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‘Making the internet less sexist’: the Electrifying Women Wikithon at LSE Women’s Library

9th July 202018th October 2019 by Emily Rees Koerner

Wikithons are an effective way to get more women’s careers and lives recorded online. Learn more about how an Electrifying Women and WES wikithon helped to make the internet less sexist.

Categories Events and Reviews Tags Wikipedia, Wikithon, Women in Engineering, Women in STEM

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RT @WESCentenary: Over past 2 years @WES1919 & @ElectrifyingWmn have been improving how historical #WomenInEngineering are represent… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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RT @jesswade: this year @Wikipedia, the world’s largest open-source, community built encyclopaedia, turns 20.🥳 as of RN, only 18.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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RT @WESCentenary: Caroline Haslett Secretary & President of @WES1919 editor of The Woman Engineer. Co-founded Electrical Association… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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