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Women born before 1900 edit‑a‑thon
Online event August 2026
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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.

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:

Women born before 400 (WD) Women born between 400 and 1600 (WD) Women born before 1850 (WD) Women born between 1850 and 1899 (WD)

Add other red-links here, if possible with a source:

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

• Most recent on top, please, specifying upgraded if not new and biographical dictionary, if used:

• Please add this category to the image if you're uploading it to Commons: Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red – 2026

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  Ella Henrietta Davidson Morrison
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  Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris
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  Ida Sherman Jenne
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  Kate Embry Dowdle Davis
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  Eminent English Men & Women In Paris
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  Marta Canales
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  Marta Canales

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.

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• 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}}