G2G Women of Science Pop-Up

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WOMEN OF SCIENCE

If you haven't yet seen it, Erin Robertson has created an amazing Free Space Page honoring too-often overlooked Women of Science. To draw attention to her site and offer her some assistance I am presenting this pop-up challenge featuring 21 women from various fields of science who are currently unconnected to the Big WikiTree. We would love to get your help connecting them and improving their profiles. Afterwards, head on over to Erin's page and check out some of the other fabulous profiles she has collected.    

Janaki Ammal, botanist connected

Ruth R. Benerito, physical chemist connected

Dorothy Lavinia Brown (4), surgeon

Marie Van Brittan Brown (3), nurse and innovator

May Edward Chinn, physician connected

Maragret Chung (0), physician

Rebecca Lee Crumpler (6), physician

Mildred Dresselhaus, physicist connected

Annie Easley (67), computer scientist and mathematician

Gertrude B. Elion (3), Nobel biochemist

Bessie Blount Griffith (0), forensic scientist

Jane Hinton (5), veterinarian

Stephanie Kwolek (3), chemist

Margaret Morgan Lawrence (59), psychiatrist

Rita Levi-Montalcini (13), neurobiologist

Lise Meitner (13), physicist

Maryam Mirzakhani (0), mathematician

Joan Murrell Owens (8), marine biologist

Mary Engle Pennington, bacteriologist connected

Mary Logan Reddick (13), neuroembryologist

Jane Cooke Wright, cancer researcher connected

Comments

Just a quick reminder because there are a lot of Black women in this challenge and I've seen these two templates getting mixed up on some recent Notables challenges: African American notables generally get the USBH project box {{US Black Heritage}}, which goes above the biography heading. Their non-notable family members generally get the African American heritage sticker {{African-American Sticker}} which goes right below the biography heading.

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Thanks Christy. I actually did not know that.

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I'm especially glad I said something then! Maybe it would be helpful to clarify a bit further then, since they're easy to mix up and the differences are a bit technical:

• {{US Black Heritage}} is a project box, so technically, it should be on all profiles that the US Black Heritage (USBH) Project manages. We like to manage as many of the African American notables as we can, so most of these notables eventually end up with the USBH project as a profile manager or co-manager, and therefore get the project box. So in my head, I generalize this to "notables get the project box {{US Black Heritage}}", though there are some exceptions out there for when the USBH Project doesn't manage them.
• {{African-American Sticker}} is a heritage sticker which "can be used to illustrate your heritage, or that of your ancestors", so it can be put on the profile of anyone who is/was a Black American or had ancestors who were Black Americans to honor and celebrate that part of their heritage and ancestry. It is not obligatory, but in addition to honoring their heritage, it is super helpful to the USBH project so that we can find these profiles in our various events and everyday work so that we can continue to improve the profiles and build out their family trees. We use WT+ searches to find profiles with this template for our activities, so we try to encourage using it on as many African American profiles as possible.
• The project box and sticker have the same image and display the same text, so it is redundant to use both on the same profile. So when notables already have the project box, we don't add the heritage sticker.

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Allow me to offer a similar primer on the Notables Sticker vs. the Notables Box.

The Notables Sticker may be attached to the profile of any Notable person, regardless of which project or individual member manages the profile. In general, any person with a Wikipedia profile can be considered a WikiTree Notable. There are some exceptions that can be made to this rule, but I won't go into that here. The {{Notables Sticker}} should always be placed below the ==Biography== header.

The Notables Box is applied only to Living Notables. As per WikiTree policy, members should always seek permission from a Project before creating the profile of a Living Notable. If your request is approved, {{Notables}} should be placed above the ==Biography== header.

Profiles may have multiple stickers from multiple projects, for example: {{Notables Sticker}} and {{African American Sticker}}.

Answer 1

Hi David, just a question, however I maybe should not ask you this question but ask Erin.  Is this an American challenge only? Because I don’t see any European scientist. Maybe if someone has any European ancestors, we can participate from a Global perspective also in this kind of challenges.

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There seem to be four from outside the US: Ammal (India). Levi-Montalcini (Italy), Meitner (Austria) and Mirzakhani (Iran). Some others have parents born outside the US.

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Okay thanks. I thought I had checked them all closely, but just not good enough. I only noticed the first one came from India. Then I will withdraw my remarks

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The women on this list are predominantly American. However, they were not selected based on their nationality. These are the women from Erin's list who have current WikiTree profiles that are not yet connected to the Big Tree. Erin's list has many more women from across the globe who do not yet have WikiTree profiles. This is something she could use help with. Also, many of the women on her list are already connected to the Big Tree but could still use some TLC.  

If there are additional women you'd like to see added to Erin's list, feel free to mention then below or drop Erin a personal note.

Answer 2

Janaki Ammal should show as connected after reset.

Two other Women of Science that Erin might want to add to her list are sisters, astronomer  Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury and geologist, stratigrapher, and paleontologist Carlotta Joaquina Maury. Both are connected.

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Thank you so much! I know the profiles to collect and create are numbered like the stars in the sky but I look forward to meeting each of these scientists.

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Wow! You've connected our Indian scientist right off the bat. That's actually very impressive.

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The sisters are connected, but their "Paiva Pereira" Portuguese ancestors are missing... Their grandmother was born in 1815 in Rio de Janeiro. It seams their parents were connected to the Portuguese court when it was transferred from Lisbon to Brazil in the beginning of 1808. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_of_the_Portuguese_Court_to_Brazil

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Thanks, but it actually wasn't hard because her parents were already on WikiTree; they just weren't connected to her. I added two of her mother's half-brothers, their wives, a daughter, and her stepmother, though, and connected two additional relatives who were already on WikiTree. I also improved both her grandfathers' profiles. It was interesting to learn about her family.

Answer 3

I worked on Dr. Dorothy Lavinia Brown's profile, though her bio probably could still use more information about her career - I was mostly focused on family info. I added a few family members for her too. I think it will be tough to trace her direct ancestors back any farther beyond her parents, but connectors might have more luck building out the family of her half-sister Isabel.

Also, the link above for Bessie Blount Griffith goes to the wrong profile - her profile is https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blount-1979. She and Marie Van Britton Brown seem to have the same profile picture, so some one may want to do some digging to figure out who this picture actually belongs to.

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Thanks Christy! I will check out the links and profiles. And many thanks on your work on Dr Brown!

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Thanks Christy.

 A remined to others: Profile improvement is equally as important as making connections. As is sourcing, etc. Whatever your talents are, they will be appreciated.

Answer 4

Connected Mary Engle Pennington through her sister.

Comments

Great job Roger!

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Thanks Roger! We still use her research today every time we open our ice boxes and get safe to eat, fresh food.

Answer 5

I am working to add family members to Margaret Cornelia (Morgan) Lawrence

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Keep us posted!

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She is up to 49 connections and I am waayyyy down a rabbit hole outside her CC7, but hoping to luck into a connection.

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Her tree is over 100 now but still no connection.  I am zig-zagging along the 1880 census adding to the tree.

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Update, I have Margaret's tree out about 25 degrees and over 340 connections, but nothing to the main tree yet!

Answer 6

Ruth Benerito is also connected.

Comments

Great job again, Roger.

Answer 7

Mildred (Spiewak) Dresselhaus is connected through her husband Gene Dresselhaus' mother's family.

She was an inspiration to many woman who studied at MIT.  MIT and the scientific fields were very male-dominated throughout most of her career, and I have always had great admiration for everything she accomplished.

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Fantastic job Paige. Thanks for sharing your personal admiration for her. In addition to their scientific work, these women deserve a great deal of credit for inspiring generations of young women to pursue what once would have been considered outlandish goals.

Answer 8

Ruth R. Benerito is now connected.

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Thanks Christine. As a mom, I don't know what I would do without wash-and-wear cotton!

Answer 9

I'd like to thank everyone who has contributed so far. I love discovering new scientists and learning about their amazing contributions! Please know anyone I left off the list is not because I find them unworthy of being recognized, I am happy to add them.

Answer 10

Please look at the Category: New Zealand, 150 Women in 150 Words and check

https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/150th-anniversary/150-women-in-150-words/

I have added a few of the women scientists commemorated at the time of the 150th anniversary of the Royal Society Te Apārangi. They are all connected.

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Thanks for the treasure trove! Have been adding New Zealand ladies as I find them. Can't wait to learn more about them.