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Black women edit‑a‑thon
Black women edit‑a‑thon
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Black women
February 2026

Recently completed:	Women who died: 2025 Alphabet run: Countries starting with A
New this month:	Alphabet run: Countries starting with B Black women Works by Women: Opera, Theatre and Music
Ongoing initiatives:	#1day1woman: 2026 Sports
Upcoming events:	Ideas

Welcome!

In February 2026, Women in Red is once again focusing on Black women in conjunction with Black History Month. In this connection, we welcome the collaborative efforts of WikiProject Black Lives Matter.

We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about Black women, as well as their achievements, writings, organizations, and awards. This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts from around the globe to participate in our initiative. You are of course also welcome to add articles on any other notable women who deserve to be covered, for example under our #1day1woman priority. 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.

This essay on creating women's biographies and our Ten Simple Rules might be helpful to newer editors.

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

These are lists of redlinked articles to be created. A wide variety of redlink lists can be found on our Redlist index. Those relating to Black women are listed below:

African-American women (WD)
Black history (CS)
Black women in Food History (CS)
Black women in the Visual Arts (WD)
Indigenous women (CS)

Biographical dictionaries and encyclopedias

BlackPast (WD)
Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia (CS)
Dictionary of African Biography (WD)
Notable Black American Women (CS) (WD)
Noted Negro Women: Their Triumphs and Activities (CS)
Who's Who among the Colored Baptists of the United States (CS)
Women of Distinction (WD)

There are also individual lists which incorporate Black women from the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. These include:

Angola (WD)
Bahamas (WD)
Barbados (WD)
Benin (WD)
Botswana (WD)
Burkina Faso (WD)
Burundi (WD)
Cameroon (WD)
Central African Republic (WD)
Chad (WD)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (WD)
Djibouti (WD)
Dominica (WD)
Equitorial Guinea (WD)
Eritrea (WD)
Eswatini (WD)
Ethiopia (WD)
Fiji (WD)
Gabon (WD)
Gambia (WD)
Ghana (WD)
Guinea (WD)
Guinea-Bissau (WD)
Haiti (WD)
Ivory Coast (WD)
Jamaica (WD)
Kenya (WD)
Lesotho (WD)
Liberia (WD)
Madagascar (WD)
Malawi (WD)
Mali (WD)
Mozambique (WD)
Namibia (WD)
Niger (WD)
Nigeria (CS) (WD)
Republic of the Congo (WD)
Rwanda (WD)
São Tomé and Príncipe (WD)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (WD)
Saint Lucia (WD)
Senegal (WD)
South Africa (WD)
Tanzania (WD)
Togo (WD)
Uganda (WD)
Zambia (WD)
Zimbabwe (WD)

Participants

Outcomes (articles)

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New or upgraded articles

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Outcomes (media)

Please add this category to the image if you're uploading it to Commons: Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red - 2026

Did You Know features

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:WikiProject Women in Red meetup 362 articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.

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Event resources

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