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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

Low-hanging fruit

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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New articles that need attention

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. Jade Leung (engineer) other places to de-orphan this article?
  2. Lisa M. Overall
  3. Lisa Jones (scientist)
  4. Mindel C. Sheps
  5. Yara Haridy
  6. Alta Schutte
  7. Nelly Mugo
  8. Teri Klein
  9. Doreen Granpeesheh
  10. Doris Anne Morgan

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Edits Article Rating
97 Annie Andrews C
92 Hertha Ayrton B
60 Marta Shahbazi Start
37 Amy Acton B
26 Ann Kelleher C
21 Anne E. Cunningham
19 Mollie Holman Start
16 Nandita Basu C
16 Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain Start
15 Adele Diamond C

Guidelines

Writing biographies:

Notability

Organization

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

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

Members

Ada Lovelace
Tanya Atwater, 1978
  1. Alex Dawes
  2. Allthemilescombined1
  3. Peepsys I am training to become a Wikipedia Scientist...
  4. Keilana - interested in women scientists because I'm training to be one!
  5. SarahStierch
  6. Lquilter - partnered with a woman scientist ...
  7. Czar
  8. KTC
  9. Ricky916
  10. RockMagnetist (talk · contribs) - interested in all scientific biographies and reducing systemic bias
  11. Gobonobo
  12. Gloriamarie
  13. Dcrjsr - I am a woman scientist myself, and I edit science biographies as part of WikiProject Biophysics
  14. Netha
  15. static shakedown
  16. Gamaliel (talk) I wrote a bunch of these in 2011. It's good to see a project dedicated to filling in these redlinks.
  17. Tom Morris
  18. Daria Cybulska (WMUK) (talk) - interested in sharing this project at events
  19. DocTree
  20. Nicke.me (talk)
  21. Ginger Maine Coon - I am a woman biochemist myself.
  22. Araucana will work on women in ecology, ESP historical
  23. Girona7 - have long been adding to such topics; I organize related Wiki events in the New England area
  24. phoebe / (talk to me) - have also been working on these for a long time, especially adding references
  25. hfordsa - I'd love to write about non-Western women scientists
  26. Kirill Lokshin
  27. Harej (talk)
  28. GTF17 (talk)
  29. Rohini Woman engineer, tech journalist, associated with Gender gap in India.
  30. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) -- Editor of A Celebration of Women Writers; working as Wikipedian in Residence at the Chemical Heritage Foundation
  31. drlmshillito
  32. Djembayz
  33. FloNight
  34. Stardarks
  35. Hildabast
  36. Shudde
  37. User:Geeklizzard I like to work on bios of women, especially women in STEM & literature!
  38. Hrothulf. I heard the call on Wikipedia Weekly Episode 105.
  39. LizBajjalieh
  40. Penny Richards
  41. Iamozy (talk) - female neuroscientist
  42. Rosiestep
  43. Brainy J
  44. Samwalton9
  45. 97198 – mainly interested in women in medicine
  46. dgorsline women ornithologists, botanists, other naturalists
  47. meghaninmotion
  48. Ambrosia10 - NZ women scientists & women scientists at the Smithsonian
  49. Brinacor
  50. Rich Farmbrough (talk · contribs)
  51. Jesslynnq STEM librarian
  52. Ravenclaw27 STEM university student
  53. Doctorseeba (talk)
  54. Innotata
  55. Leela0808
  56. Twistthespine
  57. Justine
  58. Fairgeek I write articles about women history has overlooked, including scientists
  59. Jocelyndurrey
  60. Mhpmiller
  61. Geog Q (talk) 23:38, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
  62. Opabinia regalis
  63. Digitaleffie
  64. Uncommon_fritillary
  65. cmcmahon418 Particularly interested in women in chemistry
  66. Smirkybec particularly interested in Irish scientists, or those who were active in Ireland.
  67. Ozhu (talk · contribs)
  68. 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
  69. 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.
  70. Pharaoh of the Wizards
  71. Iamthecheese44
  72. Megalibrarygirl, I just enjoy writing women's bios for wiki. Any science is good science. ;) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:33, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
  73. Netherzone
  74. LeoRomero (talk · contribs) - I always wanted to be a woman scientist
  75. Le Prof - bec. my training, perspective were much influenced by Yvonne Connolly Martin.
  76. Alybrarian (talk) - Science librarian; particular interest in early female marine scientists and female astronomers
  77. Amachka (talk) 22:51, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
  78. Spc72894 (talk) 15:15, 19 February 2016 (UTC) Biomedical science student
  79. Emjackson42 (talk) 20:21, 27 February 2016 (UTC) Botany Librarian
  80. I, JethroBT drop me a line 07:34, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
  81. mellyphant (talk · contribs) - We need more awareness of women in science if we are to get more women into science!
  82. 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.
  83. Michael Goodyear
  84. Cypherquest (talk · contribs) 20 March 2016 (CST)
  85. Sarahshoes66 ScienceGrrl interested in helping out the project
  86. Newtonianidealist
  87. Alafarge (talk) 22:16, 19 August 2016 (UTC) Realized I should join because I keep writing in this area
  88. 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
  89. Microbe26 (talk) 02:41, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
  90. Zeromonk (talk) 14:21, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
  91. Grrrlriot (talk)
  92. Manicatorman (talk)
  93. Viking59 (talk · contribs) I'm already in the french project of Women in red, i'll start editing more on the english wikipedia
  94. Rsousa13 (talk · contribs)
  95. Shannon_Garcia
  96. Universe&u (talk · contribs)
  97. Layka100 (talk) 15:57, 8 March 2017 (UTC) Historian and Philosopher of science and mostly active in the Dutch chapter.
  98. Femmto15 Very excited to join the project! Female PhD in chemistry, environmental science, neuroscience
  99. gwendy (talk) 15:24, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
  100. Diffusive (talk) Background in biophysics.
  101. Ear-phone (talk) - Writing about African Women scientists here
  102. Whispyhistory (talk) - interested in women in medicine
  103. Estregger (talk) librarian with background in physics and geoscience
  104. jrmatos (talk) Phd student in Informatics. Particularly interested in female mathematicians and computer scientists.
  105. Million Moments - plant pathologist
  106. SJTatsu (talk · contribs)
  107. Foreverxnature (talk · contribs) - I want to major in physics in college to become an Astrophysicist. I’m also interested in mathematics and chemistry.
  108. 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)
  109. 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).
  110. Jmertel23 (talk) 13:48, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
  111. Mikonui (talk · contribs) - Hydrology
  112. jhmadden (talk · contribs) - Astrophysicist
  113. Nucleosynth (talk · contribs)
  114. Martinogk (talk · contribs) - when reading and writing Wikipedia articles, I keep bumping into great women scientists without an article
  115. 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)
  116. Bradv (talk · contribs) 20:22, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
  117. Laatu (talk · contribs) - a woman scientist & excited about this project! Laatu (talk)
  118. Camelia.boban (talk · contribs) - developer, almost active in Italian Wikipedia (where I created the WikiDonne project and Women in STEM subproject)
  119. Sievered - physicist interested in helping out with this project!
  120. User:Prahlad Balaji - Just helping out, see Lisa Overall
  121. MapleSoy (talk · contribs) - Psychologist
  122. Kj cheetham (talk · contribs)
  123. AthalGolwen (talk) 15:56, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
  124. AMM Pittsburgh (talk · contribs) - I Love Science!
  125. persia (talk · contribs) - Chemist Science ☘
  126. Donna Spencer (talk) – Spanish women scientists, e.g. Margarita Salas, among others.
  127. Rfairb (talk · contribs) Biologist in training
  128. Eizba (talk · contribs) Physicist with newfound love for editing Wikipedia
  129. Aeffenberger (talk · contribs), a woman scientist
  130. Microglia145 (talk) 05:48, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
  131. Brsmith19 (talk) 19:57, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
  132. Wikemily (talk) 18:49, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
  133. soupvector (talk · contribs)
  134. Lamacha9617 (talk) 03:54, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
  135. Spaghettio3 (talk) 03:24, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
  136. Poto18 (talk) 02:04, 13 January 2021 (UTC) Physics PhD candidate for accelerator science and wanting to expand representation, e.g. Duília de Mello
  137. Derpythorki (talk) 19:28, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
  138. Steminist04 (talk) 18:43, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
  139. Rhodonaus (talk) 10:52, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
  140. Coolcactus04
  141. Stemturtle23 (talk) 18:50, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
  142. Maddy from Celeste (talk · contribs)
  143. SueDaNym (talk) 12:11, 2 June 2022 (UTC) Interested in learning about, and letting people know about, cool people
  144. JamieF (talk) 17:14, 21 September 2022 (UTC) WiR at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. Avid female scientist fangirl.
  145. Samson0742 (talk) 07:49, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
  146. Nhaan.Moal 04:30, 11 August 2023 (UTC-4) Student in sociology-history, Science and feminism are very dear to me (its an understatement)
  147. MariahKRogers can help generally but has a focus in biology, mycology especially
  148. S.v.Mering (talk) 00:45, 25 January 2024 (UTC) women in natural history
  149. Cyanochic (talk) 03:05, 27 September 2024 (UTC) generally interested in editing and expanding articles, particularly women in evolutionary biology and genetics
  150. Abersnail (talk) 06:09, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
  151. David Eppstein (talk) 17:35, 8 October 2024 (UTC) I've been creating new biographies of women in STEM daily for several years, focusing mainly on mathematics and related areas of statistics, computer science, physics, and engineering.
  152. Hobbitina (talk) 04:39, 30 December 2024 (UTC) I’m excited to add more biographies!
  153. Physhist (talk) 22:45, 19 March 2025 (UTC)
  154. Afonso Dimas Martins (talk) 13:47, 15 April 2025 (UTC)
  155. EulerianTrail (talk) 06:48, 1 August 2025 (UTC) I enjoy adding to and creating articles on mathematicians
  156. Annependectomy - I love the history of science & think womens' roles in it is underexplored!
  157. Monkeywire 29 September 2025 - I focus on primatologists
  158. Stitchbird2 (talk) 03:37, 6 October 2025 (UTC) southern hemisphere biodiversity scientists and researchers, especially botanists, in New Zealand, Australia and South America.
  159. RNAfangirl (talk) 7 January 2026 I love RNA!
  160. Pete Tillman. I focus on geoscientists.
  161. Kalgash (talk) passionate about science and women's contributions to it!
  162. C Martin (talk)
  163. NudelTraum (talk) Experimental physicist and passionate about female contributions throughout history. 13:24, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

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