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University of Edinburgh edit-a-thon

Booking

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Everyone is welcome!

 
Women in Red

Attendees

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More names to be added later (please feel free to add your name below).


About the event

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Wikipedia is a primary way finding information in the modern world – it is truly an incredible resource. But its power can be dangerous. It means that its systemic biases can have a large impact on the way we think. Wikipedia, like most mainstream publishing and media, is very disproportionately white and male. However, unlike traditional information resources, Wikipedia’s users can have a direct positive impact on its content.

The Diversithon is a Wikipedia editing event in a social and supportive setting to celebrate diversity in science and Scottish history for the Festival of Creative Learning, LGBT+ History Month 2019 and Black History Month.

Wikipedia is the 5th most visited website in the world and is an important first stop when looking up science and history topics. But it lacks diversity both in its editorship and its articles.

"To increase the diversity of voices, genders, and cultures among its contributors and editors, the Wikimedia Foundation has made it a strategic goal to recruit and foster more women, people of colour, and other underrepresented individuals—including LGBT+ populations... the Wikimedia Foundation recognizes that the majority of its Wikipedia contributors and editors are disproportionately male, under 22 years old, and (most likely white and straight) from “the Global North”. They also admit that Wikipedia’s coverage is skewed toward the interests, expertise, and language skills of the people who created it..."

— Wexelbaum, Herzog, & Rasberry, "Queering Wikipedia" (2015).

This event will help you build the skills to contribute to and improve Wikipedia - a useful skill for anyone to have - and focuses on creating new articles to include notable Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic professionals; LGBT+ professionals; and continuing our work to address the systemic gender gap on Wikipedia where only 17.83% of biographies are about notable women.

No prior knowledge is required and you’ll be supported to develop articles of your choice. Sharing open knowledge is a fun & empowering experience and you’ll meet new people interested in the same topics as you. 

   *12:15-12:30pm: Refreshments
   *12:30-1:30pm: Welcome and crash course in editing.
   *1:30-3:30pm: EDIT!
   *3:30-3:50pm: Tea break.
   *3:50-4:45pm: Publishing.
   *4:45-5pm: Thanks and close.

NB: Please bring a laptop along to the event or email ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk if you require to borrow one.

Come along and get involved in creating better representation on the world's largest information resource! Help create new role models for young and old alike!

 
We Can Edit
Interview Emily Temple-Wood discussing gender diversity on Wikipedia

How do I prepare?

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First things first

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The Manual of Style

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Wikipedia has help pages which set out style guidelines for pages being created on certain subject areas. Please have a look at the following pages:

Trainers

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Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh

Hit list of articles to be created or improved

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Helpful updates could be as simple as: Making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional; Adding new inline citations/references; Adding a photo; Adding an infobox; Adding data to more fields in an existing infobox; Creating headings; Adding categories; etc.

The following is a small sample of topics to work on. Feel free to come up with your own ideas!

Worklist

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LGBTQ scientists:

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Missing biographies of nonbinary, trans and intersex people
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LBT WOMEN
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  • This is a list under development of missing articles on women who are (or have been) notable for their activities and work in many different fields. Women included in this list identify as or are lesbian, transgender and/or bisexual.
  • Women who identify as queer, demisexual, or with other identities which often intersect with LGBT, women and feminism may be added to this list.

Activists

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Albania

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Argentina

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Australia

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Barbados

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Botswana

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Canada

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China

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Germany

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India

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Ireland

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New Zealand

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Palestine/Israel

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Peru

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Poland

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Puerto Rico

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Singapore

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  • your redlink here

South Africa

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Spain

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  • your redlink here

Uganda

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  • your redlink here

United States

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Actresses and comedians

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Ireland

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Russia

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United States

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Artists

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France

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United States

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Musicians

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Germany

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United States

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Sports

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Canada

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China

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Writers

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Germany

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Hungary

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Israel

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  • Shiri Eisner activist and writer, author of Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution

Portugal

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Trinidad and Tobago

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United States

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Politicians

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Lisa Middleton - first transgender person to be elected in California for a non-judicial position.[113]

Other topics

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Africa

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China

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Germany

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Mexico

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Tanzania

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  • Nyumba nthobu same sex marriage between women that does not necessarily have a romantic/sexual component, [126], [127]

United States

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See also

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Other lists with red links related to LGBT

Talkpage templates for articles

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  • If the woman was born before 1950 use: {{WikiProject Women's history}}
  • If the woman was born after 1950 use: {{WikiProject Women}}
  • Add to WikiProject LGBT studies: {{WikiProject LGBT studies}}

BAME Scientists:

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UncoverEd project

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This is a list under development of missing articles on black women who are (or have been) notable in various fields of endeavor.

Algeria

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Antigua and Barbuda

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Bahamas

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Barbados

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Belize

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Bermuda

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Botswana

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Brazil

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Cameroon

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Canada

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Cayman Islands

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Colombia

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Cuba

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Dominican Republic

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Ethiopia

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  • Yemodish Bekele (born 1960) is an Ethopian poet and short story writer. The first Ethiopian woman to publish her own book of short stories, she is president of the Ethiopian Women Writers’ Association.[1]
  • Maria Abbebù Viarengo (born 1949) is an Ethiopian-Italian writer.
  • Azeb Worku (born 1975) is an Ethopian actress, theatre producer and playwright.[2]

Gabon

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Germany

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Ghana

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Grenada

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Guyana

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Haiti

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Jamaica

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Kenya

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Madagascar

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Malawi

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Mali

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Montserrat

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Morocco

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Netherlands

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  • Petra Hoost (b 1976) first Afro-Dutch woman to win the Miss Netherlands pageant in 1996. [275]

Nigeria

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Puerto Rico

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Rwanda

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Senegal

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Sierra Leone

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South Africa

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[319] [320] [321]

Spain

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St. Kitts and Nevis

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St. Lucia

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St. Vincent and the Grenadines

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Sudan

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Swaziland

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Tanzania

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Togo

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Trinidad and Tobago

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Tunisia

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Uganda

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United Kingdom

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United States

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Bessie Coleman, aviator
See also: Candace Award

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B

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C

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D

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F

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G

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H

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J

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L

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M

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N

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P

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Q

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  • Caroline Quarlls (1824-1892), first known person to escape slavery through Wisconsin's Underground Railroad, [566]

R

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S

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T

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V

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W

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US Virgin Islands

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Zambia

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Zimbabwe

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Sources

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Suggested sources:

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General
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  • DiscoverEd to find books, ebooks, journals, ejournals and more.
News sources
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Theses databases
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Outcomes

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  • Mangrove nine - The Mangrove Nine were a group of British black activists tried for inciting a riot at protest on 9 August 1970 against the police targeting of the Mangrove Restaurant, Notting Hill. Their trial lasted 55 days and involved various challenges by the Nine to the legitimacy of the judicial process. They were all acquitted of the most serious charges and the trial became the first judicial acknowledgement of behaviour motivated by racial hatred within the Metropolitan police.
  • Yemodish Bekele (born 1960) is an Ethopian poet and short story writer. The first Ethiopian woman to publish her own book of short stories, she is president of the Ethiopian Women Writers’ Association.
  • Simone Badal-McCreath - is a leading Jamaican chemist and cancer researcher. In 2014 she was one of five women awarded the Elsevier Foundation Award for Early Career Scientists in the Developing World for her creation of a lab at the Natural Products Institute to research the anti-cancer properties of natural Jamaican products. She currently lectures in Basic Medical Sciences at the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Mona, Jamaica.
  • Yola Cain (1954 - 17 May 2000) was the first Jamaican born woman to gain a commercial and flight instructor license and the first woman to fly in the JDF, the Jamaica Defence Force.
  • Aicha McKenzie (born February, 1977) is a former British gymnast, model and dancer who is also the CEO of AMCK Management.
  • Bongi Ndaba (born 1972) is a South African producer and writer for television, actress and playwright.
  • Esther Bruce - Josephine Esther Bruce (29 November 1912 to 17 July 1994) was a black British seamstress living in working-class London during the pre-Empire Windrush years.

Template for the editathon

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Upon publishing the article on Wikipedia's livespace, please add the following templates to the Talk page:

Add to article talk pages...
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  • {{WikiProject Biography| }} or {{WikiProject Biography}}
  • {{WikiProject Women}} if born after 1950; or {{WikiProject Women's History}}:: if born before 1950.

What can I do after the event?

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Join us for the event!

You may find these useful if you want to learn further about editing:

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Participants - Sign Up Here!

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Prior to the event:

  1. RSVP: ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk
  2. Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
    No? Create a Wikipedia account
    Yes? Go to Step #3
  3. Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page
Don't worry! If you haven't edited Wikipedia before and don't have a Wikipedia User Name yet, we will help you on the day of the event! And remember to have fun!
To sign up for this event: Log in or create an account.

References

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  1. ^ Yemodish Bekele at Ethopian Women Unleashed
  2. ^ Azeb Worku Sibane at Ethiopian Women Unleashed
  3. ^ "Peggy Lucie Auleley: lauréate du concours ACCT". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 1999-06-03. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  4. ^ "Chantal Magalie Mbazoo-Kassa". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  5. ^ "Nadège Noëlle Ango Obiang: An author from Gabon writing in French". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 2003-09-19. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  6. ^ Kiundu Waweru, "Champions of the writers' bloc", The Standard, 29 May 2009.
  7. ^ Gitonga, Catherine (2007). Can Scars Become Stars. Nairobi: Revival Springs Media. p. 312. ISBN 9789966724106.
  8. ^ "Maggy Correa: An author from Rwanda writing in French". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 2001-05-03. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  9. ^ "Jeannine Herrmann-Grisius: an author from Switzerland and Rwanda writing in French". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 2003-07-16. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  10. ^ "Thérèse Muamini: An author from Rwanda writing in French". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  11. ^ "Marie-Aimable Umurerwa: An author from Rwanda writing in French". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 2001-05-04. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  12. ^ Govender, Logan (16 April 2014). "Kavistha Lives Her Dream as First Indian Woman Captain at SAA". Durban, South Africa: The Post. Retrieved 19 December 2016 – via HighBeam Research.
  13. ^ "High flying South African Airways Captain Kavistha Maharaj, the airline's first black female captain, leads an all-female crew in a flight to transcend the stereotypes and barriers of the past". United Kingdom: Womanthology. August 27, 2014. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  14. ^ http://theculturetrip.com/africa/swaziland/articles/sarah-mkhonza-fighting-for-swaziland/
  15. ^ http://explorecourses.stanford.edu/instructor/stm36
  16. ^ Jacqueline Kibacha, social justice poet and activist.The AfroNews, 15 December 2009.
  17. ^ Profiled in Soma Magazine.
  18. ^ "Gad Ami: An author from Togo writing in French". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  19. ^ "Interview". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 21 December 2000. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  20. ^ a b c Otiso, Kefa M. (1 January 2006). Culture and Customs of Uganda. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 28–. ISBN 978-0-313-33148-0.
  21. ^ Jane Collins and Viv Gardner, Mother Uganda, The Guardian, 15 March 1999
  22. ^ Stiles, Rebecca (February 25, 1950). "Federated Clubs: True Story of 50 Years Lifting and Climbing". The Chicago Defender (National edition).
  23. ^ Smith, Jessie Carney; Bracks, Lean'tin; Wynn, Linda T. (2015), The Complete Encyclopedia of African American History, Canton, Michigan: Visible Ink Press, p. 473, ISBN 978-1-57859-583-9
  24. ^ "FREDERICKA DOUGLASS PERRY TELLS OF BIG SISTER HOME: Founder House Mother". Chicago, IL: Chicago Defender (National Edition). Sep 25, 1937.
  25. ^ Hughes, Zondra (January 2000). "M'Lis Ward: First Black Female Captain in Commercial Aviation". Ebony. 55 (3). Chicago, Illinois: Johnson Publishing Company: 120–124. ISSN 0012-9011. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  26. ^ Horton, Phyllis R., ed. (February 2000). "M'Lis Ward: First Black Female Captain in Commercial Aviation". Ebony. 55 (4). Chicago, Illinois: Johnson Publishing Company: 14. ISSN 0012-9011. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
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