Edit Wikipedia to make sure women are represented. This is the sixth year that the Emory University Libraries and Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) will host a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to improve the coverage of women in Wikipedia by training new Wikipedia editors. This year’s edit-a-thon will be hosted virtually, via Zoom. Only 18.8% of English…
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2020 Women of Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at Emory, 2/25/2020 from 6-8pm
Edit Wikipedia for the greater good! For the 5th year in a row, Emory University Libraries and Teaching and Learning Technologies will host a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon to improve coverage of women on Wikipedia and to empower new editors. According to Women in Red (WiR), as of 10 February 2020, only 18.25% of English Wikipedia’s biographies were…
Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon – Tuesday, March 21, 5:30-8:30 PM
Edit Wikipedia for the greater good! For the second year in a row, Emory University Libraries will host a local event for the Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Art + Feminism is a worldwide campaign to improve coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia and to empower new editors. The event will be held as…
In Search of Sisterhood: African American Women’s Literary Clubs in MARBL
Minute Book of the Frances E.W. Harper Literary and Social Circle, 1915-1929 Share I have always been fascinated by African American women who organized themselves into literary, social, and service organizations during the early to mid-twentieth century. Many of these clubs were founded within 50 years of emancipation and mark a thirst by African…
Conditions: A Magazine of Writing by Women With an Emphasis on Writing by Lesbians
Cover of Conditions: Five“The Black Women's Issue“ Share Related Links: LGBT Research Guide African American Research Guide Join the discussion MARBL is honored to add Conditions: a magazine of writing by women with an emphasis on writing by lesbians to our holdings. Conditions comes to MARBL through a generous gift made possible by Professor…
Rose Library Blog
- From Randall Mill Rd. to the Rose Library – Assisting with the accessioning and processing of the Lucinda Bunnen Papers March 30, 2023by Cori Williams, Collection Services Processing Intern, Lucinda Bunnen papers. This is the first post in a series on the accessioning and processing of the Lucinda Bunnen Papers. I found myself at the Rose Library in a bit of an unusual way. I was first introduced to the Lucinda Bunnen Papers through their creator, Lucinda...Gaby Hale
- Arts & Activism in the Archives – Rose Library & Science Gallery Atlanta March 29, 2023by Gaby Hale, Outreach Archivist at Rose Library. People often think of archives as dusty dark places that house books, where a lone cardigan-clad librarian patrols, shushing everyone. We are proud to say that Rose Library is NOT like that. When you visit us, you are met with light, glass, and friendly staff (who...Gaby Hale
- New Digitized Collection: William H. Scott Family Papers March 6, 2023Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library is excited to announce the addition of a new digital collection to Emory Digital Collections. The William H. Scott Family Papers is a manuscript collection from the family of William H. Scott (1848-1910), who was a Black Baptist minister and political activist who was...Erin Glogowski
- Carter G. Woodson, The Father of Black History at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library February 13, 2023As we observe Black History Month we look to Carter G. Woodson, who is known as the Father of Black History. Rose Library holds a collection of materials from Woodson’s library which includes, correspondence, photographs, and books. Woodson with the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, an organization he helped found announced...Erin Glogowski
- Ernest Hartsock’s Bozart Magazine: An Oasis in the Sahara January 30, 2023Siân Round is very near to finishing a PhD in English at the University of Cambridge. Her research examines literary magazines in the American South between 1921 and 1945. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Journal of Modern Periodical Studies, The Cambridge Quarterly, and Review of English Studies. Who was Ernest...Erin Glogowski