Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/History of Shakers edit-a-thon

Shakers in America: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon presented by Capitol Hill Chorale and User:Ser Amantio di Nicolao with support from Wikimedia DC

When

Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm EDT

Where

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington DC

Description

Join Wikimedia DC and the Capitol Hill Chorale as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the Shakers in America. Although small in number, the Shakers have exercised an outsized influence on American culture; we honor their egalitarian spirit with an edit-a-thon dedicated to writing notable Shaker women into Wikipedia.

This event will include new editor training and a special tour of the library.

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Step 1:

• Create a Wikipedia username if you don't already have one (top right) and log-in
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Step 2:

• Check-in for this event using the blue button below. This helps us to track editing progress during the edit-a-thon.

1) Select 'Check in'

2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Publish changes'. DO NOT ADD TEXT TO THE FIELD.

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Instructions

1. Go to this Google sheet and add your username next to the article you would like to edit or create
2. Return here to the event page and select your article's red or blue link. Red=New draft articles for creation, Blue=Existing articles
3. Select 'Create' (for new articles), and 'Edit' for existing articles
4. For new articles, start by adding a 'References' header at the bottom. Return to the top and start writing. Publish as you go to avoid losing your work.
5. Use the sources below each article name to find information and build your article/s. Be sure to cite your sources.

Tip: Open this event page in multiple tabs. You will need it quite often (mostly for sourcing) and it's easy to close inadvertently.

Article worklist

• Draft:Dorothy Durgin[1][2] - Designer of the Dorothy cloak
• Dorothy Cloak[3][4][5] - Garment designed produced and trademarked by Shaker women
• Hart and Shepard[6] - Shaker manufacturing company
• Ethel Hudson
• Draft:Bertha Lindsay[7]
• Draft:Lillian Phelps[8][9]
• Draft:Miriam Wall[10][11]
• Draft:Franklin Young[12]
• Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village
• Draft:Arnold Hadd[13][14][15][16]
• Draft:June Carpenter[17][[18]]
• Polly Collins

• Draft:Patsy Roberts Williamson -- African-American Shaker, music author, variously called Roberts or Williamson

Suggested article topics from the Historical Dictionary of Shakers

The following list are entries from the Historical Dictionary of the Shakers which lack a Wikipedia article. Click on the red links below to start a draft article. Update the list now |SPARQL |Find images This list is automatically generated from data in Wikidata and is periodically updated by Listeriabot. Edits made within the list area will be removed on the next update! name image description date of birth date of death occupation item brother of Mother Ann Lee and first English Shaker to die in America. 1740 1784 Q125502166 early Shaker 1760-01-23 1790-05-04 Q125501614 early Shaker 1768-04-01 1793-04-16 Q125501617 Shaker leader 1742-1796 1742 1796 Q94512237 Shaker 1754 1798 Q125501252 early Shaker (1722–1799) 1722 1799 Q125501641 Shaker eldress 1763-04-27 1821-10-26 Q125501440 1750-1825 , Shaker elder 1750 1825 Q62663675 born 1769; died 1826 1769 1826 Q125312354 Presbyterian preacher, revivalist preacher, writer, and historian 1770-11-20 1839-09-15 writer Q20741574 1752-1842 1752 1842 Q94685565 first Shaker convert in the western US 1805-03-27 1844-08-03 Q125512208 1767-1847 , Shaker theologian, author, and educator 1767 1847 theologian writer educator Q55719982 Shaker 1761 1847 Q125501147 Shaker eldress (1769-1848) 1769-09-08 1848-06-01 Q125501529 birth/death: 1768-1849 VIAF[78105158] LCAuth[n99006848] 1768 1849 Q125501170 1774-1852 , Shaker leader 1774 1852 Q55816387 1770 1854 Q125502900 Shaker eldress 1780 1857 Q125501219 birth/death: 1800-1863 LCAuth[n95081489] VIAF[38626175] 1800 1863 Q125501391 Shaker apostate 1778-11-22 1863-05-12 Q113802877 birth/death: 1807-1867 LCAuth[n94077245] VIAF[63240774] 1807 1867 Q125505187 1780-1869 , Shaker elder and writer 1780 1869 writer Q55721004 Shaker elder 1785 1871 Q125512137 American Shaker evangelist 1797-05-08 1873 evangelist Q70156248 born 1792; died 1874? 1792 1874 Q125501203 Shaker elder and author 1804 1875 Q94686298 1802 1876 Q125512048 1819-1880 1819 1880 Q94685266 Shaker furniture maker 1815 1882 artist Q113293693 1833 1883 Q94282701 Shaker elder; Sabbathday Lake, 1815-1884 1815 1884 Q94257850 (1802–1884) 1802-05-09 1884-03-07 Q125506890 Shaker centenarian 1776-05-06 1884-05-01 Q125505707 American Shaker Eldress and writer 1810 1886 writer Q94685945 1815-1890 , Shaker elder 1815 1890 Q55764179 American Shaker trustee, school teacher and author (1815-1890) 1815-03-31 1890-01-06 writer manager school teacher Q20656490 birth/death: 1811-1891 LCAuth[no98002292] VIAF[11916460] 1811 1891 Q125512190 Shaker elder 1807-04-28 1892-02-13 Q125501433 1833 1896 Q94685096 1825-1898 1825 1898 Q94685268 Shaker elder 1807 1900 Q66821549 Shaker elder, author, and musician 1817 1901 writer musician Q94688484 Shaker carpenter (1822–1902) 1822 1902 Q125501505 elder, Pleasant Hill Shakers 1840 1902 Q125505610 Shaker 1819 1903 Q94277692 Shaker elder, Enfield CT 1819-03-14 1910 Q125512201 Shaker elder 1830 1911 Q94258638 Shaker eldress (1844–1912) 1844 1912 Q125501257 Kentucky Shaker 1832-02-14 1912-12-29 Q125511949 (1824-1916) 1824 1916 Q125501195 Shaker elder 1836-1919 1836 1919 Q125501648 Shaker elderess 1832-12-01 1920 Q125502905 Shaker elder (1844-1920) 1844-08-09 1920-09-24 Q125506586 last Pleasant Hill Shaker brother 1844 1922 Q125505622 1854-1923 , Shaker author, poet, and associate eldress 1854 1923 writer poet Q55720427 Shaker elder 1845-1926 1845 1926 Q94259783 Shaker trustee 1854 1928 Q125501453 Shaker elder 1851-1930 1851 1930 Q94258256 American cabinetmaker, 1844-1931 1844 1931 artist Q125501592 Shaker (1852–1933) 1851-12-15 1933-01-11 Q125505823 1858 1938 Q94258253 Austrian-born American Shaker 1859-06-09 1940 Q125505641 Shaker 1847-06-10 1943-11-28 Q125502958 1849-07-08 1948-02-17 Q125502960 Shaker eldress 1860 1950 Q94259680 1864 1953 Q94258179 Shaker sister 1878 1956 Q125512144 Shaker eldress 1876-06-19 1957-03-10 Q125501610 1873 1961 Q94258907 1873-1966 , Shaker eldress 1873 1966 Q62097289 1931-1986 , librarian, scholar, and Shaker brother 1931 1986 librarian Q55721472 Shaker eldress 1894 1988 Q94258428 1897-1990 , Shaker eldress 1897 1990 1990-10-03 Q62396999 Shaker author 1927-03-13 2017-01-02 Q125500918 Shaker elder, 1818-1908 Q111018661 1773 Q113797054 Shaker artist Q125500904 Shaker eldress Q125500967 Shaker author Q125500978 Q125501071 Q125501105 Shaker Q125501159 birth/death: -1892 or d. 1892 VIAF[58323537] LCAuth[n95033318] Q125501181 birth/death: b. 1865 or 1865- LCAuth[no95009692] VIAF[54513038] Q125501212 VIAF[16515409] LCAuth[n97097373] 1855-05-01 Q125501355 Shaker clothing Q125501375 last surviving male Shaker Q125501476 Shaker elder Q125501597 Shaker eldress Q125502087 Shaker elder (1834–1905) Q125502101 Shaker grave marker Q125502549 Shaker elder and writer writer Q125502557 Shaker newspaper Q125502569 Shaker basket Q125502973 Baptist preacher who converted to Shakerism 1724 Q125505673 musical group Q125505721 LCAuth[n97005888] VIAF[60823108] Q125511923 Shaker Q125512161 Shaker eldress Q125512203 birth/death: d. 1861 or -1861 LCAuth[n94066228] VIAF[60776554] Q125512210 ∑ 101 items. End of auto-generated list.

Other resources

• Images - Winterthur Library Digital Collections, The Edward Deming Andrews Memorial Shaker Collection
• Historical Dictionary of the Shakers

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• Miriam Wall
• Dorothy Durgin
• Semantha Fairbanks
• Lillian Barlow
• Mary Wicks Bennett

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