THC Science

About the event[edit]

Wellcome Library, Imperial College and the Royal Society of Chemistry are joining forces to host a Women in Science Wikithon. Join us to celebrate the women in science that deserve a more prominent place in the online historical record. You'll hear inspirational talks, then develop your digital skills and learn how to edit Wikipedia in order to harness the power of the web to share your knowledge.

Complete beginners and experienced editors are both welcome to attend - we'll provide training for anyone new to editing. If you’ve spotted an article that needs improving, bring along your queries and we’ll see what we can do to help!

How do I prepare?[edit]

Sign up for the event!
Create a Wikipedia account (look at the top right of this page for the link). You don't need to do anything else, but it'll speed things up on the day if you've already signed up for an account.
Learn about editing if you like: see Visual Editor user guide for more information.
Think about what you would like to edit about - you can even prepare some materials to bring with you on the day (to help with verifiability).
Check out the notability guidelines and what topics can be written about on Wikipedia.
Think about whether you have any conflicts of interest.
Take a look at the list of Women Climate Researchers or Wikiproject Women Scientists to help you find a person for whom you'd like to create/improve a page - or search for another scientist to see if their page needs to be added/improved!
Bring along a laptop and enjoy the day!

Participants[edit]

Participating wiki-editors can add their names here...

Articles edited and created[edit]

Useful links[edit]

Here are some useful links to help you with your editing:

All sorts of helpful guides and online resources can be found on the Wellcome Library Wikimedian in Residence Project Page.
You can find out more about the Royal Society of Chemistry on their website and on the Wikipedia page for the society.
You can add pictures for use on Wiki-pages and beyond on Wikimedia Commons. Your Wikipedia account will work on Commons too - as well as all the other Wiki-projects and different language versions of Wikipedia.
If you're interested in joining a community of editors passionate about women in science, take a look at Wikiproject Women Scientists. You can also view useful resources on adding pages for women at Wikiproject Women in Red, plus find links to news articles and view worklists highlighting articles/topics that are the current focus of improvement.

Here are some ways to keep track of your edits:

You can view all your contributions to Wikipedia by clicking "Contributions" (in the top right of this page).
The Pageviews tool is a great way of measuring how many people are looking at the page you created/edited. You can even export the data if you'd like it for reports, etc.

Pages to create/improve[edit]

Fellows & Honourary Fellows of the RSC[edit]

As Claire mentioned in her talk, there's lots of information on people's scientific research that should be included in women's Wikipedia pages (e.g. Princess Chulabhorn), but isn't yet! You can find a list of Honourary Fellows here and there's a list of Fellows here.

Climate change researchers[edit]

There is a list of women working in the field of climate change - any name with a little external link square beside it probably indicates a person who doesn't have a Wikipedia page yet!

"Fearless Pioneers"[edit]

Surprisingly, the pages for a number of the women in Rachel Ignotofsky's excellent book Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers who Changed the World are quite sparse. It would be great if some of these could be improved to help those looking for more information after reading:

Women chemists past and present[edit]

This table contains notable women chemists from history (mostly found in the Chemistry Was Their Life book if you need a source to get you started!) and from the present day (most of whom are winners of big prizes or Fellows of societies, for whom you can find university websites and news stories about their award/fellowship).

Historic or modern?	Name	Field	Keywords	Notability
M	Carol V. Robinson	Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry	Oxford, Cambridge, proteins	First woman appointed chemistry professor at the University of Oxford. Page exists but very brief on her actual work.
H	Draft:Isabel Hadfield	Analytical chemistry	WWI, NPL, Aeronautics Microchemicals	Development of microanalytical measurements
H	Draft:Emily Lloyd (chemist)	Analytical chemistry	Aberystwyth, education, University of Birmingham	First woman associate at the Royal Institute of Chemistry
H	Draft:Margaret Seward	Chemical reactions	Natural Science, Somerville, nutrition	First Oxford woman student to be entered for honour school of Mathematics, founding lecturer of Royal Holloway College, MBE
H	Draft:Cecilie French	Magnetochemistry	UCL, ICI, Bedford College, Queen Mary College	Senior Lecturer at QMC, extensive research into electrochemistry of nonaqueous solvents, synthesised novel boron compounds, Invited to give the Marie Curie Lecture at Penn. State.
H	Draft:Mary Corner	Microanalysis	Fabric (cotton & leather) industry research	Head of the Microanalytical Section of the Chemical Research Laboratory
H	Martha Annie Whiteley	Research chemistry	Editor of the Dictionary of Applied Chemistry (3rd Edition), mustard gas	President of the Imperial College Women Students' Association, OBE
H	Frances Micklethwait	Research chemistry	Mustard gas, Boots, Principal at Swanley Horticultural College	Prolific author of chemistry publications, MBE
H	Sibyl Widdows	Chemistry education	Education, Royal Holloway College	Head of the Chemistry Department at London School of Medicine for Women
H	Draft:May Badger	Inorganic analysis	Glass, pottery and coal	Head of the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratories at the University of Manchester
H	May Sybil Leslie	Industrial chemistry	Nitric acid, explosives, A Textbook of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Leeds	Author of key text on kinetics of the iodination of acetone, Chemist in Charge of Laboratory at His Majesty's Factory in Litherland
H	Evelyn Hickmans	Blood chemistry	Phenylketonuria, Horst Bickel, University of Birmingham, University of Toronto	Awarded the John Scott Medal, Head of Children's Diseases Department in the Children's Hospital, Birmingham.
H	Clara Millicent Taylor	Organic chemistry	β-eucaine, University of Bristol	One of the first women admitted to the Chemical Society, Head of Science at Cheltenham Ladies' College
H	Delia Simpson	Spectroscopy	Cambridge Chemistry Laboratories, energy fuels, fluorescence and infrared.	Director of Studies in Natural Sciences, Newnham
H	Draft:Soshelia Ram	Analytical chemistry	Lady Hardinge Medical College for Women, University of Delhi, University of Cambridge	Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry
H	Rosemary Murray			Already quite a full page, but needs some citations, etc.
H	Catherine Steele	Biochemistry		Page exists though very short, might be tricky to find information to expand it.
H	Ishbel Campbell	Organometallic compounds	University of Southampton, chemical warfare, St Andrews University	One of the first women to receive a Commonwealth Fellowship, key figure in organometallic compounds of groups V and VI with numerous publications.
H	Christina Miller	Analytical chemistry	Diffusion, Carnegie Research Fellowship, tetraphosphorus hexaoxide.	Key studies in phosphorous and luminescence, Keith Prize from the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Director of the Inorganic Laboratory at the University of Edinburgh
H	Elizabeth Kempson	Biochemistry	University of Edinburgh, carbohydrates, polysaccharide chemistry,	Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, issue of Carbohydrate Research journal dedicated to her
H	Ruth Pirret	Radiochemistry	Ellen Gleditsch, Frederick Soddy, University of Manchester, metal corrosion	First woman graduate in Science from the University of Glasgow, discovery of uranium isotopes
H	Draft:Mary Andross	Food chemistry	Nutritional value of food, vitamin C, Society for Chemical Industry	Fellow of the Institute of Food Science Technology, creator of first courses for training dieticians
H	Edith Willcock	Food chemistry	Iodoform, radiation, tryptophan (& Frederick Gowland Hopkins)	First studies to show the damaging effects of exposure to radioactive elements, work on vitamins, popular author
H	Muriel Wheldale Onslow	Biochemistry	Pigments, plant breeding, genetics, artist, University of Cambridge	Landmark work on pigmentation and genetics, one of the first three women elected to the Biochemical Club, Fellowship from the British Federation of University Women
H	Rose Scott-Moncrieff	Biochemistry		Page exists but is quite short considering her achievements
H	Dorothy Jordan Lloyd	Biochemistry		Page exists but no references really, and no infobox
H	Polly Porter	Crystallography	Mentor to Dorothy Hodgkin, National Museum in Washington DC, Oxford Museum & University of Oxford, X-ray crystallography, The Barker Index of Crystals.	Member of Council of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain, authored classic work, published some of earliest work on x-ray crystallography
H	Ellie Knaggs	Crystallography	University of Cambridge, Imperial College, Royal Institution, Burroughs Wellcome.	Hertha Ayrton Fellowship, determined crystal structures such as that of cyanuric triazide, elected Visitor to the Royal Institution
H	Agnes Pockels	Physical chemistry	Surface science	Page exists but more could be added from Women in Chemistry
H	Dorothy Cayley	Mycology	Tulips,	Page exists but rather brief.
H	Draft:Caroline Pellew	Genetics	Flower colour, peas, chromosome theory, William Bateson, Genetical Society	Extensive work on the genetics of peas and primula, "right hand man" to Bateson, first Secretary of the Genetical Society
H	Muriel Bristol	Mycology	Algae, tea,	Involvement in pioneering statistical work
M	Margaret Buckingham	Developmental biology	Muscles, genetics, Pasteur Institute	ForMemRS
H	Charlotte Kipling	Biology	Fish, University of Cambridge, computing	Fellow of the Statistical Society
H	Patricia H. Clarke	Biochemistry	The Rising Tide, microbiology, UCL, bacteria	FRS
H	Bella MacCallum	Botany	Wetlands, fungi, New Zealand (see Ladies in the Laboratory III)	Fellow of the Linnean Society
H	Elizabeth Lomax	Botany	Botanical Exchange Club, Torquay, collecting	Herbarium donated to Manchester
H	Elsie M. Burrows	Botany	Phycology, Liverpool University, macroalgae	Page exists but needs information on the importance of her work
H	Ethel Sargant	Cytology and morphology	Synaptic phase, triple fusion, Royal Society	President of the Botanical Section of the British Association. Page exists but not many details of her work, no infobox.
H	Frances Adams Le Sueur	Botany and conservation	Jersey, flowers, source, source.	Page exists but much more could be added from sources and especially from International Women in Science (see Google books)
M	Judith Howard	Structural chemistry	X-ray crystallography, five-star department head,	Page exists but very brief and no explanation of her work
M	Ann Tsukamoto	Stem cell research	Blood systems, cancer	Co-patentee of a process to isolate the human stem cell. Recognised by BBC100 Women.
H	Una Ledingham	Biology	Diabetes, pregnancy,	Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
M	Anne Walton (chemist)	Inorganic chemistry		CChem, FRSC
M	Madeline Jacobs	Science communication		CEO of the Council of Scientific Society Presidents, former CEO of the American Chemical Society
M	Suze Kundu	Nanochemistry		MRSC
M	Ifat Shah	Biochemistry		MRSC
M	Motaza Khater	Analytical chemistry		Founder of the Federation of African Societies of Chemistry, FRSC
M	Eleanor Schofield	Materials science		Conservation manager for the Mary Rose
M	Denise Conner	Analytical chemistry	Plastic pigments, LGBT campaigner	Founder of Out in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (oSTEM)
M	Lorelly Wilson	Science education		CSci, CChem, FRSC, founder of Chemistry with Cabbage
M	Hala Sultan Saif Al-Easa	Organic chemistry	Photochemistry, medicinal plants, Qatar University	Head of Chemistry at Qatar University, President of Qatar Chemical Society
M	Mary Garson	Biochemist		Page exists but no infobox
M	Reiko Kuroda	Materials chemistry	L’Oréal–UNESCO prizewinner 2013, stereochemistry, chirality	Page exists but very brief
M	Zanariah Binti Abdullah	Organic chemistry	University of Malaya, Queen Mary University, outreach	FRSC
M	Sylvia Anie	Healthcare and chemistry	Commonwealth Secretariat, HIV and AIDS	CSci, CChem, FRSC
M	Geetha Srinivasan	Physical chemistry	Polymers, petrochemistry, electrochemistry	CSci, CChem, MRSC, L’Oréal-UNESCO award-winner
M	Ellen Kooijman	Microanalysis		Head of the Vegacenter for Microanalysis, inspiration behind the LEGO 'Research Institute'
M	Romeela Mohee	Environmental engineering	University of Mauritius, waste reduction, biochar	FRSC
M	Helen Neville (chemist)	Product research and development	Proctor & Gamble	FRSC, Vice-President of Research and Development at P&G
M	Mah Hussain-Gambles	Pharmacology	Skincare, Sutherland University, University of Leeds, halal	MBE, CChem, MRSC, founder of Saar Pure Skincare
M	Katriona Methven	Cosmetovigilance	L’Oréal, regulation, cosmetics	CChem, MRSC, judge of the L’Oréal-UNESCO awards
M	Sue Gibson (chemist)	Synthesis	Rosalind Franklin Award, Royal Society, OBE, diversity campaigner	Page exists but brief
M	Bernadette Modell	Genetics	Blood, WHO, UCL, University of Cambridge	Wellcome Trust PRF
M	Cathy Price	Neuroscience	Language, MRI, UCL	Wellcome Trust PRF
M	Heidi Johansen-Berg	Neuroscience	Plasticity, rehabilitation, ageing	Wellcome Trust PRF
M	Patricia Simpson	Biology	Insects, evolution	FRS, Wellcome Trust PRF, page exists but stub
M	Linda Wicker	Immunogenetics	Diabetes, genetics	Wellcome Trust PRF
M	Patricia Jacobs	Genetics	Chromosomes, University of Southampton, abnormalities, Klinefelter syndrome	FRS, Wellcome Trust PRF, page exists but relatively short
M	Doreen Cantrell	Immunology		Winner of the 2017 Novartis Medal and Prize, page exists but short
M	Bonnie Wallace	Molecular biophysics		Winner of the 2010 AstraZeneca Award, FRSC, FAAAS, FIOB, FIUPAC
M	Helen Walden	Biochemistry		Winner of the 2015 Colworth Medal,
M	Wendy Bickmore			FRS
M	Yvonne Jones			FRS, page exists but stub
M	Anne Neville (engineer)			FRS, page exists but nothing on her work
M	Josephine Pemberton			FRS, page exists but not much on her work
M	Sarah (Sally) Price			FRS, page exists but nothing on her work
M	Susanne von Caemmerer			FRS, page needs infobox
M	Kate Storey (biologist)	Cell biologist	Neural cells, University of Dundee	Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
M	Susan Michie	Psychologist	Health psychology, King's College	FMedSci, page exists but needs citations and infoxbox
M	Giovanna Mallucci	Neuroscientist	Toxicology, neuroscience, University of Cambridge	FMedSci, page exists but is tiny
M	Tracy Hussell	Immunologist		FMedSci
M	Jane Apperley	Haematologist		FMedSci
M	Dorothy C Bennett	Geneticist		FMedSci
M	Anne Bertolotti	Neurobiologist		FMedSci, 2018 winner of the GlaxoSmithKline Award
M	Azra Ghani	Epidemiologist		FMedSci
M	Linda Greensmith	Neurologist		FMedSci
M	Alison Holmes	Microbiologist		FMedSci
M	Jill Pell	Epidemiologist		FMedSci
M	Rhian Touyz	Cardiologist		FMedSci, page exists but no infobox
M	Christine J. Watson	Pathologist		FMedSci, might be harder to source though
M	Margaret Whitehead	Public health adviser		DBE, FMedSci, page exists but brief and no infobox
M	Sheila Hollins, Baroness Hollins	Psychiatrist	learning disabilities	Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry of Disability, St George’s, University of London. Page exists, no infobox
M	Gill McGauley	Forensic Psychiatrist		Professor of Forensic Psychotherapy and Medical Education at St George’s, University of London (until her death in July 2016). She was also a Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic Psychotherapy. (no page)
M	Pippa Oakeshott	General Practice		Professor of General Practice at St George’s, University of London. Also a practising GP in Lambeth, London. (no page)
M	Emma Baker (Professor)	Clinical Pharmacology & General Medicine		Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at St George's, University of London and Consultant Physician in Clinical Pharmacology and General Medicine at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. (no page)