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, according to
Humaniki, only 19.81% 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!
Welcome!
Online event 1–31 May 2023
Lucy Diggs Slowe (1885-1937), first Dean of Women at Howard University
{{WikiProject Women}} if born after 1950; or {{WikiProject Women's History}} if born before 1950.
Editathon banner: {{WIR-269}}
In May 2023 Women in Red is focusing on women in education, not just teachers, educators, administrators and researchers, but schools founded by women, schools for girls and women, and notable women alumni. You are also welcome to write about significant awards for women in education and the books they have written.
We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about notable women.
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 women who deserve to be covered, for example under the topics of the month or our comprehensive #1day1woman priority.
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 in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works
to promote the new and improved articles and images through social media and via nominations to
Main Page features "Did You Know?" and "In The News".
What else?
Below, you'll see a section where you can list the articles you create month by month, and another section where you can add the images you have uploaded to Commons.
If you share any of the articles or images on social media, or successfully nominate for Main Page, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.
Thank you!
Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created)
Red-link lists of women from a wide variety of fields can be accessed from the
WiR Redlink index. Those which might be most useful for women in Education are listed below. Please note: listing does not guarantee qualification for inclusion in the encyclopedia. Please read
Primer for creating women's biographies.
Elizabeth Freeman (professor),
UC Davis prof of English and author, Time Binds: Queer Temporalities, Queer Histories (2010), and Beside You in Time: Sense-Methods and Queer Sociabilities in Nineteenth-Century America (2019)
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WP:In The News
Did you know? articles
... that a report led by academic Cathy Nutbrown concluded that qualifications for
vocational courses in childcare and early education were laxer than in animal welfare? (2023-06-17)
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, according to
Humaniki, only 19.81% 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!
Welcome!
Online event 1–31 May 2023
Lucy Diggs Slowe (1885-1937), first Dean of Women at Howard University
{{WikiProject Women}} if born after 1950; or {{WikiProject Women's History}} if born before 1950.
Editathon banner: {{WIR-269}}
In May 2023 Women in Red is focusing on women in education, not just teachers, educators, administrators and researchers, but schools founded by women, schools for girls and women, and notable women alumni. You are also welcome to write about significant awards for women in education and the books they have written.
We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about notable women.
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 women who deserve to be covered, for example under the topics of the month or our comprehensive #1day1woman priority.
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 in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works
to promote the new and improved articles and images through social media and via nominations to
Main Page features "Did You Know?" and "In The News".
What else?
Below, you'll see a section where you can list the articles you create month by month, and another section where you can add the images you have uploaded to Commons.
If you share any of the articles or images on social media, or successfully nominate for Main Page, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.
Thank you!
Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created)
Red-link lists of women from a wide variety of fields can be accessed from the
WiR Redlink index. Those which might be most useful for women in Education are listed below. Please note: listing does not guarantee qualification for inclusion in the encyclopedia. Please read
Primer for creating women's biographies.
Elizabeth Freeman (professor),
UC Davis prof of English and author, Time Binds: Queer Temporalities, Queer Histories (2010), and Beside You in Time: Sense-Methods and Queer Sociabilities in Nineteenth-Century America (2019)
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 in 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 via
WP:In The News
Did you know? articles
... that a report led by academic Cathy Nutbrown concluded that qualifications for
vocational courses in childcare and early education were laxer than in animal welfare? (2023-06-17)