The Women in Religion WikiProject is an initiative to create, update, and improve Wikimedia content pertaining to the lives of cisgender and transgender women who are notable as scholars, activists and practitioners in the world's religious, spiritual and wisdom traditions. As of January 2024, our project has created or improved more than 300 Wikipedia articles and biographies.
All are invited to contribute and join in our activities; there are many ways to help and no specialized knowledge of content or editing is required. Trainings and edit-a-thons are held regularly for new editors interested in learning to edit Wikipedia or Wikidata. This Meetup page will be used to post details about ongoing activities and events.
The Women in Religion WikiProject organizing committee meets monthly. If you would like to participate in these meetings contact
Dzingle1 or click the event link below.
Host: Women in Religion (formerly 1000 Women in Religion)
Date: Ongoing
Time: Ongoing
Here's our project banner. Please place it on the talk page of any new article or bio you create.
This article is within the scope of the Women in Religion WikiProject, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Women in religion. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.Women in ReligionWikipedia:WikiProject Women in ReligionTemplate:WikiProject Women in ReligionWomen in Religion articles
This WikiProject was launched as "1000 Women in Religion" at the 2018 Parliament of the World's Religions in Toronto, Canada, with the support of the Women's Task Force at the 2018 Parliament and the Women's Caucus of the
American Academy of Religion and the
Society of Biblical Literature. Its focus was to add one thousand women's biographies to Wikipedia to address the gender gap. Since its founding, the WikiProject has continually expanded, with affiliated Wikimedians working on regional projects in Australia, India, and Kenya. In addition to adding and improving content in Wikipedia, project members have contributed to Wikidata, WikiCommons, and WikiQuote. In 2022, the project's name was changed to Women in Religion to reflect this broader range of activity.
2nd Monday of each month
Join us for an hour of editing! Bring your own project to work on, or any questions you have about editing. All levels are welcome!
For Zoom meeting details and more information, contact
Dzingle1 or
RosPost.
Quality operations: A bot-generated detail log for Women in Religion articles.
Women in Religion series
In addition to writing, creating, and improving biographies about Women in Religion on Wikipedia, one of the goals of WikiProject Women in Religion is to increase content about them in the general scholarship. Our strategy is to provide secondary sources for Wikipedia editors and contributors to use to increase the content about women in religion on Wikipedia. To that end, we have participated in the publication of, as of the fall of 2023, three volumes of monographs, published by Atla Open Press and the
Parliament of the World's Religions.
Sign up and let us know you are working on Women in Religion!
Sign up for a Wikipedia account and join us in this work. See this
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... that the
Buddhist-studies scholar Paula Arai suffered racial and sexual discrimination while researching
Sōtō Zen laywomen and nuns? Nominated by
Christine. 15 March 2024
... that
Mary Burt Messer was researching and writing about the sociology of divorce as early as 1924? 20 September 2023 Nominated by
Jaireeodell
... that
Landrada of Austrasia "was regarded, even as a child, as a model of Christian perfection"? 20 June 2023
... that
Edith of Wilton was criticized for not working after her death? Nominated by
Christine. 1 April 2023
... that the Vatican selected
Mary Milligan in 1987 to be one of only three U.S. experts to assist the International Synod of Bishops on the Laity in Rome? Nominated by
User:Engmaj. 3 December 2022
... that
Kristallnacht prompted
Elisabeth Schmitz (pictured) to leave her teaching job, unwilling to work for "a government that permitted the synagogues to be set afire"? 29 December 2021
... that Australian religious sister
Bridget Partridge fled her convent in 1920 dressed only in her nightgown, precipitating a national sectarian scandal? 25 October 2021
... that
Elizabeth Laurie Rees was the only woman to lead devotions at the 1928 World Baptist Congress in Toronto? 22 October 2021
... that
Phyllis Le Cappelaine Burke helped found the
Sydney chapter of the St. Joan Social and Political Alliance, which advocated for equal rights for women? August 22, 2021
... that two
hagiographic documents about St.
Hunegund of France publicized Hunegund's miracles to create a sense of identity in
Homblières and to raise money for the monastery? June 27, 2021
... that
Jo Inkpin was Australia's first openly transgender Anglican priest? June 26, 2021
... that the miracles that established
Saint Glodesind's claim to sainthood did not begin until 25 years or more after her death, and many of them occurred over 200 years later? April 18, 2021
... that
Rosemary Crumlin, author of a 60-year history of the
Blake Prize for religious art, first attended a Blake exhibition when she was a young novice with the Australian
Sisters of Mercy? April 7 2021
... that after
Saint Eustadiola, a 7th century
abbess in
Bourges, France, prayed with her nuns for rain during a drought, they got drenched before they were able to return to the convent? 26 January 2021
... that according to a chaplain at
Nonnberg Abbey, an abbot was immediately struck blind after stealing one of
Saint Erentrude's relics 300 years after her death? 18 January 2021
Anandamayi Ma, a Hindu spiritual teacher and mystic from Bangladesh. Considered a saint; improve article --
Dzingle1 (
talk) 22:06, 15 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Jaclyn Chernett, who was ordained as a hazzan in 2006, the first female Jewish cantor in the United Kingdom; new bio.
Headhitter (
talk) 08:40, 7 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Rose Venerini (9 February 1656 – 7 May 1728), saint and founder of schools for girls and young women in Italy and throughout the world. Revised bio.
Christine (Figureskatingfan) (
talk) 19:30, 29 February 2024 (UTC)reply
Jaclyn Chernett, who was ordained as a hazzan in 2006, the first female Jewish cantor in the United Kingdom; new bio.
Headhitter (
talk) 08:40, 7 April 2024 (UTC)reply
E. S. Elliott (1836–1897), English religious writer of poetry, hymns, and novels, as well as the editor of a missionary magazine. New. --
Rosiestep (
talk) 20:31, 23 December 2023 (UTC)reply
Sarah White Livermore (1789–1874), established what may have been the first Sunday School in the U.S. New. --
Rosiestep (
talk) 21:34, 16 December 2023 (UTC)reply
Jane Lewers Gray (1796–1871), Northern Ireland-born American poet and hymnwriter. New. --
Rosiestep (
talk) 13:31, 15 December 2023 (UTC)reply
Francesca Maria Steele (1848-1931) added to project page and added to Wikidata focus group, Catholic convert who translated Hildegard's Scivias in 1914
Janice (janicelp) (
talk)20:34, 7 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Mary Burt Messer (1881-1960), activist, social worker, professor, author, and Christian Science practitioner. New. --
Jaireeodell (
talk) 14:31, 7 September 2023 (UTC)reply
Mary Chawner Woody (1846–1928), American Quaker minister, educator, temperance leader. New. --
Rosiestep (
talk) 19:30, 28 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Emma Wolf (1865-1932), American novelist who wrote on Jewish themes. New. --
Rosiestep (
talk) 21:54, 8 June 2023 (UTC)reply
Mrs. I. Lowenberg (1845-1924), founder of San Francisco's
Philomath Club, the first club in the world composed of Jewish women with a regularly adopted constitution. New articles. --
Rosiestep (
talk) 07:10, 2 June 2023 (UTC)reply
Anna Weed Prosser, American evangelist; president, Buffalo Branch, National Christian Alliance. New. --
Rosiestep (
talk) 22:50, 25 March 2023 (UTC)reply
Dolores R. Leckey, founding director of the Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women, and Youth in the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. New page
User:Engmaj 03 February 2023
Aoyama Roshi, is a Japanese Buddhist nun and abbess. She is the first nun to be appointed to the rank of Daikyoshi (Great Teacher) in the Soto Zen school, new article
User:Winifredwhelan 7 January 2023
Rev.
Emma Pow Bauder, American United Brethren evangelist, missionary, reformer, author. New page. --
Rosiestep (
talk) 20:54, 8 January 2023 (UTC)reply
Charlotte Evelyn Gay, English social and temperance reformer affiliated with the Church Army. New page. --
Rosiestep (
talk) 12:26, 6 January 2023 (UTC)reply
For a list of articles created or improved in 2019―2022, see our
Outcomes page
Image use policy – rights, licenses, is it okay to use the image
Picture Tutorial – technical details of getting image uploaded and displaying in a way that looks good
Free image resources – where to find free images for use in Wikipedia (in addition to holdings of the library that you could photograph and upload to Wikimedia Commons)
The Women in Religion WikiProject is an initiative to create, update, and improve Wikimedia content pertaining to the lives of cisgender and transgender women who are notable as scholars, activists and practitioners in the world's religious, spiritual and wisdom traditions. As of January 2024, our project has created or improved more than 300 Wikipedia articles and biographies.
All are invited to contribute and join in our activities; there are many ways to help and no specialized knowledge of content or editing is required. Trainings and edit-a-thons are held regularly for new editors interested in learning to edit Wikipedia or Wikidata. This Meetup page will be used to post details about ongoing activities and events.
The Women in Religion WikiProject organizing committee meets monthly. If you would like to participate in these meetings contact
Dzingle1 or click the event link below.
Host: Women in Religion (formerly 1000 Women in Religion)
Date: Ongoing
Time: Ongoing
Here's our project banner. Please place it on the talk page of any new article or bio you create.
This article is within the scope of the Women in Religion WikiProject, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Women in religion. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.Women in ReligionWikipedia:WikiProject Women in ReligionTemplate:WikiProject Women in ReligionWomen in Religion articles
This WikiProject was launched as "1000 Women in Religion" at the 2018 Parliament of the World's Religions in Toronto, Canada, with the support of the Women's Task Force at the 2018 Parliament and the Women's Caucus of the
American Academy of Religion and the
Society of Biblical Literature. Its focus was to add one thousand women's biographies to Wikipedia to address the gender gap. Since its founding, the WikiProject has continually expanded, with affiliated Wikimedians working on regional projects in Australia, India, and Kenya. In addition to adding and improving content in Wikipedia, project members have contributed to Wikidata, WikiCommons, and WikiQuote. In 2022, the project's name was changed to Women in Religion to reflect this broader range of activity.
2nd Monday of each month
Join us for an hour of editing! Bring your own project to work on, or any questions you have about editing. All levels are welcome!
For Zoom meeting details and more information, contact
Dzingle1 or
RosPost.
Quality operations: A bot-generated detail log for Women in Religion articles.
Women in Religion series
In addition to writing, creating, and improving biographies about Women in Religion on Wikipedia, one of the goals of WikiProject Women in Religion is to increase content about them in the general scholarship. Our strategy is to provide secondary sources for Wikipedia editors and contributors to use to increase the content about women in religion on Wikipedia. To that end, we have participated in the publication of, as of the fall of 2023, three volumes of monographs, published by Atla Open Press and the
Parliament of the World's Religions.
Sign up and let us know you are working on Women in Religion!
Sign up for a Wikipedia account and join us in this work. See this
page for information on how to create an account. You can also add our userbox template {{
User WikiProject Women in religion}} to your user page, which will produce:
... that the
Buddhist-studies scholar Paula Arai suffered racial and sexual discrimination while researching
Sōtō Zen laywomen and nuns? Nominated by
Christine. 15 March 2024
... that
Mary Burt Messer was researching and writing about the sociology of divorce as early as 1924? 20 September 2023 Nominated by
Jaireeodell
... that
Landrada of Austrasia "was regarded, even as a child, as a model of Christian perfection"? 20 June 2023
... that
Edith of Wilton was criticized for not working after her death? Nominated by
Christine. 1 April 2023
... that the Vatican selected
Mary Milligan in 1987 to be one of only three U.S. experts to assist the International Synod of Bishops on the Laity in Rome? Nominated by
User:Engmaj. 3 December 2022
... that
Kristallnacht prompted
Elisabeth Schmitz (pictured) to leave her teaching job, unwilling to work for "a government that permitted the synagogues to be set afire"? 29 December 2021
... that Australian religious sister
Bridget Partridge fled her convent in 1920 dressed only in her nightgown, precipitating a national sectarian scandal? 25 October 2021
... that
Elizabeth Laurie Rees was the only woman to lead devotions at the 1928 World Baptist Congress in Toronto? 22 October 2021
... that
Phyllis Le Cappelaine Burke helped found the
Sydney chapter of the St. Joan Social and Political Alliance, which advocated for equal rights for women? August 22, 2021
... that two
hagiographic documents about St.
Hunegund of France publicized Hunegund's miracles to create a sense of identity in
Homblières and to raise money for the monastery? June 27, 2021
... that
Jo Inkpin was Australia's first openly transgender Anglican priest? June 26, 2021
... that the miracles that established
Saint Glodesind's claim to sainthood did not begin until 25 years or more after her death, and many of them occurred over 200 years later? April 18, 2021
... that
Rosemary Crumlin, author of a 60-year history of the
Blake Prize for religious art, first attended a Blake exhibition when she was a young novice with the Australian
Sisters of Mercy? April 7 2021
... that after
Saint Eustadiola, a 7th century
abbess in
Bourges, France, prayed with her nuns for rain during a drought, they got drenched before they were able to return to the convent? 26 January 2021
... that according to a chaplain at
Nonnberg Abbey, an abbot was immediately struck blind after stealing one of
Saint Erentrude's relics 300 years after her death? 18 January 2021
Anandamayi Ma, a Hindu spiritual teacher and mystic from Bangladesh. Considered a saint; improve article --
Dzingle1 (
talk) 22:06, 15 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Jaclyn Chernett, who was ordained as a hazzan in 2006, the first female Jewish cantor in the United Kingdom; new bio.
Headhitter (
talk) 08:40, 7 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Rose Venerini (9 February 1656 – 7 May 1728), saint and founder of schools for girls and young women in Italy and throughout the world. Revised bio.
Christine (Figureskatingfan) (
talk) 19:30, 29 February 2024 (UTC)reply
Jaclyn Chernett, who was ordained as a hazzan in 2006, the first female Jewish cantor in the United Kingdom; new bio.
Headhitter (
talk) 08:40, 7 April 2024 (UTC)reply
E. S. Elliott (1836–1897), English religious writer of poetry, hymns, and novels, as well as the editor of a missionary magazine. New. --
Rosiestep (
talk) 20:31, 23 December 2023 (UTC)reply
Sarah White Livermore (1789–1874), established what may have been the first Sunday School in the U.S. New. --
Rosiestep (
talk) 21:34, 16 December 2023 (UTC)reply
Jane Lewers Gray (1796–1871), Northern Ireland-born American poet and hymnwriter. New. --
Rosiestep (
talk) 13:31, 15 December 2023 (UTC)reply
Francesca Maria Steele (1848-1931) added to project page and added to Wikidata focus group, Catholic convert who translated Hildegard's Scivias in 1914
Janice (janicelp) (
talk)20:34, 7 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Mary Burt Messer (1881-1960), activist, social worker, professor, author, and Christian Science practitioner. New. --
Jaireeodell (
talk) 14:31, 7 September 2023 (UTC)reply
Mary Chawner Woody (1846–1928), American Quaker minister, educator, temperance leader. New. --
Rosiestep (
talk) 19:30, 28 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Emma Wolf (1865-1932), American novelist who wrote on Jewish themes. New. --
Rosiestep (
talk) 21:54, 8 June 2023 (UTC)reply
Mrs. I. Lowenberg (1845-1924), founder of San Francisco's
Philomath Club, the first club in the world composed of Jewish women with a regularly adopted constitution. New articles. --
Rosiestep (
talk) 07:10, 2 June 2023 (UTC)reply
Anna Weed Prosser, American evangelist; president, Buffalo Branch, National Christian Alliance. New. --
Rosiestep (
talk) 22:50, 25 March 2023 (UTC)reply
Dolores R. Leckey, founding director of the Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women, and Youth in the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. New page
User:Engmaj 03 February 2023
Aoyama Roshi, is a Japanese Buddhist nun and abbess. She is the first nun to be appointed to the rank of Daikyoshi (Great Teacher) in the Soto Zen school, new article
User:Winifredwhelan 7 January 2023
Rev.
Emma Pow Bauder, American United Brethren evangelist, missionary, reformer, author. New page. --
Rosiestep (
talk) 20:54, 8 January 2023 (UTC)reply
Charlotte Evelyn Gay, English social and temperance reformer affiliated with the Church Army. New page. --
Rosiestep (
talk) 12:26, 6 January 2023 (UTC)reply
For a list of articles created or improved in 2019―2022, see our
Outcomes page
Image use policy – rights, licenses, is it okay to use the image
Picture Tutorial – technical details of getting image uploaded and displaying in a way that looks good
Free image resources – where to find free images for use in Wikipedia (in addition to holdings of the library that you could photograph and upload to Wikimedia Commons)