Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/380
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR)! |
|---|
| Our objective is to turn red links into blue 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 only 20.39% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about women? Not impressed? Content gender gap is a form of systemic 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 born before 1900 edit‐a‐thon | |
|---|---|
| Online event August 2026 | |
| Women in Red's icon for this event | |
| Meetup | 380 |
| Type | Edit-a-thon |
| Articles | Meetup 380 articles (25) |
| Use social media to promote our work! | |
| Wiki Women in Red | |
| @wikiwomeninred | |
| @wikiwomeninred | |
| August-2026-editathons | |
| Hashtag | #wikiwomeninred |
| Add to articles | |
| Authority control | Authority control should be included at the foot of every biography: {{Authority control}}. It will remain hidden until relevant identifiers have been added to Wikidata. |
| Categories | Choose applicable categories including relevant subcategories of Category:Women. |
| Stub | If applicable, add stub template at the foot of an article: {{stub}}. |
| Add to article talk pages | |
{{WikiProject Biography}} | |
{{WikiProject Women}} or {{WikiProject Women's History}} | |
{{WIR|380}} | |
Women born before 1900
August 2026
August 2026
Recently completed: Crime and law Alphabet run: Countries starting with M
New this month: Indigenous women Alphabet run: Countries starting with N and O Women born before 1900
Ongoing initiatives: #1day1woman: 2026 Sports
Upcoming events: Ideas
Welcome!
In August 2026, Women in Red is focusing on one of Wikipedia's largest remaining content gaps: biographies of women born before 1900.
Women make up just over 20% of biographies on the English Wikipedia, but that gap is not evenly distributed across history. While coverage of women born in recent decades is becoming more balanced, we know that women born before 1900 remain significantly underrepresented (for example, for women born between 1600 and 1800, the percentage is more like 8-10%).
This event invites editors to help address that imbalance by creating, expanding, and improving biographies of notable women born before 1900. From rulers and scientists to artists, writers, campaigners, and pioneers in every field, there are countless notable women whose stories are still missing or incomplete on Wikipedia.
Whether you create one article or many, every contribution helps build a more balanced record of history.
The main 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 concerted action on a specific area
- to support Wikipedia in 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 created this month and another section where you can add the images you have uploaded to Commons.
- This essay on creating women's biographies and our Ten Simple Rules might be helpful to newer editors.
- If you share any of the articles or images on social media, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.
Thank you!
Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created)
[edit ]We have a wide variety of red-link lists. Remember to check that a woman meets notability requirements before creating an article. Our redlists relating to women born before 1900 are listed below:
Add other red-links here, if possible with a source:
Participants
[edit ]- Willthacheerleader18 (talk) 23:31, 30 July 2026 (UTC) reply
- Chocmilk03 (talk) 09:55, 25 July 2026 (UTC) reply
- Atakes Ris (talk) 14:33, 25 July 2026 (UTC) reply
- Froglord (Finnfrog99) (talk) 17:41, 25 July 2026 (UTC) reply
- Spiderpig662 (talk) 20:31, 25 July 2026 (UTC) reply
- Rosiestep (talk) 20:22, 28 July 2026 (UTC) reply
- — Chao Garden 🌱 ~ say hello 21:36, 28 July 2026 (UTC) reply
- Penny Richards (talk) 21:47, 30 July 2026 (UTC) reply
- Bookworm-ce (talk) 13:01, 31 July 2026 (UTC) reply
- MumphingSquirrel (talk) 09:00, 1 August 2026 (UTC) reply
- Moondragon21 (talk) 02:51, 2 August 2026 (UTC) reply
- SDGB1217 (talk) 12:30, 2 August 2026 (UTC) reply
Outcomes (articles)
[edit ]Promote our work
[edit ]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 IG after the article if you post it on Instagram
- Add LI after the article if you post it on LinkedIn
- Add Bsky after the article if you post it on Bluesky
New or upgraded articles
[edit ]- Most recent on top, please, specifying upgraded if not new and biographical dictionary, if used:
- Republic of Ireland Edith Coghlan
- United States Katharine Snodgrass
- United States Dorothy Johnson Orchard
- Netherlands Agathe Wegerif-Gravestein
- Canada Ann Harvey added refs
- United States Ella Henrietta Davidson Morrison
- United States Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris
- United States Lizzie Alohikea
- Canada Hermine Lanctôt
- United States Ida Sherman Jenne
- United States Kate Embry Dowdle Davis
- United States Leona Walton Neblett
- United Kingdom Charlotte Bickersteth Wheeler
- France Hungary Antonine de Gérando
- United Kingdom Charlotte Bickersteth Ward
- United States Mary Vance Humphrey
- United States Bella Weitzner
- United Kingdom Gratiana Chanter
- Chile Marta Canales – destub,
- East Germany Rosa Thälmann – convert from redirect
- France Marthe Brandès
Outcomes (media)
[edit ]- Please add this category to the image if you're uploading it to Commons: Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red – 2026
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
Did You Know features
[edit ] This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:WikiProject Women in Red meetup 380 articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.
No results were found.
Event resources
[edit ]- Please add Category:Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red - 2026 to any media you upload to Commons.
- Invitation: WikiProject Women in Red/Outreach/2026
- Editathon banner for talk pages: Template:WikiProject Women in Red -
{{WIR|380}}
