Friday, June 29, 2007

 

Maria Spiropulu

Submitted by Rader in Wisconsin:

Maria Spiropulu (1970 - ) experimental physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Spiropulu

# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 10:20 AM 0 Comments

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

# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 9:10 AM 0 Comments

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

# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 7:04 AM 0 Comments
 

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

Submitted by: Marcelo from Brazil

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

# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 6:55 AM 0 Comments

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.

# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 7:30 AM 17 Comments
 

Barbarella


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

Barbarella (1968- ), Queen of the Galaxy


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



# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 6:15 AM 0 Comments
 

Siouxsie Sioux

Submitted by: Nick Hobson

Siouxsie Sioux (1957- ), punk rock musician

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

# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 6:12 AM 0 Comments

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


# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 7:08 AM 0 Comments
 

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

# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 7:06 AM 0 Comments

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

# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 9:49 AM 0 Comments
 

Lise Meitner

Submitted by: Shirley Ackerman

Lise Meitner (1878-1968), atomic physicist

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


# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 9:49 AM 0 Comments

Saturday, June 23, 2007

 

Cleopatra

Submitted by Sanja Smith:

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

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



# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 4:27 PM 0 Comments
 

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

# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 5:56 AM 0 Comments
 

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


# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 5:52 AM 1 Comments

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

# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 1:16 PM 0 Comments
 

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

# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 1:12 PM 0 Comments
 

Elisabeth Kuebler-Ross

Submitted by Karin:

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

# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 1:12 PM 0 Comments

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

# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 10:02 AM 0 Comments
 

Countess Elizabeth Bathory

From Zarja McCarthy:

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

# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 9:52 AM 0 Comments
 

Janna Levin

From Martin G:

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


# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 9:49 AM 0 Comments
 

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


# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 9:36 AM 0 Comments
 

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

# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 7:25 AM 0 Comments
 

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

# posted by Cliff Pickover @ 7:07 AM 0 Comments

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