She noticed many women in STEM were overlooked. So she's written more than 1,700 Wikipedia pages about diverse pioneers.
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Throughout history, female scientists, engineers and mathematicians have changed the world. But while their accomplishments have been massive, their names and their stories have rarely been publicized. Physicist Jess Wade wanted to share the stories of great STEM pioneers who may be overlooked – and she came up with a unique way to do that: writing Wikipedia pages.
Wade told CBS News that while the number of women in STEM is small in comparison to men, she's always had role models in the field, including her mom, a physician.
"Whilst the number of women professors in a physics department is quite small, you're really aware and you're really inspired by the ones you get to interact with," said Wade, a research fellow at Imperial College London. "So certainly, being surrounded by and inspired by women was really important to me discovering who I am as a scientist."
