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A room of one’s own on Wikipedia: The editors who have been doing justice to women on the internet for over a decade

20 April 2026 at 13:42
Marisa González edits an entry on Wikipedia.

A group of editors meets every Tuesday — computer in hand — to correct a blind spot of digital knowledge: the absence and bias with which the history of women is told on Wikipedia, the platform co-founded 25 years ago by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, in an internet age that today seems remote.

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Carmen Galdón, PhD in Social Sciences and founder of Cuarto Propio on Wikipedia.

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Some of the collective: Carmen Galdón, Gema Mañogil, Mónica Fernández, Florencia Claes, Consuelo Fernández, Marisa González, Carmen Díez.

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Cuarto Propio en Wikipedia includes other contributors online.

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Mónica Fernández (left), a sociologist, and Florencia Claes, who holds a PhD in communication and is a professor at Rey Juan Carlos University.
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