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Wiki-a-thon engagement + simple how to page

This International Women’s Day (and beyond) shift7, AnitaB.org, BlackComputHER, TimesUp Tech, AfroCROWD Wikimedia Initiative and User…

6 min readMar 8, 2021

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Wiki-a-thon engagement + simple how to page

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Mary McLeod Bethune, “The First Lady of the Struggle.”

She was the preeminent female African American civil rights leader in the 1930s-50s.

15 min readJan 23, 2020

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Mary McLeod Bethune, “The First Lady of the Struggle.”

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Keani Reiner & Penny Martin led a Polynesian voyaging canoe crew, from Tahiti to Hawaii

When you sail on that canoe, you come back and you look at things differently. The voyage was an eye opener for me to my culture, to my…

14 min readJan 20, 2020

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Keani Reiner & Penny Martin led a Polynesian voyaging canoe crew, from Tahiti to Hawaii

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Gloria E. Anzaldúa, explored intersectionality & challenged conceptions of borders with her writing

“I will have my voice. Indian, Spanish, white. I will have my serpent’s tongue — my woman’s voice, my sexual voice, my poet’s voice. I…

8 min readJan 19, 2020

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Gloria E. Anzaldúa, explored intersectionality & challenged conceptions of borders with her writing

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Marjorie Ann “Marge” Anderson, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe leader

“Women are moving into leadership at all levels, but to me not fast enough. When I first started here I was the only woman. You have to…

7 min readJan 18, 2020

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Marjorie Ann “Marge” Anderson, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe leader

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Eliza Conley led legal and resistance efforts to protect Huron Indian Cemetery

She was the first Native American woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

10 min readJan 17, 2020

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Eliza Conley led legal and resistance efforts to protect Huron Indian Cemetery

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Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, founded “The Women’s Era,” national newspaper

She also co-founded “The Women’s Era Club” for African-American women, and organized the “First National Conference of the Colored Women…

7 min readJan 16, 2020

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Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, founded “The Women’s Era,” national newspaper

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Representative Patsy Takemoto Mink co-authored Title IX legislation, & led on education and justice

“Discrimination against women in education is one of the most insidious forms of prejudice extant in our nation.” — Representative Patsy T…

7 min readJan 15, 2020

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Representative Patsy Takemoto Mink co-authored Title IX legislation, & led on education and justice

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Ida B. Wells, investigative journalist created ‘The Red Record’ & ‘The Reason Why.’

“The way to right wrongs is to shine the light of truth upon them.” — Ida B. Wells-Barnett

8 min readJan 14, 2020

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Ida B. Wells, investigative journalist created ‘The Red Record’ & ‘The Reason Why.’

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Pearl Kendrick, Grace Eldering, and Loney Clinton Gordon developed pertussis vaccine

Remembering the effectiveness of their collaborative approach, let’s work together as a national and global community to continue to help…

7 min readJan 13, 2020

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Pearl Kendrick, Grace Eldering, and Loney Clinton Gordon developed pertussis vaccine

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https://shift7.com Writer: Susan Alzner. Research: Megan Smith, David Lonnberg, Molly Dillon. Gratitude to Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls for collab on #20for2020

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