"We brought in an innovative group of young digital humanists led by Adrianne Wadewitz."
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Adrianne Wadewitz
Adrianne Wadewitz (January 6, 1977 – April 8, 2014) was an American feminist scholar of 18th-century British literature, a noted Wikipedian, and commenter upon (particularly) gender issues in Wikipedia.
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