WikiProject Women scientists

A WikiProject dedicated to ensuring quality and coverage of biographies of women scientists. Unfortunately, part of Wikipedia's systemic bias is that women in science are woefully underrepresented. Let's change that!

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06 Nov 2024 – Susan Finnegan (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Chaiten1 (t · c); see discussion
04 Nov 2024 – Mary Robertson (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by SafariScribe (t · c); see discussion

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03 Nov 2024 – Adelle of the Saracens (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Surtsicna (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
10 Oct 2024 – Liz Neeley (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Mooonswimmer (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 08 Nov 2024; see discussion (17 participants; relisted)

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10 November 2024

diffhist Emmy Noether 22:49 +520 Sgubaldo talk contribs (one more out of the way)
diffhist Isabella Bird 22:40 −1 86.148.54.174 talk Tag: Visual edit
diffhist m Emmy Noether 22:18 +4 Sgubaldo talk contribs (wikilink journal for consistency)
diffhist Emmy Noether 22:08 0 XOR'easter talk contribs (→Algebraic invariant theory: whoops)
diffhist Emmy Noether 22:05 +695 XOR'easter talk contribs (→Algebraic invariant theory: try setting this more in context)
diffhist Emmy Noether 21:36 +20 XOR'easter talk contribs (→Background on abstract algebra and begriffliche Mathematik (conceptual mathematics): re-use reference)
diffhist Stephanie Schwabe 21:32 +43 Rizamax24 talk contribs Tags: Visual edit Newcomer task Newcomer task: expand
diffhist Stephanie Schwabe 21:31 +140 Rizamax24 talk contribs Tags: Visual edit Newcomer task Newcomer task: expand
diffhist Emmy Noether 21:26 −270 XOR'easter talk contribs (→Algebraic invariant theory: let's not introduce notation unless we actually use it later)
diffhist Emmy Noether 21:16 +275 XOR'easter talk contribs (reference)

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Women scientists articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	3	3	4	7			17
FL			1				1
GA	5	9	37	64		1	116
B	17	78	205	518		53	871
C	4	108	555	3,711		1,354	5,732
Start		78	620	8,152		5,015	13,865
Stub			35	1,866		1,128	3,029
List	4	7	30	17		3	61
Category					1,295		1,295
Disambig					2		2
File					41		41
Project					41		41
Template					9		9
NA			2	17	52		71
Other					70		70
Assessed	33	283	1,489	14,352	1,510	7,554	25,221
Unassessed						6	6
Total	33	283	1,489	14,352	1,510	7,560	25,227
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 113,284			Ω = 4.79

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Margaret Thatcher

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Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics

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Featured pictures

Ada Lovelace portrait
Aletta Jacobs, 1895-1905
Alice C. Evans, National Photo Company portrait, circa 1915
Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) shown in her laboratory in 1947
Bertha Lutz 1925
Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) in 1963 - Restoration
Dr. Caroline Spencer 275029v
GREIDER Carol 2014 - Less vignetting
Geneetik Riin Tamm
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896-1957) and Carl Ferdinand Cori - restoration1
Jane Addams - Bain News Service
Jeanette Scissum at Marshall Space Flight Center
Jessica Meir portrait in a WB-57 flight suit (3)
Katherine Johnson 1983
Katherine Johnson at NASA, in 1966
Li Fu Lee at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's radio experiment station, 1925 (MIT Museum) - Restoration
Mae Carol Jemison
Margaret D. Foster, in Lab, 4 October 1919
Margaret Harwood
Marie Curie c. 1920s
Marie Stopes in her laboratory, 1904 - Restoration
Mary Garrity - Ida B. Wells-Barnett - Google Art Project - restoration crop
Mary Jackson 1979 Portrait (LRC-1979-B701 P-07085)
Mary Jackson working 2 - Restoration
Nettie Maria Stevens
Pauline Gracia Beery Mack (1891-1974) (5493947511) - Restoration
Sally Ride (1984)
Samantha Cristoforetti official portrait in an EMU spacesuit
Tracy Caldwell Dyson in Cupola ISS
Valerie L. Thomas standing with a stack of early Landsat Computer Compatible Tapes