According to one estimate, only 19% of the English-language biographies on the site are about women. Jess Wade got busy. In five years she made almost 2,000 entries for women and minority scientists.

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Jess Wade has been a vocal activist for women in STEM. On Wikipedia, she’s put biographies where her mouth is — and contributed hundreds of them on female scientists.

Physicist Jess Wade is filling a major gap in knowledge after finding that Wikipedia – known for its information on every topic imaginable – had few biographies ...

A study of faculty at 146 top US research universities found women biology professors are now more likely than men to have ...