This College Student Is Writing Women Back into the History of Science

Emily Temple-Wood has written approximately one Wikipedia article every ten days since she was 12 years old, totaling around 330. The work of the 21-year-old undergraduate, studying molecular biology at Loyola University of Chicago, unabashedly exposes sexism—and in the process, has exposed her to some of it. Temple-Wood’s output has made her the target of Internet trolls: Emboldened by anonymity, they deluge her inbox with cruel emails about her body, intelligence, and sexual decision-making.

Until recently, Temple-Wood simply ignored them. When their numbers jumped recently (she receives dozens a week), she finally responded: For every harassing email she receives, she has pledged to immortalize another female scientist