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Women Of Aviation Worldwide
March 2020 (Women's History Month)
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2020 global initiatives:
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March 2020 -- the 110th anniversary of the world's first female pilot license issued to Raymonde de Laroche -- is celebrated with Women of Aviation Week (WOAW). Though we have focused on women in aviation previously, this is the first time we are featuring it in March and joining the international efforts during WOAW.
Anyone can take part in this event. We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about women explorers, as well as their achievements, writings, organizations, and awards. This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts wherever they may be to participate in our initiative. Contributors are of course also welcome to add articles on any other notable women who deserve to be covered, for example under our #1day1woman priority.
The main goals of the event are:
- to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies of some of the world's most prominent women
- to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action on a specific area
- to support Wikipedia in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works
- to promote the new/improved articles and images through social media (Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter)
What else?
- Below, you'll see a section where you can list the articles you create this month, and another section where you can add the images you have uploaded to Commons.
- This essay on creating women's biographies and our Ten Simple Rules might be helpful to newer editors.
- If you tweet about any of the articles, or upload any of the images to Pinterest, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.
Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created)
A wide variety of redlink lists can be found on our Redlist index. Some of those relating to aviation are listed below:
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Additional red links can be found on the Timeline of women in aviation and Women in aviation.
Add other red links here, if possible with a source:
Works in progress (Stubs, Drafts, AfCs, AfDs,…)
Existing articles which need improvement (searches are approximate):
- Stubs Search (See also Stub contest)
- Drafts Search
- AfDs Search (may not meet notability criteria)
- Needs additional citations Search
Participants
- Rosiestep (talk) 19:56, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
- StrayBolt (talk) 23:26, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
- Ipigott (talk) 14:11, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
- Penny Richards (talk) 19:38, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
- Victuallers (talk) 23:27, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- Kingsif (talk) 23:35, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- Megalibrarygirl (talk) 00:48, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
- Lajmmoore (talk) 20:57, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
- Nick Number (talk) 23:54, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
- ☕ Antiqueight chatter 22:49, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
Outcomes (articles)
Promote our work
Key:
- Add FB after the article if you mention it on Facebook
- Add PIN after the article if you pin the image on Pinterest
- Add TW after the article if you tweet it on Twitter
New or upgraded articles
Most recent on top, please, specifying upgraded if not new
Yolanda Kaunda
Madeleine Charnaux -TW, PIN
Ann Maria Bocciarelli
Gene Nora Jessen- Patricia Robertson added some refs, PIN
Renate Brümmer TW, PIN- Dedie Deaton
- K. Megan McArthur added refs, PIN
- Mary Taylor Brush - PIN
- Terry London Rinehart - PIN
Kate Board- Refilwe Ledwaba
- Kelly Hamilton
Bettina Kadner- Mary de Bunsen -TW , PIN
- Winifred Crossley Fair-TW, PIN
- Margaret Cunnison -TW, PIN
Paulette Weber
Carmela Combe- Margot Gore TW, PIN
Kathleen Pelham Burn TW, PIN
Zenab Issa Oki TW- Charlotte Möhring upgrade
- Margaret Fairweather upgrade, PIN
- Mona Friedlander TW, PIN
- Joan Hughes upgrade, PIN
- Maria Josep Colomer i Luque - PIN
- Madge Moore - PIN
- Mary Helen Johnston - PIN
- Gabrielle Patterson TW, PIN
Did You Know features
New/expanded articles featured in the Did you know... column of the Wikipedia Main page
- Add here – most recent at the top with date of publication
- Renate Brümmer - 4 May
- Kathleen Pelham Burn - 21 April
- Maria Josep Colomer i Luque - 31 March
- Mary Taylor Brush - 28 March
- Mary Helen Johnston - 11 March
Outcomes (media)
Don't forget you can also add the new images you post here to our VisibleWikiWomen page.
- Please add this category to the image if you're uploading it to Commons: Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red - 2020
Add here – most recent at the top
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Brümmer (Commons category) during astronaut training -
Brümmer and other German D2 astronauts -
German astronaut team, including Renate Brümmer -
Mary Taylor Brush art - at Commons category there are also images already on Commons under her husband's name -
Mary Taylor Brush art -
Scan of portrait Mrs. Brush by George de Forest Brush -
Mary Taylor Brush and children -
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Colonels Kelly Hamilton and Katherine Bacon -
Joan Hughes MBE (cropped) -
Margaret Fairweather of the ATA -
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Gabrielle Patterson 1934 -
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Mari Pepa Colomer on the cover of Vanguardia in 1931 – first female pilot in Catalonia (Commons cat) -
Mary Helen Johnston NASA portrait (see also: New commons cat for Mary Helen Johnston) -
Johnston and other Spacelab-3 group astronauts
Press about the event
Event templates
- Invitation: MARCH 2020
- Editathon banner for talk pages: Template:WIR-157:
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