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The Russian women's national ice hockey team represents Russia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's...

Yaa Asantewaa I (born October 17, 1840 – October 17, 1921) was the Queen Mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire, now part of modern-day Ghana. She was appointed...

Marina Massironi (born 16 May 1963) is an Italian actress, voice actress, and comedian. A theatre actress since 1984, she appeared in more than twenty...

Tokyo Fiancée (French: Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam "Neither Eve nor Adam") is an autobiographical novel by the Belgian writer Amélie Nothomb. It appeared on 20...

Biagota (born c. 920) was probably the wife of duke Boleslaus I of Bohemia. Michal Lutovský writes in his book Bratrovrah a tvůrce státu (Fratricide and...

Edward Ka-yin Chow (Chinese: 周嘉賢; Jyutping: zau1 gaa1 jin4; born September 3, 1987, in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong figure skater. He is the 2003, 2005, and...

Avis Favaro (born February, 1960) is Canada's longest serving on air medical correspondent – now with CTV National News since 1992. She has won numerous...

In 1967, Iran adopted a set of progressive family laws, the Family Protection Act, which granted women family rights; these were expanded in the Family...

The Canadian Sport Parachuting Association (CSPA), through affiliation with the Aero Club of Canada (ACC), is Canada's representative to the Fédération...

Susan Deer Cloud (born October 20, 1950) is an American writer of poetry, fiction, and creative essays. Previously she had work published under a former...

David K. Hildebrand is a freelance performer, lecturer, recording artist, and longtime partner of Ginger Hildebrand (since 1980); he is an adjunct instructor...

Elizabeth Searle is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright and screenwriter. She is the author of five books of fiction and a rock opera...

Flora Bramley (24 September 1904 – 23 June 1993) was an American-based British actress and comedian. Born in London, Bramley started out on stage in musical...

Chana Blanksztejn (floruit 1920s) was a Polish-Jewish writer and journalist, predominantly active in Vilna (now Vilnius, Lithuania). Noted for her significant...

Stefan Beuse (Münster, 31 January 1967) is a German writer. After Abitur, he worked for several publications like Die Zeit or Die Welt. He has won several...

Ngayap (English: "wing") is a traditional courting practice that was historically observed within the Iban community of Borneo. This custom involves male...