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Women in STEM Edit-a-thon at Wentworth Institute of Technology: Ada Lovelace 2014

Schedule of Events Wentworth Institute of Technology's Alumni Library and Women's Integrating Taskforce (WIT^2) will host a celebration of women's contributions to STEM fields. All events will take place in the Alumni Library Program Room (Beatty 201BA). Wednesday, October 29, 2pm - 2:50pm: Roundtable discussion on Ada Lovelace's life, work, and times with Professor Cynthia Williams, Department of Humanities Thursday, October 30, 12:30pm - 6:00pm: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon to improve coverage of female mathematicians, scientists, and engineers. Open-house style, drop in as your schedule allows and edit with us. Library resources and refreshments will be provided. Alumni Library Resource Guide Find resources on women in STEM available at Wentworth's Alumni Library: Library Resource Guide Get Involved If you would like to participate, please join the project. How to edit Wikipedia Orientation to basic Wikipedia editing will be provided at the event. Here are some useful resources on editing Wikipedia: Wikipedia general introduction on editing articles Guide to Wikipedia's assessment scheme for quality of articles Notable STEM women whose Wikipedia entries need creating or improving Astronomers Name Nationality Field Wiki status Margaret Geller American Galaxies Start-class Caroline Herschel German British Comets C-class Vera Rubin American Galaxies C-class Biologists Name Nationality Field Wiki status Rita Levi-Montalcini Italian Neurology C-class Martha Chase American DNA and genetics Stub-class Rosalind Franklin British DNA structure B-class Chemists Name Nationality Field Wiki status Mildred Dresselhaus American Carbon science Start-class Irene Joliot-Curie French Radiochemistry C-class Computer Science Name Nationality Field Wiki status Frances Spence Mathematicians Name Nationality Field Wiki status Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat French Mathematical physics Start-class Olga Ladyzhenskaya Russian Partial differential equations Start-class Nina Uraltseva Russian Partial differential equations No article yet Lesley Sibner American Geometric gauge theory Start-class Olga Taussky-Todd Czech-American Group theory Start-class Irene Stegun American Handbook of mathematical functions Stub-class Joan Birman American Knot Theory Stub-class Physicists Name Nationality Field Wiki status Cecile DeWitt-Morette French Quantum theory C-class Deborah Jin American Condensed matter Stub-class Fabiola Gianotti Italian Particle physics Stub-class Margaret Murnane Irish Lasers Start-class Helen Quinn American Particle physics Start-class Lisa Randall American String theory Start-class Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin British-American Star composition C-class Marie Curie Polish, French Physics and Chemistry GA-class Marie Curie's article is pretty good, but it may be nice to emphasize the fact she is the first person to win two Nobel Prizes and the only person to win in two different areas over the fact that she was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. See also Notable Women in Computer Science List of female scientists before the 21st century These women should earn a Nobel prize in physics, Slate.com "Ten Historic Female Scientists You Should Know", The Smithsonian "Five Historic Female Mathematicians You Should Know", The Smithsonian Participants Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest. You need to complete the quick and easy process of signing up for a Wiki account first (see the upper right corner of the page). idempotent (talk · contribs) (Rachel Maitra) 01:23, 10 October 2014 (UTC) I'll edit Cecile DeWitt-Morette's article. assiterk (talk · contribs) (Karina Assiter) 15:46, 30 October 2014 (UTC) Resources ACM's Women in Computing National Center for Women & Information Technology Women in Technology International (WITI) Sisterlinks Related WikiProjects References