]
Leni Sorensen Monticello research historian[73][74][75][76][77] Wikidata Property[78]
Gabrielle E.W. Carter Multi-disciplinary Artist and cultural preservationist [79][80][81] Wikidata Property[82]
Kelly Fields James Beard award winning pastry chef [83][84][85][86][87]
Iris Veronica Jimenez Chef and Culinary Director (Living), Praising the Pupusa: DC's Love for an Iconic Salvadoran Dish - Source includes information about her business. Bio, James Beard Foundation - Source includes basic bio and shows that she was a James Beard Foundation 2020 Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership Fellow
Women in Science[edit]
Mary E. Tusch [88] [89] [90] [91]
Noris Salazar Allen: first researcher in Panama to specialize in the study of bryophytes [92][93][94] Wikidata property[95]
Wikispecies[96]
Josephine Santiago-Bond (worked on by User:Gchitu) head of (and helped create) the Advanced Engineering Development Branch at NASA[97][98] Wikidata property[99]
Ashley N. Egan research botanist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History[100][101]
Melanie R. Bond biologist and primate keeper at the Smithsonian National Zoo [102][103]
Hannah English Williams (worked on by User:Lauloe234) (d. 1722) naturalist, first female in the American British colonies to gather plant and animal specimens for scientific collections [104][105][106][107][108][109]
Lisa Gaddis Astrogeologist and Director of the Universities Space Research Association's Lunar and Planetary Institute (Living)[110][111]
Aileen Yingst (worked on by User:Nholguin8) Geologist and Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute. Currently working with NASA to explore Mars (Living) [112][113][114]
Marah J. Hardt Research Co-Director for the non-profit Future of Fish and science advocate[115][116]
Women in Art[edit]
Martha Olson [117], [118], [119], [120], [121]
Katja Oxman -[122], [123], [124], [125]
Angela Palladino [128], [129], [130]
Dian Friedman (d. November 24, 2017) artist, sports artist, teacher - Her art is part of the MOMA collection, her portrait of Pope John Paul II hangs in the Vatican Museum. Commissioned by the US Olympic Committee to create a piece for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta [146][147][148]
Irene Castle, dancer ballroom dancer, translate from [[149]] or [[150]] Wikipedia articles. English article is about her and her husband combined - can be separated. Wikidata property for Irene Castle [151], property for Vernon and Irene Castle[152]
Viola Canady (worked on by User:Joe Cesare) Co-founder of the Daughters of Dorcas and Sons Quilting Guild of Washington, DC. Wikidata property [153]
Jaime Black Métis multidisciplinary artist, founder of the REDress Project. Wikidata property[154]
Angela Palladino Folk Artist [155][156]
Native American Women[edit]
Virginia Beavert (Yakama): University of Washington biographical article
Ramona Bennett (worked on by User:ProfessorBeaver): Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project profile page, University of Washington blog post of interview with Ramona Bennett
Mitchelene BigMan (worked on by User:RaysArcade): Women's History article
Diane M. Burns (worked on by User:ProfessorBeaver): Best American Poetry blog post, AM New York Metro article with quotations and interview excerpts
Lena Frank Dick (worked on by User:Sreader23) (Washoe, 1889–1965): Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, A to Z of American Indian Women
Karen Diver (Fond du Lac Band Ojibwe), director of business development, University of Arizona: [157], The College of St. Scholastica welcome letter
Lorraine Freeman: Winnipeg Free Press obituary, Métis Museum, InTensions Journal, Dane Allard thesis, UBC
Adelheid Herrmann (Dena'ina Athabascan) — Alaska Legislature, Alaska Pacific University
Grace A. Johnson (Iñupiaq, b. 1924), Alaskan Republican state legislator — Alaska Legislature, other source material may be found at Ancestry website, not many sources on her
Ramona Lubo (worked on by User:Delightfuldilly) (Cahuilla, 1853–1922), basket maker: A to Z of American Indian Women, The Press-Enterprise, University of California Calisphere collections (Public Domain image), Wikimedia Commons image of Ramona Lubo
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Celilo Miles (worked on by User:Anishsun) (Nez Perce), fashion model: Online interview article,Model bio page
Princess Marian (Lokono/Guyana-Barbados) Possible split from Lokono article.
Red Thread Women's Development Organisation Guyanese women's organization
Irene Nicholia Todd also Irene Nicholia (Athabascan), Alaskan Democrat state legislator: Alaska Legislature, plus Doyon, Limited may have pointers to additional sources in their archives (her husband is one of their executives)
Kay Wallis also F. Kay Wallis (Athabascan), Alaskan Democrat state legislator: Alaska Legislature
Patricia Whitefoot (worked on by User:Sunfish1109) (Yakama): Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Award announcement, Washington State University digital project interview
Mary Cornelius Winder (worked on by User:Send22) (Oneida), land claim activist: The Oneida - Oneida Indian Nation News, Oneida Indian Nation, Observer-Dispatch article
Iva J. Rider "Princess Atalie Unkalunt" Cherokee Nation, 1895 – 1954
Isabella Aiukli Cornell a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and activist for Native Women [158] Wikidata property[159]
Women in Business or Entertainment[edit]
Joyce Warner crowned Miss Black Florida in 1971 [162] Wikidata property[163]
Sophia Chang (worked on by User:CarCai) writer, manager of high profile hip-hop artists such as RZA, GZA, A Tribe Called Quest, etc. [164]
Momi Cazimero graphic designer and firm owner, established the first woman-owned graphic design firm in Hawaii [165][166][167]
Brittney Ogike (worked on by User:cassandrale) founder of beauty supply stores [168][169][170][171]
Antionette Carroll (worked on by User:Jacque) designer, founder Creative Reaction Lab (Living) [172][173][174][175]
Kuttin Kandi DJ, activist, organizer, writer, artist, co-founded Asian Solidarity Collective [176][177][178] Wikidata Property[179]
Women in Journalism[edit]
Julia B. ChanManaging Editor, Digital - KQED[180]
Evelyn Hsu Maynard Institute, Co-Executive Director
Michelle Lee (journalist) president of AAJA
Doualy Xaykaothao American radio journalist, Wikidata property[181]
Connie Wangexecutive editor, Refinery29
Kimberly Yam NBC News Asian voices reporter
Ashley Wong Sacramento Bee
Hena Doba [182]Wikidata Property
P.J. Randhawa (Prabjot (PJ) Kaur Randhawa) first Sikh broadcast journalist and the first to win an Emmy Award
Stephanie Mehta Editor-In-Chief, Fast Company Magazine
Tarini Parti White House Reporter, Buzzfeed News
Jeanne Hoffman (1919-September 29, 1966) Cartoonist, magazine editor, sports journalist. Drawings in permanent collection of the International Tennis Hall of Fame [183][184]
AAPI Women & Organizations[edit]
Akiko Fujimoto (worked on by User:CarCai) Minnesota Orchestra associate conductor
Alice Kamokila Campbell who opposed statehood although her reasoning for it has not stood the test of time
Rebecca Kahalewai Cummins president of Hui Aloha ʻĀina for Women
Liliʻuokalani Educational Society Hawaii
Queen Liliʻuokalani Trust (worked on by User:Annekad) Hawaii
Marybeth Yuen Maul (worked on by User:CarCai) first Asian American female judge in Hawaii (c. 1957) [185][186][187][188][189]Wikidata Property[190]
Sai-Ling Chan-Sew development of culturally appropriate programs, advocate for children
Corinne Watanabe first female to serve as the Attorney General of Hawaii, for a partial term (1985-1987) [191][192][193][194] Wikidata Property [195]
Emily Kau'i Zuttermeister (worked on by User:CarCai) Hula master, 1984 NEA National Heritage Fellow [196][197][198][199] Wikidata property [200]
Martha Lum at 9 years old in 1924, Lum was prohibited from attending public schools in Mississippi because she was of Chinese descent [201] See also, Lum v. Rice
Activists[edit]
Millicent Brown (worked on by User:jan10808) desegregated Charleston, SC public schools, educator [202][203][204][205][206][207][208][209][210] Wikidata Property[211]
L.C. Dorsey (1938–2013) civil rights and prison reform activist based in Mississippi [212][213][214][215][216] Wikidata Property [217]
Jane Schutt (1913–2006) civil rights activist, recipient of several prominent awards for her work [218][219][220][221] Wikidata Property [222]
Kimberly Devon McKee Professor at Grand Valley State University, coined the term "Transnational Adoption Industrial Complex", Wikidata Property [223]
Janie B. Jenkins Charleston, SC civil rights activist. Worked alongside her husband Esau Jenkins but her contributions are frequently minimized [224][225][226][227] Wikidata Property [228]
Regina Lee NYC Chinatown Health Fair founder [229][230][231] Wikidata Property[232]
Law / Politics, etc.[edit]
Carol Connor first woman to serve as an acting member of the South Carolina Supreme Court, elected 1988
Irene Dillard Elliott first woman to earn a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, first female faculty member of the University of South Carolina
Lucille Simmons Whipper (worked on by User:Atb105) the first Black woman elected to the S.C. General Assembly, lobbied for the preservation of the Avery Normal School which became the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture [233][234][235][236][237][238][239][240][241][242] Wikidata Property[243]
Athletics / Sports[edit]
Marilyn Fernberger (worked on by User:Ericalopeman) (August 13, 1927 - May 2, 2012) One of the first female tennis tournament directors. Archives held at International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHF) and Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSPA) [244][245][246][247][248][249][250]
June Harrison, photographer Sport / tennis photographer, American Express 2000 US Open advertising campaign used her photographs of Billie Jean King, Bjorn Borg, and Michael Chang. Her 1978 portrait of Billie Jean King was featured in the May 2004, 50th Anniversary Issue of Sports Illustrated. [251][252][253]
Sally Moore Huss (worked on by User:SeanFraile99) Won the Wimbledon Junior Tennis Championships in 1958 [254] Wikidata property [255]
Articles to edit[edit]
Women in Food[edit]
Maria Elena Lorenzo (worked on by User:Breadyornot) Owner and chef at LA's first Afro-Mexican restaurant - Tamales Elena y Antojitos [256][257][258][259]
Celeste Beatty (worked on by User:CarCai) Brewer and owner of Harlem Brewing company[260][261][262][263][264]
Jonell Nash (worked on by User:CarCai) food editor of Essence magazine from 1984-2008 and the author of several cookbooks [265][266] Wikidata Property [267]
Desta Bairu (worked on by User:Emailmope) Owner of the ethiopian restaurant Mamma Desta (est. 1977) and former chief cook for the Ethiopian Ambassador to the United Nations [268][269][270][271]
Mariya Russell (worked on by User:Emailmope) Chef and First Black Woman To Earn A Michelin Star[272][273][274][275][276]
Rea Ann Silva (worked on by User:Jas727) inventor of Beauty Blender
Toni Ko (worked on by User:HoyaSaxa25) founder of NYX cosmetics[277]