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Welcome to WikiProject Women Scientists, a WikiProject and working group dedicated to ensuring quality and coverage of biographies of female scientists. In line with our larger umbrella group, WikiProject Women, we seek to counter and remedy the systemic bias with women on Wikipedia. Women in science are woefully underrepresented on this project – let's change that!

How you can help[edit]

See also: Worklist of requested articles and To do list

Low-hanging fruit[edit]

Here are a few places to start in bridging the representation gap for women in science on Wikipedia:

  1. translate articles about female scientists from and into other language Wikipedias (some suggestions)
  2. support nominations of female scientists to be included in vital article collections
  3. Google Sheets: CRA-W and Anita Borg Institute : Wikipedia Project for Notable Women in Computing; Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (User:Shrodger)
  4. [open suggestions]
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Featured articles[edit]
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Featured lists[edit]
Good articles[edit]
Former good articles[edit]
Did you know? articles[edit]
Featured pictures[edit]
  • Ada Lovelace portrait

    Ada Lovelace portrait

  • Aletta Jacobs, 1895-1905

    Aletta Jacobs, 1895-1905

  • Alice C. Evans, National Photo Company portrait, circa 1915

    Alice C. Evans, National Photo Company portrait, circa 1915

  • Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) shown in her laboratory in 1947

    Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) shown in her laboratory in 1947

  • Bertha Lutz 1925

    Bertha Lutz 1925

  • Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) in 1963 - Restoration

    Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) in 1963 - Restoration

  • Dr. Caroline Spencer 275029v

    Dr. Caroline Spencer 275029v

  • GREIDER Carol 2014 - Less vignetting

    GREIDER Carol 2014 - Less vignetting

  • Geneetik Riin Tamm

    Geneetik Riin Tamm

  • Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896-1957) and Carl Ferdinand Cori - restoration1

    Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896-1957) and Carl Ferdinand Cori - restoration1

  • Jane Addams - Bain News Service

    Jane Addams - Bain News Service

  • Jeanette Scissum at Marshall Space Flight Center

    Jeanette Scissum at Marshall Space Flight Center

  • Jessica Meir portrait in a WB-57 flight suit (3)

    Jessica Meir portrait in a WB-57 flight suit (3)

  • Katherine Johnson 1983

    Katherine Johnson 1983

  • Katherine Johnson at NASA, in 1966

    Katherine Johnson at NASA, in 1966

  • Li Fu Lee at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's radio experiment station, 1925 (MIT Museum) - Restoration

    Li Fu Lee at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's radio experiment station, 1925 (MIT Museum) - Restoration

  • Mae Carol Jemison

    Mae Carol Jemison

  • Margaret D. Foster, in Lab, 4 October 1919

    Margaret D. Foster, in Lab, 4 October 1919

  • Margaret Harwood

    Margaret Harwood

  • Marie Curie c. 1920s

    Marie Curie c. 1920s

  • Marie Stopes in her laboratory, 1904 - Restoration

    Marie Stopes in her laboratory, 1904 - Restoration

  • Mary Garrity - Ida B. Wells-Barnett - Google Art Project - restoration crop

    Mary Garrity - Ida B. Wells-Barnett - Google Art Project - restoration crop

  • Mary Jackson 1979 Portrait (LRC-1979-B701 P-07085)

    Mary Jackson 1979 Portrait (LRC-1979-B701 P-07085)

  • Mary Jackson working 2 - Restoration

    Mary Jackson working 2 - Restoration

  • Pauline Gracia Beery Mack (1891-1974) (5493947511) - Restoration

    Pauline Gracia Beery Mack (1891-1974) (5493947511) - Restoration

  • Sally Ride (1984)

    Sally Ride (1984)

  • Samantha Cristoforetti official portrait in an EMU spacesuit

    Samantha Cristoforetti official portrait in an EMU spacesuit

  • Tracy Caldwell Dyson in Cupola ISS

    Tracy Caldwell Dyson in Cupola ISS

  • Valerie L. Thomas standing with a stack of early Landsat Computer Compatible Tapes

    Valerie L. Thomas standing with a stack of early Landsat Computer Compatible Tapes

Women scientists articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 3 1 5 6 15
FL 1 1
A 1 1
GA 5 10 34 54 4 107
B 15 76 194 486 45 816
C 3 108 531 3,476 1 1,184 5,303
Start 77 622 7,680 1 4,206 12,586
Stub 39 1,874 1,032 2,945
List 4 7 30 14 2 57
Category 1,212 1,212
Disambig 2 2
File 39 39
Project 41 41
Template 3 3
NA 3 29 32
Other 10 134 144
Assessed 30 279 1,457 13,603 1,462 6,473 23,304
Unassessed 1 1
Total 30 279 1,457 13,603 1,462 6,474 23,305
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 104,489 Ω = 4.80

Did you know appearances[edit]

Transcluding 10 of 889 total: See all

New articles that need attention[edit]

A 2019 article from Slate magazine found that notability guidelines for new articles have played a role in diminishing both the retention of female editors and women-related subjects on Wikipedia – particularly "lesser-known but important women from history." For example, when Canadian physicist Donna Strickland won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics, she did not have a Wikipedia page despite her fellow male nominees all having their own entries. This was because not enough newspaper articles spoke about her long and storied career in the sciences. When you create new articles about female scientists please cross-reference our writing policy and sourcing requirements. If you are struggling with creating or maintaining an article about a female scientist, please add it to the following list (members will be more than happy to help):

  1. Lisa M. Overall
  2. Lisa Jones (scientist)
  3. Mindel C. Sheps [1]
  4. Yara Haridy
  5. Alta Schutte
  6. Nelly Mugo
  7. Teri Klein
  8. Doreen Granpeesheh

Articles recently created[edit]

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This list was generated from these rules. Questions and feedback are always welcome! The search is being run daily with the most recent ~14 days of results. Note: Some articles may not be relevant to this project.

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Hot articles[edit]

29 edits Maria Mies
23 edits Rayyanah Barnawi
19 edits Juliet Biggs
17 edits Anne McCoy
17 edits Marta Weinstock-Rosin
15 edits Edith Gaton
14 edits Tre Borràs Cabacés
14 edits Lidia Gall
11 edits Kat Salm
10 edits Robin L. Garrell

These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last seven days. Last updated 28 May 2023 by HotArticlesBot.

Guidelines[edit]

Writing biographies:

Notability

Organization[edit]

Affiliates of
WikiProject Women
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Architecture
Art
Business
Feminism
Health
Hip hop music
History
History Month
Jewish women
Music
Religion
Scientists
Sport
Warfare & military
Wiki Loves Women (Africa)
Writers
Missing articles department:
Women in Red
Article improvement department:
Women in Green
See also:
Gender gap task force
Sofya Kovalevskaya

Since biographies are potentially under the purview of almost all WikiProjects, it is important that we work in tandem with these projects. Also, when seeking collaboration on articles, don't neglect to approach WikiProjects that are part of the geographical region your subject is/was in.

Parentage[edit]

  • WikiProject Women scientists
  • WikiProject Women scientists

Related projects and task forces[edit]

Related portals[edit]

Increase the exposure of our work group by nominating our articles for their Portal FA and DYKs... Specific regional/country portals are listed in that section.

Categories[edit]

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WikiProject Women scientists articles

Members[edit]

Ada Lovelace
  1. Alex Dawes
  2. Peepsys I am training to become a Wikipedia Scientist...
  3. Keilana - interested in women scientists because I'm training to be one!
  4. SarahStierch
  5. Lquilter - partnered with a woman scientist ...
  6. Czar
  7. KTC
  8. Ricky916
  9. RockMagnetist (talk · contribs) - interested in all scientific biographies and reducing systemic bias
  10. Gobonobo
  11. Gloriamarie
  12. Dcrjsr - I am a woman scientist myself, and I edit science biographies as part of WikiProject Biophysics
  13. Netha
  14. static shakedown
  15. Gamaliel (talk) I wrote a bunch of these in 2011. It's good to see a project dedicated to filling in these redlinks.
  16. Tom Morris
  17. Daria Cybulska (WMUK) (talk) - interested in sharing this project at events
  18. DocTree
  19. Nicke.me (talk)
  20. Ginger Maine Coon - I am a woman biochemist myself.
  21. Araucana will work on women in ecology, ESP historical
  22. Girona7 - have long been adding to such topics; I organize related Wiki events in the New England area
  23. phoebe / (talk to me) - have also been working on these for a long time, especially adding references
  24. hfordsa - I'd love to write about non-Western women scientists
  25. Kirill Lokshin
  26. Harej (talk)
  27. GTF17 (talk)
  28. Rohini Woman engineer, tech journalist, associated with Gender gap in India.
  29. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) -- Editor of A Celebration of Women Writers; working as Wikipedian in Residence at the Chemical Heritage Foundation
  30. drlmshillito
  31. Djembayz
  32. FloNight
  33. Stardarks
  34. Hildabast
  35. Shudde
  36. User:Geeklizzard I like to work on bios of women, especially women in STEM & literature!
  37. Hrothulf. I heard the call on Wikipedia Weekly Episode 105.
  38. LizBajjalieh
  39. Penny Richards
  40. Iamozy (talk) - female neuroscientist
  41. Rosiestep
  42. Brainy J
  43. Samwalton9
  44. 97198 – mainly interested in women in medicine
  45. dgorsline women ornithologists, botanists, other naturalists
  46. meghaninmotion
  47. Ambrosia10 - NZ women scientists & women scientists at the Smithsonian
  48. Brinacor
  49. Rich Farmbrough (talk · contribs)
  50. Jesslynnq STEM librarian
  51. Ravenclaw27 STEM university student
  52. Doctorseeba (talk)
  53. Innotata
  54. Leela0808
  55. Twistthespine
  56. Justine
  57. Fairgeek I write articles about women history has overlooked, including scientists
  58. Jocelyndurrey
  59. Mhpmiller
  60. Geog Q (talk) 23:38, 6 March 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  61. Opabinia regalis
  62. Digitaleffie
  63. Uncommon_fritillary
  64. cmcmahon418 Particularly interested in women in chemistry
  65. Smirkybec particularly interested in Irish scientists, or those who were active in Ireland.
  66. Ozhu (talk · contribs)
  67. MartinPoulter (talk · contribs) Wikimedian In Residence at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford from April 2015 to march 2016 so can probably help with anything related to Oxford University. Interested in representing women's achievements, not just in biographies of women
  68. Psanchez820 (talk) 21:44, 17 August 2015 (UTC) I am a molecular biologist working on my PhD with a project in cancer genomics in Mexico.Reply[reply]
  69. Pharaoh of the Wizards
  70. Iamthecheese44
  71. Megalibrarygirl, I just enjoy writing women's bios for wiki. Any science is good science. ;) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:33, 27 November 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  72. Netherzone
  73. LeoRomero (talk · contribs) - I always wanted to be a woman scientist
  74. Le Prof - bec. my training, perspective were much influenced by Yvonne Connolly Martin.
  75. Alybrarian (talk) - Science librarian; particular interest in early female marine scientists and female astronomers
  76. Amachka (talk) 22:51, 16 January 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  77. Spc72894 (talk) 15:15, 19 February 2016 (UTC) Biomedical science studentReply[reply]
  78. Emjackson42 (talk) 20:21, 27 February 2016 (UTC) Botany LibrarianReply[reply]
  79. I, JethroBT drop me a line 07:34, 10 March 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  80. mellyphant (talk · contribs) - We need more awareness of women in science if we are to get more women into science!
  81. LaMèreVeille When I noticed that not all the women from French Academy of Sciences were on the fr.wikipedia.org, I decided to write their biography. I'll contribute translating bio in French.
  82. Michael Goodyear
  83. Cypherquest (talk · contribs) 20 March 2016 (CST)
  84. Sarahshoes66 ScienceGrrl interested in helping out the project
  85. Newtonianidealist
  86. Alafarge (talk) 22:16, 19 August 2016 (UTC) Realized I should join because I keep writing in this areaReply[reply]
  87. Mvitulli (talk · contribs) 22 August 2016 I have long been writing and editing in this are so I'd thought I'd add my name to the list. Please get in touch if you are interested in increasing bios of female mathematicians
  88. Microbe26 (talk) 02:41, 1 September 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  89. Zeromonk (talk) 14:21, 1 September 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  90. Grrrlriot (talk)
  91. Manicatorman (talk)
  92. Viking59 (talk · contribs) I'm already in the french project of Women in red, i'll start editing more on the english wikipedia
  93. Rsousa13 (talk · contribs)
  94. Shannon_Garcia
  95. Universe&u (talk · contribs)
  96. Layka100 (talk) 15:57, 8 March 2017 (UTC) Historian and Philosopher of science and mostly active in the Dutch chapter.Reply[reply]
  97. Femmto15 Very excited to join the project! Female PhD in chemistry, environmental science, neuroscience
  98. gwendy (talk) 15:24, 15 March 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  99. Diffusive (talk) Background in biophysics.
  100. Ear-phone (talk) - Writing about African Women scientists here
  101. Whispyhistory (talk) - interested in women in medicine
  102. Estregger (talk) librarian with background in physics and geoscience
  103. jrmatos (talk) Phd student in Informatics. Particularly interested in female mathematicians and computer scientists.
  104. Million Moments - plant pathologist
  105. SJTatsu (talk · contribs)
  106. Foreverxnature (talk · contribs) - I want to major in physics in college to become an Astrophysicist. I’m also interested in mathematics and chemistry.
  107. Laura Hoopes Professor of molecular biology and biology emerita, PhD in genetics, interested in women in science especially biographiesLLMHoopes (talk) 19:20, 9 August 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  108. Tarselli - 2018 Wikipedia Fellow, Women in Science; will mostly contribute chemists, enzymologists, and data scientists. After the physics Wikipedia issue for Nobelist Prof. Donna Strickland, I've been visiting major awards pages and filling in women scientists' names that appear in red (no page).
  109. Jmertel23 (talk) 13:48, 22 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  110. Mikonui (talk · contribs) - Hydrology
  111. jhmadden (talk · contribs) - Astrophysicist
  112. Nucleosynth (talk · contribs)
  113. Martinogk (talk · contribs) - when reading and writing Wikipedia articles, I keep bumping into great women scientists without an article
  114. soulsinsync (talk · contribs) - focus is on Canadian under-represented scientists (including women) but happy to create Wikipedia pages for any women scientists. Soulsinsync (talk) 00:31, 20 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  115. Bradv (talk · contribs) 20:22, 8 May 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  116. Laatu (talk · contribs) - a woman scientist & excited about this project! Laatu (talk)
  117. Camelia.boban (talk · contribs) - developer, almost active in Italian Wikipedia (where I created the WikiDonne project and Women in STEM subproject)
  118. Sievered - physicist interested in helping out with this project!
  119. User:Prahlad Balaji - Just helping out, see Lisa Overall
  120. MapleSoy (talk · contribs) - Psychologist
  121. Kj cheetham (talk · contribs)
  122. AthalGolwen (talk) 15:56, 20 February 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  123. AMM Pittsburgh (talk · contribs) - I Love Science!
  124. persia (talk · contribs) - Chemist Science ☘
  125. Donna Spencer (talk) – Spanish women scientists, e.g. Margarita Salas, among others.
  126. Rfairb (talk · contribs) Biologist in training
  127. Eizba (talk · contribs) Physicist with newfound love for editing Wikipedia
  128. Aeffenberger (talk · contribs), a woman scientist
  129. Microglia145 (talk) 05:48, 1 July 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  130. Brsmith19 (talk) 19:57, 28 July 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  131. Wikemily (talk) 18:49, 7 October 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  132. soupvector (talk · contribs)
  133. Lamacha9617 (talk) 03:54, 9 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  134. Spaghettio3 (talk) 03:24, 10 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  135. Poto18 (talk) 02:04, 13 January 2021 (UTC) Physics PhD candidate for accelerator science and wanting to expand representation, e.g. Duília de MelloReply[reply]
  136. Derpythorki (talk) 19:28, 18 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  137. Steminist04 (talk) 18:43, 23 May 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  138. Rhodonaus (talk) 10:52, 15 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  139. Coolcactus04
  140. Stemturtle23 (talk) 18:50, 4 November 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  141. Maddy from Celeste (talk · contribs)
  142. SueDaNym (talk) 12:11, 2 June 2022 (UTC) Interested in learning about, and letting people know about, cool peopleReply[reply]
  143. JamieF (talk) 17:14, 21 September 2022 (UTC) WiR at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. Avid female scientist fangirl.Reply[reply]
  144. Samson0742 (talk) 07:49, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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