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Wiki Focus: Black Women in Food History

New Orleans chef & restauranteur, Leah Chase

Aerial view of Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Wikipedia is an openly editable resource, meaning that you can improve the quality and accuracy of Wikipedia entries. As one of the web’s most visited reference sites, Wikipedia serves as a starting point for many individuals looking to learn about art, history, and science.

During this training, attendees of all experience levels will learn the basics of how to edit Wikipedia by updating articles related to the history Black women in food history.

This event is planned in conjunction with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative, a multiyear undertaking to document, research, collect, display, and share the history of women in the United States.

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when

July 27, 2021

1:00pm-3:30pm Eastern

where

Virtual!

Smithsonian National Museum of American History

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No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary; training will be provided. No background in food history or women's history is required.

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Articles to edit

LaDeva Davis, Television Chef and Educator Wikidata item
Zephyr Wright, Activist and cook for President Lyndon B. Johnson and family Wikidata item
Lena Richard, Television chef, cookbook author, & restaurateur from New Orleans
Malinda Russell, published the first known cookbook by a Black woman in the US
Abby Fisher, published the second known cookbook by a Black woman in the US
Lucille Elizabeth Bishop Smith, chef, invented the first hot biscuit mix
Thérèse Nelson, founder of the Black Culinary History organization
Catherine Ferguson (educator), baker
Sally Seymour, Charleston SC pastry chef
Dolester Miles, pastry chef and three-time James Beard Award finalist
Georgia Gilmore, participated in the Montgomery bus boycott through her fund-raising effort selling food at boycott mass meetings
Jessica B. Harris, culinary historian, chef, professor journalist
Carla Hall, chef and television personality
Toni Tipton-Martin, editor-in-chief of Cook's Country
Leah Penniman, farmer, educator, author, and food sovereignty activist
Karen Washington, food justice organizer
Edna Lewis, American chef, teacher, and author who helped refine the American view of Southern cooking
Haile Thomas, food / health activist
Sylvia Woods, restaurateur who founded the restaurant Sylvia's in Harlem, NY
Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor, culinary anthropologist, griot, food writer, and broadcaster on public media
Leah Chase, chef, author, & tv personality based in New Orleans; known as the "Queen of Creole Cuisine"
Freda DeKnight, first food editor of Ebony magazine
Nina Compton, James Beard award winning chef, based in New Orleans Wikimedia Commons image from restaurant
Mashama Bailey, James Beard award winning chef, based in Savannah
Fawn Weaver, entrepreneur, historian, NYT bestselling author
Annie Johnson (brewer)
Libby Clark, food journalist
Pamela Strobel, Cookbook Author and Owner of the "Little Kitchen" restaurant Wikidata item
Kia Damon (chef), culinary director for Cherry Bomb
Ashleigh Shanti Asheville, NC based James Beard award semi-finalist
Martha Lou Gadsden Charleston, SC chef of (now closed) soul food restaurant Martha Lou's Kitchen
Kelis Rogers, singer and chef

Articles to create

Myra Miller, Atlanta-based food entrepreneur and baker Wikidata item
Adela Fargas, Founder and owner of restaurant Casa Adela Wikidata item
Bertha L. Turner, A State Superintendent of Domestic Science and private caterer who published the cookbook - "The Federation Cookbook: A Collection of Tested Recipes Compiled by the Colored Women of the State of California" Wikidata item
Maria Elena Lorenzo, Owner and chef at LA's first Afro-Mexican restaurant - Tamales Elena y Antojitos
Winnette McIntosh Ambrose, baker, entrepreneur, engineer, owner of the cafe "Souk" and co-owner of the bakery "The Sweet Lobby" Wikidata item
Ysanet Batista, chef Wikidata property
Paola Velez, pastry chef Wikidata item
Kardea Brown, Food Network host of Delicious Miss Brown Wikidata item
Cheryl Day, Baker, owner of Back in the Day bakery in Savannah, GA Image from Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item draft here for timebeing
Judith Suzarra Campbell, Philadelphia based chef of Sazon Wikidata item
Maria Elena Lorenzo, LA based chef of Tamales Elena y Antojitos Wikidata item
Catherine Sow,
Margot Santana, Wikidata item []
Robin and Andréa McBride, owners of McBride Sisters Collection Wine Company (Largest Black-owned wine company in the United States)
Virginia Ali, co-owner of Ben's Chili Bowl Wikidata item
Ashtin Berry, New Orleans activist, sommelier, bartender, and cofounder of the creative agency "Radical XChange" Wikidata item
Tambra Raye Stevenson,visionary founder and CEO of WANDA: Women Advancing Nutrition, Dietetics and Agriculture Wikidata item
Leni Sorensen, Monticello research historian Wikidata item
Gabrielle E.W. Carter, Multi-disciplinary Artist and cultural preservationist Wikidata item
Celeste Beatty, Brewer and owner of Harlem Brewing company
Jonell Nash, food editor of Essence magazine from 1984-2008 and the author of several cookbooks Wikidata item
Desta Bairu, Owner of the ethiopian restaurant Mamma Desta (est. 1977) and former chief cook for the Ethiopian Ambassador to the United Nations
Mariya Russell,Chef and First Black Woman To Earn A Michelin Star

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