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    Alphabet run: Q & R edit‑a‑thon
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    September 2025
    Anna Quindlen American author
    Meetup347
    TypeEdit-a-thon
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    ArticlesMeetup 347 articles (85)
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    Alphabet run: Q & R
    September 2025
    Recently completed: Alphabet run: Q & R Women writers & their works Geofocus: Microstates
    New this month: Alphabet run: S & T Women in STEM Halloween
    Ongoing initiatives: Music #1day1woman
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    Welcome!

    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).

    • January 2025 – A & B
    • February 2025 – C & D
    • March 2025 – E & F
    • April 2025 – G & H
    • May 2025 – I & J
    • June 2025 – K & L
    • July 2025 – M & N
    • August 2025 – O & P
    • September 2025 – Q & R
    • October 2025 – S & T
    • November 2025 – U, V, W
    • December 2025 – X, Y & Z

    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)

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    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

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    • 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)
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    Dictionaries with fewer than 20 women to go

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    • 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

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


    Participants

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    Outcomes (articles)

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    Promote our work

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    Key:

    • Add FB after the article if you mention it on Facebook
    • Add PIN after the article if you pin the image on Pinterest
    • Add IG after the article if you post it on Instagram
    • Add LI after the article if you post it on LinkedIn
    • Add Bsky after the article if you post it on Bluesky


    New or upgraded articles

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    • 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
    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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