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Fifty Women Sculptors: A Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

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 fifty women sculptural artists in the United States.

This event is planned in conjunction with the Smithsonian American Art 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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June 9, 2022

1:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT (United States)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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

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PapillontheSong (talk) 18:22, 9 June 2022 (UTC)PapillontheSong[reply]
ELBAAgusti (talk) 17:49, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
JamieF (talk) 17:01, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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Rosiestep (talk) 17:03, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
econterms (talk) 17:15, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Kippelboy (talk) 17:16, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
peachseltzer (talk) 17:17, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Sydney Poore/FloNight User talk:FloNight 17:29, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
KellyDoyle (talk) 17:38, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Sarasays (talk) 17:38, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Sonoet2 (talk) 17:39, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
--Wawa8100 (talk) 17:40, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Fuzheado | Talk 17:42, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
--Sharon Stoneback (talk) 17:39, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
--Acqua Lilois (talk) 17:44, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
--Johannes der Taucher (talk) 17:44, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Copyleft (talk) 17:46, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
DanniTheGirl88 (talk) 18:18, 9 June 2022 (UTC)Dannibeth Farnum[reply]
Geraldshields11 (talk) 17:51, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Mejorbilingue (talk) 17:59, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Mkwahl (talk) 18:00, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Kek-Peripheral (talk) 18:11, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Composter1216 (talk) 18:14, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
--ArtGossip (talk) 18:18, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Lhpeebles (talk) 18:26, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Basics[edit]

NPOV - Neutral point of view

NOR - No original research

RS - Reliable sourcing

V - Verifiable info

Articles to create[edit]

Click names to open a draft of the article.

(created)Sherry Brody (created post edit-a-thon)(SAAM), SI search, Obit IMDB, Independent Voices search, Internet Archives texts search
(created)Lillian Florsheim (created 6/9/2022), (SAAM) SI search, Website dedicated to artist - JamieF working on

Articles to edit[edit]

Stub and Start -- These articles have basic levels of information and are in most need of your attention.
Read about C, B, and GA articles here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_assessment

Gertrude K. Lathrop: Stub, (no image), SAAM Bio, SI search, Albany Rural Cemetery Explorer, Women at Work, Women Artist News, Internet Archives texts search
Margaret Brassler Kane: Stub, (no image), SAAM Bio, SI search, Website about the artist, Darien Times, Internet Archives text search
Dorothea Greenbaum: Stub, (no image), SAAM Bio, SI search, Remarkable Lives of 100 Women Artists, Obit, Internet Archives text search
Gladys Gunzer: Stub, (no image), SAAM Bio, SI search, MedalArtists.com,Internet Archives texts search
Janet de Coux: Stub, (no image), SAAM Bio, SI search, Women at Work..., Pennsylvania Heritage article, Internet Archives texts search
Ruth Vollmer: Stub, (no image), SAAM, SI search, Obit, Illuminations & Reflections, Icons and Images of the Sixties, Thinking The Line (create free login to access book), MetroMod (blog),
Enid Bell: Stub, (no image), SAAM, SI search website about artist, Internet Archive texts search, [1]
Rosemarie Castoro: Stub, (more images) SAAM, SI search, [2], [3]
Ruthadell Anderson: Stub, (no image), SAAM, SI search, [4], [5], [6], [7]
Stella Waitzkin: Stub Class, SAAM Bio, SI search, Kohler Foundation website, Website about the artist, Gregg Museum
Eugenie Gershoy: Start Class, SAAM Bio, SI search, Syracuse archives, Internet Archives text search
Alice Shaddle: Start, SAAM, SI search, [8]
Anita Weschler: Start, (no image), SAAM Bio, SI search, [9], [10]
Bessie Stough Callender: Start, (no image), SAAM Bio, SI search, [11]
Jennie Lea Knight: Start, (no image), SAAM Bio, SI search
Maria Alquilar: Start, (no image), SAAM Bio, SI search Artist website, Internet Archives texts search
Clara Fasano: Start, (no image), SAAM, SI search, [12],
Leila Usher: Start, SAAM, SI search
Marion Sanford: Start, (no image), SAAM, SI search, [13]
Sylvia Stone: Start, SAAM, SI search, essay in Art and Sexual Politics (pg. 90), Originals: American Women Artists
Abastenia St. Léger Eberle: Start, SAAM, SI search, [14]
Laura Gardin Fraser: Start, SAAM, SI search, [15], [16]
Cornelia van Auken Chapin: Start, (no image), SAAM, SI search
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth: Start, SAAM, SI search, [17]
Nancy Reddin Kienholz: Start, SAAM, SI search, [18], [19], [20]
Lila Katzen: (no image), Start, SAAM, SI search, [21][22]
Chryssa: Start, SAAM, SI search, [23]
Cleo Hartwig: Start, SAAM, SI search, [24], [25]
Ida Kohlmeyer: Start, SAAM, SI search, [26],[27], [28], [29], [30]
Anna Hyatt Huntington: Start, SAAM SI search [31][32]
Anne Truitt: Start, (no image), SAAM, SI search [33][34][35]
Bessie Potter Vonnoh: B Class, SAAM, SI search, Internet Archive texts search
Elizabeth Catlett: B Class,SAAM Bio, SI search, Internet Archive texts search, Independent Voices search
Claire Falkenstein: B Class, SAAM Bio, SI search, Internet Archive text search, Daily Art Magazine
Edmonia Lewis: B Class, SAAM Bio, SI search, Smithsonian Magazine, NC Newspapers, Internet Archives text search, [36]
Harriet Hosmer: B Class, SAAM Bio, SI search, Internet Archive text search, Independent Voices search, The Marginalian
Luise Kaish: C Class, SAAM, SI search, Internet Archives text search
Ruth Duckworth: C Class, (no image), SAAM, SI search, Independent Voices search, Internet Archive texts search
Hélène Sardeau: C Class, SAAM, SI search, Women at Work, Internet Archive texts search
Concetta Scaravaglione: C Class, SAAM Bio, SI search, Internet Archive texts search, The Feminist Art Journal article
Margaret Foley: C Class, SAAM Bio, SI search, Biography of Harriet Hosmer mentions Foley
Augusta Savage: C Class, SAAM Bio, SI search, Internet Archives text search, Independent Voices search
Selma Burke: C Class, SAAM Bio, SI search, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, North Carolina Newspapers (DigitalNC.ORG)
Louise Nevelson: GA, SAAM Bio, SI search, Internet Archive texts search, Internet Archives text search, Independent Voices search

Searching for Information[edit]

Smithsonian Collections Search
- General search
- CC0 sculptures from SAAM
- Abastenia St. Léger Eberle sculpture - Wikimedia Commons category
- Harriet Hosmer sculpture - Wikimedia Commons category
- Anna Hyatt Huntington (unfortunately not usable, not open access)

Independent voices

Artnet

AskArt

Internet Archive Texts (Free, but login is required. Create a new account here)

Ancestry.com (Not free, but you might have access personally or through a library account)

Newspapers.com (Not free, but you might have access personally or through a library account)

Wikidata tools[edit]

Petscan run showing Wikidata entries
- Sitelinks - Petscan output sorted by sitelinks/articles
TABernacle session - Edit Wikidata items in a spreadsheet format

Visualizations[edit]

Visualizations of Women Sculptors using Wikidata.

Edmonia Lewis, her works and themes, and where she was the "main subject"

Wikidata List[edit]

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This list is automatically generated from data in Wikidata and is periodically updated by Listeriabot.
Edits made within the list area will be removed on the next update!

Article	description	occupation	date of birth	date of death	notable work	Sitelinks
Louise Nevelson	American sculptor (1899-1988)	sculptor painter printmaker architectural draftsperson artist	1899-09-23	1988-04-17	Sky Landscape	30
Elizabeth Catlett	Black American-born Mexican artist (1915–2012)	sculptor printmaker painter illustrator teacher graphic artist artist	1915-04-15 1915	2012-04-02 2012	Students Aspire Black Unity	21
Harriet Hosmer	American sculptor	sculptor artist	1830-10-09	1908-02-21		21
Edmonia Lewis	African American sculptor	sculptor artist	1844-07-04	1907-09-17	Hiawatha and Minnehaha The Death of Cleopatra	31
Chryssa	American artist (1933-2013)	sculptor painter designer visual artist artist	1933-12-31	2013-12-23	Clytemnestra Mott Street	11
Bessie Potter Vonnoh	American sculptor (1872–1955)	sculptor artist	1872-08-17	1955-03-08	Burnett Memorial Fountain	8
Eugenie Gershoy	Watercolorist and sculptor (1901-1986)	painter sculptor artist	1901-01-01	1986-05-08		4
Claire Falkenstein	American artist (1908-1997)	artist sculptor painter printmaker graphic artist jeweler designer jewelry designer	1908-07-22	1997-10-23		9
Cleo Hartwig	American sculptor	sculptor artist	1907-10-20 1911	1988-06-18		4
Ruth Duckworth	American artist	artist manufacturer	1919-04-10	2009-10-18		6
Cornellia Van A. Chapin	American artist	sculptor artist painter	1893-08-07 1893	1973 1972 1972-12-04		6
Margaret Brassler Kane	American sculptor	sculptor	1909-05-25	2006-04-10		1
Janet de Coux	American sculptor	sculptor	1904-10-05	2000 1999-12		1
Hélène Sardeau	sculptor 1899–1969	sculptor	1899-07-07	1968		4
Leila Usher	American sculptor (1859-1955)	sculptor artist	1859-08-26	1955-08-13		5
Sylvia Stone	Canadian artist	artist	1928	2011		2
Lillian Florsheim	American artist	sculptor	1896-05-17	1988-12-28		1
Alice Shaddle	American sculptor	artist sculptor	1928-12-21	2017-11-27		1

∑ 18 items.

End of auto-generated list.

Tools[edit]

Sources[edit]

Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources

Preferences[edit]

Adding useful user scripts to your Wikipedia account
- Go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets
- Check Install scripts without having to manually edit JavaScript files
- Click the "Save" button
Add the Rater tool - User:Evad37/rater.js
Optionally: go back to Preferences and add more gadgets:
- Check Display an assessment of an article's quality in its page header
- Check HotCat: easily add, remove, and change categories on a page, with name suggestions
- Check MoreMenu: add Page and User dropdown menus to the toolbar with links to common tasks, analytic tools and logs
- Check XTools: dynamically show statistics about a page's history under the page heading

Schedule[edit]

Outcomes[edit]

Dashboard Metrics

Geraldshields11 (talk) 18:05, 9 June 2022 (UTC) improved Stella Waitzkin improved article with refs and explanation of works[reply]
Worked on Edmonia Lewis, Laura Gardin Fraser - Fuzheado | Talk 18:08, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Added an image and additional information/references to Clara Fasano and added additional info and references to Enid Bell Peachseltzer (talk) 18:10, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
added refs to Jennie Lea Knight Geraldshields11 (talk) 18:11, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
added quote to Stella Waitzkin --Sharon Stoneback (talk) 18:30, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
--Acqua Lilois (talk) 19:22, 9 June 2022 (UTC) added information about Leila Usher's Susan B. Anthony bronze medallion.[reply]
Tinkered a little on the Ruth Vollmer, Rosemarie Castoro, and the Anita Weschler pages. Johannes der Taucher (talk) 22:54, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Translated Hélène Sardeau, Gertrude K. Lathrop, Dorothea Greenbaum, Leila Usher to Catalan & Spanish wikis; improved considerably Edmonia Lewis in Catalan, and translated Abastenia St. Leger Eberle to Spanish.Kippelboy (talk) 03:30, 10 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
worked on the talk page for Judith Selby Lang, who is not on the list but is an American Women Sculptor. Composter1216 (talk) 15:27, 10 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
worked on Draft:Sherry Brody. It needs someone to move it from the draft space as it was previously declined for the main space.Maxmarsh2021 (talk) 00:29, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
worked on Marion Sanford, reorganized page into sections, added new info on life and works, added photo with fair use justification Peachseltzer (talk) 15:59, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
worked on Margaret Brassler Kane, added infobox plus new info on life and works and photo with fair use justification Peachseltzer (talk) 20:27, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
added an image to the article for Dorothea Greenbaum that I uploaded to Wikimedia Commons