Wikipedia:GLAM/Washington State Historical Society/Events and Workshops/Edits for Women 2020
The WSHS Women's Suffrage Centennial Program - A Wiki meetup periodically to improve Wikipedia's representation of the history of women's suffrage in the state and former territory of Washington. in a nutshell:
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- Something we learned from our previous session is, folks want to jump in and start editing! So, for this edit-a-thon we will be working together to overhaul one page
- Women's suffrage movement in Washington (state).
- Event is free, but registration required! Bring your own laptops - Wikimedian experts and yummy snacks provided!
Chapters that need to be written edit
First Wave: 1850-1870 The Women's Rights Movement Comes to Washington State edit
- 18 yr Catherine Paine attends the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention and is the youngest signer of the Declaration of Sentiments. Soon after, she moves to Seattle with her minister husband, establishes a Methodist church and school. Receives news of the women's suffrage movement and befriends early territorial legislator Arthur Denny
- Arthur A. Denny proposes white woman's suffrage and loses by one vote.
- Create small bio for Catherine Paine Blaine page
Second Wave: 1870-1900 Washington Women Attempt to Vote edit
- Using the 14th Amendment and the citizenship argument to challenge election officials, sisters Mary Olney Brown and Charlotte Olney French attempt to vote in Thurston County elections.
- Write about Edward Eldridge's bill striking 'male' from the record
- Link to stubs of Mary Olney Brown and Charlotte Olney French. Build small bios of each woman.
- Tell the story of the first successful vote of women at Littlerock and Grand Mound. List women who voted and sources.
Susan B Anthony Tours Washington edit
- Summarize the tour of Susan B. Anthony in Washington, adding a map of places she touched down, links to her diary entries from the trip, links to newspaper article sources.
- Link to Abigail Scott Duniway page
- Add summary of Susan B. Anthony tour to the Abigail Scott Duniway page
- Write about Susan B. Anthony's address to Washington Territorial Legislature
- Write about the formation of the Washington Equal Suffrage Association
- Write about the anti-suffrage law of Washington Territory established in 1871
Voting Rights Won and Lost, Twice in 5 years edit
- Write about the victory of women getting the vote in 1883 and public reaction
- What women did with the vote over four years
- Write about losing the vote again in 1887, getting it back in 1888 and losing it again that same year
- Write about Nevada Bloomer case
- Write about 1889 Constitutional Convention and the disintegration of the Washington Equal Suffrage Association by 1905
Third Wave: 1906-1910 Women Organize edit
- Write about the resurrection of the Washington Equal Suffrage Association by Emma Smith DeVoe, Carrie Chapman Catt, Dr. Cora Eaton Smith, and May Arkwright Hutton
- Write about organization tactics (Washington Women's Cookbook, posters and publications - Missouri Hannah, Nettie Craig Asberry) and "still hunt" strategy of Emma Smith DeVoe and May Arkwright Hutton
- Write about Alaska Yukon Exposition and Mt. Rainier mountaineering suffragists
- Write about 1909 victory (Include links to primary sources: telegrams, letter from Horace Cayton congratulating Emma Smith DeVoe, newspaper articles)
Washington Wins and Ratifies edit
- Write about suffrage 5-star flag sent to California (use photographs and postcard with suffrage song as primary source) and reaction in national suffrage movement newspapers after Washington win
- Write about how Washington became the 35th state to ratify the 19th Amendment on March 22, 1920.