Link to dashboardhttps://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/University_of_Edinburgh/History_of_menstruation/home

YOUR TITLE - Edinburgh Award 2022/2023 in a nutshell: When?: 19 October 2022 to 31 March 2023 Where?: University of Edinburgh What?: YOUR PROJECT NAME/FOCUS

This project aims to improve the Wikipedia coverage of the history of menstruation, including menstrual commodities as well as beliefs about menstruation in history.

• https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/University_of_Edinburgh/History_of_menstruation/home

• Menstruation and humoral medicine ✔️
• Mary Marjory MacDonald ✔️

• Menstrual cup ✔️
• Menstrual pad ✔️
• Edwin Chiloba ✔️
• Signare ✔️
• Culture and menstruation ✔️

• DiscoverEd

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