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Effie Kapsalis at Smithsonian Open Access launch, February 2020

Effie Kapsalis at Smithsonian Open Access launch, with Andrew Lih and Kelly Doyle

It is with great sadness to report that Effie Kapsalis passed away on December 11, 2022. Please help us honor Effie's memory by editing about Smithsonian women on Wikipedia and Wikidata on January 8th and 9th. This topic was near and dear to Effie as she was a fierce advocate for open access, Wikipedia, and women's history.

If you'd like to share your memories of Effie, please do so here or here.

In addition to joining the editing in January, please contribute to this effort by adding below any articles to create or to edit on Wikipedia, or properties to create or edit on Wikidata.

when

January 8 and January 9, 2023

where

Virtual / Global / Local in-person meetups

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Smithsonian AWHI edit-a-thon, 2019, one of Effie's favorite photos from our Smithsonian Wiki events

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In person meetups

• Washington, DC: January 9th @ Smithsonian American Art Museum. Register here to attend in-person or for Zoom link

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Articles to edit

• Terri Burns, Computer scientist [1][2][3][4][5] Wikidata Property
• Louise Goodman (artist), Navajo folk artist and ceramicist [6]Source pg 38-39Wikidata Property
• Katherine Ralls, American zoologist and conservationist [7][8][9][10][11]Wikidata Property
• Mary Hagedorn, US marine biologist specialized in physiology [12][13][14] Wikidata Property
• Erminnie A. Smith, American linguist, geologist and anthropologist. There are several books that focus on her work as well as links to articles that can be found in the Internet Archive.
• Katharine Jeannette Bush, American zoologist. Article contains external links that can be used to expand article. Also internet archive has books that can be borrowed if editor makes an account as well as other articles and books that mention her. See this link.
• Joan W. Nowicke, American palynologist. [15], [16] as well as other references already used in the article.
• Mary E. Tusch, the "Mother of Aviators"
• Anjali Chadha, Biological Engineer [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]Wikidata Property

Articles to create

• Thomas H. Kapsalis, American Artist and professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]Wikidata Property
• Noris Salazar Allen, first researcher in Panama to specialize in the study of bryophytes [40][41][42]Wikidata PropertyWikispecies
• Kellyn LaCour-Conant, Indigenous restoration ecologist[43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50]Wikidata Property
• Elisavet Contaxaki, Cretan author and activist. Created a one off treasure of a book that is held in the Smithsonian Libraries. See Smithsonian Libraryies and Archives blog, [51] Internet Archive resources and Wikidata Property.
• Mary Eliza Knapp, previous owner of what is now the Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park. Wikidata property and several books that discuss her contributions can be found in the Internet Archive. [52]
• Evelyn Walton Ordway (1853 - 1928) American chemist, university professor and suffragist. Her research was discussed in the Smithsonian Annual Report of 1881. A selection of references can be found attached to her Wikidata item.
• Florence A. Graves computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory [53][54][55][56][57][58][59]
• Inez A. Ensign, human computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, draft article here [60][61][62][63]
• Esther Weaver, computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, draft article here [64][65]
• Margaret A. Marsden, computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, draft article here [66][67][68][69]
• Muriel Denoyer Johnson, computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Obsvervatory, draft article here [70][71][72][73]
• Olive A. Greeley, assistant field director and bolometer assistant for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,[74][75][76][77]
• Sara Gwendolen Foulke American zoologist (1863-1936), her and her work are discussed in Smithsonian Annual Reports in 1884 and she also has on obituary as well as other references via her Wikidata item. - Ambrosia10 will work on this.
• Frances Eliza Babbitt American archaeologist (1824 - 1891), her and her work are discussed in the Smithsonian Annual Reports in 1884. She published at least one paper on her work as mentioned here and she's been discussed in several books including a chapter entitled "Frances Eliza Babbitt and the Growth of Professionalism of Women in Archaeology" as well as in Cultural Negotiations:The Role of Women in the Founding of Americanist Archaeology. More references can also be found in her Wikidata item.
• Constance Philpitt Warner, Photographer for the Smithsonian Zoological Park [78][79][80][81]
• Florence Elizabeth Frisby, computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory [82][83][84][85][86]
• Aida M. Doyle, scientific aide for the National Museum of Natural History, [87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94][95][96][97][98][99][100]
• Eula Davis McEwan, geologist for the National Museum of Natural History, [101][102][103][104][105][106][107][108]
• Adelaide Corinna Reeside, paleobiology aide, [109][110][111][112][113][114]
• Maude C. Rhoderick, computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, [115][116][117][118][119]
• Lena Hill, computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, [120][121][122][123][124][125][126][127][128][129]
• Esther S. Walker, volunteer for the National Zoological Park, [130][131][132]
• Juliana Kugua Fowle, computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, [133][134][135]
• Gladys T. Bond, computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, [136][137][138][139][140][141][142][143][144]
• Nettie L. Stroman, volunteer with the National Zoological Park, [145][146][147][148][149]
• Grace E. Glance, entomologist for the National Museum of Natural History, [150][151][152][153][154][155][156][157]
• Josephine W. Cooper, paleobiologist for the National Museum of Natural History, [158][159][160][161][162][163][164]Image[165]
• Tillie Berger, preparator for the National Museum of Natural History, Draft:Tillie Berger[166][167][168][169][170][171][172]
• Catherine Scott (librarian), chief librarian for the National Air and Space Museum, [173][174][175]
• Sophy Parfin, entomologist for the National Museum of Natural History, [176][177][178]
• Constance G. Andre, remote sensing analyst [179][180][181][182]
• Patsy Ann McLaughlin, carcinologist for the National Museum of Natural History, [183][184][185]
• Suzanne Ripley, primatologist for the National Zoological Park, [186][187][188]
• Gertrude Sinsheimer (or Sinscheimer), American botanist and collector, [189][190][191][192][193][194]
• Elsie McElroy Slater, writer, artist, and naturalist, [195][196][197]

Draft articles to edit / move

• May Belle Hutson Chitwood, zoologist with the National Zoological Park and the National Museum of Natural History, draft article here [198][199][200][201][202][203]
• Draft:Aime M. Awl, scientific illustrator for the National Museum of Natural History [204][205][206][207][208][209]
• Draft:Alice Withrow, botanist for the National Museum of Natural History and co-author of "Generation, Control, and Measurement of Visible and Near-visible Radiant Energy" [210][211][212][213][214][215][216]
• Draft:Bea Mendez-Gandica, tech founder and computer security at Microsoft.[217][218][219][220][221][222][223][224] Wikidata Property

Wikidata items to edit

• Kellyn LaCour-Conant,Indigenous restoration ecologist
• Bea Mendez-Gandica, tech founder and computer security at Microsoft
• Afua Bruce, engineer, data executive, professor, and former U.S. government official
• Janis Louie, Chemist and Professor
• Terri Burns, Computer scientist
• Erin Smith, Founder of FacePrint
• Becca Peixotto, Archaeologist
• Anjali Chadha, Biological Engineer

Outcomes

Dashboard Metrics

Wikipedia

New

1. Sara Gwendolen Foulke
2. Elisavet Contaxaki - if the SI could make an image available of her book that would be fab!
3. Noris Salazar Allen - would be amazing if SI could make an image available
4. Mary Eliza Knapp
5. Frances Eliza Babbitt
6. Evelyn Walton Ordway
7. Thomas H. Kapsalis
8. Constance Philpitt Warner
9. Eunice Makepeace Towle
10. Catherine Scott (librarian), chief librarian for the National Air and Space Museum
11. Olive A. Greeley
12. Kapsalis - surname page
13. Josephine W. Cooper, geologist married to Smithsonian paleobiologist - used one of Effie's Wonderful Women Wednesday blog posts as a reference
14. Sophy Parfin
15. Dawn Nichols Walden, artist
16. Vivian Wang, artist
17. Draft:Maude C. Rhoderick Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory computer and Fisheries Bureau clerk; submitted draft for review because I was working from a draft template, so any help with converting to article welcome!
18. Aime M. Awl - scientific illustrator who worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. National Museum
19. May Belle Hutson Chitwood - author, nematologist, helminthologist, and zoologist

Updated

1. Erminnie A. Smith
2. Draft:Tillie Berger
3. Draft:Alice Withrow
4. Draft:Maude C. Rhoderick

Wikidata

Updated

• Alice Cunningham Fletcher, ethnologist
• Mary Acworth Orr, astronomer
• Matilda C. Stevenson, ethnologist
• Wilhelmine Key, biologist
• Thomas H. Kapsalis, artist
• Ran author disambiguator for Bert Drake, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
• Olive A. Greeley, assistant field director and bolometer assistant for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

New

• Ralph Dupuy Lacoe, collector
• Red Lake Notes Scholarly publication of Frances Eliza Babbitt
• Belle Alice Stevens, carcinologist with specimens in USNM
• Dora Priaulx Henry, cirripedologist with specimens in USNM
• Dorothea B. Schultz, scientific illustrator
• Arkansas Ladies Journal, weekly newspaper where Mary Eliza Knapp was employed as a writer
• The Aesthetic Club women's literary club founded by Mary Eliza Knapp and others
• Mary Abercrombie Shufeldt, ethnographic collector

Resources

• Wikiproject Women In Red Missing article list.
• Smithsonian edit-a-thon worklists about American women