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Voices: The problem with Wikipedia? There aren’t enough women on it
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEngland’s success at the Women’s Euros is a bit undermined by the fact only 6.5 per cent of...
She's made 1,750 Wikipedia bios for female scientists who haven't gotten their due
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn a whim, Jess Wade typed out her first Wikipedia page five years ago. It was a biography of Kim...
Jessica Wade Makes Wikipedia bios For Unknown Women Scientists
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Jessica Wade was invited to Buckingham Palace to receive the prestigious British Empire Medal,...
Is Wikipedia a good source? 2 college librarians explain when to use the online encyclopedia – and...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSome professors now assign Wikipedia editing as an alternative to the traditional research paper....
Meet The Utah Councilor Who Thinks 'A Baby Is Not Part Of The Body Of A Woman'
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStop me if you’ve heard this one before: A politician seemingly lacking in basic science literacy is...
What a Mughal Princess Can Teach Us About Feminist History
Time via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe cover art for Vagabond Princess by Ruby Lal; Gulbadan Begum smoking on a terrace Credit -...
Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary, a Victorian era crowdsourcing project
Salon via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAntiquarian copies of The New English Dictionary Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images Images...
Alan Turing – A Musical Biography: this tribute to a national hero fails to compute
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe history of musical theatre is littered with unlikely subjects for shows – and to that list we...
Opinion: A woman who composed the first draft of history finds herself written out of the history...
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoProminent institutions, such as the Smithsonian, have historically erased or omitted US women from...
9 Iconic Fictional Characters You Didn't Know Were Based on Real People
MediaFeed via AOL· 2 months agoYou'd be surprised how many of our favorite fictional characters have real-life counterparts. Here...