Celebrate women in archaeology, palaeontology and geology – by creating and improving Wikipedia articles!

19th October, 10.30am-5pm

Natural History Museum, London

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Join TrowelBlazers (trowelblazers.tumblr.com) in a one-day Wikipedia editathon dedicated to improving the Wikipedia pages of key women in archaeology, palaeontology and geology.

Women we intend to focus on include: Dorothea Bate, Dorothy Garrod, Gertrude Caton-Thompson, Elinor W. Gardner, Etheldred Bennett, Nina Layard, Margaret Murray, Helen Muir-Wood, Grace Crowfoot

Join in online here (use the talk page for discussion!):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Natural_History_Museum_and_Science_Museum/Trowelblazers

There will be practical training in how to edit a wikipedia page, support and resources on-hand to make editing easier, and we’ve even lined up a team of experts (biographers and historians) to talk about trowelblazing women and to lend their expertise.

There will also be a unique opportunity to see fossils from the NHM collections collected by these pioneering women - fossils not normally on display to the general public!

This event is open to those new to Wikipedia and to experienced contributors. Female editors are especially encouraged to attend.

Help us improve the visibility of a host of forgotten women in science! We can think of no better way to celebrate International Archaeology Day, Earth Science Week AND Ada Lovelace Day.

** Please bring reference material and a laptop if you have them **

For more information contact: Tori Herridge from Team TrowelBlazers (teamtrowelblazers@gmail.com) or John Cummings, Wikimedian in Residence at the Natural History Museum (j.cummings@nhm.ac.uk)

Wiki event page: https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trowel_Blazers_event

Twitter hashtags: #WISWIKI, #TrowelBlazers50, #ESW13 , #ALD13, #IAD13

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Women we would like to work to improve the wikipedia pages of, to highlight their contributions to Geology, Palaeontology and Archaeology

Geology and Palaeo

Archaeology

Jeanne-Marie Aynard

Denise Cocquerillat

Lucienne Laroche

Marguerite Rutten

Hermine Speier

Ruth Amiran

Anna Maria Bisi

Jole Bovio Marconi

Lucia Guerrini

Alessandra Melucco

Bruna Tamoro

Ersilia Lovatelli

Paola Montuoro

Michela Schiff Giorgini

Elisabeth E.C.L. During Caspers

Maria Ludwicka Bernhard

Ruszczyc Barbara

Tania Ghirshman

Tatiana Warsher

Julia Zablocka

Barbara Adams

Elise Jenny Baumgartel

Sarah Belzoni

Crystal-M Bennett

Margaret Benson

Sylvia Benton

Amelia Blanford Edwards

Olwen Brogan

Myrtle Florence Broome

Amice Mary Caverly

Grace Crowfoot

Nina Davies

Joan Du Plat Taylor

Janet A. Gourlay

Henriette Antonia Groenewegen-Frankfort

Vronwy Hankey

Hilda Lorimer

Marga Masson Hardie Hasluck

Mercy Money-Coutts Seiradaki

Rosalind Moss

Margaret Munn-Rankin

Caroline Nestmann Peck

Sety Omm

Hilda Petrie

Bertha Porter

Veronica Seton-Williams

Helen Waterhouse

Edith Eccles

Dorothy Lamb