Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/347

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From January to December 2025, Women in Red is embarking on our third collective "alphabet run", where editors work consecutively through the letters of the English alphabet. The August letters are Q and R, and can be applied to any given name, middle name, or surname of a subject, e.g. Rosita Quintana (both names), Rae Frances (first name), Gladys Ruth Gibson (middle name) or Marian Quartly (last name).

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September 2025
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Welcome!

Again this year we have lists of the most frequently redlisted women. Based on database searches, these are listed under the first name in the article title. As the searches take account of women's given names, you will discover quite a number that are inappropriate, for example, Randy and Robin which are also used for men and also names of geographical features. If you write a biography from these lists, please mention "most frequent" when you add it as a New or upgraded article.

We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about notable women.

This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts wherever you may be to participate in our initiative. Contributors are, of course, also welcome to add articles on any other women who deserve to be covered, under our year-long initiative Music, other topics of the month or our comprehensive #1day1woman event.

The main goals of the event are:

  • to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies of prominent women
  • to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works
  • to promote the new and improved articles and images through social media

What else?

  • Below, you'll see a section where you can list the articles you created this month and another section where you can add the images you have uploaded to Commons.
  • If you share any of the articles or images on social media, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.
Thank you!

Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created)

A wide variety of redlink lists can be found on our Redlist index. Any of these lists can be used to find subjects who may have a first, middle or last name, beginning with Q or R. Editors can click the column header to rearrange names into alphabetical order.

There are a wide variety of dictionaries and other reference works available, some that editors might consider are:

Wikidata generated lists

  • American National Biography (WD)
  • Australian Dictionary of Biography (WD)
  • Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women (WD)
  • Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon (WD)
  • Dictionary of Canadian Biography (WD)
  • Dictionary of Welsh Biography (WD)
  • Glimpses into Pacific Lives: Some Outstanding Women (CS)
  • Native American Women (WD)
  • Notable American Women, 1607–1950 (WD)
  • Notable Women of Hawaii (WD)
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (WD)

Dictionaries with fewer than 20 women to go

  • Who's Who among the Colored Baptists of the United States (CS) – 4
  • Dictionary of Ulster Biography (WD) – 3
  • Dictionary of Irish Biography (WD) – 2 (more not on wikidata!)
  • Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers (WD) – 5
  • Western Canadian women (CS) – 7
  • Dictionary of African Biography (WD) – 2
  • Onze Musici (WD) – 11
  • Biographical Dictionary of Spanish Socialism (WD) – 16
  • Latin America in the Communist International (WD) – 11
  • American Women Historians (WD) – 3
  • Biographical Dictionary of Iowa (WD) – 8


Most frequently redlisted women

The lists below cover the first names of women beginning with Q or R:


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  • Add Bsky after the article if you post it on Bluesky


New or upgraded articles

  • Most recent on top, please, specifying upgraded if not new and biographical dictionary, if used:
  1. United States Rhona Charbonneau
  2. Sweden Aurora von Qvanten (also 348)
  3. Malawi Roseby Dinala
  4. Norway Rebecca Wexelsen
  5. Norway Rebecca Kjelland
  6. Australia Bertha Rees
  7. Venezuela Rhoda Torres
  8. United States Ruth Young (labor union official)
  9. United Kingdom Lynsey Quy
  10. Italy Isabella Quaranta
  11. India Jayaprada Ramamurthy (also 326, 346 and 348)
  12. NorwayIraq Isabel Raad
  13. The Gambia Rohey John Manjang (also 327)
  14. Palau Hermana Ramarui (also 327, 348, 349)
  15. United States Rebecca Weintraub - proposed for undeletion and added sources
  16. BelgiumUnited States Marian H. Rose
  17. United States Rosabel Morrison
  18. Norway Anniken Refseth
  19. United States Louise W. Rauh
  20. Norway Ruth Mariann Hop
  21. United States Ruth Schnapp - destubbed (also 327)
  22. India C. K. Revathi Amma (also 348)
  23. United States Rose Wood
  24. Uzbekistan Munisa Rizayeva (also 326)
  25. China Qi Xinyu
  26. United States Margaret Romaine
  27. United States Edith Rubel
  28. United States Sara Bulkley Rogers
  29. United States Rachel Cohen (also 348)
  30. BelgiumUnited States Marie Roemaet Rosanoff
  31. Malawi Ruth Chinangwa
  32. United States Mary Atherton Richards
  33. United Kingdom Rachel Butler
  34. Australia Rosa Lewis (actress)
  35. United StatesRoberta Yerkes Blanshard
  36. Belarus Lyubov Radchenko (also 348)
  37. United States Roberta G. Simmons (also 348)
  38. United States Pauline Root
  39. United Kingdom Eve Robson
  40. United States Mary Kring Risley
  41. India Rema Menon (also 348)
  42. Brazil Rebeca Santos
  43. Norway Ragnhild Bergheim
  44. Norway Rachel Nordtømme
  45. Malawi Rosemary Mkandawire
  46. United Kingdom India Maud Stepney Rawson
  47. United States Millicent Barton Rex
  48. Mexico Bibiana Quintos
  49. United States Rita J. Simon (also 348)
  50. United States Edna Richolson Sollitt
  51. Colombia Fabiola Rueda exp
  52. United States Corinne Rider-Kelsey
  53. Malaysia Lee Jia Rong
  54. United States Ruth Hughey (also 348)
  55. Spain Pilar Calvo Rodero
  56. United States Roberta T. Manning (also 348)
  57. United States Neira Riegger
  58. Spain Matilde Calvo Rodero
  59. United States Ninon Romaine
  60. New Caledonia Raymonde Jore
  61. United States Ruth Helen Davis
  62. United States Ruth Crawford Mitchell add img, infobox
  63. United States Ruth A. McIntyre (also 348)
  64. United States Ruth Breton
  65. Belize Thea Garcia-Ramirez (also 327, 349)
  66. New Caledonia Raymonde Rolly
  67. United StatesFrance Rosette C. Lamont (also 348)
  68. Saint Lucia Jessica St. Rose
  69. United States Ruth Bingaman
  70. Seychelles Geva René (also 349)
  71. Palau Villaney Remengesau (also 349)
  72. United StatesSpanish Empire Quixotic Desire (also 348)
  73. São Tomé and Príncipe Roselyn Silva (also 327, 349)
  74. United States Ruby Cutter Savage
  75. United StatesSpanish Empire Rapture Encaged (also 348)
  76. United States Nancy Reagan Foster
  77. United States Roma Rudd Turkel
  78. United Kingdom Gladys Roberts (also 327)
  79. United States Ruth El Saffar (also 348)
  80. United States Reeva Greenwood
  81. India Gauri Rani Banerjee (also 327) Encyclopedia of Social Work
  82. United States Rona Goffen (also 348)
  83. United Kingdom Fiona Rayment
  84. Malta Roberta Bajada (also 348 & 349)
  85. United States Reba Paeff Mirsky (also 326 and 348)
  86. United States Rebecca Wiswell
  87. Argentina Marcela Rizzotto
  88. Ecuador Rosa Torres
  89. NorwayUnited States Ragna Linne
  90. United States Rachel Morton Harris
  91. Pakistan Hima Raza

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