Welcome toWikiProject Women in Red (WiR)!
Our objective is to turnred links intoblue ones. Our project's scope is women's representation on all language Wikipedias (biographies, women's works, women's issues, broadly construed). Did you know that, according toHumaniki, only20.13% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women? Not impressed?Content gender gap is a form ofsystemic bias, and this is what WiR addresses. We invite you to participate, whenever you like, in whatever way suits you and your schedule. Editors of all genders are equally and warmly welcome at Women in Red!

Women in STEM edit‑a‑thon
Online event October 2024
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Series	Women in STEM
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Inspired byAda Lovelace Day on 8 October, once again this October we will be focusing onwomen inSTEM, not forgetting environmentalists, sci-fi writers, and all others whose work touches these fields.

We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about women in all fields of science around the world, as well as their achievements, writings, organizations, and awards. This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts wherever they may be to participate in our initiative. Contributors are of course also welcome to add articles on any other notable women who deserve to be covered, for example under our #1day1woman priority.

Themain goals of the event are:

• to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies of prominent women
• to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works
• to promote the new/improved articles and images through social media

What else?

• Below, you'll see a section where you can list the articles you create this month, and another section where you can add the images you have uploaded to Commons.
• This essay on creating women's biographies and ourTen Simple Rules might be helpful to newer editors. WiR also maintains a list ofbiographical resources to aid in searching for sources.
• If you share any of the articles on social media, please indicate this next to the article name.

We have a wide variety ofred-link lists. Some of the most relevant to this priority are listed below.

Note: for those listed in theDictionary of Women Worldwide, some corresponding entries may be found atEncyclopedia.com or, for access to all, by signing up for theWikipedia Library's free bundle and then using thissearch option.

Most recent on top, please, specifying upgraded if not new

Key:

• Add FB after the article if you mention it on Facebook

• Add PIN after the article if you pin the image on Pinterest

• Add TW after the article if you tweet it on Twitter

• Add IG after the article if you post it on Instagram

• Add LI after the article if you post it on LinkedIn

• Add ITN after the article if it was posted on the main page viaWP:In The News.

• ... thatRada Dyson-Hudson was denied academic tenure atJohns Hopkins University andCornell University despite her academic record and capabilities?(2024-12-11)
• ... that after fleeing to Argentina as aSpanish Civil War refugee,Maria Muntañola Cvetković became one of Yugoslavia's first experts on microfungi?(2024-11-19)

• Please add this category to the image if you're uploading it to Commons:

Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red - 2024

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  Bridget Terry Long
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  Myrtle Fahsbender
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  Elsie Wattie Lackey
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  Maria Korsnick
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  Janet Taylor
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  Janet Taylor's card
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  May 13 has two notables
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  Elisa Facio Uruguay
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  Helen D. Zepp
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  Sue Allen Warren
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  Sonja W. Scholz
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  Marcia Cruz-Correa
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  Erin Lavik
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  August 28 Sheryl Sandberg
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  Emma Dietz Stecher
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  Frances Burr
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  Doris E. Fales
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  Adelaide Spohn
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  Adelaide Spohn

• Invitation:October 2024

• Editathon banner for talk pages – Women in STEM{{WIR-318}}