The Women of Wikipedia

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Susan Greenfield

Submitted by: Jamie M. Forbes jmf - at - ix.netcom.com

Susan Greenfield [born 1950], futurist, baroness. Scientifically trendy and fashionably stolid -- and vice versa, as befits a scientific-political activist with clout in both the popular and power spheres -- Baroness Susan Adele Greenfield made seis-eable waves via research and theory of the brain via a vis Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, and has parlayed her expertise into contemporary geek-neurosex iconography.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Greenfield

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Friday, March 7, 2008

Miho Hatori & Deanna Favre

Submitted by: Mike Cade, http://www.mikecade.com/

Miho Hatori (pictured here), musician (born 1970-)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miho_Hatori

Deanna Favre, activist (born 1968-)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deanna_Favre

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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Hannah Glasse

Submitted by Jamie M. Forbes, jmf -at- ix.netcom.com

Hannah Glasse (1708-1770), kitchen genius and proto-haute-bourgeois world-cuisine entrepreneur. Evident in retrospect, Hannah Glasse exhibits multiculti Brit-colonial spice range as well as anti-French invective -- that is, forerunner to Madhur Jaffrey, Martha Stewart, Alice Waters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Glasse

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Sunday, January 6, 2008

Helen Keller & Stevie Nicks

Submitted by: Robert Homes, http://www.mississippi-law.com/

Helen Keller (1880-1968), writer, lecturer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller

Stevie Nicks (1948-), song writer, singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Nicks

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Sunday, December 9, 2007

Sappho

Submitted by: Robert Homes, http://www.mississippi-law.com/

Sappho (630 BC - 570 BC, an Ancient Greek lyric poet, born on the island of Lesbos

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sappho

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Sunday, November 11, 2007

Shelley Batts

Submitted by: Nick Hobson

Shelley Batts (b. 1979), Neuroscience PhD candidate. She is the author of Retrospectacle, a neuroscience blog that explores science from the perspective of an "upbeat savvy female scientist who wants world domination one first-author paper at a time".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_Batts

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Saturday, November 3, 2007

Elizabeth Kucinich

Elizabeth Jane Harper Kucinich (b, 1977) is the wife of American politician Dennis Kucinich.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Kucinich

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Sunday, October 28, 2007

Danica McKellar

Submitted by: Nick Hobson

Danica McKellar (b. 1975), Actress and mathematician

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danica_McKellar

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Sunday, October 21, 2007

Hedy Lamarr

Submitted by: Mike Versaci

Hedy Lamarr (1913 – 2000), Austrian-born American Jewish actress and communications technology innovator. Though known primarily for her great beauty and her successful film career, she also co-invented the first form of spread spectrum, a key to modern wireless communication.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Laura Bush

Laura Lane Welch Bush (b. 1946), the wife of the forty-third President of the United States, George W. Bush

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Bush

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Thursday, October 4, 2007

Kiran Chetry

Kiran Chetry (b. 1974 in Kathmandu, Nepal) is co-anchor of CNN's morning news program, American Morning.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiran_Chetry

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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Jennifer Morrison

Jennifer Marie Morrison (b. 1979), American actress, model and film producer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Morrison

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Monday, September 17, 2007

Marjorie Cameron

Submitted by: Teja K.

Marjorie Cameron (23 April 1922 - 24 July 1995) was an American writer, painter and occultist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Cameron

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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Barbara McClintock

Submitted by Sanja:

Barbara McClintock (1902–1992), American scientist and cytogeneticist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_McClintock

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Thursday, September 6, 2007

Grace Hopper

Submitted by Sanja:

Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy officer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper

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Saturday, September 1, 2007

Pope Joan

Submitted by Sanja

Pope Joan is the name of a female pope (also La Papessa) who may have reigned in the 850s, based on a legend that circulated in the Middle Ages.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Joan

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Monday, August 27, 2007

Tara C. Smith

Submitted by: Nick Hobson

Tara C. Smith (born c. 1977), Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_C._Smith

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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton

Submitted by James K.

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born 1947) , the junior United States Senator from New York, a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton

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Friday, August 17, 2007

Heidi Cullen

Submitted by Paul Moskowitz: http://www.geocities.com/spinorbit10598/

Heidi Cullen (c. 1970 - ) Climate Expert and Host of "Forecast Earth with Dr. Heidi Cullen"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Cullen

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Sunday, August 12, 2007

Baroness Pannonica "Nica" de Koenigswarter

Submited by : acubene

Baroness Pannonica "Nica" de Koenigswarter (10 December 1913 – 30November 1988),British bebop jazz enthusiast and member of the prominent Rothschild international financial
dynasty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nica_de_Koenigswarter

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Mary Bryant & Margaret Fuller

Submitted by Craig Lee Burket, http://www.burket.net/craig

Mary Bryant (1765 - ?) – escapee from Australian penal colony
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bryant

Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) -- journalist, critic and women's rights activist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Fuller

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Saturday, August 4, 2007

Delia Derbyshire

Submitted by Robin G.

Delia Derbyshire (1937 - 2001) musician and composer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire

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Monday, July 30, 2007

Maria Montessori & Moana Pozzi

From Ick:

Maria Montessori (1870 - 1952), physician, educator

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Montessori

Moana Pozzi (1961 - 1994), pornstar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moana_Pozzi

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Tori Amos

Submitted by: Traixa Jabbafractal

Tori Amos (b. 1963), Musician and Performer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tori_Amos

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Friday, July 20, 2007

Françoise Hardy

Submited by Mac Tonnies, http://www.mactonnies.com/

Françoise Hardy, (b. 1944), French singer, actress, astrologer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Hardy

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Terri Clark

Submitted by Jeanne Veltri

Terri Clark (1968- ), country singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Clark

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Sunday, July 15, 2007

Ellen Ripley

Submitted by: Craig Lee Burket, http://www.burket.net/craig

Ellen Ripley (2092-2179, see http://time.absoluteavp.com/index.html),

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Ripley

and her clone (2380-2381): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Ripley_clone

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Friday, July 13, 2007

Gemma Galgani & Sri Anandamoyi Ma

Submitted by: acubene

Gemma Galgani (1878-1903), catholic saint
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemma_Galgani

Sri Anandamoyi Ma (1896-1982), spiritual teacher

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Anandamoyi_Ma

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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Susan Blackmore & Wendy Carlos

Submitted by: Craig Lee Burket, http://www.burket.net/craig

Susan Blackmore (1951-), author of "The Meme Machine"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Blackmore

Wendy (nee Walter) Carlos (1939-), composer, electronic musician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Carlos

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Monday, July 9, 2007

Flannery O'Connor,

Submitted by: DF, http://but-seriously-folks.blogspot.com/

Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964), American author
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flannery_O%27Conner

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Saturday, July 7, 2007

Emma Goldman & Mata Hari

Submitted by: Graham McNallie, http://www.myspace.com/AquaDub

Emma Goldman (1869-1940) Anarchist, author

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Goldman

Mata Hari (1876-1917) Exotic dancer, spy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Hari

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Friday, July 6, 2007

Eleanor Roosevelt

Submitted by Dave Glass:

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), UN Commissioner, Diplomat,First lady:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_roosevelt

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Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Lou Andreas-Salomé

Submitted by Christopher Helms:

Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861-1937) Russian-born intellectual, author, psychoanalyst; Spiritual companion of male & female artists.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Andreas-Salom%C3%A9

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Sunday, July 1, 2007

Hypatia of Alexandria

Submitted by: Teja K.

Hypatia of Alexandria (between 350 and 370 AD – 415 AD ), Greek scholar who taught in the fields of mathematics, astronomy and astrology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia

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Anna Politkovskaya

Anna Politkovskaya (1958 - 2006) Journalist

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Politkovskaya

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Friday, June 29, 2007

Maria Spiropulu

Submitted by Rader in Wisconsin:

Maria Spiropulu (1970 - ) experimental physicist

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Spiropulu

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Thursday, June 28, 2007

Arbus, Tymoshenko, O'Keeffe

Submitted by: Mike Cade, http://www.mikecade.com/

Diane Arbus (1923-1971), American photographer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Arbus

Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukraine's first female Prime Minister

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yulia_Tymoshenko

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), American artist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O

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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Keira Knightley

Submitted by Sanja Smith:

Keira Christina Knightley (1985- ), film and television actress.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keira_Knightley

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Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

Submitted by: Marcelo from Brazil

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891), mystic and writer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Petrovna_Blavatsky

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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Wikiwomen Eye Contest

This woman and her photo appear somewhere in the Wikipedia, and she has a substantially sized entry. Can you guess who she is? I would like to offer a gift to the first person who correctly identifies her.

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Barbarella

Submitted by: Peter A. Gersten, http://www.pagenews.info/

Barbarella (1968- ), Queen of the Galaxy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarella_%28film%29

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Siouxsie Sioux

Submitted by: Nick Hobson

Siouxsie Sioux (1957- ), punk rock musician

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siouxsie_Sioux

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Monday, June 25, 2007

Lucy (Australopithecus)

Submitted by: Craig Lee Burket, http://www.burket.net/craig

Lucy (~3.2 mya), hominid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_%28Australopithecus%29

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Angie Harmon & Marie Curie

Submitted by Sheila Allen:

Angie Harmon (1972- ), actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angie_Harmon

Marie Curie (1867-1934), physicist and chemist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie

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Sunday, June 24, 2007

Grace O'Malley

Submitted by: Valerie Dooley, http://abnegation-ambr.livejournal.com/

Grace O'Malley (1530 - 1603, Pirate)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_O%27Malley

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Lise Meitner

Submitted by: Shirley Ackerman

Lise Meitner (1878-1968), atomic physicist

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_Meitner

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Saturday, June 23, 2007

Cleopatra

Submitted by Sanja Smith:

Cleopatra (69-30 BC), supreme ruler of Egypt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra

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Rosalind Franklin

Submitted by: Shirley Ackerman

Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958), physical chemist & crystallographer. Co-discoverer DNA double helix structure
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin

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Lisa Marie Simpson

Submitted by Paul Moskowitz: http://www.geocities.com/spinorbit10598/

Lisa Marie Simpson (1987 - ) character in animated series The Simpsons
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Simpson

# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 5:55 AM 0 Comments

Tahirih Qurratu'l-Ayn

Submitted by Mina:

Tahirih Qurratu'l-Ayn (1814-1852) Iranian poet, theologian, early feminist; fought for women's rights.Gave her life for her convictions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A1hirih

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Friday, June 22, 2007

Valentina Tereshkova

Submitted by: Teja K.

Valentina Tereshkova (1937 - ), Soviet cosmonaut, first woman to fly in space.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tereshkova

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Zora Neale Hurston

Submitted by: Greg, http://intentionalmispurpousing.blogspot.com/

Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), American folklorist and author
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Neale_Hurston

# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 1:14 PM 0 Comments

Sophie Germain & Sofia Kovalevskaya

From Karin:

Sophie Germain (1776-1831), mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Germain

Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850-1891), mathematician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Kovalevskaya

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Elisabeth Kuebler-Ross

Submitted by Karin:

Elisabeth Kuebler-Ross (1926-2004), psychiatrist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Kuebler-Ross

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Thursday, June 21, 2007

Ada Lovelace

Submitted by Paul Moskowitz - http://www.geocities.com/spinorbit10598/

Ada Lovelace, (1815 - 1852), born Augusta Ada Byron, wrote the first computer program
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_lovelace

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Countess Elizabeth Bathory

From Zarja McCarthy:

Countess Elizabeth Bathory (1560 - 1614), Hungarian countess, serial killer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countess_Elizabeth_Bathory

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Janna Levin

From Martin G:

Janna Levin (1967- ) theoretical cosmologist, author
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janna_levin

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Courteney Cox Arquette

Submitted by Brane Mintzer:

Courteney Cox Arquette (1964 - ) American actress from TV show "Friends" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courteney_Cox

# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 9:44 AM 0 Comments

"Amy Lee" and Rosa Parks

From Nina Jones:

Amy Lynn Hartzler (1981 - ) American singer for "Evanescence" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Lee

Rosa Parks (1913 – 2005) was an African American civil rights activist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_parks

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Sylvia Nasar and St. Elisabeth of Aragon

From Sanja Smith:

Sylvia Nasar (1947 - ), author of "A Beautiful Mind"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Nasar

St. Elisabeth of Aragon (1271-1336), queen consort of Portugal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_Aragon

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How to Submit

Here's your opportunity to submit an entry that will be considered for inclusion in the “The Women of Wikipedia.”

Mail your entries to wikiwomen -at- gmail.com.

For rapid inclusion, you must use the format below. (The first line is optional and may include your name and/or web page URL.)

Example:

Submitted by: John Doe, http://www.pickover.com/

Lisa Randall (1962- ), physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Randall

Margaret Thatcher (1925- ), former UK Prime Minister http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher

Emmy Noether (1882-1935), mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Noether

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