Wikipedia:GLAM/Wellcome/Events and Workshops/ImpWiSTEM


About the event

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Imperial College, Wellcome Collection and the IET are joining forces to host a Women in STEM Wikithon. Join us to celebrate the women in science that deserve a more prominent place in the online historical record. You'll hear inspirational talks, then develop your digital skills and learn how to edit Wikipedia in order to harness the power of the web to share your knowledge.

Complete beginners and experienced editors are both welcome to attend - we'll provide training for anyone new to editing. If you’ve spotted an article that needs improving, bring along your queries and we’ll see what we can do to help!

How do I prepare?

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  • Sign up for the event!
  • Create a Wikipedia account (look at the top right of this page for the link). You don't need to do anything else, but it'll speed things up on the day if you've already signed up for an account.
  • Learn about editing if you like: see Visual Editor user guide for more information.
  • Think about what you would like to edit about - you can even prepare some materials to bring with you on the day (to help with verifiability).
  • Check out the notability guidelines and what topics can be written about on Wikipedia.
  • Think about whether you have any conflicts of interest.
  • Take a look at the list of Women Climate Researchers or Wikiproject Women Scientists to help you find a person for whom you'd like to create/improve a page - or search for another scientist to see if their page needs to be added/improved!
  • Bring along a laptop and enjoy the day!

Participants

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Participating wiki-editors can add their names here...

Articles edited and created

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Here are some useful links to help you with your editing:

Here are some ways to keep track of your edits:

  • You can view all your contributions to Wikipedia by clicking "Contributions" (in the top right of this page).
  • The Pageviews tool is a great way of measuring how many people are looking at the page you created/edited. You can even export the data if you'd like it for reports, etc.

Pages to create/improve

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The main pages that we're hoping to target are in the table below, but for more existing pages to improve beyond those in this table, take a look at the list of 20th-century women scientists and 20th-century women engineers

Table of Women in STEM

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Name Field Link to website / improvement suggestions for Wiki
Celia Mary Oakley Cardiology http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/7006
Jane Wadsworth Statistics http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-jane-wadsworth-1251436.html
Elen Elaine Austin Meteorology https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OPutDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA191&lpg=PA191&dq=Elen+Elaine+Austin&source=bl&ots=U_dOo3kOD6&sig=eFf1a5GPaYNQdZiFwhEFaEm2AgA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQhcyl-pDZAhWIJsAKHaUpBW4Q6AEIMjAC#v=onepage&q=Elen%20Elaine%20Austin&f=false
Anne Thorne Spectroscopy http://www.sp.ph.ic.ac.uk/~julietp/FTS/apt/apt.htm & https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=x4u4ikoj1M8C&pg=PA371&lpg=PA371&dq=ANNE+PATRICIA+THORNE&source=bl&ots=_JbKtV_US_&sig=6Dbp9e2dYeSzyxSkCipPTVAoovg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjomNj-hpHZAhXOyaQKHXs2Ap4Q6AEINTAC#v=onepage&q=ANNE%20PATRICIA%20THORNE&f=false
Sue Birley Entrepreneurship https://www.imperial.ac.uk/college.asp?P=712
Kate Barratt Botany http://www.imperial.ac.uk/equality/support-for-staff/imperial-women/womenatimperialweek/pioneering-women/
Debra Humphris Vice-Chancellor & medical policy researcher https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/governance-and-structure/leadership/university-executive-board/professor-debra-humphris.aspx
Julia Buckingham Pro Rector & Pharmacology https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/j.buckingham
Mary Ritter Pro Rector & Immunology http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/m.ritter
Maggie Dallman Associate Provost & Immunology https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/m.dallman
Sarah Waterbury Finance & fundraising, Vice President https://www.imperial.ac.uk/about/leadership-and-strategy/president/vice-president-advancement/
Sue Grimes Engineering & waste management http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/s.grimes
Anna Hansel Epidemiology & statistics http://www.sahsu.org/content/dr-anna-hansell
Tina van de Flierdt Geochemistry, co-leads the MAGIC isotope http://wwwf.imperial.ac.uk/blog/prettycoralsrockyseas/meet-tina-van-de-flierdt/
Susan Hodgson Epidemiology, children's exposure to harmful substances https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/susan.hodgson
Audrey de Nazelle Environmental science, leads the London-based case study for the EU-FP7 project Physical Activity through Sustainable Transport Approaches (PASTA), was named one of the "50 Most Influential Female Scholars" by SuperScholar https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/anazelle
Heather Graven Climate physics, consulted by BBC & CNN journalists on the effect of climate change https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/h.graven
Mirabelle Muûls Economics & climate change, work quoted in the FT, recipient of Erik Kempe Award, Robert Mundell Prize https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/m.muuls
Florence Gschwend Green chemistry, co-founder of Chrysalix Technologies (commercialising the ionic liquid based biomass fractionation process) https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/f.gschwend12
Rebecca Kordas Climate change, extensive reporting of herbivore research in the press, recipient of Imperial College Research Fellowship (2016) and the NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship (2014) http://www.rebeccakordas.com/
Katrin Glatzel Agriculture, program leader of the Malabo Montpellier Panel. http://www.ifpri.org/profile/katrin-glatzel
Zoe Harris Vertical farming, Higher Executive Officer and policy lead on carbon leakage and benchmarking for the EU Emissions Trading Team (ETS) https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/z.harris
Michelle Jackson Ecology & climate change, quoted extensively in press (see News section of her website) https://sites.google.com/site/michellecjacksonresearch/
Dorothy Griffiths Sociologist, Provost’s Envoy for Gender Equality, Chair of Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust. http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/d.griffiths
Sue Percy CEO of Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation http://www.ciht.org.uk/en/about-us/whos-who/chief-executive.cfm
Louise Kingham CEO Energy Institute https://www.energyinst.org/about-us/Leadership
Julia Cartwright CEO of Institute of Cast Metals Engineers
Libby Meyrick CEO of Institution of Engineering Designers https://uk.linkedin.com/in/libby-meyrick-53508015
Lynn Cooper CEO of Institute of Water https://www.instituteofwater.org.uk/our-team/
Rosemary Cook CEO of Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine https://www.ipem.ac.uk/AboutIPEM/ContactUs/StaffMembers.aspx
Sarah Beacock Nuclear Institute http://www.nuclearinst.com/HQ-Team
Caroline Bull President of British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing https://www.lavender-ndt.com/news-and-events/international-women-in-engineering-day-2017/
Angela Gray President of Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
Sheila Lauchlan President of Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers http://www.igem.org.uk/about-igem/president.aspx
Carolyn Griffiths President of Institute of Mechanical Engineers https://www.imeche.org/about-us/our-people/carolyn-griffiths
Jo Webb President of Institute of Acoustics http://www.ioa.org.uk/news/jo-webb-new-ioa-president
Elizabeth Tanner OBE FREng FRS Biomedical engineer who developed and set up Scotland’s first undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering. Sits on the editorial board of Ingenia. https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/engineering/staff/ktanner/#/researchinterests
Faith Wainwright MBE FREng Appointed President of the Institution of Structural Engineers earlier this year and has worked on some well-known buildings, including the Tate Modern. Sits on the editorial board of Ingenia. https://www.istructe.org/news-articles/2018/institution-news/faith-wainwright-appointed-2018-president-of-the-i
Professor Dame Jane Jiang MBE FREng Heads the EPSRC’s Future Metrology Hub at the University of Huddersfield. Also has an interesting career path – she started out at age 15 working on a production line assembling buses. http://www.ingenia.org.uk/Ingenia/Articles/1008
Jenny Body OBE In 2013 became the first-ever female President of the Royal Aeronautical Society of which she is a Fellow. Started her career as a Mechanical Engineering undergraduate apprentice with British Aerospace. https://royalsociety.org/people/jenny-body-8825/
Margarent Fishenden Meteorology Page exists but could stand some expansion, image, has no reference to Imperial
Sandra Dawson Management Page exists but needs infobox, image, etc.
Julia Polak Pathology Page exists but needs citations, infobox, image, etc.
Martha Annie Whiteley Chemistry Page exists but needs expansion, citations, image, etc.
Winifred Watkins Biochemistry Page exists but could stand some expansion
Margaret Turner-Warwick Thoracic medicine Page exists but needs expansion, infobox, image, etc.
Josephine Barnes Obstetrics Page exists but needs some citations in one section
Averil Mansfield Vascular surgery Page exists but could stand some expansion, needs a picture
Dorothy Wedderburn Principal of Bedford College Page exists but needs expansion, infobox, image, etc.
Jenny Higham Principal of St George's, University of London & Chair of the Medical Schools Council Page exists but needs infobox, image, etc.
Lesley Regan Professor and Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Page exists but needs expansion, infobox, image, etc.
Edith Summerskill Physician & politician Page exists but doesn't mention her link to Imperial
Constance Tipper Crystallography Page exists but doesn't mention her link to Imperial, could use expansion, image, etc.
Lady Rachel Workman MacRobert geologist, cattle breeder & feminist Page exists but needs infobox, etc.
Helen ApSimon Air pollution & climate Page exists but could stand some expansion
Gwen Alston Aerodynamicist http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-gwen-alston-1487478.html
Ethel Bailey Automotive and aeronautical engineer https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QRa6fTwRcwwC&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&dq=ethel+H+bailey&source=bl&ots=PZLs9gCr2n&sig=RJ5dWPndNYD6cwKm_bo_ao4dIJE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYtpvZzfHTAhVICsAKHYR7DZUQ6AEIUjAI#v=onepage&q=ethel%20H%20bailey&f=false + WES Journal Vols 2, 3, 5, 6
Marjorie Bell WES President 1957. 1st woman on Northampton Institute Electrical Engineering course, Lectured at Woolwich Technical College, HM inspector of factories, factory inspector in Palestine WES Journal Vol 8, Information in the WES Register (we've got a printed copy!)
Jonathan Ferguson Born Irene Joy, transitioned in 1950s. Began career as electrical demonstrator, trained as pilot, position in Ministry of Aircraft Production, member of Air Transport Auxiliary, directorate of aircraft research and development at the Ministry of Supply WES Journal Vols 5-8, https://lgbthistoryuk.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ferguson, search for joy jonathan ferguson air transport auxiliary for more on the web
Mary George (Engineer) WES memorial prize named in her honour. Principal Information Officer for Ministry of AFF, director of EAW WES Journal Vols 8-13
Isabel Helen Hardwich Metropolitan & Vickers, photometrics / spectrometry. WES Medal named after her. WES Journal Vols 6-14, 17, 18. Might also be in Physics Bulletin if you have access.
Norah Jeans Automobile engineering, switched to engineering publicity, Treasurer WES WES Journal Vols 2-7, 15. Information in the WES Register (we've got a printed copy!)
Elizabeth M. Kennedy WES President 1933. Tool manufacturing, managing director Messrs J B Stone & Co. WES Journal Vols 1-5, 7, 8, Information in the WES Register (we've got a printed copy!)
Sheila Leather President WES 1950, mechanical engineer WES Journal Vols 5-13.
Sheila McGuffie (Mrs L.D. Anscombe) Jet engines WES Journal Vols 3-5, 15. Information in the WES Register (we've got a printed copy!)
Madeleine Nobbs (D Moody) President WES 1959. Heating and ventilating engineer WES Journal Vols 5-10, 18.
Anne Gillespie Shaw Engineer and businesswoman who worked in time and motion studies. Has a brief page, could be slightly expanded: WES Journal Vols 4-10, 12, 13. Information in the WES Register (we've got a printed copy!)
Dorothy Spicer Aviatrix, first woman to obtain an advanced qualification in aeronautical engineering. Has a tiny stub of a page, ripe for expanding: WES Journal Vols 3-6, 8. Information in the WES Register (we've got a printed copy!)

"Fearless Pioneers"

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Surprisingly, the pages for a number of the women in Rachel Ignotofsky's excellent book Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers who Changed the World are quite sparse. It would be great if some of these could be improved to help those looking for more information after reading: