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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.

Registration

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Shakers edit-a-thon 2024


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Step 1:

  • Create a Wikipedia username if you don't already have one (top right) and log-in
  • Already have an account? Simply log-in (top right)
  • Usernames are public. You do not have to use your real name.

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.
Your username will automatically be added to the list of attendees.

Articles to create or edit

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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

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.

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
William Lee Q125502166 on Wikidata brother of Mother Ann Lee and first English Shaker to die in America. 1740 1784 Q125502166
Childs Hamlin Q125501614 on Wikidata early Shaker 1760-01-23 1790-05-04 Q125501614
Thankful Hamlin Q125501617 on Wikidata early Shaker 1768-04-01 1793-04-16 Q125501617
Joseph Meacham Q94512237 on Wikidata Shaker leader 1742-1796 1742 1796 Q94512237
Henry Clough Q125501252 on Wikidata Shaker 1754 1798 Q125501252
John Hocknell Q125501641 on Wikidata early Shaker (1722–1799) 1722 1799 Q125501641
Ruth Farrington Q125501440 on Wikidata Shaker eldress 1763-04-27 1821-10-26 Q125501440
David Darrow Q62663675 on Wikidata 1750-1825 , Shaker elder 1750 1825 Q62663675
John Dunlavy Q125312354 on Wikidata born 1769; died 1826 1769 1826 Q125312354
Richard McNemar Q20741574 on Wikidata Presbyterian preacher, revivalist preacher, writer, and historian 1770-11-20 1839-09-15 writer Q20741574
Moses Johnson Q94685565 on Wikidata 1752-1842 1752 1842 Q94685565
Malcolm Worley Q125512208 on Wikidata first Shaker convert in the western US 1805-03-27 1844-08-03 Q125512208
Seth Youngs Wells Q55719982 on Wikidata 1767-1847 , Shaker theologian, author, and educator 1767 1847 theologian
writer
educator
Q55719982
Abiathar Babbit Q125501147 on Wikidata Shaker 1761 1847 Q125501147
Casandana Goodrich Q125501529 on Wikidata Shaker eldress (1769-1848) 1769-09-08 1848-06-01 Q125501529
Ebenezer Bishop Q125501170 on Wikidata birth/death: 1768-1849 VIAF[78105158] LCAuth[n99006848] 1768 1849 Q125501170
Rufus Bishop Q55816387 on Wikidata 1774-1852 , Shaker leader 1774 1852 Q55816387
John Meacham Q125502900 on Wikidata 1770 1854 Q125502900
Asenath Clark Q125501219 on Wikidata Shaker eldress 1780 1857 Q125501219
Caleb M. Dyer Q125501391 on Wikidata birth/death: 1800-1863 LCAuth[n95081489] VIAF[38626175] 1800 1863 Q125501391
Eunice Chapman Q113802877 on Wikidata Shaker apostate 1778-11-22 1863-05-12 Q113802877
David Parker Q125505187 on Wikidata birth/death: 1807-1867 LCAuth[n94077245] VIAF[63240774] 1807 1867 Q125505187
Calvin Green Q55721004 on Wikidata 1780-1869 , Shaker elder and writer 1780 1869 writer Q55721004
Freegift Wells Q125512137 on Wikidata Shaker elder 1785 1871 Q125512137
Richard W. Pelham Q70156248 on Wikidata American Shaker evangelist 1797-05-08 1873 evangelist Q70156248
Richard Bushnell Q125501203 on Wikidata born 1792; died 1874? 1792 1874 Q125501203
Philemon Stewart Q94686298 on Wikidata Shaker elder and author 1804 1875 Q94686298
Joseph Sanford Tillinghast Q125512048 on Wikidata 1802 1876 Q125512048
Thomas Damon Q94685266 on Wikidata 1819-1880 1819 1880 Q94685266
Orren Haskins Q113293693 on Wikidata Shaker furniture maker 1815 1882 artist Q113293693
Robert M. Wagan Q94282701 on Wikidata 1833 1883 Q94282701
Otis Sawyer Q94257850 on Wikidata Shaker elder; Sabbathday Lake, 1815-1884 1815 1884 Q94257850
Amos Stewart Q125506890 on Wikidata (1802–1884) 1802-05-09 1884-03-07 Q125506890
Dolly Sexton Q125505707 on Wikidata Shaker centenarian 1776-05-06 1884-05-01 Q125505707
Mary Antoinette Doolittle Q94685945 on Wikidata
American Shaker Eldress and writer 1810 1886 writer Q94685945
Giles Bushnell Avery Q55764179 on Wikidata 1815-1890 , Shaker elder 1815 1890 Q55764179
Mary Whitcher Q20656490 on Wikidata
American Shaker trustee, school teacher and author (1815-1890) 1815-03-31 1890-01-06 writer
manager
school teacher
Q20656490
George M. Wickersham Q125512190 on Wikidata birth/death: 1811-1891 LCAuth[no98002292] VIAF[11916460] 1811 1891 Q125512190
Harvey Eades Q125501433 on Wikidata Shaker elder 1807-04-28 1892-02-13 Q125501433
John Bell Vance Q94685096 on Wikidata 1833 1896 Q94685096
Abraham Perkins Q66821549 on Wikidata
Shaker elder 1807 1900 Q66821549
Oliver C. Hampton Q94688484 on Wikidata Shaker elder, author, and musician 1817 1901 writer
musician
Q94688484
Thomas Fisher Q125501505 on Wikidata Shaker carpenter (1822–1902) 1822 1902 Q125501505
Francis Pennebaker Q125505610 on Wikidata elder, Pleasant Hill Shakers 1840 1902 Q125505610
John Whiteley Q94277692 on Wikidata Shaker 1819 1903 Q94277692
George Wilcox Q125512201 on Wikidata Shaker elder, Enfield CT 1819-03-14 1910 Q125512201
Alonzo Giles Hollister Q94258638 on Wikidata Shaker elder 1830 1911 Q94258638
Dorothea Cochran Q125501257 on Wikidata Shaker eldress (1844–1912) 1844 1912 Q125501257
Jane Sutton Q125511949 on Wikidata Kentucky Shaker 1832-02-14 1912-12-29 Q125511949
Harriet Bullard Q125501195 on Wikidata (1824-1916) 1824 1916 Q125501195
Joseph Holden Q125501648 on Wikidata Shaker elder 1836-1919 1836 1919 Q125501648
Clymena Miner Q125502905 on Wikidata Shaker elderess 1832-12-01 1920 Q125502905
Joseph Ramsey Slingerland Q125506586 on Wikidata Shaker elder (1844-1920) 1844-08-09 1920-09-24 Q125506586
William Pennebaker Q125505622 on Wikidata last Pleasant Hill Shaker brother 1844 1922 Q125505622
Leila Sarah Taylor Q55720427 on Wikidata Shaker author, poet, and associate eldress (1854–1923) 1854 1923 writer
poet
Q55720427
Lizzie M. Noyes Q94259783 on Wikidata
Shaker elder 1845-1926 1845 1926 Q94259783
James Fennessey Q125501453 on Wikidata Shaker trustee 1854 1928 Q125501453
William Dumont Q94258256 on Wikidata
Shaker elder 1851-1930 1851 1930 Q94258256
Henry Green Q125501592 on Wikidata American cabinetmaker, 1844-1931 1844 1931 artist Q125501592
Walter Sigley Shepherd Q125505823 on Wikidata Shaker (1852–1933) 1851-12-15 1933-01-11 Q125505823
Arthur Bruce Q94258253 on Wikidata 1858 1938 Q94258253
Ernest Pick Q125505641 on Wikidata Austrian-born American Shaker 1859-06-09 1940 Q125505641
Emma Jane Neale Q125502958 on Wikidata Shaker 1847-06-10 1943-11-28 Q125502958
Sarah Neale Q125502960 on Wikidata 1849-07-08 1948-02-17 Q125502960
Prudence Asenath Stickney Q94259680 on Wikidata
Shaker eldress 1860 1950 Q94259680
Harriett Coolbroth Q94258179 on Wikidata 1864 1953 Q94258179
Jennie Wells Q125512144 on Wikidata Shaker sister 1878 1956 Q125512144
Mary Frances Hall Q125501610 on Wikidata Shaker eldress 1876-06-19 1957-03-10 Q125501610
Delmer Charles Wilson Q94258907 on Wikidata 1873 1961 Q94258907
Emma Belle King Q62097289 on Wikidata 1873-1966 , Shaker eldress 1873 1966 Q62097289
Theodore Elliott Johnson Q55721472 on Wikidata 1931-1986 , librarian, scholar, and Shaker brother 1931 1986 librarian Q55721472
Gertrude M. Soule Q94258428 on Wikidata Shaker eldress 1894 1988 Q94258428
Bertha Lindsay Q62396999 on Wikidata 1897-1990 , Shaker eldress 1897 1990
1990-10-03
Q62396999
Frances A. Carr Q125500918 on Wikidata Shaker author 1927-03-13 2017-01-02 Q125500918
Levi Shaw Q111018661 on Wikidata
Shaker elder, 1818-1908 Q111018661
Benjamin Seth Youngs Q113797054 on Wikidata 1773 Q113797054
Roxalana L. Grosvenor Q125500967 on Wikidata Shaker eldress Q125500967
Marguerite Frost Q125500978 on Wikidata Shaker author Q125500978
African-American Shakers Q125501071 on Wikidata Q125501071
Ann Lee Cottage Q125501105 on Wikidata Q125501105
Ricardo Belden Q125501159 on Wikidata
Shaker Q125501159
Daniel Boler Q125501181 on Wikidata birth/death: -1892 or d. 1892 VIAF[58323537] LCAuth[n95033318] Q125501181
Wallace Hugh Cathcart Q125501212 on Wikidata birth/death: b. 1865 or 1865- LCAuth[no95009692] VIAF[54513038] Q125501212
Sarah, Eldress Collins Q125501355 on Wikidata VIAF[16515409] LCAuth[n97097373] 1855-05-01 Q125501355
Dorothy cloak Q125501375 on Wikidata Shaker clothing Q125501375
Arnold S. Hadd Q125501476 on Wikidata last surviving male Shaker Q125501476
Irving Greenwood Q125501597 on Wikidata Shaker elder Q125501597
Ruth Landon Q125502087 on Wikidata Shaker eldress Q125502087
Ira Lawson Q125502101 on Wikidata Shaker elder (1834–1905) Q125502101
lollipop marker Q125502549 on Wikidata Shaker grave marker Q125502549
George Albert Lomas Q125502557 on Wikidata Shaker elder and writer writer Q125502557
Manifesto Q125502569 on Wikidata Shaker newspaper Q125502569
oval carrier Q125502973 on Wikidata Shaker basket Q125502973
Valentine Rathbun Q125505673 on Wikidata Baptist preacher who converted to Shakerism 1724 Q125505673
Shaker Quartette Q125505721 on Wikidata musical group Q125505721
Ezra J. Stewart Q125511923 on Wikidata LCAuth[n97005888] VIAF[60823108] Q125511923
Jefferson White Q125512161 on Wikidata Shaker Q125512161
Ella Winship Q125512203 on Wikidata Shaker eldress Q125512203
Grove Wright Q125512210 on Wikidata birth/death: d. 1861 or -1861 LCAuth[n94066228] VIAF[60776554] Q125512210

∑ 99 items.

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