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 19.85% 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 writers & their works editathon
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September 2023
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Women writers & their works
September 2023
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Welcome!

As in every September, in 2023 Women in Red is once again focusing on women writers and their works from around the world. This year, in addition to biographies, we would welcome more articles on books by women. We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies of some of the many notable women writers, past and present, who are still red-linked on the English Wikipedia. Other articles related to women and writing, such as the works they have created, their organizations and their awards, are also encouraged.

The main goals of the event are:

What else?

Thank you!

Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created)

We have a wide variety of red-link lists. Some of the most relevant to this priority are listed below.

Wikidata (WD) red-link lists: women's biographies by country in other language versions of Wikipedia, as well as a few that are crowd-sourced (CS):

For a general but incomplete world listing of red-linked writers, see Writers

Crowd sourced[edit]

Wikidata by country[edit]

All writers:

Poets:

Wikidata by occupation[edit]

Written works[edit]

Note: for those listed in the Dictionary of Women Worldwide, some corresponding entries may be found at Encyclopedia.com or, for access to all, by signing up for the Wikipedia Library's free bundle and then using this search option.

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

Participants[edit]

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Outcomes (articles)[edit]

Please add the biographical dictionary, if used:

New or upgraded articles

Most recent on top, please, specifying upgraded if not new

  1. United States Carol Hurd Green
  2. United Kingdom Josephine Ward (ODNB)
  3. Australia Jess Scully
  4. United States Josephine Patterson Albright
  5. United States Jeanne Voltz
  6. Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo (needs plot)
  7. United Kingdom Eva Christy (ODNB)
  8. United Kingdom Muriel Wace -- upgrade (ODNB)
  9. The Thief Who Sang Storms by Sophie Anderson (author)
  10. Denmark Martha Christensen (Danish writer)
  11. The Castle Of Tangled Magic by Sophie Anderson (author)
  12. Slovakia Soňa Čechová
  13. The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson (author)
  14. The House With Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson (author)
  15. United States Jane Nickerson
  16. United States Ellen Sergeant Rude
  17. United States Barbara Raskin
  18. Venezuela Florantonia Singer (also WIR 281)
  19. United States Sharon Dennis Wyeth
  20. Chile Nicolasa Montt
  21. Chile Amelia Solar de Claro
  22. New Zealand Bronwyn Elsmore (also 281)
  23. United States Margaret Goff Clark
  24. New ZealandAustralia Tracy Farr (also 281)
  25. Spain Antonia Gutiérrez
  26. United States Joan Gilmore - PIN
  27. New ZealandSouth Africa Fiona Sussman (also 281)
  28. FranceUnited States Maria Frances Anderson - PIN
  29. United KingdomUnited States Emily Wilson (classicist) - upgrade, PIN
  30. United States Woman in Sacred Song
  31. Spain Matilde Cherner - PIN
  32. United States Jane Flory - PIN
  33. Scotland Grizel Baillie, Lady Murray (also WIR-283 & 284) - PIN
  34. Australia Marion (Bill) Edwards
  35. Portugal Denmark Snu Abecassis
  36. Spain Alba González
  37. United States Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia
  38. United KingdomIndiaChetna Maroo
  39. United Kingdom Elsie Smeaton Munro
  40. Denmark Anne Marie Løn
  41. United KingdomRepublic of Ireland Jane Elizabeth Moore (also 281)
  42. Spain El ángel del hogar
  43. Spain María del Pilar Sinués de Marco
  44. Spain Enriqueta Lozano
  45. Ukraine Natalia Zabila - PIN
  46. Ecuador Catalina de Jesús Herrera - PIN
  47. Catalonia Gertrudis Anglesola - PIN
  48. Denmark Helga Johansen - PIN
  49. Portugal Joana Morais Varela - PIN
  50. New Zealand Potiki by Patricia Grace
  51. Chile Raquel Olea
  52. Argentina Alicia Jurado - PIN
  53. Israel Rukhl Fishman (also WIR-281)
  54. Slovakia Etela Farkašová
  55. United Kingdom Amy-Jane Beer
  56. United States Muddy Cup
  57. Denmark Hansigne Lorenzen - PIN
  58. Morocco Mouna Hachim - PIN
  59. United States Betty Jean Lifton - would benefit by review by an editor familiar with open adoption advocacy, PIN
  60. Portugal Maria Ondina Braga - PIN
  61. United States Georgia Lloyd
  62. Scotland Rose Ethel Bassin - PIN
  63. United States Jenny Terrill Ruprecht - PIN
  64. United Kingdom Anne Elwood's Memoirs of the literary ladies of England from the commencement of the last century (Elwood's page existed; page for book is new) (also 281)
  65. United Kingdom Eliza Roberts (poet) (also 281)
  66. United Kingdom Poems by Eminent Ladies (also 281)
  67. United Kingdom Specimens of British Poetesses (also 281)
  68. United Kingdom List of early-modern British women poets (updates, with new redlinks) (also 281)
  69. United Kingdom Elizabeth Purbeck and Jane Purbeck (also 281)
  70. United States Inez Robb
  71. United Kingdom Barbara Wace
  72. United Kingdom Rebekah Carmichael, from Eighteenth Century Women Poets: An Oxford Anthology
  73. Somalia United States Hawa Hassan
  74. Sweden Molly Johnson (Swedish writer) - PIN
  75. Wales Sophie Anderson (author)
  76. Spain Edurne Portela Camino - PIN
  77. The Light in Everything by Katya Balen (needs plot)
  78. United States Annelyse Gelman
  79. Australia Justina Williams
  80. United States Patricia Rieff Anawalt - PIN
  81. Czech Republic Otta Bednářová
  82. Australia Olive Pell
  83. Portugal Ana Filomena Amaral
  84. United States Eileen Kaufman - PIN
  85. AustraliaTaiwan Corrie Chen
  86. A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo
  87. Ukraine Valentina Yermolova
  88. New Zealand Iona Winter
  89. New Zealand Colleen Maria Lenihan
  90. New Zealand Talia Marshall
  91. United States Hilda Siller - PIN
  92. United States Anne Tolstoi Wallach
  93. CanadaUnited States Elizabeth J. Smith
  94. Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy
  95. United States Lange Lewis
  96. The Mammoth Cheese (novel) by Sheri Holman
  97. Spain Carmen G. de la Cueva - PIN
  98. Germany Maria Frisé - added image, PIN
  99. United KingdomCanada Amy Louisa Rye
  100. United States Dorothy Roe - PIN
  101. Denmark Julie Sødring - PIN
  102. United States Mary A. Cornelius - PIN
  103. Portugal Amélia Janny - PIN
  104. Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book
  105. Puerto RicoUnited States Young Miko - PIN
  106. Old Filth by Jane Gardam (from a redirect)
  107. United States Muriel Feelings - PIN
  108. United States Isadore G. Jeffery - PIN
  109. Portugal Amália Luazes _ PIN
  110. Savage Tongues by Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi‎‎ (needs plot)
  111. Call Me Zebra by Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi‎‎ (needs plot)
  112. United States Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi‎‎
  113. The Guest List by Lucy Foley (created from redirect)
  114. The Relic (Anthony novel) by Evelyn Anthony
  115. New Zealand Bridie Lonie
  116. A Child's Book of True Crime by Chloe Hooper
  117. Indonesia Merry Riana
  118. Japan Aoko Matsuda
  119. Ukraine Alla Potapova - PIN
  120. No Bones by Anna Burns
  121. Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley
  122. Slovakia Jana Plauchová - PIN
  123. United States Mrs. L. Dow Balliett - PIN
  124. France Chanig ar Gall (also WIR-283)
  125. United Kingdom Elizabeth Taylor (poet) Specimens of British Poetesses
  126. United States Harriet Frances Carpenter - PIN
  127. Denmark Sonja Hauberg
  128. Pemmican Wars by Katherena Vermette
  129. United Kingdom Elizabeth Trefusis Specimens of British Poetesses
  130. The Short History of a Prince by Jane Hamilton
  131. If I Told You Once by Judy Budnitz
  132. United StatesZilpha Carruthers Franklin - PIN
  133. Austria Elfriede Czurda
  134. Republic of Ireland Niamh Greene (also WIR-283)
  135. United Kingdom Nell Gifford
  136. China Ge Cuilin - PIN
  137. Denmark Bodil Bech - PIN
  138. United States Emma Bourne - PIN
  139. Rhoda Elizabeth Waterman White
  140. Australia Minnie Agnes Filson (also WIR-281)
  141. Visible Worlds
  142. United KingdomMrs. Disney Leith - PIN
  143. United KingdomGabrielle Wodnil
  144. Ukraine Svitlana Biedarieva - PIN
  145. Denmark Gretelise Holm - PIN
  146. Scotland Estelle Maskame (also WIR-281, WIR-283)
  147. Thanuppu by by Kamala Surayya
  148. Balyakala Smaranakal by Kamala Surayya
  149. Australia Caroline Isaacson (also WIR-277), PIN
  150. Book Lovers
  151. The Maid (novel) (upgraded)
  152. Australia Dorothy M. Catts (also WIR-277)
  153. United States Misha (writer) (also WIR-278)
  154. Paola Santiago and the Forest of Nightmares by Mejia
  155. Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Mejia
  156. New Zealand Janet McCallum (New Zealand writer)
  157. We Unleash the Merciless Storm by Mejia
  158. We Set the Dark on Fire by Mejia
  159. Miss Meteor by Mejia
  160. Lucha of the Night Forest by Mejia
  161. United States Tehlor Kay Mejia (though Mejia is non-binary, so I have not tagged their articles as Women writers, etc.)
  162. United States Daphne Alloway McVicker - PIN
  163. Republic of IrelandUnited States Coyne Fletcher - PIN
  164. Canada Mary Beth Leatherdale
  165. The Mask (Stevens novel)
  166. The Catch (novel)
  167. The Doll (Stevens novel)
  168. The Innocent (Stevens novel)
  169. The Informationist
  170. Liars' Legacy
  171. Liars' Paradox
  172. United States Taylor Stevens
  173. Overseas (novel)
  174. The Golden Hour (Beatriz Williams novel)
  175. The Beach at Summerly
  176. The Wicked City (novel series)
  177. Our Woman in Moscow
  178. Her Last Flight
  179. The Summer Wives
  180. A Hundred Summers
  181. Schuyler Sisters (novel series)
  182. The Forgotten Room (novel)
  183. The Glass Ocean (novel)
  184. All the Ways We Said Goodbye
  185. United States Beatriz Williams
  186. United States Mary Ellen Graydon Sharpe
  187. United KingdomHelen Prothero-Lewis - PIN

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Wilcox, Kathleen (February 18, 2022). "Chef and Food Writer Tamar Adler's Recipe for Joy". Chronogram Magazine. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Castle, Sheri. "The 100 Best Cookbooks of All Time". Southern Living. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  3. ^ Norris, Sherrie (September 23, 2021). "Boone Native Sheri Castle To Host New Televised Cooking Series on PBS Beginning Tonight at 7:30". High Country Press. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  4. ^ Castle, Sheri. "The 100 Best Cookbooks of All Time". Southern Living. Retrieved 9 September 2022.

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