List of biographies of women every Wikipedia should have
This is a List of biographies of women every Wikipedia should have, similar to the List of articles every Wikipedia should have.
| Section | Current number |
|---|---|
| Philosophers and social scientists | 9 |
| Religious figures, theologians | 4 |
| Political leaders | 29 |
| Scientists, inventors and mathematicians | 14 |
| Artists and architects | 12 |
| Composers and musicians | 11 |
| Film directors, screenwriters and actors | 31 |
| Authors, playwrights and poets | 35 |
| Explorers and travellers | 1 |
| Total | 146 |
How to use this list
[edit]The idea is to create a general list useful for all Wikipedias to reduce the gender gap. The list is at construction and you can add the biographies you consider, only keep in mind that it focuses on real persons who have articles in at least 50 different language versions of Wikipedia. Living women can be included if they are considered to be of significant relevance. For example, this could apply if they have articles in over 100 different language versions of Wikipedia.
There are several different ways to use this list. The first is to translate it into the language of your Wikipedia and see whether you have articles on all of these topics. The topics here are linked to corresponding items in the Wikidata project. If your Wikipedia is missing an article, or if you are starting out with a new language, you may want to translate these basic articles from a different language that you are familiar with (for example, English). Language links to Wikipedias in which the topic is covered are provided at the bottom of each Wikidata item page.
Biographies
[edit]Philosophers and social scientists, 9
[edit]Religious figures, theologians, 4
[edit]Political leaders, 24
[edit]- Hatshepsut
- Nefertiti
- Cleopatra VII
- Boudica
- Irene of Athens
- Joan of Arc
- Isabella I of Castile
- Elizabeth I of England
- Maria Theresa
- Elizabeth of Russia
- Catherine the Great
- Queen Victoria
- Empress Dowager Cixi
- Golda Meir
- Indira Gandhi
- Margaret Thatcher
- Elizabeth II
- Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
- Corazon Aquino
- Wangari Maathai
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- Michelle Bachelet
- Benazir Bhutto
- Angela Merkel
Scientists, inventors and mathematicians, 14
[edit]Artists and architects, 12
[edit]Composers and musicians, 16
[edit]- Umm Kulthum
- Mariah Carey
- Celine Dion
- Madonna
- Liza Minnelli
- Aretha Franklin
- Édith Piaf
- Lata Mangeshkar
- Alla Pugacheva
- Janis Joplin
- Tina Turner
- Clara Schumann
- Jenny Lind
- Maria Callas
- Billie Holiday
- Ella Fitzgerald
Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Barbra Streisand, Adele, Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus, Etta James, Lady Gaga
Film directors, screenwriters and actors, 20
[edit]Authors, playwrights and poets, 35
[edit]- Emily Dickinson
- Hildegard of Bingen
- Jane Austen
- Murasaki Shikibu
- Christine de Pizan
- Agatha Christie
- Astrid Lindgren
- Mary Shelley
- Virginia Woolf
- Nadine Gordimer
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Margaret Mitchell
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Anna Akhmatova
- Karen Blixen
- Anne Frank
- Selma Lagerlöf
- Enid Blyton
- Grazia Deledda
- Sigrid Undset
- Pearl S. Buck
- Gabriela Mistral
- Nelly Sachs
- Svetlana Alexievich
- Alice Munro
- Herta Müller
- Doris Lessing
- Elfriede Jelinek
- Wisława Szymborska
- Toni Morrison
- Pearl Buck
- Helen Keller
- Sappho
- Enheduanna
- Gabriela Mistral
Explorers and travellers, 1
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Added all female biographies from List of articles every Wikipedia should have/Expanded, the list of 10.000 articles that every Wikipedia should have.
- Added winners of Nobel prize from here, until 13-10-2017