On a whim, Jess Wade typed out her first Wikipedia page five years ago. It was a biography of Kim Cobb, an American climatologist who — despite earning several scientific accolades — had never been written about on the popular online encyclopedia.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
She’s made 1,750 Wikipedia bios for female scientists who haven’t gotten their due
‘Not only do we not have enough women in science, but we aren’t doing enough to celebrate the ones we have,’ said physicist Jess Wade.
By Sydney Page
October 17, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT