Wikipedia:Meetup/University of Nevada Reno Edit-a-thon 2015

University of Nevada, Reno Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 2015

What's it about

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In Celebration of Archives Month and Nevada Day, participants will gather at the Knowledge Center of the University of Nevada Reno to create and enhance articles related to Nevada long three main themes:

  • Nevada Women
  • The University of Nevada
  • Nevada's Natural Resources

When and where

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DATE:October 15, 2015 from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm (participants may arrive and leave any time during the edit-a-thon, but two formal instruction sessions for new Wikipedia editors will occur at 3:00 pm and again at 6:00 pm)

WHERE: Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, University of Nevada Reno. Computer Instruction Lab, Room 114

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Add your name below to sign up.

  1. Jeremy Floyd User:jjfloyd
  2. Amy Hunsaker User:sopranojo
  3. Daniel Hawley User:dhawley1
  4. Erich Purpur User:epurpur
  5. Donnie Curtis User:FloyFavorite
  6. Heidi User:hslaterUNR
  7. Ann User:bluealligator
  8. Betty User:1Epona2
  9. Maggie User:mapie333
  10. Chrissy User:Chrissyklv80
  11. Inaki User:iABARO
  12. Ivy User:monsterbabii9396

What you need to bring

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Projected schedule:


Goals

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  • To teach people the technical and stylistic skills to successfully contribute to Wikipedia
  • To enrich articles within our Nevada Specific focus
  • To tie those articles back to specific high quality resources held (or created) by our university

Suggested articles to edit

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Nevada Women

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Existing Articles to expand


Articles to Start

  • First Ladies and Gentlemen of Nevada
  • Alice Allegra Dove List, (1910-1997) Carson City Washoe County (Washoe Valley) Homemaker, Bookkeeper, Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Gardener, Artist, Spiritual leader, Community leader
  • Alice Gottschalk Downer, (1913 - 2008) Washoe Co. (Reno), Carson Co. (Carson City), Douglas Co.(Carson Valley) teacher, mother, community volunteer
  • Alice Lucretia Smith, (1902-1990) Washoe Co. (Reno) political activist
  • Anna B. Mudd Warren, (1863-1944) Washoe (Reno), Storey (Virginia City) attorney
  • Anna Frances Elleser Rechel, (1884-1967) Mineral Co. (Rawhide) mining (prospector)
  • Anna Neddenriep Dressler, (1898-1987) Douglas Co. (Carson Valley) rancher, woman's club leader, wife, mother
  • Anne H. Martin, (1875-1951)Washoe Co. (Reno) author, education (university instructor), political activist, woman's club leader
  • Beda Brennecke Cornwall, (1907-1994) Clark Co. (Las Vegas) library founder, wife, mother, education (teacher), woman's club leader, government (elected to Las Vegas School Board)
  • Bertha Bishop Ronzone, (1885-1969) Nye/Clark Co. (Manhattan/Tonopah/Las Vegas) business (mercantile store owner), wife, mother
  • Bertha Knemeyer, (1885-19?) Elko Co. (Elko) education (teacher), government (appointed Deputy State Supt.)
  • Bette Norene (Hoge) Sawyer, (1923-2002) Elko Co. (Elko), Carson Co. (Carson City), Clark Co. (Las Vegas) First Lady of Nevada, mother, wife, civic activist
  • Bird Wilson, (1865-1946) Goldfield (Esmeralda), Manhattan (Nye) court reporter, secretary, stock broker, mine owner, lobbyist, women's rights advocate, suffragist, woman's club leader
  • Blanche Sprague Esmeralda Co. (Goldfield) woman's club leader, wife, mother
  • Carol Lu Ella Bullis-Echeverria, (1909-1988) Humboldt Co. (Winnemucca) & Washoe Co. (Reno) Wife, mother, teacher, realtor
  • Caroline Elizabeth Aufdermaur , (1910-1991) Pershing Co. (Lovelock) Caregiver, church club member, Farm Bureau, 4-H, Pink Ladies, Fairview Homemakers, American Association of Retired Persons, housewife, mother, and farm partner
  • Carolyn J. (Randall) O'Callaghan, (1935 - 2004) Carson City, Clark Co. (Las Vegas) First Lady, wife, mother
  • Carrie Choate Bullis, (1878-1964) Humboldt Co. (Winnemucca, Paradise Valley, Denio) Teacher, mother, wife
  • Carrie Ellen Willis Wilson, (1868-1925) Pine Grove, Nordyke, Mason Valley, Yerington, Lyon County, Nevada Teacher, wife, mother, civic volunteer
  • Charlotte Hunter Arley, (1912-2006) Washoe Co. (Reno) Attorney Champion of the underdog
  • Charlotte Rowberry Ellsworth, (1912-1998) (Henderson, Las Vegas) Clark Co. (Reno) Washoe Co. Room Reservation Manager and Assistant Hotel Manager, wife, mother, secretary
  • Delphine Squires, (1868-1961) Clark Co. (Las Vegas) journalist, wife, political activist, woman's club leader
  • Dessie Lola Bailey, (1918-1999) Clark Co. (Llas Vegas) Volunteer work with mentally handicapped children, wife
  • Dixie Olean Karr Westergard, (1935-2007) Carson County (Carson) teacher, historian, author, mother
  • Edith Naomi (Bremenkampf) Bernard, (1914 - 2005) Carson City Wife, mother, civic activist
  • Edith West Lyon (Yerington) women's club leader, wife, mother
  • Edna Catlin Baker, (1875-1957) Washoe Co. (Sparks) education (teacher), government (elected to Sparks School Board and University of Nevada Board of Regents), political activist, wife
  • Edna Covert Plummer, (1877-1972) Eureka Co. (Eureka) attorney, business (banking), woman's club leader, wife
  • Edna Crauch Trunnell Eddy, (1876-1962) Humboldt (Winnemucca), and Pershing (Lovelock) Counties embalmer; mortuary owner; elected public administrator
  • Edna Idelle (Sinnamon) Balzar, (1881-1943) Carson City, Washoe Co. (Reno) First Lady, wife, mother
  • Eilley Oram Bowers (1826-1903) Washoe/Storey Co. business (boarding house, laundry, parties), psycho- spiritual (seeress), wife, mother
  • Eliza Cook, (1856-1947) Douglas Co. (Carson Valley) medicine (physician), political activist, woman's club leader
  • Elizabeth (Fall) Kinkead, (1837-1907) Lyon Co. (Virginia City), Sitak - AK, Carson City, NV First Lady, wife, mother
  • Elizabeth (Weyburn) Jones-Sifford, (1861-1925) Churchill Co. (Stillwater), Lassen, CA First Lady, wife, mother
  • Elizabeth Marie Rasmussen Sundberg, (1874-1962) White Pine County (Cherry Creek) homemaker, community supporter, housekeeper, cook
  • Ellen G. Oddie, (1841-1914) Carson City First Lady, wife, mother
  • Ellen M. Frame Stevenson, (1845-1892) Carson City, Oakland - CA First Lady, wife
  • Emma (Lee) Adams, (1851-1941) Carson City, San Francisco, CAFirst Lady, wife, mother
  • Emma Lou Montgomery Brandt (1917-2006) Clark Co. (Las Vegas) teacher, drugstore owner/manager, housewife, Girl Scout leader, community volunteer
  • Emma Wixom Nevada, (1859-1940) Lander Co. (Austin) fine arts (opera singer), wife, mother
  • Fannie Gore Hazlett, (1838-1933) Lyon Co. (Dayton) wife, political activist
  • Felice Cohn, (1878-1961) Carson City attorney, political activist, woman's club leader
  • Ferminia Sarras, (1840-1915) Mineral County (Candelaria & Luning), Esmeralda County (Silver Peak) Mining (prospector), wife, mother
  • Florence Anker Young, 1890-1976 Pershing Co. (Lovelock) rancher, woman's club leader, journalist, political activist (woman's suffrage)
  • Florence Humphrey Church, (1869-1922) Washoe Co. (Reno) political activist, woman's club leader, wife, mother
  • Florence Sanford Burge, (1912-1986) Washoe Co. (Reno) Journalist
  • Florentina Nostrossa, (1835-1922) Eureka Co. (Eureka) medicine (nurse/midwife), wife, mother
  • Frances Gertrude Friedhoff, (1895-1958) Lyon Co. (Yerington) government (appointed to Nevada Senate), women's club leader
  • Frances Slaven Williamson, (1842-1919) Lander Co. (Austin), Washoe Co. (Reno) author, educator (teacher), journalist, newspaper publisher, political activist, woman's club leader, wife, mother
  • Geneva Douglas, (1932-1993) Clark Co. (Las Vegas) science (health physicist), woman's club leader, wife
  • Grace A. Bordewich, (1910-1999) Carson City daughter, teacher, educator
  • Gue Gim Wah, (1900-1988) Lincoln Co. (Castleton/Pioche) business (boarding house/restaurant), wife
  • Hazel Baker Denton, (1887-1962) Lincoln Co. (Caliente) author, education (teacher), woman's club leader, government (elected to Nevada Assembly), wife, mother
  • Ida Browder Mountford, (1889-1961) Clark Co. (Boulder City) business (restaurant), government (elected to School Board)
  • Ida Louise (Liz) Pittman, (1893-1984) Nye Co. (Tonopah), White Pine Co. (Ely), Ormsby Co. (Carson City), Clark Co. (Las Vegas) First Lady, music teacher, newspaper owner and publisher, wife, world traveler
  • Imogene (Jean) Evelyn Young Ford, (1929-1998) Clark Co., Washoe Co., Carson City (Las Vegas, Reno, Carson City) citizen activist, government (elected to State Senate and Assembly), business (tour travel), education, research & preservation (Nevada Women's History Project founder), mentor, role model.
  • Irma Marie (Callahan) Carville, (1890-1973) Carson City, Washoe Co. (Reno) First Lady, wife, mother
  • Jackalyn (Ross) Laxalt, (1927- 2004) Carson City, Scotsdale - AZ, Washoe Co. (Reno) First Lady, Drug and Alcoholism Counselor, wife, mother
  • Jean Sybil McElrath, (1917-1967) Elko Co. (Wells) author, journalist
  • Jeanne Weir, (1870-1950) Washoe Co. (Reno) education (university professor), administrator, historian
  • Jennie O'Hare Riordan, (1874-1965) Carson City, White Pine (White River Valley) education (teacher), rancher, wife, mother
  • Jessie Callahan Mahoney, (1877-1956) Eureka Co. (Dunphy, Beowawe) rancher, wife, mother, education (teacher), government (elected to Eureka Co. Commission)
  • Jesusa Saval, (1890-1982) Lander Co. (Battle Mountain) ranch owner/operator
  • Joanne De Longchamps, (1923-1983) Washoe Co. (Reno) author (poet)
  • Josephine (Josie) Reed Pearl, (1873-1962) Humboldt Co., White Pine Co. (Minerva, Ward) mining (prospector), wife
  • Josie Alma Woods, (1889-1983) Eureka Co. (Eureka) government (elected to Nevada Assembly), rancher
  • Julia (McCann) Scrugham, ( - 1954) Carson City, Washington D.C., Washoe Co. (Reno) First Lady, wife, mother
  • Julia Viani Mineral Co. community service
  • Katharine (Kay) Norrid Mergen, (1910-1997) Lyon Co. (Wabuska) Washoe Co. (Reno) Journalism, education, soil and water conservation
  • Kathleen Sandoval Washoe Co. (Reno), Carson City First Lady, wife, mother, Non-Profit Family & Youth Intervention Program Director
  • Kathryn L. Marbaker Tubb, (1886-1957) Nye County (Ash Meadows) rancher, proprietor of boarding house/brothel
  • Katie Christy Frazier, (1890-1991) Washoe Co. (Nixon) folk arts, (Paiute storyteller), wife, mother
  • Kittie Wells Bonner, (1901-1985) Smith Creek Valley & Austin, Lander Co. community activist and volunteer, deputy sheriff, newspaper correspondent
  • Laura May Tilden (1872-1928) Storey County (Virginia City) lawyer, notary public, suffragist
  • Laura Mills, (1893-1973) Churchill Co. (Fallon) education (teacher)
  • Leona Addie Daoust Munk , (1911-2003) Pershing County (Lovelock) Ranching partner, bookkeeper, owner and operator of Kay-Lee's Drive-In
  • Libbie Conover Booth, (1856-1948) Washoe Co. (Reno) Educator - Teacher and Principal
  • Lillian Malcolm, (1868-19?) Nye/Esmeralda Co. (Rhyolite/Silver Peak) prospector
  • Lilly Hing Fong (1925-2002) Clark Co. (Las Vegas) Education (teacher), University Regent, UNLV and Community College of Southern Nevada benefactor, wife, mother, public service
  • Louise (Zadow) Sadler, (1851 - 1923) Eureka Co. (Eureka), Carson City First Lady, wife, mother
  • Louise Aloys Smith, (1917-1999) Pershing Co. (Lovelock) Military service, operatic soprano, assemblywoman, county library board member
  • Lubertha Miller Johnson, (1906-1989) Clark Co. (Las Vegas) education (teacher), civil rights and social welfare activist
  • Lucille Elizabeth Emmert Petty, (1913-2006) Carson City wife, mother, grandmother, civic leader
  • Lucy Van DeVenter, (1848-1928) Washoe Co. (Reno) political activist, woman's club leader, wife
  • Luella Kirkbride Drumm, (1872-1962) Fallon, Churchill Co. Homemaker, Civic Activist, State Legislature
  • Mabelle Jean Kirman, (1878-1947) Carson City, Washoe Co. (Reno) First Lady, wife, mother
  • Maianne (Williamson) Griswold, (1892-1965) Carson City, Washoe Co. (Reno) First Lady, wife, mother
  • Marcia de Braga, (1937-2010) Churchill County (Fallon) and Carson City Rancher, District 35 Nevada Assemblywoman, Newspaper Columnist, wife, mother, grandmother, civic leader, political activist, political poet, Silver State International Association Rodeo co-founder, Nevada State High School Association Rodeo secretary, author and bird watcher.
  • Margaret (Peg) Marean Wheat, (1908-1988) Churchill Co. (Fallon) author, science (anthropologist), wife
  • Maria Garifalou Pavlakis, (1912 - 1982) White Pine Co. (Ely) Baker, pastry shop owner, wife, mother, hotel manager
  • Marjorie Ann (Guild) Russell, (1916-1997) Carson City First Lady, Nevada State Museum Board of Trustees, wife, mother, teacher
  • Martha Barlow, (1920-1993) Mineral Co. (Hawthorne) government (elected County Clerk)
  • Martha Letcher Gottschalk, (1881-1973) Pershing Co (Lovelock) and Washoe (Reno) Counties nurses aid, care giver, wife, mother, orphan
  • Martha Patricia (Herz) Cooke, (1923-2012) Washoe County (Reno) Mother, wife, grandmother, great grandmother, civic activist, artist, friend and neighbor
  • Marvel Ranson Guisti, (1912-1979) Washoe Co. Educator, counselor, scholarship coordinator, wife, mother, grandmother
  • Mary (Poor) Bell, (1850-1925) Washoe Co. (Reno) First Lady, wife, mother
  • Mary Aileen Norton Evans, (1899-1993) (Eureka Co. (Dunphy), Humboldt Co. (Winnemucca) telegrapher, The Western Pacific Railroad Company
  • Mary Eldridge White Pine Co. education (teacher), rancher
  • Mary Frances (Hopkins) Colcord, (1847-1923) Carson City First Lady, wife, mother
  • Mary Grace O'Donnell Rose, (1875-1935) Humboldt (Winnemucca) government (elected to NV Assembly)
  • Mary Hall, (187?-194?) Eureka/Lander Co. (Grass and Denay Valleys) folk arts (Shoshone basketmaker)
  • Mary Leitch Oxborrow, (1852-1935) White Pine Co. (Lund) medicine (midwife), wife, mother
  • Mary Louise Grantz (originally Grenz), (1879-1970) Humboldt Co. mining (prospector)
  • Mary Stoddard Doten, (1845-1914) Washoe Co. (Reno), Storey Co. (Gold Hill & Virginia City), Lander Co. (Austin) wife, mother, writer (journalist and poet), suffragist
  • Mayme Stocker, (1875-1972) Clark Co. (Las Vegas) business (gaming licensee), wife, mother
  • Mildred Bray, (1892-1975) Carson City government (elected State Supt. of Education)
  • Mildred Matthews Breedlove Clark Co. (Las Vegas) author, poet
  • Mildred Sebbas Smith, (1910-1999) Pershing Co. (Lovelock) hospital administrator, mother, wife
  • Minnie Nichols Blair, (1886-1972) Churchill Co. (Fallon) business (Spudnut shop), ranching/agriculture (turkey farmer)
  • Molly Flagg Knudtsen, (1915-2001) Lander County (Grass Valley) Washoe County (Reno) Board of Regents member, enviromentalist, historic preservation advocate, wife, mother
  • Myrtle Beatrice Talcott Anker, (1894-1973) Ranch owner & manager Pershing Co. Farm Bureau leader Mother, wife, sister, daughter, grandmother and great-grandmother, friend, and homemaker.
  • Nancy Elnora (Knight) Sparks, (1857-1947) First Lady Washoe Co. (Reno) Ormsby Co. (Carson City)
  • Nellie Mighels Davis, (1844-1945) Carson City journalist, newspaper publisher, woman's club leader, wife, mother
  • Olga A. Wuertz Reifschnieder, (1900-1978) Washoe Co. (Reno) science (botanist)
  • Olga Constatina Lord Kipanidze (1897-1976) Washoe County. (Reno) Doctor
  • Ruth C. Ruddell , (1893- 1970) Pershing County (Pershing) Ranching
  • Ruth Davis Sullivan, (1896-1991) Pershing Co. (Lovelock) teacher of piano, practical nurse
  • Sadie Dotson Hurst, (1857-1952) Washoe Co. (Reno) government (elected to Nevada Assembly), political activist, woman's club leader, wife, mother
  • Sallie Maria Ruperti Springmeyer, (1903-2007) Washoe Co. (Reno) / Douglas Co. (Minden/Gardnerville) attorney and public service activist
  • Sarah Jane (Cox) Blasdel, (1826-1904) Carson City, San Francisco, CA First Lady, wife, mother, philanthropist
  • Sister Fredericka McGrath Storey Co. (Virginia City) social welfare (administrator, Daughters of Charity)
  • Teresa D'Alosio Knight, (1891-1987) Eureka Co. (Eureka) Lincoln Co. (Delamar) White Pine Co. (Lane City, Steptoe Valley, Ely) cowgirl, housewife
  • Thelma Davis Calhoun, (1913-1998) Carson City civic leader, painter, wife, mother, grandmother, politics, Distinguished Nevadan, Nevada Woman of the Year
  • Theresa Smokey Jackson, (1916-1999) Douglas Co. (Dresslerville) Educator, basket weaver,mother, wife, speaker for Washoe Tribe, interpreter, consultant
  • Therése Alpetche Laxalt, (1891-1978) Carson City business (boarding house/restaurant), wife, mother
  • Ting Soo Hoo Ong, (1907-1925) White Pine Co. (Ruth, McGill) cook, restaurant owner, wife, mother
  • Una Reilly Dickerson, (1881-1959) Carson City, Washoe Co. (Reno) First Lady, wife, mother
  • Verna "June" Bradbury Broili Washoe Co. (Reno) author, buyer for family-owned business, food columnist, historian
  • Vida Margaret (McClure) Boyle, (1880 - 1972) Carson City, Washoe Co. (Reno) First Lady, wife, newspaper publisher, world traveler
  • Viola Annie West Goldsworthy, (1896-1975) Lyon Co. (Yerington), Washoe County (Reno) Wife, mother, organizer of education and children
  • Virginia Hode (Bradley) Belknap, (1847-1925) Carson City, San Francisco, CA Governor's Official Hostess, wife, mother
  • Virginia Moreira Moura , (1910-1994) Pershing County (Lovelock) Housewife, mother, ranch partner, Deputy County Recorder, secretary/bookkeeper
  • Wilhelmine Heidtman Springmeyer, (1847-1928) Douglas Co. (Carson Valley) Mother, wife, ranch owner
  • Wuzzie Dick George, (1879?-1984) Churchill Co. (Fallon/Stillwater) folk arts (Paiute crafts), wife
  • Yolande Jacobsen Sheppard, (19?-19?) Washoe Co. (Reno) fine arts (sculptor), wife, mother

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