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Di Lauro, Frances – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
This paper brings to light the notable contributions of Wikipedian Adrianne Wadewitz (1977-2014) who enlisted her peers and students to help reduce the gender imbalance by participating in mass collaborative initiatives like edit-a-thons to increase the stock of knowledge about and of interest to women. Such projects, and the edit-a-thons that…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Collaborative Writing, Gender Differences, Web Sites
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Clare, Hilary – Children's Literature in Education, 2000
Discusses the difficult and painstaking process of researching the lives of the writers of girls' school stories for "The Encyclopaedia of School Stories," published in the summer 2000. Notes that frequently, very little was known about the authors, and often existing information was inaccurate. Offers details of the encyclopaedia and…
Descriptors: Authors, Biographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education