Know My Name in 2025
In 2019, just 18 percent of biographies on Wikipedia were about women and, after years of work in late 2024 the milestone of 20% was reached. When it comes to female artists and creators, that number was even lower.
The Know My Name Partnership
To help to try and address this Wikimedia Australia partnered with the National Gallery of Australia in 2020 as part of its Know My Name gender equity campaign, to enhance the understanding and appreciation of work by Australian women artists.
This partnership has seen us host a number of edit-a-thons each year in March, in line with International Women’s Day as well as travelling regionally to run edit-a-thons at the locations the Know My Name exhibition is visiting.
This has seen remarkable success with all the women represented in this exhibition now having coverage on Wikimedia platforms.
What's been happening in 2025?
The most recent event in this series of edit-a-thon was held recently on 15 March 2025 at the National Gallery of Australia Research Library where the staff were great hosts doing so much to prepare us for success on the day. 15 editors, many of whom were new, got together and were able to add numerous more women to Wikipedia, and their impact continues to grow. You can see their contributions on the dashboard here.
Ann Dangar & Ethel Carrick
This edit-a-thon was specifically related to Anne Dangar and Ethel Carrick, and female artists associated with them. The National Gallery is currently hosting an exhibition relating to them as a part of the Know My Name project.
Dangar and Carrick were extraordinary artists. Please take the time to look at their pages on Wikipedia:
Thanks in particular go to:
Ellen Newton, (not shown in photo) for compiling the list of women artists associated with Dangar and Carrick from the Dangar archives, and doing the initial research to ensure they were notable artists.
Linda Pascal, for her help in preparing for the event including significant work on the list of women artists and preparing research materials, including files and resources from the National Gallery of Australia Research Library for us to use.
Saskia Scott, the National Gallery’s Public Programs Convenor who made this all possible and offered her significant expertise on the day.
Simon Underschultz, the brilliant archivist at the National Gallery of Australia Research Library for sharing his knowledge with us and also helping prepare resources for the day.
We look forward to many more events in the future.