Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Women's History Month Editing Workshop: Arlington Women in History

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Arlington Women in History Editing Workshop

Only 17% of biographies on Wikipedia are about women. Help us change that! Join Wikimedia DC and the Arlington Central Library for a Women's History Month editing workshop. Edit Wikipedia and help to improve or create articles about historical women of Arlington. New editors are welcome. Training will be provided.

This event is free and open to the public. Please bring a laptop and photo ID. Registration is required. Lunch will be provided.

When

Saturday, March 10, 2018 11:00AM-4:00PM

Where

Arlington Central Library

1015 North Quincy Street

Arlington, VA 22201

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For Creation

Judith Livers Brewer
* Walker, Connecticut (September 1, 1974). "Judith Livers: America's First Firewoman". Reading Eagle. Griffith, Stephanie (December 25, 1990). "FEW WOMEN FOLLOW VIRGINIA'S TRAILBLAZING FIREFIGHTER". The Washington Post. NPR Staff (July 21, 2013). "A Woman Among Men: Female Firefighter Blazed A Trail". NPR. Image: Judith Brewer Arlington Fire Dept. Helmet

Lillian Brown
* Hall, Charles W. (December 12, 1991). "ARLINGTON WOMAN WHO LOST SON URGES BLACKS TO FIGHT AIDS". The Washington Post. "LILLIAN E. BROWN DIES AT 74". The Washington Post. February 12, 1998.

Arianna Carter
* BARAKAT, MATTHEW (September 17, 2016). "Historic recognition: Washington's family tree is biracial". Associated Press. Clark, Charlie (2017). Hidden History of Arlington County. Charleston, SC: History Press. ISBN 9781625859235. A Guide to the African American Heritage of Arlington County, Virginia (PDF). Arlington County Historic Preservation Program. 2016.

Esther Georgia Irving Cooper
* "Esther Cooper Obituary" (PDF). Virginia Sun. 1970. Smith, Larissa. "Esther Georgia Irving Cooper (1881–1970)". Encyclopedia Virginia.

Ruth Desmond
* Sugarman, Carole (October 5, 1988). "THE 'PEANUT BUTTER GRANDMOTHER'". The Washington Post. Blitz, Matt (August 14, 2017). "The Story of Arlington's "Peanut Butter Grandma"". Arlington Magazine. Sugarman, Carole (January 13, 1985). "Veteran of the Peanut-Butter War". The Washington Post.

Alice West Fleet
* McCAFFREY, SCOTT (May 31, 2017). "Educator could be namesake of new Arlington elementary school". Inside Nova. "News Release: School Board Approves Alice West Fleet as Name for New Elementary School". Arlington Public Schools. 2017-06-16.

Selina Norris Gray

* Byrne, Karen (1998). "The Remarkable Legacy of Selina Norris Gray" (PDF). National Park Service: Cultural Resource Management Journal. 21 (4): 20–22.

"Selina Gray". National Park Service.
Ruane, Michael E. (October 9, 2014). "Rare photo shows Robert E. Lee's slave, Selina Gray — the hero of Arlington House". The Washington Post.
Available at Arlington Central Library: Central Adult Nonfiction - 975.5295 MCELY McElya, Micki (2016). The Politics of Mourning: Death and Honor in Arlington National Cemetery. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. See Chapter 1: Keeper of the Keys. ISBN 9780674737242.

Dorothy Hamm

* Lamb, Yvonne Shinhoster (June 13, 2004). "Obituary: Dorothy M. Hamm". The Washington Post.

"Dorothy Hamm". Library of Virginia.
Available: Center for Local History Notable women of Arlington. Third series. Arlington, VA: Arlington County Commission on the Status of Women. 1993.
Available: Center for Local History Hamm, Dorothy; Cocklin, Ruth C.; Campbell, Edmund D. (1986). Dorothy M. Hamm interview. Arlington County Public Library.

Lillian Baumbach Jacobs
* Estrada, Louie (February 4, 2000). "Plumber Lillian Baumbach Jacobs Dies". The Washington Post. Links to articles. Archived articles are needed

Julia Rhinehart Powell

Maria Carter Syphax

* BARAKAT, MATTHEW (September 17, 2016). "Historic recognition: Washington's family tree is biracial". Associated Press.

Clark, Charlie (2017). Hidden History of Arlington County. Charleston, SC: History Press. ISBN 9781439661598.
Also available in print through the Center for Local History A Guide to the African American Heritage of Arlington County, Virginia (PDF). Arlington County Historic Preservation Program. 2016.
Available at Arlington Central Library: Central Adult Nonfiction - 975.5295 MCELY McElya, Micki (2016). The Politics of Mourning: Death and Honor in Arlington National Cemetery. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. See Chapter 1: Keeper of the Keys. ISBN 9780674737242.

Martha Custis Williams

* Available: Center for Local History Frances, Scott; Webb, Anne C. (2007). Who is Markie?: The Life of Martha Custis Williams Carter Cousin and Confidante of Robert E. Lee. Westminster Md: Heritage Books.

Available: Center for Local History Craven, Avery (1933). "To Markie"; the letters of Robert E. Lee to Martha Custis Williams from the originals in the Huntington Library. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
"Arlington House: Martha [Markie] Custis Williams". National Park Service.

The Women's Army Corps of Battery X
* Available today via interlibrary loan Putney, Martha S. (1992). When the Nation was in Need: Blacks in the Women's Army Corps During World War II. Lanham, Marylan: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0810840171.

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Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis

* Available at Arlington Central Library: Central Adult Nonfiction - 920.0755 DICTI v.1, 920.0755 DICTI v.2 & 920.0755 DICTI v.3 John T., Kneebone (1998). Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1-3. Richmond, Virginia: Library of Virginia.

Van Riemsdijk, Tatiana. "Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis (1788–1853)". Encyclopedia of Virginia.
Tatiana Van Riemsdijk and the Dictionary of Virginia Biography. "Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis (1788–1853)". Encyclopedia of Virginia.
Available at Arlington Central Library: Central Adult Nonfiction - 975.5295 MCELY McElya, Micki (2016). The Politics of Mourning: Death and Honor in Arlington National Cemetery. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. See Chapter 1: Keeper of the Keys. ISBN 9780674737242.

Mary Ann Hall
* Shapiro, T. Rees (April 27, 2013). "Washington's Civil War madam could keep a secret". The Washington Post. "Infamous Arlingtonian Mary Ann Hall". Arlington Public Library. Blitz, Matt (February 20, 2015). "Meet the Madam on the Mall". Smithsonian Magazine.

Emily Howland
* "Obituary: Emily Howland". The Quarterly Journal of the New York State Historical Association. 10 (4): 346–348. October 1929. JSTOR 43565516. THE EMILY HOWLAND PAPERS: AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY: A Guide to the Microfilm Publications (PDF). Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Libraries. 1975.

Shelley Mann
* "Local Girl Makes Good". Arlington Public Library. Sorrells, Nancy (August 19, 2016). "1956 Olympic gold medalist buried in Thornrose". News Leader.

Lizzie Magie
* Pilon, Mary (April 10, 2015). "Lizzie Magie invented Monopoly, so why haven't we heard of her?". The Guardian. Pilon, Mary (February 13, 2015). "Monopoly's Inventor: The Progressive Who Didn't Pass 'Go'". The New York Times. Available at Arlington Central Library: Adult Nonfiction - 795.1 ORBAN Orbanes, Philip (2006). Monopoly: America's game. Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo ; Perseus Running.

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Ellen M. Bozman
* Wiseman, Lauren (January 9, 2009). "Obituary: Ellen M. Bozman; Arlington Activist". Washington Post. See other sources used in this existing article

Elizabeth Campbell (television)
* Jones, Mark (January 9, 2004). "10 Years Later: Remembering Elizabeth Campbell". WETA. Boundary Stones. See other sources used in this existing article

Jennie Dean
* Antoinette G. van Zelm and the Dictionary of Virginia Biography. "Jennie Serepta Dean (1848–1913)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Available: Center for Local History Lewis, Stephen Johnson (1994). Undaunted faith-- the life story of Jennie Dean: missionary, teacher, crusader, builder ; founder of the Manassas Industrial School. Manassas, Virignia: The Manassas Museum. ISBN 9781886826045.

Esther Cooper Jackson

* Haviland, Sara Rzeszutek (2015). James and Esther Cooper Jackson: Love and Courage in the Black Freedom Movement. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813166278.

Available at Arlington Central Library: Adult Nonfiction 323.1196 FREED Dittmer, John; McGuire, Danielle L. (2011). Freedom Rights: New Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement. Louisville, Kentucky: The University of Kentucky Press. ISBN 9780813134482.
Available today via interlibrary loan Rzeszutek Haviland, Sara (2015). James and Esther Cooper Jackson: Love and Courage in the Black Freedom Movement. Louisville, KY: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813166278.

Anne Hill Carter Lee
* McCaslin, Richard B. (2001). Lee In the Shadow of Washington. Baton Rouge, La: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 9780807155547. Also available in the Center for Local History

Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee (Great grand-daughter of Martha Custis Washington and Wife of Robert E. Lee)

* Lee, Dorothy (1930). Mary Anne Randolph Custis Lee : wife of General Robert E. Lee. University of Richmond UR Scholarship Repository.

MacDonald, Rose; Mortimer, Ellzey, d. (1953). Mrs. Robert E. Lee. Boston, New York: Ginn and company.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
See other sources used in this existing article
Available at Arlington Central Library: Central Adult Nonfiction - 975.5295 MCELY McElya, Micki (2016). The Politics of Mourning: Death and Honor in Arlington National Cemetery. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. See Chapter 1: Keeper of the Keys. ISBN 9780674737242.

Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis

* Available: Center for Local History Ribblett, David L. (1993). Nelly Custis : Child of Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon, VA: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. ISBN 9780931917233.

Available: Center for Local History Sparks, Jared (1840). The Life of George Washington. Auburn, New York: Derby & Miller.
Available: Center for Local History Thane, Elswyth (1968). Mount Vernon family. New York: Crowell-Collier Press.

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland

* Available at Central Library: Kids Biography - JB MULHOLL J Mulholland, Loki (2016). She stood for freedom : the untold story of a civil rights hero, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland. Salt Lake City, Utah: Shadow Mountain. ISBN 9781629721774.

Available today via interlibrary loan Abel, Elizabeth (2010). Signs of the Times: The Visual Politics of Jim Crow. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520261839.
"Civil Rights History Project Interview completed by the Southern Oral History Program, 2013" (PDF). Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History & Culture and the Library of Congress. Video is also available via Library of Congress

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Anna Mae Violet McCabe Hays
* Smith, Harrison (January 8, 2018). "Anna Mae Hays, nurse who became U.S. military's first female general, dies at 97". The Washington Post. See other sources used in this existing article

Nancy Holt
* Battaglia, Andy (November 7, 2017). "New Foundation Aims to Further Legacy of Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt". Art News. See other sources used in this existing article

Mary Randolph

* "Dictionary of Virginia Biography - Virginia Randolph Cary (30 January 1786-2 May 1852) Biography". www.lva.virginia.gov. Retrieved 2017-11-12.

See other sources used in this existing article
Available: Center for Local History Daniels, Jonathan (1972). The Randolphs of Virginia. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday.
Available: Center for Local History Eckenrode, H. J. (1946). The Randolphs; the story of a Virginia family. Indianapolis, New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company.

Code Girls

For Creation

Code Girls

* Available today Mundy, Liz (2017). Code girls: the untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II. New York: Hachette Books. ISBN 9780316353731.

Weber, Greta (October 11, 2017). "The Fascinating 1940s Female Codebreakers Who Transformed DC". The Washingtonian.
Showalter, Elaine (October 6, 2017). "The brilliance of the women code breakers of World War II". The Washington Post.

Dorothy Braden Bruce

* Schkloven, Emma (December 16, 2017). "Lynchburg native talks about working as a 'code girl' during World War II". The News and Advance.

Griset, Rich (November 8, 2017). "Codes of Honor: During WWII, Dorothy Bruce was a secret weapon". Chesterfield Observer.
Available today: Mundy, Liz (2017). Code girls: the untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II. New York: Hachette Books. ISBN 9780316353731.

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Genevieve Grotjan

* "NSA CSS". NSA CSS.

Available today: Mundy, Liz (2017). Code girls: the untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II. New York: Hachette Books. ISBN 9780316353731.
Available today via interlibrary loan Frank, Lisa Tendrich (2013). An Encyclopedia of American Women at War: From the Home Front to the Battlefields (Volume 1 ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-59884-443-6.
Mundy, Liza (October 10, 2017). "The Forgotten Women Who Helped Create the Field of Cybersecurity". Time Magazine.

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Arlington Hall

Agnes Meyer Driscoll
* "NSA CASS Hall of Honor: Agnes Meyer Driscoll". Mundy, Liza (October 10, 2017). "Any Man-Made Code Can Be Broken by a Woman". Slate. Available today: Mundy, Liz (2017). Code girls: the untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II. New York: Hachette Books. ISBN 9780316353731.

Elizabeth Smith Friedman

* "NSA CASS Hall of Honor: Elizebeth S. Friedman". NSA CASS.

Worrall, Simon (October 7, 2017). "This Woman Saved the Americas From the Nazis". National Geographic.
Available today: Mundy, Liz (2017). Code girls: the untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II. New York: Hachette Books. ISBN 9780316353731.
Available today via interlibrary loan Edited by the Center for Cryptologic History (2006). The Friedman Legacy: A Tribute to William and Elizabeth Friedman. Center for Cryptologic History, NSA. ISBN 9781782662471. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)

Organizations

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Women Strike for Peace

Places

For Creation

Freedman's Village
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Queen City (Arlington, VA)
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Other Resources edit

Print edit

Available at the Center for Local History

Lewis, Stephen Johnson (1994). Undaunted faith-- the life story of Jennie Dean: missionary, teacher, crusader, builder ; founder of the Manassas Industrial School. Manassas, Virignia: The Manassas Museum. ISBN 9781886826045.
Mundy, Liz (2017). Code girls: the untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II. New York: Hachette Books. ISBN 9780316353731.
Notable women of Arlington. Third series. Arlington, VA: Arlington County Commission on the Status of Women. 1993.
Hamm, Dorothy; Cocklin, Ruth C.; Campbell, Edmund D. (1986). Dorothy M. Hamm interview. Arlington County Public Library.
McCaslin, Richard B. (2001). Lee In the Shadow of Washington. Baton Rouge, La: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 9780807126967.
Ribblett, David L. (1993). Nelly Custis : Child of Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon, VA: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. ISBN 9780931917233.
Sparks, Jared (1840). The Life of George Washington. Auburn, New York: Derby & Miller.
Thane, Elswyth (1968). Mount Vernon family. New York: Crowell-Collier Press.
Orbanes, Philip (2006). Monopoly: America's game. Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo ; Perseus Running.
Daniels, Jonathan (1972). The Randolphs of Virginia. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday.
Eckenrode, H. J. (1946). The Randolphs; the story of a Virginia family. Indianapolis, New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company.

Available at Arlington Central Library

Adult Nonfiction 323.1196 FREED Dittmer, John; McGuire, Danielle L. (2011). Freedom Rights: New Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement. Louisville, Kentucky: The University of Kentucky Press. ISBN 9780813134482.
Adult Nonfiction - 920.0755 DICTI v.1, 920.0755 DICTI v.2 & 920.0755 DICTI v.3 John T., Kneebone (1998). Dictionary of Virginia biography. Richmond, Virginia: Library of Virginia.
Adult Nonfiction - 975.5295 MCELY McElya, Micki (2016). The Politics of Mourning: Death and Honor in Arlington National Cemetery. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. See Chapter 1: Keeper of the Keys. ISBN 9780674737242.
Adult Nonfiction - 795.1 ORBAN Orbanes, Philip (2006). Monopoly: America's game. Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo; Perseus Running.
Kids Biography - JB MULHOLL J Mulholland, Loki (2016). She stood for freedom : the untold story of a civil rights hero, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland. Salt Lake City, Utah: Shadow Mountain. ISBN 9781629721774.

Available today via interlibrary loan

Mundy, Liz (2017). Code girls: the untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II. New York: Hachette Books. ISBN 9780316353731.
Abel, Elizabeth (2010). Signs of the Times: The Visual Politics of Jim Crow. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520261839.
Rzeszutek Haviland, Sara (2015). James and Esther Cooper Jackson: Love and Courage in the Black Freedom Movement. Louisville, KY: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813166278.
Putney, Martha S. (1992). When the Nation was in Need: Blacks in the Women's Army Corps During World War II. Lanham, Marylan: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0810840171.
Edited by the Center for Cryptologic History (2006). The Friedman Legacy: A Tribute to William and Elizibeth Friedman. Center for Cryptologic History, NSA. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
Frank, Lisa Tendrich (2013). An Encyclopedia of American Women at War: From the Home Front to the Battlefields (Volume 1 ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-59884-443-6.

Digital edit

A Guide to the African American Heritage of Arlington County, Virginia (PDF). Arlington County Historic Preservation Program. 2016.
Clark, Charlie (2017). Hidden History of Arlington County. Charleston, SC: History Press. ISBN 9781625859235.
"Overlooked". New York Times. March 8, 2018.

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