WikiProject Women's History
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Clio, Muse of History, by Artemisia Gentileschi, 1632
Welcome to WikiProject Women's History, a collaboration area for Wikipedians interested in improving coverage of women's history. The project's primary purpose is to provide support for members and any other editors in improving Wikipedia's coverage of women from a historical perspective. New members are always welcome! Just add your name to our participants list. You might also want to join one of our task forces. The project currently has two: Women in World War I and Women in technology.
Scope
[edit]Although we recognize that the definition of women's history as an academic field of study can be flexible and even problematic, this project focuses on:
- the lives, activities, achievements, and experiences of women up to the mid-20th century
- ongoing social and cultural movements and issues that affect women into the present but have historical precedents and origins
- contemporary women as agents of historic change
A major goal of WikiProject Women's History is to incorporate the perspective of women's history in overview articles of historical periods or pre-1950 events which may currently lack such coverage. A history article (such as American Old West) should be included in this project if reliable sources exist for improving the coverage of women throughout or in a section that focuses on the experiences and contributions of women.
Topics of interest primarily because they reflect perceptions or views of women and their prescribed roles, as well as articles on current events without a verifiable historical dimension or on contemporary popular culture, may be more aptly covered by WikiProject Gender Studies, WikiProject Feminism, or other projects. WikiProject Women's History is not "WikiProject Women" or "WikiProject Women's Studies".
Criteria for inclusion
[edit]Below are more detailed criteria for including various types of articles under this project's banner. When in doubt, join us for a discussion. (For more on how these criteria were drafted and consensus on them was reached, see Women's History Scope Workshop.)
Biographies
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A biography that has met the notability requirements outlined at WP:BIO may be included within this project if it meets one of the following criteria.
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Works of art
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"Works of art" will include literature, performing arts, and visual arts. A work of art, regardless of the gender of its creator, may be included if it is discussed in existing scholarship as contributing to women's history, even if the current version of the article lacks coverage of this aspect. Works of art under this project's banner should show how women lived, what they did, or what they experienced. A work of art that is of interest because it shows attitudes toward women, or how women were viewed, may be covered more aptly by WikiProject Gender Studies or WikiProject Feminism.
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Fictional or mythological characters
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Mythological, legendary, or fictional characters may be included in this project only if they have a high degree of significance for the understanding of women's history, as indicated by existing scholarship. The character's article should provide perspectives on the lives of real women and their activities, as interpreted by scholars. A character who is of interest because she embodies attitudes toward women may be covered more aptly by WikiProject:Gender Studies or WikiProject Feminism.
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Movements and issues
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Articles on movements (such as suffrage campaigns), issues (abortion rights), or broad topics such as "women's rights" typically have a historical component and should therefore be included.
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Organizations and groups
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Organizations formed by or for women before or during the mid-20th century generally are included within this project, as well as those in which women played an important role, especially if coverage of women in the current article is underdeveloped. The organization may exist up to the present, or may be defunct. Examples include professional organizations, trade unions, voluntary associations such as humanitarian or aid groups, women's rights groups, women's clubs, religious orders, educational institutions, military units, and other social or political groups.
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Culture and society
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Contemporary culture (1970 to present) generally lies outside the scope of this project. An overview article on topics such as fashion, health, sport, sexuality, or other cultural practices may be included in this project only if it meets one of the following criteria:
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Events
[edit]- New Jersey Women's History @ Rowan University April 6, 2018
- Wikipedia:Edit-a-thon/Women Warriors in Times of War Edit-a-thon 2018 Tennessee State University- March 30, 2018
- Wikipedia:Meetup/Women in Science Edit-a-thon 2016 - Oklahoma University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma - October 11, 2016
- Indigenous Women Edit-a-thon Algoma University, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada - June 20, 2016
- Wikipedia:Edit-a-thon/Women's History Month Edit-a-thon Tennessee State University, Tennessee – March 25, 2016
- Medieval Women Editathon, Swansea, Wales – January 28, 2015
- 2014 Bangalore Edit-a-thon on Indian women in science
- 2014 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women Edit-a-thon - Toronto – May 24, 2014
- Women in Jewish History Editathon 2014 – New York City
- Wikipedia:Meetup/Ada Lovelace Edit-a-thon 2013 - Brown
- Wikipedia:Meetup/Ada Lovelace Edit-a-thon 2013 - Brussels
- Wikipedia:Meetup/Ada Lovelace Edit-a-thon - Harvard (2012)
How you can help
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A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
- Improve Top importance articles: Women in the Middle Ages, Women in the Victorian era
- Expand stubs: See this list of Women's History stubs
- Update: Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
- Assess: The articles on this list need assessment for quality and importance using the WikiProject Women's History guidelines
- Create a requested article: See Requested Women's History articles for the complete list or to request a new article.
- Add a requested image: None
- Translate: Articles needing translation can be found at Requested translations, where you can also add new translation requests.
- Monitor: Keep an eye on our article alerts page and on recent changes to the talk pages of Women's History articles.
- Cleanup: The Cleanup listing for WikiProject Women's History includes both challenging and easy tasks, like adding wikilinks, de-orphaning.
- Repair dead links: Many dead external links can be fixed by searching the link at the Wayback Machine and replacing the dead link with an archived version.
- Banner: Add {{WMNHIST}} to the talk pages of new (or newly found) articles if they fall with the scope of WikiProject Women's History.
Project statistics
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Related WikiProjects
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African women |
Architecture & design |
Art |
Business |
Feminism |
Health |
Hip hop music |
History |
History Month (March) |
Jewish women |
Journalism |
Music |
Religion |
Scientists |
Sport |
Warfare & military |
Writers |
Missing articles department: Women in Red |
Article improvement department: Women in Green |
See also: Gender gap task force |
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Feminism
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Gender Studies
- Wikipedia:WikiProject History
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Women artists
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Women scientists
- Wikipedia:Wikiproject Women writers
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Women's sport
Categories
[edit]The following Categories are potentially of interest to this project, although not all of their articles may be within the project's scope.
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School and university projects
[edit]If you are using Wikipedia as an educational assignment, and your students will be writing or editing articles related to women's history, do drop us a note at our project's talk page.
There are many resources available to support such projects including:
- Wikipedia:Ambassadors
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Classroom coordination
- Wikipedia:School and university projects
Useful tools:
- The Educational assignment tag can be used to mark an article as being/having been part of an assignment by placing the following at the top of the article's talk page:
{{EducationalAssignment}}
Be sure to click "Publish changes" afterwards. There are further options for the template such as adding the date the assignment will end or a link to your project's write-up at Wikipedia:School and university projects, if you have one. There's more information at Template:EducationalAssignment.
- The Article wizard helps you through the process of submitting a new article to Wikipedia. There are 6 sections to step through, then you'll be taken to the editing page. As each section is completed, the next becomes available.
See also:
- Dispatches: Featured content from schools and universities, The Wikipedia Signpost, May, 9. 2008
- WikiProject Murder Madness and Mayhem for an excellent example of classroom/Wikipedia cooperation, aided by experienced editors, but it did not generate any articles about women or works by women, etc.
- WikiProject Global Economics for an example of what not to do
Recognized content
[edit]- For a complete list of Recognized content bannered by this project see WikiProject Women's History Recognized content. The page is regularly updated by a bot and includes:
- Featured articles
- Former featured articles
- Featured lists
- Former featured lists
- Good articles
- Former good articles
- Did you know? articles
- In the News articles
- The Featured Articles in the hand-maintained list below are relevant to our project, but do not necessarily carry the WikiProject Women's History banner.
Prominent women in need of peer-evaluation upgrade
[edit]- Sandra Day O'Connor
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg (upgrade from GA to FA)
- Sonia Sotomayor (upgrade from GA to FA)
- Elena Kagan (upgrade from GA to FA)
- Heloise (the abbess; needs primary redirect from Heloise)
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