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... that the pianist Alide Topp(pictured) once responded to claims that women lacked the "biceps of a man" for great music by stating she broke her pianos as well as any man? (2026-03-19)
... that Caroline Jones wore different charity clothes every day in 2015 after her mother died? (2026-03-17)
... that the head of one piano department called Lucie Stern "the rarest talent of any child I ever heard"? (2026-03-16)
... that after divorcing her husband, Winifred Lewellin James was required to report to a police station each time she went more than 5 miles (8 km) from her home? (2026-03-15)
... that Annie Stainer "would appear to fly, by delicately and continuously undulating her arms as if they were remarkable wings" during her solo shows? (2026-03-15)
... that Valerie Pitt campaigned for the ordination of women by the Church of England for 25 years before wondering why any woman would want to be a priest? (2026-03-08)
... that Carla Williams got into self-portraits in part due the to the poor representation of Black women in her photography history class? (2026-03-08)
... that the Holocaust survivor Joan Salter returned from America to parents she could not remember? (2026-03-06)
... that a teacher was fired for reading Dawn McMillan's book I Need a New Butt! to his second-grade class? (2026-03-04)
... that British academic Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason quit her job to raise seven children and encouraged them to become musicians? (2026-03-03)
... that in 2025, Liz Pelly published the book Mood Machine, a critical examination of Spotify including the platform's promotion of fake artists? (2026-03-02)
... that, in Agnes Borinsky's queer interpretation of the Bible's Song of Songs, audience members placed offerings on a "shrine to the dead"? (2026-03-02)
... that Mary Theresa Vidal began her writing career with a collection of Christian moral tales intended to educate convicts and servants? (2026-03-01)
... that Thandiwe Abdullah created Black Lives Matter in Schools when she was 15 to help promote racial justice? (2026-02-27)
... that orphaned Eliza Showell was sent to Nova Scotia from a British children's home and placed in indentured service? (2026-02-20)
... that a thesis by Amelia Frank was cited by her doctoral advisor in his Nobel Prize speech more than forty years after her death? (2026-02-20)
... that Jacqueline Wilson said she quickly wrote her 101st book due to previously saying that she would die after publishing her 100th novel? (2026-02-18)
... that Argelia Laya went from being a teacher to a communist guerrilla fighter? (2026-02-17)
... that Dawn Hope's first episode on Hollyoaks featured an entirely Black cast? (2026-02-15)
... that Liu Shasha didn't own a mobile phone because it might take away from her learning billiards? (2026-02-14)
... that voice actor Rena Motomura prepared for an audition by practicing a single challenging line a hundred times a day? (2026-02-13)
... that VTuber Sakamata Chloe used crowdsourcing for Christmas tree decorations? (2026-02-12)
... that Variety once called Trisha Ziff a "photographer's photographer"? (2026-02-09)
... that in 2002, Sarah Baxendale broke the Guinness World Record for the longest kiss featured on screen? (2026-02-07)
... that zoologist Evelyn Shaw also worked in the catering industry alongside her husband? (2026-02-06)
... that Gerta Hüttl-Folter became interested in Russian culture after staying with Maria Razumovsky's family while homeless? (2026-02-05)
... that Allison Lanier traveled between New York and Los Angeles to film for her regular role on The Young and the Restless? (2026-02-03)
... that Anahit Ananyan was credited with starting Armenia's tomato heritage? (2026-02-02)
... that Emily Sutton illustrated an abridged children's edition of Shakespeare's First Folio with "red-cheeked gentlemen, sword-wielding warriors and ladies in striking attire"? (2026-01-31)
... that philanthropist Dorothy Spotswood watered the concrete foundation for a new children's hospital? (2026-01-30)
... that Patricia Allan had an abuser's name removed from the New Zealand Prayer Book? (2026-01-28)
... that judge Coral Shaw announced her second retirement live on radio? (2026-01-24)
... that Amy Cudden was credited as "Daniel Radcliffe's mum" on Am I Being Unreasonable? due to apparently looking like Harry Potter? (2026-01-24)
... that Jan Ziff once wore a "World Tour" shirt showing every country United States Secretary of State James Baker had visited? (2026-01-23)
... that Bernice Tongate was the model for one of the most well-known recruiting posters (pictured) for the American military during World War I? (2026-01-23)
... that Christl-Marie Schultes resumed flying six months after losing her left leg in a plane crash? (2026-01-21)
... that Paulina Tamayo, despite releasing fifteen albums, preferred direct contact with the public to a prolific discography? (2026-01-20)
... that soprano Sherry Zannoth was the assistant to the director of the Mystery Writers of America when not working as an international opera star? (2026-01-10)
... that Helen Essary said Thomas E. Dewey's mustache made him look less like a plausible president of the United States? (2026-01-09)
... that painter Emily Powell used her synaesthesia to portray British prime minister Keir Starmer as a potted plant? (2026-01-06)
... that Katsuko Kanai reconsidered her plans to retire after her song "Tanin no Kankei" became a hit? (2026-01-03)
... that electrical engineer Emilija Soklič lived to see a mixing console she built become a museum piece? (2026-01-02)
... that the buttocks of the fictional character Elastigirl inspired various memes, GIFs, and YouTube videos in 2018? (2026-01-01)
... that Mary "May" McGee's successful legal action against the Irish government for restricting her access to contraceptives led to an eventual liberalization of the country's laws on birth control? (2025-12-26)
... that Madeleine Tchicaya declined the president of Ivory Coast's offer to run for a second term in the National Assembly, as she was reportedly "bored to death"? (2025-11-21)
... that several journalists have attributed the suicide of Lia Smith to anti-transgender policies? (2025-11-20)
... that Masoud El Amaratly, one of Iraq's most popular folk singers in the 1920s (recording featured), was a mustarjil? (2025-11-20)
... that Bijal P. Trivedi wrote on how cystic fibrosis went from being a "death sentence" for children to becoming a treatable condition due to new drugs that brought "weeping with joy"? (2025-11-14)
... that the children's music singer Damaris Gelabert was the first Catalan music channel on YouTube to win a Silver Button? (2025-11-05)
... that, after proclaiming it was her duty as a revolutionary never to be "tied down by a family", Lyubov Radchenko got married and had a child? (2025-11-04)
... that Tish Weinstock got married over the Halloween weekend in 2022 at a castle wearing a wedding dress made from antique lace styled after Morticia Addams? (2025-10-31)
... that police forced Eva Coo and her accomplice to reenact a killing at the crime scene using the victim's exhumed body? (2025-10-31)
... that in 1973 Carme Travesset became the first woman in Andorra to hold elected office? (2025-10-30)
... that The New York Times once said that Reba Paeff Mirsky sounded like she had "two right hands and two left hands"? (2025-10-29)
... that Barbara Buczek intentionally composed music so intricate that it was nearly impossible to realise all of its details? (2025-10-25)
... that soprano Sarah Fischer(pictured) sang excerpts from the title role in Carmen for the very first televised BBC broadcast of opera music? (2025-10-22)
... that women's rights activist Shreen Saroor(pictured) was sent to a Catholic convent for her education after her mother became concerned with her tomboy-like behavior? (2025-10-14)
... that Sarah Kraning perceives sound as color, texture, and movement? (2025-10-13)
... that Diane Orr and C. Larry Roberts were once said to "epitomize the regional, independent filmmaker"? (2025-10-12)
... that Christophe de Menil had "a long history of supporting 'difficult' art projects", according to The New York Times? (2025-10-11)
... that Carolina Contreras founded one of the first all-natural hair salons in the Dominican Republic? (2025-10-11)
... that Barbara Wilk once hand-painted two thousand frames for her animated film? (2025-10-08)
... that Zinaida Nevzorova entered into a marriage of convenience with Gleb Krzhizhanovsky to keep their activist group together, but they later developed a genuine romantic relationship? (2025-10-04)
... that Anne Bayley's clinical research in Zambia showed that, contrary to widespread opinion in the early 1980s, HIV could be spread through heterosexual sex? (2025-10-02)
... that Marianne Angermann earned a doctorate in chemistry in 1928 at a time when few women pursued higher education in Germany? (2025-10-01)
... that musical theatre actress Josephine Hall(pictured) became famous for performing a song that she purposefully sang high and off-key? (2025-10-01)
... that some Japanese sex workers after World War II organised their own self-defence groups? (2025-09-29)
... that Mar-a-Lago face is a plastic surgery trend popular in Donald Trump's entourage? (2025-09-29)
... that Pamela Nicholson left her political party as she did not support her party's choice of a by-election candidate? (2025-09-28)
... that opera singer Olga Olgina used the same stage name as her mother? (2025-09-23)
... that Hitomi Tohyama, who was raised primarily in an English-speaking environment, did not learn Japanese until she began performing professionally in Japan? (2025-09-21)
... that German social media personality Maya Leinenbach became vegan after completing a school project on the influence of nutrition and consumption on the environment? (2025-09-20)
... that Nancy Sullivan and ten other activists were sued by the Papua New Guinean government as retribution for opposing the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone? (2025-09-16)
... that operetta soprano Hilda Clark appeared in a print ad (example pictured) as the "first [Coca-Cola] ambassador"? (2025-09-14)
... that singer Shiyui got her stage name from a Buddhist statue in Kyoto? (2025-09-11)
... that actress Ashling O'Shea found joining the cast of Hollyoaks "surreal" as she had grown up watching the soap opera? (2025-09-09)
... that Kathleen Romoli became an anthropologist after witnessing the exploitation of natural resources while promoting a mining company? (2025-08-26)
... that Dercy Furtado advocated for the rights of Brazilian women to work at night? (2025-08-25)
... that actress Jessica Ellis has a phobia of ears? (2025-08-24)
... that Undefeated's previous bassist was replaced by Lis Dunckel, who did not know how to play bass? (2025-08-22)
... that Indonesia's current state apparatus minister, Rini Widyantini, was appointed as spokesperson in a coffee morning event? (2025-08-21)
... that Erna Meyer urged the Jewish immigrant readers of How to Cook in Palestine to try olives and eggplants, but doubted their ability to eat spicy food like the "native population"? (2025-08-14)
... that Enriqueta Duarte(pictured) swam the English Channel despite having no previous experience with open water swimming? (2025-08-13)
... that actress Eva O'Hara pushed for her Hollyoaks character to be given "something more meaty" rather than have a happy ending? (2025-08-05)
... that actress Arielle Prepetit was cast in the first African American daytime soap opera in 34 years, Beyond the Gates? (2025-08-05)
... that the British indie rock band Girl Ray named themselves after the surrealist visual artist Man Ray? (2025-07-26)
... that Kathleen O'Melia's conversion to the Catholic Church so embarrassed the Anglican Church in Vancouver that there are almost no references to it in primary sources? (2025-07-24)
... that American poet Gladys Cromwell took her own life alongside her twin sister by jumping off a ship while returning home from World War I? (2025-07-22)
... that weightlifter Ri Suk, after returning from a four-year absence from competing internationally, then set eight world records in a single competition? (2025-07-13)
... that Sue Anderson helped to break the glass ceiling for female conductors on Broadway? (2025-07-12)
... that Lucie Lagerbielke had a public feud in the press with critic Poul Bjerre after he criticised one of her books? (2025-07-08)
... that Isabel Gutiérrez del Arroyo considered preserving Puerto Rican history to be the best way to serve her people? (2025-07-08)
... that Eileen Niedfield, one of the first five women in her medical school's pathology program, graduated with the highest score in the United States? (2025-06-16)
... that, to research her bonkbusterWicked!, Jilly Cooper visited more than a dozen schools and taught at one? (2025-06-08)
... that Guyanese trade unionist Philomena Sahoye-Shury was nicknamed "Fireball" due to her "outspoken and forthright stance on the workers' behalf"? (2025-06-06)
... that the Lady Carbisdale led an unsuccessful takeover bid for Sheffield United F.C. and, after a gender transition, was interviewed to become its chief executive? (2025-06-01)
... that one reviewer described Polo by Jilly Cooper as a "frothy brew of sex, class and jodhpurs"? (2025-05-06)
... that Martha Burgess's 1993 sculpture of two female World War II personnel kissing was inspired by the photograph V-J Day in Times Square? (2025-05-02)
... that Marcia Coyle, who covers the U.S. Supreme Court for PBS News Hour, got her start in journalism by writing obituaries? (2025-05-02)
... that Solfrid Koanda(pictured) qualified for her first weightlifting competition a few days after starting the sport? (2025-04-29)
... that two books of photos and drawings by Margot Dias were called "among the best-illustrated anthropological volumes ever produced"? (2025-04-06)
... that although Nora Helmer was subject to extensive controversy upon her 1879 debut, she is now considered a focal point in analysis of gender roles? (2025-04-04)
... that Mabel Dole Haden gained her law degree at Howard University after not being able to afford to complete her bachelor's degree there? (2025-03-22)
... that Bahraini author Fatema Al Harbi, the first non-government Bahraini to visit Israel, faced death threats upon her return? (2025-03-21)
... that Japanese singer Cindy was once said to have an "angel voice"? (2025-03-20)
... that Sardoine Mia(pictured) creates paintings whose surfaces look like concrete? (2025-03-18)
... that Lydie Pongault was appointed to the Congolese government to fill the roles of two other ministers? (2025-03-18)
... that Ana María Iriarte(pictured) made her professional opera debut in 1945, retired from the stage in 1960, and created a foundation promoting zarzuela in 2006? (2025-03-17)
... that Palestinian singer Zeinab Shaath assumed a short film featuring her had been destroyed until a researcher discovered a copy in the archives of the Israel Defense Forces? (2025-03-15)
... that due to her experience of Italy's immigration policies, journalist Nadeesha Uyangoda has been outspoken on migrant rights? (2025-03-15)
... that cave art, indigenous dance and an ancient flute inspired the work of Libyan artist Shefa Salem? (2025-03-12)
... that Marion Wiesel translated 14 of her husband's books from French? (2025-03-11)
... that Paraguayan drag artist Usha Didi Gunatita dressed as Santa Claus and visited children in a cancer hospital? (2025-03-09)
... that Isabel Coursier(pictured) was only 15 years old when she became the first North American to break the world record for women's ski jumping? (2025-03-08)
... that Czech Romani social worker and human rights activist Elena Gorolová worked as a metalworker in her youth? (2025-03-08)
... that the ending of the music video for Hoshimachi Suisei's "Bibbidiba" was called inspiring to struggling women? (2025-03-08)
... that Naenano was once known as "the face that Japanese girls most want to have right now"? (2025-03-07)
... that Tina Leung dressed as her comic book alter ego when accepting an award for the House of Slay? (2025-03-04)
... that Reine Abbas chose the name Wixel Studios, a blend of "Weird Pixel", in recognition of being one of the only gaming studios in Lebanon? (2025-03-04)
... that 19th-century tightrope walker Madame Saqui performed well into her seventies? (2025-03-02)
... that Yuika was allowed by her parents to take a music-related course after playing one of her songs to them? (2025-03-01)
... that peasant Agnieszka Machówna repeatedly deceived Polish nobles into thinking that she was a noble? (2025-03-01)
... that the musical career of Louise Beach has ranged from nationally recognized compositions to a children's book about the viola? (2025-02-26)
... that Diana Vicezar(pictured) created recycled housing for street dogs, a recruitment platform for international students, and a podcast about Latin American students in Ireland? (2025-02-24)
... that Nourah al-Qahtani was sentenced to 45 years in prison based on alleged social media activity? (2025-02-23)
... that Qatari calligrapher Fatma Al Sharshani was commissioned by Paris Saint-Germain FC to design a skateboard and some Arabic lettering for their shirts? (2025-02-23)
... that San Antonio declared January 13 to be "Tabyana Ali Day" in honor of the actress and writer Tabyana Ali? (2025-02-22)
... that opera singer Susan Botti performed an Olympic jingle for Kodak to pay for graduate school? (2025-02-12)
... that it is said that Antoinette Lubaki, Congo's first named woman artist, painted her watercolours by candlelight at night, as no stories were allowed to be told during daylight? (2025-02-12)
... that Scholastique Dianzinga edited a post-independence history of women in the Republic of the Congo that discussed why women's emancipation has been hindered? (2025-02-08)
... that Syrian vlogger Hayla Ghazal used online humour to explore the limitations placed on women in the Arab world? (2025-02-04)
... that singer Tomoko Aran became a city-pop icon decades after her initial music career? (2025-02-02)
... that Doris Tulifau, after founding an online campaign to counter Samoan gender-based violence, moved to Samoa to expand the campaign in person? (2025-02-02)
... that the Nicaraguan nun Dorotea Wilson joined a guerrilla group, renounced her vows, and became a women's rights activist and politician? (2025-01-27)
... that Katerina Clark wrote "a brave and intelligent study of the Soviet novel"? (2025-01-18)
... that after discovering her child was transgender, Thamirys Nunes(pictured) created an organization dedicated to defending transgender youth? (2025-01-17)
... that Theresia Bauer was named science minister of the year four times? (2025-01-16)
... that the CEO of the London Stock Exchange Group described insider dealing as "the poster child of market abuse"? (2025-01-13)
... that Emirati princess Mahra Al Maktoum invoked the triple talaq to divorce her husband, which is traditionally done only by the husband? (2025-01-11)
... that in 1927 Berta Persson became the first woman bus driver in Sweden and was nicknamed "Buss-Berta"? (2025-01-11)
... that after becoming a born again Christian, soprano Jane Stuart Smith abandoned a successful opera career to pursue a life of service? (2025-01-09)
... that the director-screenwriter of Blossoms Under Somewhere joined Telegram groups that sell used lingerie to conduct field research? (2025-01-08)
... that Yvonne Francis-Gibson, before improving women's rights as a legislator in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, led a Women's Desk that was "unable to take a firm stand on behalf of women's issues"? (2025-01-06)
... that Bea Hines, the first African-American woman to become a reporter at the Miami Herald, was sent to report on a riot on her first day at work? (2025-01-06)
... that Mary Mellor argued that the COVID-19 pandemic increased the impact of the patriarchy on women, both at home and in the wider economy? (2025-01-04)
... that Marie-Thérèse Eyquem served in the government of Vichy France, and was later appointed a national secretary of the French Socialist Party? (2025-01-02)
... that Flora Hommel, after being afraid of giving birth to her own child, went on to teach the Lamaze technique to more than 17,000 couples? (2025-01-02)
... that ballet dancer Nina Tikhonova taught dance for free to children who had been orphaned during World War II? (2024-12-27)
... that Christmas: A Biography states that, despite its Christian origins, Christmas has been mostly secular since its inception in the fourth century? (2024-12-24)
... that Ritsuko Taho once had her students at Harvard University slaughter a chicken and turn its bones into a sculpture? (2024-12-22)
... that Susan Finnegan was the first female head of the arachnids section at the Natural History Museum, London, but had to resign her job to marry? (2024-12-18)
... that Annie Huggett, aged 103, was the oldest living suffragette at the time of her death in 1996? (2024-12-07)
... that Marie Denizard(pictured) stood as a candidate in a French presidential election in 1913, thirty years before French women achieved suffrage? (2024-12-04)
... that television director Diana Edwards-Jones introduced earpieces to permit direct communication between a control room and newsreaders? (2024-11-30)
... that psychologist Sonya Friedman recommends that women create a totem, a collection of objects that represent important turning points in their lives? (2024-11-14)
... that Jeya Wilson invited New Zealand prime minister David Lange to debate the moral indefensibility of nuclear weapons at the Oxford Union? (2024-11-14)
... that Northern Cypriot minister of health İzlem Gürçağ Altuğra warned that her country would be destroyed unless it started producing drugs? (2024-11-13)
... that Margaret Pargeter published 49 books in eleven years, with another book following eleven years later? (2024-11-09)
... that Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna's car was once fired on by Russian tanks? (2024-11-08)
... that self-help author Beth Kempton held positions at both the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Tokyo and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London? (2024-11-04)
... that the Nualas' 2015 novelty song "Yes 2 Love" was created to promote a yes vote? (2024-11-03)
... that Marie Marcks sarcastically caricatured gender roles like no one before, according to Jutta Limbach? (2024-11-03)
... that one of the last surviving women from Rapa Nui to receive traditional facial tattoos was queen consort Ana Eva Hei? (2024-11-03)
... that Mitch Torres is a "self-proclaimed damper destroyer"? (2024-11-02)
... that a poultry farmer was the first woman to compete for the Sovereign's Prize, the highest honour in British rifle shooting? (2024-11-02)
... that a photograph of Chili Williams, known as the "Polka Dot Girl" (pictured), was one of the "two most famous pin-up pictures" of World War II? (2024-11-01)
... that the ghost of Margaret C. Waites is said to haunt an undergraduate suite at Harvard College's Cabot House, protecting her book collection? (2024-10-31)
... that the traditional Rapa Nui tattoos of Viriamo(pictured) included motifs similar to an adze and a paddle? (2024-10-28)
... that Filomena Fortes once said that she was "a bit critical of top-level sports in Cape Verde" despite being the president of its National Olympic Committee? (2024-10-28)
... that Queen Victoria supported Clare embroidery by purchasing dresses for her family? (2024-10-27)
... that Canadian punk rock musician Talli Osborne had only briefly spoken to the frontman of NOFX before the band wrote a song about her? (2024-10-26)
... that cartoonist Anna Haifisch(pictured) has been "bend[ing] the rules of comics"? (2024-10-25)
... that the early woman explorer Adèle de Dombasle travelled to Polynesia in 1847 and worked as an illustrator, drawing people such as Queen Pōmare IV? (2024-10-25)
... that following the success of Jools Lebron's "demure" videos, she stated that she was able to use the proceeds to pay for her gender transition? (2024-10-21)
... that Tonia Ko once composed a three-part concerto played on bubble wrap? (2024-10-18)
... that Rose Betts wrote the song "Driving Myself Home" as a joke after a blind date, only for it to go viral on TikTok? (2024-10-15)
... that English amateur geologist Charlotte Eyton wrote a number of papers and pamphlets on the geology of the Wrekin, a part of Shropshire, between 1862 and 1870? (2024-09-30)
... that Joanna Ferrone served as the business manager for the fictional character Fido Dido? (2024-09-21)
... that Alexina Kublu, a linguist, translator, Languages Commissioner, and the first justice of the peace in Nunavut, is her grandmother's father and her daughter's son, as per the Inuit namesake tradition? (2024-09-21)
... that Nicole Chang-Leng has been described as a "daughter" of the Seychelles? (2024-09-17)
... that although sport shooter Ban Hyo-jin attended Olympic trials just to gain some competition experience, she qualified for the Olympics and went on to win a gold medal? (2024-09-07)
... that Olympian Sydney Francisco was named after the city where her mother competed at the Olympics? (2024-09-06)
... that at the 2024 Olympics, unranked North Korean table tennis pair Ri Jong-sik and Kim Kum-yong defeated the defending champions and went on to win the silver medal? (2024-09-04)
... that a historian lamented the lack of English-language translations for the work of Aracy Amaral despite it being "a vital reference for the study of art history in Brazil"? (2024-09-02)
... that Nam Su-hyeon, Jeon Hun-young, and Lim Si-hyeon's gold medal in the women's team archery event at the 2024 Olympics marked South Korea's tenth victory in a row? (2024-09-01)
... that Belgian hardcore DJ Liza 'N' Eliaz was named a "spiritual leader" in France's free party movement? (2024-08-31)
... that soprano Grace Panvini stood 4 ft 11.75 in (151.8 cm) tall – a height described by one reviewer as an asset for appearing youthful on stage? (2024-08-31)
... that Sophie Kropotkin and her husband returned to France despite the risk of being arrested, as they thought that detention in a French prison would be preferable to living in England? (2024-08-30)
... that Titiou Lecoq(pictured) only realized that "women did not rule the universe" after she left home? (2024-08-27)
... that Eilish Cleary was controversially dismissed as New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health while studying glyphosate, a herbicide widely used in the province's industries? (2024-08-22)
... that soprano Joan Ruth rejected a marriage proposal because her suitor wanted her to abandon ambitions of a singing career? (2024-08-16)
... that Bengisu Avcı had to abandon her 45-kilometre (28-mile) swim across the Kaiwi Channel after being stung by jellyfish twelve hours in? (2024-08-16)
... that Amy Sawyer(pictured) was the only woman to contribute to the more than a thousand illustrations created for H. Rider Haggard's works during his lifetime? (2024-08-15)
... that voice teacher Verna Osborne retired at the age of 101? (2024-08-13)
... that Olympic taekwondo practitioner Emmanuella Atora described her career as "I hit people for a living"? (2024-08-08)
... that Olympian Ruby Remati got into synchronized swimming because she liked the competitors' "sparkly suits" as a child? (2024-08-07)
... that Aniya Holder secured a spot at the 2024 Summer Olympics by winning a speed climbing competition, for which she had started training without even knowing that it was an Olympics qualifier? (2024-08-05)
... that had Cambodian swimmer Apsara Sakbun declined her invitation to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics, her sister would have become an Olympian instead? (2024-08-03)
... that at age 12, Emily Ausmus participated in an international water polo tournament against players as old as 19? (2024-08-02)
... that basketball player Marcedes Walker became an Olympian 16 years after her WNBA career ended? (2024-08-01)
... that after Wong Sau Ying attempted to assassinate a British colonial official, the police and press began to associate the bob cut with anarchism? (2024-07-31)
... that Sizzle Ohtaka, known as the "Queen of Commercial Songs", was producing them at a rate of ten per month? (2024-07-30)
... that Alyssa Mendoza and Andy Barat are the first Olympic representatives of their sport for their state and country, respectively? (2024-07-30)
... that South Korean actress Na O-mi's stage name was inspired by the song "I Dream of Naomi"? (2024-07-11)
... that Rosemary Miller won her state's skeet shooting championship one year after learning the sport, and then won a state shooting championship in all but two years for the rest of her life? (2024-07-10)
... that Anna Russell Cole, a significant benefactor of Vanderbilt University, donated $10,000 in 1926 to endow the office of dean of women? (2024-07-09)
... that Lois E. Trott ran the first lodging house for homeless girls in America, providing shelter and support for over 1,000 girls annually, all without receiving any payment? (2024-07-08)
... that Italian pianist and composer Maria Luigia Pizzoli posthumously received the title of Maestro di Contrappunto (master of counterpoint)? (2024-06-23)
... that playwright Vivian Cosby was hospitalized for three and a half years after lighting herself on fire because of a faulty gas heater? (2024-06-22)
... that Shirley Warde not only starred in theater and movie productions, but also wrote playscripts and short stories for magazines? (2024-06-14)
... that Rachel Brem discovered a tumor in her own breast while testing ultrasound equipment for her hospital? (2024-06-12)
... that Bianca Babb, a pioneer girl captured by Comanches, described her time among them as "every day seemed to be a holiday", despite the hardships of her initial capture? (2024-06-12)
... that Marie Catharine Neal, an expert on Hawaiian plants, authored the acclaimed book In Gardens of Hawaii in 1948, which described more than 2,000 species with detailed scientific information and illustrations? (2024-05-28)
... that Elizabeth Seifert, who was denied a medical degree due to her gender, went on to achieve success as a writer, penning more than 80 novels about the very field from which she had been excluded? (2024-05-28)
... that the Robyn Gigl novel By Way of Sorrow, which features a transgender lawyer as the protagonist, was described as "quietly groundbreaking" by The New York Times? (2024-05-25)
... that actress Nellie McCoy suffered a mental breakdown after her theatre performance was criticized, leading to her being committed to a sanatorium? (2024-05-24)
... that Romani Holocaust survivor Philomena Franz wrote about her deportation to Auschwitz, internment in Ravensbrück, escape from a camp near Wittenberge, and concealment by a farmer? (2024-05-22)
... that although Agnes Kimball was a popular recording artist of opera and musical theatre, she never appeared as a singing actress on the stage? (2024-05-14)
... that actress Edna May Sperl's fiancé was arrested on the day of her wedding by a federal marshal because her fiancé's father opposed the marriage? (2024-05-12)
... that Iona Allen, "the only one to ever make a perfect pair of boots", constructed the pair worn by Neil Armstrong on the Moon out of thirteen layers of precisely fabricated material? (2024-04-25)
... that before becoming a voice actress, Miyuki Ichijo left the NHK music variety show Stage 101 in protest over the removal of its director? (2024-04-22)
... that Alda Milner-Barry, the older sister of World War II Enigma codebreaker Stuart Milner-Barry, worked for British military intelligence during World War I? (2024-04-14)
... that The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven, Jo Clifford's 2009 play featuring Jesus as a trans woman, was called an "offensive abuse of Christian beliefs" by Archbishop Mario Conti? (2024-04-08)
... that food stylist Susan Spungen estimated that she baked hundreds of pies with Josh Brolin and film staff while practicing for a scene in Labor Day? (2024-04-07)
... that Ellen Bernstein was called the "birthmother of Jewish environmentalism"? (2024-04-07)
... that the anarchist Rosa Laviña opened the first vegetarian restaurant in Tolosa? (2024-04-06)
... that in 1940 Xu Ruiyun became the first Chinese woman to receive a PhD in mathematics? (2024-04-03)
... that the novel series Aisling is based on a character archetype elaborated upon by users of a Facebook group? (2024-04-03)
... that the Canadian League for Peace and Democracy organized a 10,000-person rally at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto to protest a 2,500-person fascist rally? (2024-04-03)
... that Velma Whitman had "one of the largest and most elaborate wardrobes" for a vaudeville performer thanks to her collection of designer-made English and French gowns? (2024-03-28)
... that footballer Keira Walsh first captained England in 2018, when she was the youngest player in the squad? (2024-03-28)
... that May O'Flaherty's purchase in 1949 of Parsons Bookshop, which would become a hub of activity in Dublin's Baggotonia, was inadvertent? (2024-03-24)
... that American mezzo-soprano Cecelia Hall portrayed the lead male role in Mozart's Ascanio in Alba? (2024-03-23)
... that despite a career writing queer literature, Chen Xue's 2019 novel Fatherless City had a "putatively straight premise"? (2024-03-22)
... that one of the buildings that house the Safe House Museum(pictured) was where Martin Luther King Jr. hid from the Ku Klux Klan on 21 March 1968, just weeks before he was assassinated? (2024-03-21)
... that Australian Madeleine Steere played water polo professionally in Turkey after studying biomolecular science in the United States? (2024-03-20)
... that Patricia Grace did not intend for her novel Potiki, about the impact of land development on an indigenous community, to be seen as political? (2024-03-16)
... that trans women in Cape Verde are colloquially referred to as tchindas, named after Tchinda Andrade, the first trans woman in the country to come out publicly? (2024-03-13)
... that Enass Muzamel established the Sudanese Female Cyclists Initiative to challenge the stigma against women riding bikes in Sudan? (2024-03-10)
... that for at least 90 minutes, Mori Calliope livestreamed herself begging video game developer Atlus to allow her to stream their game Persona 3? (2024-02-25)
... that Marie Vuillemin was acquitted in the trial of the Bonnot Gang, as the prosecution defined her according to her gender rather than her role in the gang? (2024-02-25)
... that Cora Agnes Benneson(pictured), one of the first female lawyers in New England, was rejected by Harvard Law School because "the equipments were too limited to make suitable provision for receiving women"? (2024-02-24)
... that Dr. Disaster's office collapsed in an earthquake on this day in 2011? (2024-02-22)
... that chemist Betty Lou Raskin said in 1958 that society was wasting the "brainpower" of women, and blamed the media for making the mink coat the "symbol of female success" and not the lab coat? (2024-02-19)
... that for her presentation at the 2008 Game Developers Conference, Jessica Mak simply played music and let go balloons in the audience? (2024-02-09)
... that at the age of 14, Jenny Suo conducted a science experiment that ultimately led to GlaxoSmithKline pleading guilty to breaching consumer protection laws? (2024-02-07)
... that after Nadezhda Bantle was exiled to the Russian North, she oversaw the development of the hospital in Nikolskoye to become the most advanced in its region? (2024-02-05)
... that Mariia Vetrova'sself-immolation provoked student protests in Saint Petersburg, Moscow and Kyiv? (2024-02-05)
... that Martina Fernández plays football for Barcelona and studies part-time at a biomedical laboratory? (2024-02-04)
... that voice actress Mako Morino played volleyball for 14 years, but gave up the goal of playing professionally after being assigned to the non-serving libero position? (2024-02-01)
... that scientist Adelaida K. Semesi was known as "mama mangroves" due to her specialist knowledge of their ecology? (2024-02-01)
... that the author of the Alex novels says they are not semi-autobiographical, even though she was herself a champion teenage swimmer like the protagonist? (2024-01-31)
... that comedian Şenay Duzcu was awarded the German–Turkish Friendship Prize? (2024-01-28)
... that the 1830 abandonment of Chipewyan woman Matooskie(pictured) by her Scottish husband was eventually settled with a dowry payment of £200? (2024-01-26)
... that Japanese actress Junko Ikeuchi was known as the "Queen of TV Dramas" from the 1960s to the 1980s? (2024-01-25)
... that Sandra Elkin discussing basic information on women's topics on Woman "radicalized" women into supporting women's rights? (2024-01-22)
... that after Cora Victoria Diehl(pictured) was elected as the first woman to hold office in Oklahoma Territory, county records had to be recovered with dynamite when the incumbent refused to concede? (2024-01-17)
... that Julia Figueredo was the first indigenous woman to be elected president of La Paz's parliamentary delegation? (2024-01-04)
... that Sophie von Maltzan led the making of a submarine that was walked through the streets of Dublin? (2023-12-29)
... that in 1977, Appalachian folk singer Phyllis Boyens performed at a Christmas benefit concert to support Kentucky coal miners who had been on strike for 17 months? (2023-12-25)
... that Turkish international soccer player Rojin Polat was named member of the "2021 All Schools Merit Girls Team" in New South Wales, Australia? (2023-12-09)
... that Erin Swenson was the first mainstream Protestant minister known to have undergone gender transition while in ordained office? (2023-11-28)
... that Mona Williams(pictured) said her degree from Stanford University was called a "wanky Yankee" degree when she arrived in New Zealand? (2023-11-26)
... that Chen Xiaocui(pictured) helped to translate Sherlock Holmes into Chinese when she was still a child? (2023-11-01)
... that telephone operator Myriel Davies began her long career as a peace activist during the Suez Crisis? (2023-10-30)
... that Mary Jo Shelly(pictured) used her background in modern dance and physical education to train women in the military during two wars? (2023-10-24)
... that Julia Marden was the first known person to create a Wampanoag twined turkey-feather mantle since European contact 400 years earlier? (2023-10-21)
... that the Amazonas de Yaxunah, a Mayan softball team from Yucatán, play barefoot while wearing the huipil, a traditional indigenous dress? (2023-10-20)
... that goalkeeper Daniela Solera had the most touches of any Costa Ricanv player in their opening match of the 2023 World Cup, saving all but two of Spain's 46 shots? (2023-08-30)
... that Ashiq Peri was the first prominent female folk poet in Azerbaijan? (2023-08-30)
... that Thelma Bates's colleagues tried to discourage her from establishing the first palliative care team at a British hospital, saying it would ruin her career? (2023-08-28)
... that footballer Kameron Simmonds, who plays for Jamaica, only took up the sport after a gymnastics injury? (2023-08-18)
... that before Emine Arslan became a world kickboxing champion she was a child worker who smoked two packets of cigarettes a day? (2023-08-16)
... that Wu Xiaoyan, persecuted because of her adoptive father Wu Han, committed suicide 13 days before the end of the Cultural Revolution? (2023-08-15)
... that historian Anne Balay wrote two books on oral histories from LGBT steelworkers and truck drivers? (2023-08-15)
... that New Zealand footballer Milly Clegg was called "an absolute unicorn" after appearing at three FIFA World Cups in under twelve months? (2023-08-04)
... that Catalina Estrada(pictured) and two of her thirteen siblings played as forwards on the same men's football team? (2023-08-01)
... that independent India's first female pilot, Usha Sundaram, holds the record for the fastest flight between England and India in a piston-engine aircraft? (2023-07-31)
... that Heba Saadia, the first Palestinian referee at a World Cup, only took up the profession when she noticed there were no women among a group of referees she saw training? (2023-07-30)
... that New Zealand footballer Grace Wisnewski's bottom-ranked team upset the defending league champions when she scored what an A-League statistician called an "acrobatic" 99th-minute equalising goal? (2023-07-28)
... that Israeli journalist Ayala Hasson is the first woman to head Channel 1's news division? (2023-07-28)
... that in July 2023, Giulia Dragoni became the youngest person to represent any Italian senior national football team – including both men and women – in the 21st century? (2023-07-20)
... that Patricia Davies and Jean Argles, two sisters who signed the Official Secrets Act as World War II codebreakers, did not find out about each other's top-secret work until the 1960s? (2023-07-19)
... that curator Nina Tonga is the first Pasifika person to be a contemporary art curator at Te Papa, the national museum of New Zealand? (2023-07-18)
... that Palmire Dumont, a pioneer of LGBT nightlife in "Gay Paree", was among the first members of the French Bulldog-Owners Club (her dog pictured) and met other bulldog owners in her lesbian bar? (2023-07-17)
... that as a young adult, lesbian novelist Lee Winter disliked the poor quality of lesbian fiction, preferring autobiographies by lesbian people? (2023-06-27)
... that while being considered for the post of ambassador to Paraguay, Lidia Patty brushed off her lack of diplomatic training because she had "indigenous, native, peasant diplomacy"? (2023-06-23)
... that Evelyn Pruitt was the highest-ranking woman scientist in the United States Navy when she retired in 1973? (2023-06-21)
... that after women's suffrage in Switzerland was approved in a referendum in 1971, the tabloid Blick sported a cover with a naked blonde and the headline "Thank you for the Roses"? (2023-06-18)
... that a report led by academic Cathy Nutbrown concluded that qualifications for vocational courses in childcare and early education were laxer than in animal welfare? (2023-06-17)
... that war correspondent Jurate Kazickas financed her plane ticket to Vietnam in 1967 with a US$500 win on the game show Password? (2023-06-16)
... that before becoming a legislator, Bettina Petzold-Mähr played volleyball for Liechtenstein when they defeated Lichtenstein? (2023-05-27)
... that several composers wrote coloratura arias specifically for the voice of Italian opera singer Maria Giustina Turcotti? (2023-05-23)
... that Sheila P. Burke was once known as the 101st U.S. senator? (2023-05-22)
... that the art of Irma Blank, of "drawing languages without words" and including sounds, was recognised in the 1970s but fell into obscurity until a rediscovery in the 2010s? (2023-05-21)
... that Lynda Simmons co-founded Architecture + Women NZ with Sarah Treadwell, Julie Wilson and Megan Rule to push for equity in New Zealand architecture? (2023-05-20)
... that Ruth Northway is the United Kingdom's first professor of learning disability nursing? (2023-05-16)
... that Celine-Marie Pascale's work focuses on how race and class impact the way "business practices and government policies create, normalize and entrench economic struggles" to benefit the wealthy? (2023-05-14)
... that Cathy Whims has opened several restaurants in Portland, Oregon, including the Nostrana, which has been described as "Portland's capital of the Negroni"? (2023-05-10)
... that Marie Meyer's aerobatic stunts included standing on the upper wing of a biplane while it looped-the-loop (pictured)? (2023-05-08)
... that the destroyed plinth of Gürdal Duyar's nude sculpture Güzel İstanbul contained reliefs of a fig, a pomegranate, a honeysuckle and a bee to represent different aspects of Istanbul? (2023-05-06)
... that a fantasy novel by Irish poet and author Sarah Maria Griffin was sent to around 200,000 ticket-holders of the music festival Tomorrowland? (2023-05-03)
... that Mary Taft said in 1799 that stopping women from "bring[ing] souls to Christ" would, one day, be unbelievable? (2023-05-03)
... that for several decades, Soviet actress Maria Vladimirovna Mironova acted out scenes of a quarrelling couple on stage with her real-life husband? (2023-05-03)
... that Džuvljarke written by Vera Kurtić includes interviews with members of the LGBT community in Serbia and concludes that Romani lesbian women are often "invisible"? (2023-05-01)
... that after becoming one of the Mongolian Armed Forces' first female recruits, Bolor Ganbold is now its first female brigadier general? (2023-05-01)
... that goalkeeper Sophie Whitehouse, who has lived in England, Africa and the US, has been chosen to play soccer for the Republic of Ireland? (2023-04-30)
... that a pregnant Sally Buchanan was said to have carried bullets in her apron and distributed whiskey while singing during the Battle of Buchanan's Station? (2023-04-16)
... that a special case was instrumental to harpistSteffy Goldner's professional career and legacy? (2023-04-04)
... that Indian activist Birubala Rabha(pictured) has rescued more than thirty women from being persecuted as witches in the last decade? (2023-04-02)
... that out of 84 people running for governor seats in Bolivia in 2021, Mirtha Arce was one of just seven women and was the first in the Tarija Department to ever do so? (2023-03-30)
... that to attend the 1915 Women at the Hague Congress, Eugénie Hamer and the Belgian delegates drove, were frisked, walked two hours, and took a train? (2023-03-22)
... that excavations led by archaeologist Judith Marquet-Krause disproved that the Book of Joshua was a factual account of the city of Ai? (2023-03-17)
... that Dutch designer Sabine Marcelis was a semi-professional snowboarder in New Zealand before she decided to pursue a career in the arts? (2023-03-15)
... that the support of conservationist Kae Miller(pictured) for people recovering from mental illnesses resulted in the establishment of Te Rae Kaihau Park in Wellington, New Zealand? (2023-03-11)
... that Shirley Kurata is said to have "subverted and reclaimed Asian-centric tropes" through her "outrageous" costume designs for movie villain Jobu Tupaki? (2023-03-10)
... that New Zealand activist Pania Newton(depicted) gave up a legal career to become an activist and spokesperson for the preservation of her ancestral lands at Ihumātao? (2023-03-08)
... that during the first tour to the Soviet Union by any American ballet company, Lupe Serrano(pictured) danced the first encore in the American Ballet Theatre's history? (2023-03-04)
... that Gloria Orwoba raised awareness about period poverty by appearing in the Senate of Kenya in apparently blood-stained trousers? (2023-03-04)
... that American folklorist Esther Shephard collected tall tales from logging camps in the state of Washington to complete her 1924 book about Paul Bunyan? (2023-02-19)
... that African-American journalist Erna P. Harris(pictured) was called a "fearless critic" of the internment of Japanese Americans by the US government during World War II? (2023-02-18)
... that in 2022, Briton Charlotte Payne broke the world record for a hammer throw by a deaf woman by almost 5 metres (16 ft)? (2023-02-17)
... that conservator Carolyn Price Horton helped to direct a "Mud Angel army" that rescued books after the Arno flooded museums and libraries in Florence, Italy, in 1966? (2023-02-13)
... that "Step Chickens" on TikTok replace their profile pictures with an image (shown) of Melissa Ong, whom they call "Mother Hen"? (2023-02-10)
... that the last meal the Luttra Woman(skull pictured) had was raspberries? (2023-02-09)
... that Enriqueta Medellín, a Mexican surgeon, has an ecological center and environmental prize named after her in the state of Aguascalientes? (2023-02-08)
... that Laura Bergt was said to have gained millions of acres of land for Native Alaskans by Eskimo-kissing Vice President Spiro Agnew(pictured)? (2023-01-27)
... that as a last-minute substitute in a premiere performance at Oper Frankfurt, Elena Manistina sang from the side while the assistant director mimed onstage? (2023-01-27)
... that Kakusan-ni was the founding abbess of a Buddhist convent that was a refuge for women running away from their husbands? (2023-01-24)
... that Isabel Cooper painted live snakes while holding them in her hand? (2023-01-22)
... that Elisabeth Waterhouse founded the National Chamber Music Course summer school in 1974 and has managed it since? (2023-01-21)
... that British architect Diane Haigh transformed one historic building into an art gallery and another into a hospice? (2023-01-20)
... that before Sarah Elmaleh voiced the player character in the video game Anthem, developed by BioWare, she voiced characters in a mod of an earlier BioWare game? (2023-01-19)
... that Park Ji-hyun helped to expose an online sex-crime ring and later became the interim co-chair of the Democratic Party of Korea at the age of 26? (2023-01-17)
... that Antoinette Tidjani Alou(pictured) wrote a work of autofiction that traces the journey of a Jamaican woman who moved to Niger for love? (2023-01-17)
... that campaigning by climate activist Kimiko Hirata halted plans to build 17 new coal-fired power plants following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan? (2023-01-15)
... that American educator Janet Sorg Stoltzfus(pictured) established the first foreign school in northern Yemen? (2023-01-14)
... that Paramount Chief Matilda Lansana Minah V has backed a 30-percent quota for the representation of women in the parliament of Sierra Leone? (2023-01-13)
... that soprano Galina Pisarenko studied economics, English, and Norwegian at the same time she was studying to become a professional opera singer? (2023-01-12)
... that diplomat Lê Thị Tuyết Mai(pictured) studied at three different universities in three different countries? (2023-01-10)
... that Wilhelmine Key(pictured) studied wasps as a child, and as an adult she kept them as pets? (2023-01-03)
... that Minnesota legislator Claudia Meier cosponsored a bill freeing women from having to take their husbands' last names, and then took her husband's last name? (2023-01-01)
... that Turkish world- and European-champion armwrestlerEsra Kiraz used to carry cement bags at construction sites where her father worked? (2022-12-30)
... that the poetry collection of Guyanese radio presenter Shana Yardan was described as "accomplished, tough-minded and well-crafted"? (2022-12-28)
... that author Ann Howard interviewed more than 100 Australians about their experiences as child evacuees sent inland during World War II when a Japanese invasion seemed imminent? (2022-12-27)
... that aerospace engineer Sabrina Thompson(pictured) founded a streetwear brand after she felt the "artist inside of me was internally starving", despite being satisfied with her career? (2022-12-13)
... that Olive MacLeod(pictured) journeyed 6,000 km (3,700 mi) through Africa in 1910–1911 to visit her murdered fiancé's grave, and wrote a book based on her observations? (2022-12-12)
... that Nettie Metcalf was the first woman recognized by the American Poultry Association for creating a breed of chicken, the Buckeye chicken(example pictured), in the 1890s? (2022-12-10)
... that Katharina Cibulka has created monumental feminist messages in cross-stitch that cover scaffolding at construction sites? (2022-12-08)
... that María Urquides was the "Mother of Bilingual Education"? (2022-11-24)
... that Eritrean poet Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu was imprisoned for six years without trial, and later published poems in Tigrinya based on her experience? (2022-11-23)
... that the Danish geologist Tove Birkelund(pictured) received a gold medal for her early work on fossils of Scaphites in Greenland? (2022-11-19)
... that Enriqueta Legorreta(pictured), who was the first Mexican woman to appear as Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walküre, became an award-winning environmental activist? (2022-11-17)
... that Carol Wilson had to pretend that she was a schoolteacher when unofficially representing England at the 1971 Women's World Cup? (2022-11-06)
... that in 1919 Ethel Hampson Brewster compared dropping ancient history from school curricula to "knock[ing] out the first two stories of a skyscraper"? (2022-11-05)
... that Şebnem Korur Fincancı, a drafter of a United Nations guideline on the documentation of torture, was arrested after she suggested an investigation into the use of chemical weapons? (2022-11-04)
... that there was an initial agreement for chimpanzees from the private zoo of Rosalía Abreu(pictured) to be part of an experiment to breed a humanzee? (2022-11-03)
... that after Claudia Fleming's dessert cookbook went out of print due to poor sales, used copies began circulating on eBay for hundreds of dollars? (2022-10-29)
... that Betty Hall introduced a New Hampshire bill that would have petitioned the United States Congress to impeach George W. Bush? (2022-10-25)
... that portraits of Lucy de László with a violin (one portrait pictured), painted by her husband, are recognised as some of the first examples of portraiture to include womens' talents in them? (2022-10-23)
... that Cary Grant taught Sylvia Wu how to make shredded chicken salad? (2022-10-20)
... that Annie Dove Denmark was offered residency on campus for the rest of her life after resigning as the president of Anderson College? (2022-10-19)
... that from 1912, Jindřiška Flajšhansová was the principal editor of Ženské listy, a Czech journal that became a women's "survival manual" during World War I? (2022-10-18)
... that former child refugee Ann Beaglehole has become a historian specialising in refugee history? (2022-10-18)
... that in 2021 Sarah Aristidou recorded Jörg Widmann's Labyrinth V, a wordless piece for her soprano voice with "ululations, sobs, jazz inflections and wild laughter"? (2022-10-17)
... that Mary Ridge blew up the Liberator on her first encounter with Blake's 7, and killed off the crew on her last? (2022-10-13)
... that Cathie Dunsford(pictured) was unable to find many books about lesbianism in the 1970s, but by the 1980s had herself become a writer and anthologist of lesbian literature? (2022-10-12)
... that Tova Friedman is a Holocaust survivor who now posts videos of her life and survival on TikTok? (2022-10-10)
... that Cleo Damianakes's 1920s book dust jacket designs "made sex respectable", but Hemingway did not like the "large misplaced breasts" on A Farewell to Arms? (2022-10-10)
... that Rakhel Feygenberg wrote her first novel at age 13, but was forced to burn it by her relatives? (2022-09-26)
... that the first film written and directed by Marysia Nikitiuk(pictured) has been called one of the "most iconic" works of modern Ukrainian cinema? (2022-09-26)
... that yachting photographer Eileen Ramsay damaged many Rolleiflex cameras by attempting to take photos at water level? (2022-09-22)
... that actress Zita Moulton first starred in theatre performances after a bet with her fiancé that she would be able to get a stage job within 24 hours? (2022-09-20)
... that according to Modern Times, a San Francisco–based bookstore collective, if there was only one book that you read in 1975 it had to be Canadian author and activist Helen Potrebenko'sTaxi!? (2022-09-20)
... that 22-year-old Brazilian women's football forward Thays Ferrer was a member of club teams that won national championships in four different countries? (2022-09-14)
... that Sheila Egoff, Canada's first professor of children's literature, returned to her library work immediately after retirement? (2022-09-12)
... that a New York pop-up restaurant opened by Louisa Shafia served stews and rice dishes described in a review as a "Persian-tapas gateway into the ancient cuisine"? (2022-09-10)
... that Susan Silk developed ring theory(pictured) when a colleague said that Silk's breast cancer wasn't just about her? (2022-09-08)
... that Mihi Edwards did not use her own name as a young woman because of discrimination against Māori people in New Zealand? (2022-09-03)
... that the woodcarver Violet Pinwill of the Pinwill sisters was still working on a life-size figure of Saint Peter days before her death in 1957, aged 82? (2022-09-01)
... that when Winifred Brown(pictured) arrived for the King's Cup air race in 1930, she was not allowed to stay at the aero club but still won the race? (2022-08-30)
... that New Zealand composer Maewa Kaihau sold her rights to the song "Now is the Hour" for £10, a decade before it became a hit in the United Kingdom and United States? (2022-08-30)
... that Esther Cuesta was an undocumented migrant in the United States long before she was elected to represent about 800,000 Ecuadorian migrants? (2022-08-29)
... that until Rufina Peter and Kessy Sawang's election in August 2022, Papua New Guinea was one of only three countries without a woman in parliament? (2022-08-28)
... that ballerina Ashley Ellis started her own dancewear brand after her colleagues at Boston Ballet asked her to make leg warmers for them? (2022-08-28)
... that Alice Kuperjanov(pictured) was one of the founders of the Estonian women's movement and assisted military efforts during the Estonian War of Independence? (2022-08-28)
... that in Crippled, author Frances Ryan describes a disabled British woman who was unable to afford heating or her specialist meals due to an austerity programme that began in 2010? (2022-08-26)
... that the US Special Envoy for Afghan women and girls, Rina Amiri, is a former refugee who told US Senator John Kerry that "the Afghan population is not the Taliban"? (2022-08-19)
... that creating visual art led Maya Pindyck to write poetry? (2022-08-12)
... that Ruslana Pysanka, who hosted a Ukrainian television program together with Volodymyr Zelenskyy from 2008, died as a refugee in Germany? (2022-08-10)
... that Colombian singer Juanita Lascarro became a soprano at the Oper Frankfurt, where she appeared as both Calypso and Penelope in a new production of Dallapiccola's Ulisse? (2022-08-09)
... that Avelina Carrera(pictured) made her debut at the Liceu in Barcelona in 1889, stepping in as Elsa in Wagner's Lohengrin, and created the role of Maddalena in Giordano's Andrea Chénier at La Scala? (2022-08-08)
... that Laura J. Crossey has shown that travertines(example pictured) are more likely to form when meteoric groundwater mixes with deeper groundwater from the Earth's mantle? (2022-08-06)
... that Suzie Zuzek's impactful 1960s and 1970s textile designs for Lilly Pulitzer dresses (examples pictured) were recovered from under floorboards? (2022-08-05)
... that according to investigations by independent press agencies, journalist Shireen Abu Akleh(pictured) was killed by an Israel Defense Forces bullet while wearing a blue "press" vest? (2022-08-03)
... that actress Daisy Belmore disfigured her appearance for a character in a play so significantly that she was barely recognised in the street by audience members? (2022-08-03)
... that Alice King overcame her disability to lead Bible classes and write eleven novels? (2022-08-02)
... that Margot Sponer used her international network of contacts to help people escape persecution in Nazi Germany? (2022-07-29)
... that Canadian paediatrician Gladys Boyd was one of the first physicians to treat diabetic children with insulin? (2022-07-29)
... that Anita Rivas, an Ecuadorian mayor, visited the United Kingdom and offered to stop oil drilling in a rainforest in Yasuní National Park? (2022-07-28)
... that no wave band Pulsallama was described as "13 girls fighting over a cowbell"? (2022-07-27)
... that Ada Buisson died at the age of 27, and her short story "The Ghost's Summons" has been anthologised several times since her death? (2022-07-27)
... that when Heather Engebretson portrayed the title role of Puccini's Madama Butterfly for the first time, a reviewer said that her voice "can tremble with panic and shine with hope"? (2022-07-26)
... that the favourite role of Wilma Schmidt, who performed at the Staatsoper Hannover for more than five decades in German, Italian and Slavic operas, was the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier? (2022-07-20)
... that research on short-finned pilot whales(example pictured) by Natacha Aguilar de Soto is leading scientists to reassess foraging models for the behavior of marine predators? (2022-07-16)
... that in 2020, Ukrainian association football referee Maryna Striletska was part of the first all-woman officiating team for a men's international football match? (2022-07-16)
... that Ann Klein supported a successful bill that allowed women to register to vote in New Jersey without disclosing their marital status? (2022-07-15)
... that Eileen Collins(pictured) was the first woman Space Shuttle pilot and the first woman to command a Space Shuttle mission? (2022-07-14)
... that Greenlandic author Pipaluk Freuchen was praised for the "unrelenting realism" in her first book, where a child kills a polar bear? (2022-07-11)
... that prior to Mary Manhein's forensic-anthropology work in Louisiana, unidentified bones (examples pictured) "usually ended up in a box"? (2022-07-11)
... that Chris Ernst stripped naked in 1976 with her Yale University teammates to protest the lack of showers for the women's rowing crew? (2022-07-07)
... that in the 1980s, international LGBT organizations organized protests in Europe and the Americas in support of Belgian teacher Eliane Morissens? (2022-07-06)
... that Lebanese LGBT rights activist Sandra Melhem, one of the foremost promoters of drag culture in Beirut, was awarded for her humanitarian relief work after the 2020 Beirut explosion? (2022-07-01)
... that Internet activist Sally Burch was refused entry into Argentina because her presence was considered to be disruptive? (2022-06-30)
... that a journalist dubbed Olena Shevchenko(pictured) as "probably the most famous lesbian in Ukraine"? (2022-06-30)
... that singer Patsy Torres was referred to as the "princess of Tejano music"? (2022-06-28)
... that Ecuadorian politician Paola Cabezas(pictured) realized that she needed to stop straightening her hair when her niece described her own unstraightened hair as "ugly"? (2022-06-28)
... that the mezzo-soprano Wilhelmine Holmboe(pictured), who studied in Paris with Pauline Viardot and moved to Italy to perform, was one of the first Norwegian women to be acclaimed internationally for her singing? (2022-06-25)
... that Lady Eva Julius once called Girl Guiding "the most important youth movement in the world"? (2022-06-25)
... that Julie Beckett lobbied for the Katie Beckett Medicaid waiver, which enabled hundreds of thousands of disabled children to be cared for by their families at home instead of a hospital? (2022-06-23)
... that American artist Inez Demonet created watercolors of facial injuries for the War Department? (2022-06-23)
... that Victoria Desintonio(pictured) successfully proposed a "citizen observatory" watchdog to reduce gender violence in Ecuador? (2022-06-21)
... that Olympic diver Millie Hudson, who attempted to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar in 1928, was a member of the Hammersmith Ladies Swimming Club along with Belle White, the first British diver to win an Olympic medal? (2022-06-20)
... that British oceanographer Sonya Legg has studied the South China Sea, where waves can be taller than 200 metres (660 ft)? (2022-06-16)
... that a statue of the Elamite queen Napir-Asu is inscribed with a curse for its would-be vandals? (2022-06-16)
... that actress Klara Höfels, known for her roles in television crime series, also produced, directed, and starred in world premieres of theatre projects in Berlin? (2022-06-16)
... that Nathalie Viteri was dismissed from Ecuador's National Assembly but she is now one of the top five members contributing to their debates? (2022-06-11)
... that Liva Järnefelt performed leading roles at the Royal Swedish Opera, such as Ortrud in Wagner's Lohengrin(pictured), and Bizet's Carmen, which she also performed for her 25th anniversary with the company? (2022-06-07)
... that actress Dorothy Van Engle starred in the 1935 movie Murder in Harlem with a "proto-feminist role" that was then a primary source of positive representation for African Americans in film? (2022-06-06)
... that Albania's first professional woman painter was Androniqi Zengo Antoniu, who painted impressionist portraits and landscapes, as well as religious art in churches? (2022-06-06)
... that Aguil Chut-Deng took 22 child refugees from South Sudan to Ethiopia during civil war so that they could attend school? (2022-06-05)
... that Visigothic noblewoman Sara al-Qutiyya took back the land her uncle stole by travelling to Damascus and petitioning the caliph? (2022-06-02)
... that Hanna Dmyterko(pictured) was among 34 Ukrainian women who fought in World War I? (2022-06-02)
... that Indian women's hockey player Elvera Britto and her sisters would stitch their own team uniforms while playing in the 1960s? (2022-05-30)
... that Margaret Ramsay-Hale has worked as a judge in three countries? (2022-05-29)
... that the newly named Cirsium funkiae honors the describer's mentor, Vicki Funk, and the plant's funky appearance? (2022-05-29)
... that a giant breast destroying a spaceship Mark Zuckerberg in the music video for "Ay mamá" is a criticism of Meta's censorship of female nipples? (2022-05-28)
... that when Nadja Stefanoff portrayed the title role of Giordano's Fedora at the Oper Frankfurt, one reviewer complimented the brilliance and agility of her voice, assertive even when singing softly? (2022-05-27)
... that when asked about the secret to her longevity, 91-year-old Shatzi Weisberger said she smokes marijuana every night? (2022-05-21)
... that at the age of 26, Lucy Moss became the youngest female director of a Broadway musical before directing a TikTok musical that raised $2 million? (2022-05-20)
... that Romy Golan's 2021 book Flashback, Eclipse is an exploration of Italian art of the 1960s that moved away from the art created under Italian fascism? (2022-05-15)
... that as a young girl, Countess Ladislaja Harnoncourt was thought to be uneducatable and was nicknamed the "wild Laja"? (2022-05-13)
... that Mallory McMorrow won a public contest to design the Mazda3 while she was a college student? (2022-05-12)
... that Vanita Jagdeo Borade has been called the "snake woman" for having rescued more than 50,000 snakes? (2023-05-11) ... that Vanita Jagdeo Borade has been called the "Snake Woman" for having rescued more than 50,000 snakes? (2022-05-11)
... that disability-rights activist Edith Prentiss objected to the title of a documentary about her, Edith Prentiss: Hell on Wheels, for being too mild? (2022-05-08)
... that Mexican sinologistFlora Botton was rescued by an American soldier when being transported on a train from Bergen-Belsen in 1945? (2022-05-01)
... that Hungarian historian Andrea Pető believes that "right to be forgotten" policies should not be applied to the Holocaust? (2022-05-01)
... that the final silent film directed by Giulia Cassini Rizzotto was partly funded by the Vatican and featured Italian aristocrats? (2022-04-24)
... that during a German charity concert for Ukraine, Slovakian singer Judita Nagyová performed a solo in the finale of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony? (2022-04-23)
... that The West Wing'sAmy Gardner is said to be the only character on the show with "a genuinely militant attitude towards equality of the genders"? (2022-04-23)
... that Ukrainian artist Kateryna Antonovych worked at Prague's Museum of Ukraine's Struggle for Independence before the US aircraft bombed it? (2022-04-21)
... that Carol Van Strum, an environmental activist who wrote the book A Bitter Fog, accumulated 20,000 documents across 40 years that revealed corporate and government cover-ups? (2022-04-11)
... that French designer Martine Bedin compared her Super Lamp design to "a small dog that I could carry with me"? (2022-04-10)
... that Mily Treviño-Sauceda, the co-founder of the first national grassroots women's farmworker organization in the United States, the National Alliance of Farmworker Women, was a child farmworker in the 1960s? (2022-04-08)
... that Barbara Shermund illustrated two early New Yorker covers (second shown) and, 25 years later, was one of the first women to join the National Cartoonists Society? (2022-04-05)
... that Arti Rana was the president of the self-help group Tharu Hath KargaGharelu Udyog when it received assistance from the World Wide Fund for Nature to make its looms more efficient? (2022-03-27)
... that New Zealand editor and journalist Madeleine Chapman, known for fashion label exposés and snack food ranking lists, is a champion javelin thrower? (2022-03-26)
... that Rose Delaunay(pictured), a French operatic soprano who began her career at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, and her husband, an actor, celebrated their diamond wedding in 1937? (2022-03-25)
... that Gloria Rojas, one of the first Latina broadcast journalists in New York City, helped launch the career of Geraldo Rivera? (2022-03-25)
... that museum director Alena Aladava(pictured) rebuilt the Belarusian national art collection in the aftermath of the Second World War? (2022-03-21)
... that when Lviv-born Maria Moscisca(pictured) performed the title role of Verdi's La traviata at the San Francisco Opera in 1913, a review described her as "the impersonation of grace and refinement"? (2022-03-19)
... that Australian writer Gertrude Hart(pictured) was a co-founder of the Old Derelicts' Club, which later became the Society of Australian Authors? (2022-03-15)
... that Verena Conzett(pictured) found commercial success when she offered serial novels together with accident insurance? (2022-03-14)
... that Anna Korsun, a composer who studied in Kyiv and Munich, and teaches in Amsterdam, was awarded a scholarship at the Villa Massimo in Rome in 2018? (2022-03-14)
... that Matilda Allison, blinded aged seven, "devoted her time instructing the blind" throughout America, thanks to a "wonderful education"? (2022-03-08)
... that when American-born skier Katie Vesterstein chose to compete for Estonia, she had only visited the country once, and did not speak the language? (2022-02-20)
... that pioneering Daily News camerawoman Evelyn Straus had her clothes custom-made to carry her film and flashbulbs? (2022-02-20)
... that Anita Kiki Gbeho(pictured) is still working for the United Nations in Somalia, even though her boss was lucky to escape assassination? (2022-02-19)
... that Finnish linguist Eeva Leinonen was one of four women to be inaugurated as heads of Irish universities in 2021, the others being Maggie Cusack, Linda Doyle and Kerstin Mey? (2022-02-14)
... that Professor of Engineering and the Arts Linda Doyle in 2021 became the first female provost (head) of Trinity College Dublin since its 1592 foundation by Elizabeth I? (2022-02-11)
... that the act of trying a burger at Slutty Vegan for the first time is known as being "sluttified"? (2022-02-10)
... that mining entrepreneur and former model Tigui Camara is the first woman in Guinea to own a mining company, which she partially runs as a social enterprise? (2022-02-09)
... that Bahraini businesswoman Yara Salman founded a beauty salon, a medical center, an entertainment complex, and a restaurant in the past decade? (2022-02-08)
... that AI expert Tess Posner resigned her role as a CEO in order to concentrate on her music career? (2022-01-31)
... that Elena Guseva's training as a choral conductor helped her analyse the score when playing Polina in Prokofiev's The Gambler at the Vienna State Opera? (2022-01-30)
... that Smithsonian archivists are rediscovering the work of photography pioneer Louisa Bernie Gallaher(pictured) after they were misattributed to her boss? (2022-01-29)
... that Kate Foster is the British ambassador to Somalia, but there are no consular services at the embassy in Mogadishu? (2022-01-28)
... that beauty queen Veronica Volkersz(pictured) was the first woman to pilot an operational jet fighter? (2022-01-27)
... that Preet Chandi, the first known woman of colour to walk solo to the South Pole, contacted friends to be bridesmaids during her expedition? (2022-01-24)
... that in her 2021 composition This too shall pass with string orchestra, Raminta Šerkšnytė used a vibraphone for the flow of time, a violin for the transience of humans, and a "heavenly" cello? (2022-01-23)
... that between 1878 and 1898, American inventor Maria E. Beasley patented a footwarmer, an improved life raft, several barrel-making machines and an anti-derailment device for trains? (2022-01-23)
... that The Outdoor Circle opposed a 2009 visit to Hawaii by the Wienermobile, believing its presence in the state was illegal? (2022-01-22)
... that when George Ross went bankrupt in 1867, his wife Sibella Ross started a school to sustain their large family? (2022-01-22)
... that as well as having a film career spanning 60 years, Kumeko Urabe(pictured) became the oldest debut singer in 1984 with her single Octopus Song? (2022-01-22)
... that Elfrida von Nardroff won $220,500 ($2.1 million today) on the game show Twenty-One in 1958, the highest winnings of any contestant? (2022-01-20)
... that Rita Humphries-Lewin, a former chair of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, entered the industry as a secretary? (2022-01-18)
... that dyeing the threads for a weaving by Mary Zicafoose(pictured) may involve wrapping, tying, and untying as many as 80,000 ikat ties? (2022-01-18)
... that Beverly Russell's 1992 book Women of Design: Contemporary American Interiors was the first survey of female interior designers? (2022-01-18)
... that American medical pioneer Isabella Coler Herb designed the Herb–Mueller apparatus to help doctors and dentists administer ether to patients? (2022-01-13)
... that when elected as mayor, Venezuelan politician Gloria Lizárraga de Capriles did not have her own office and worked from a shopping mall? (2022-01-13)
... that WAAF Corporal Elspeth Henderson remained at her post despite a direct hit by a Luftwaffe bomb? (2022-01-03)
... that twenty-a-day cigarette smoker Trudi Thomson suffered from bulimia and rheumatoid arthritis before she became a successful runner? (2022-01-01)
... that Maine state legislator Tracy Quint introduced a bill that would have banned all COVID-19 vaccination mandates in Maine until 2024? (2021-12-27)
... that mountaineer Edmund Hillary asked Canadian doctor Joan Ford to take her "Adidas runners, a stethoscope and an umbrella" and get to the Himalayas? (2021-12-26)
... that English women's footballer Shameeka Fishley scored a hat-trick in her newly-established Turkish team's first match? (2021-12-23)
... that Kirsten Warner, whose father was a Holocaust survivor, wrote a novel from the perspective of the child of a Holocaust survivor? (2021-12-21)
... that Hyun Ji Shin was photographed by Karl Lagerfeld in his Chanel campaign before his death? (2021-12-20)
... that English-born actress Frances Brett Hodgkinson(pictured) became the highest-paid theater actress in the United States in 1800? (2021-12-18)
... that Nandivada Rathnasree, who ran Delhi's planetarium, proposed that astronomers could be taught using India's stone-built observatories? (2021-12-17)
... that the documentary film Boycott includes the stories of three Americans who sued their state governments after being affected by anti-BDS laws? (2021-12-17)
... that Mauatua married the Bounty mutineer Fletcher Christian and ensured women on Pitcairn were given the vote? (2021-12-15)
... that Mary Earle(pictured) was born near Ben Nevis, and although she became a professor of food technology in New Zealand, she never forgot her Scottish roots? (2021-12-15)
... that zoologist Ruth Crosby Noble's 1945 book on animal behavior was said to have the "rare quality of combining entertainment with sound scientific value"? (2021-12-11)
... that children's author Kate DiCamillo received 473 rejection letters before her first novel was accepted for publication? (2021-12-09)
... that before starring in the Pedro Almodóvar film Parallel Mothers, Milena Smit worked as a model, waitress, shop assistant, babysitter, subway information assistant, and hotel receptionist? (2021-12-08)
... that the Panacea Society believed in God the Father, God the Mother, Jesus the Son, and Octavia? (2021-12-08)
... that according to legend, Edigna fled an arranged marriage in 1074, leaving her royal life behind to live as a hermit in a hollowed-out tree in Fürstenfeldbruck? (2021-12-08)
... that Zeliha Ağrıs started performing taekwondo at age ten and became a world champion when she was 19? (2021-12-06)
... that Pitcairn Islander Teraura(pictured) was one of "the most travelled Polynesian women" of her day? (2021-12-06)
... that Inger K. Frith, the first woman president of a major international sporting federation, played a key role in returning archery to the Olympics? (2021-12-05)
... that Italian actress Linda Albertini used her abilities as a former circus acrobat in silent films? (2021-12-04)
... that economist Nisvan Erkal's research showed that China's one-child policy created children who lacked qualities important for social and economic success? (2021-12-03)
... that Marie Litta(pictured) started her own opera company in her early 20s, just a few years before her death in 1883? (2021-11-30)
... that not so much as a "hell" or "damn" was permitted at G. D. Sweet Famous Players' "Sunday school" productions? (2021-11-30)
... that in 2009, Doreen Nabwire(pictured) became the first Kenyan woman to play professional football in Europe? (2021-11-26)
... that Miriam Soljak, after fighting to recover her New Zealand nationality for nearly three decades, was told that the government considered she had never lost it? (2021-11-21)
... that Nancy Cappello was described as the "founder of the breast density education movement" for her campaign to inform women about the issue of mammograms failing to detect breast cancer? (2021-11-20)
... that Russel and Mary Wright's American design "manifesto" Guide to Easier Living proposed that life was "engineering problems with scientific solutions"? (2021-11-20)
... that the "Angel of the dump", Jane Walker, helps people in Manila create handbags (pictured) from reused ring-pulls? (2021-11-18)
... that Elizabeth Reiter portrayed the double role of Renee, an "icy wife"; and Alice, an "insatiable lover"; in the German premiere of Olga Neuwirth's opera Lost Highway? (2021-11-18)
... that upon hearing about a 600-worker walkout reportedly prompted by difficulties she caused, Dee Duponte responded "fiddlesticks"? (2021-11-18)
... that Scottish novelist Isla Dewar said "if ... a thing is not worth doing then it's worth doing fabulously, amazingly, with grace, style and panache"? (2021-11-17)
... that in Botswana, writer Unity Dow(pictured) took legal actions as a plaintiff, legal counsellor, and judge to challenge gender discrimination and protect indigenous rights, before becoming a legislator? (2021-11-15)
... that Sherita Hill Golden demonstrated that diabetics were more likely to develop depression and that those with depression were more likely to become diabetic? (2021-11-14)
... that even though Australian citizens are no longer British subjects, they can still vote in elections and stand for parliament in the United Kingdom? (2021-11-13)
... that Marguerite Dunlap sang in the first radio broadcast of WEAF in New York? (2021-11-12)
... that the English botanists Jane Ingham and Joseph Hubert Priestley were the first to separate cell walls from meristematic tissues in broad beans? (2021-11-10)
... that in October 2021, American wheelchair racerYen Hoang came in the top three in marathons on consecutive days? (2021-11-08)
... that after men took all the 2021 Nobel Prizes for science, one of the selectors, Eva Olsson(pictured), said "we want to have more women nominated"? (2021-11-08)
... that Colombian-born Susan Bernal is developing new cements that can reduce the substantial CO2 emissions currently caused by concrete? (2021-11-06)
... that Marie Surcouf was the president of Stella, a club for French women aeronauts? (2021-11-04)
... that Lisa Federle's mobile surgery service (pictured) for refugees was adapted to be a mobile test station during the COVID-19 pandemic? (2021-11-01)
... that Laura Jean McKay's 2020 novel about a fictional global pandemic was first written in 2013? (2021-10-16)
... that Anne Wyllie(pictured), also known as the "Spit Queen", now has a Wikipedia biography because a healthcare executive asked who she was? (2021-10-12)
... that Lori Gramlich, a survivor of sexual abuse in her childhood, introduced legislation that made it easier for sexual abuse survivors in Maine to file civil lawsuits against their abusers? (2021-09-27)
... that Lydia Wevers was the first scholar to write about the history of short stories in New Zealand? (2021-09-26)
... that the small island of Aruba was at the Paralympics because Shardea Arias de la Cru thought they should be? (2021-09-25)
... that Anna Apostolaki, the first Greek woman to work as a professional archaeologist, was also a feminist educator who promoted women's traditional crafts? (2021-09-25)
... that Lulwah Al-Qatami was the first woman from Kuwait to study at a university abroad? (2021-09-23)
... that Noliwe Rooks coined the term "segrenomics" to describe a system of separate, segregated, and unequal education created by the privatization and deregulation of American public education? (2021-09-21)
... that despite not initially being selected for the 2020 Summer Paralympics, British equestrian Georgia Wilson won two bronze medals at the Games? (2021-09-21)
... that Dominican senator Anette Sanford donated half her salary to the Dominica Nurses Association during the COVID-19 pandemic? (2021-09-20)
... that Guyana MP Yvonne Fredericks-Pearson competed in archery at the Indigenous Heritage Games 2019? (2021-09-19)
... that after the Paralympics, Gambian athlete Isatou Nyang(pictured) continued to train at night, and during the day she would beg to support herself? (2021-09-19)
... that Sally Fox found a picture of a French sculptor and decided to create a picture collection (example pictured) of thousands of other women? (2021-09-18)
... that New Zealand choreographer and dancer Louise Potiki Bryant was coated in clay by sculptor Paerau Corneal in their interdisciplinary work Kiri? (2021-09-13)
... that American journalist and activist Clara Leiser traveled to Nazi Germany frequently, and documented the plight of families of political prisoners? (2021-09-11)
... that Fatykha Aitova agreed to marry her husband on the condition that he help her construct a school? (2021-09-02)
... that the Romanian soprano Iulia Maria Dan was Hamlet's Ophelia in the Bregenz Festival's revival of Franco Faccio's revived opera Amleto? (2021-09-02, 2022-09-02)
... that seventeen-year-old Julie Hayden(pictured) was killed by members of the White Man's League days after starting a position teaching Black children, and became "the poster child of southern violence"? (2021-08-31)
... that Paralympian Gemma Collis-McCann, who sits on wheelchair fencing's new Gender Equity Commission, has been chosen to join three men as the UK's wheelchair fencing team in Tokyo? (2021-08-24)
... that Australian soprano Ada Baker toured India and China before becoming a singing teacher in Perth in 1889? (2021-08-24)
... that Miao Poya successfully campaigned to change her high school's uniform policy before becoming one of the first Taipei city councillors to be openly lesbian? (2021-08-22)
... that New Zealand writer Jessie Weston wrote for William Ernest Henley's magazine for 18 months without him knowing she was a woman? (2021-08-22)
... that American physician and marathon runner Joan Ullyot was one of the key figures in successfully lobbying for a women’s marathon in the Olympic Games? (2021-08-20)
... that New Zealand author Patricia Grace did not include a glossary for Māori terms in her book Potiki because she "didn't want the Māori language to be treated as a foreign language in its own country"? (2021-08-17)
... that Serbian landowner Marija Trandafil spent a single day hungry, but she remembered the experience and became a major philanthropist in Novi Sad? (2021-08-12)
... that Tatjana Gamerith and her husband, married for 60 years despite an age difference of 20 years, were awarded a prize for their work to combine art and nature? (2021-08-08)
... that infectious diseases specialist Jameela Al Salman has supported the development of medical robots and called their use in Bahrain a "pioneering experiment"? (2021-08-01)
... that Lili Marberg, an actress at the Burgtheater in Vienna from 1911 to 1950, was painted performing Wilde's Salome in Munich (painting pictured)? (2021-07-31)
... that during the War of the Lombards, fighting was interrupted so that the corpse of the besieged Queen Alice could be handed over to her husband, who had never seen her alive? (2021-07-31)
... that operatic soprano Natalia Shpiller was beloved by Joseph Stalin, and he frequently had her perform at the Moscow Kremlin to impress visiting dignitaries? (2021-07-26)
... that Nele Hertling, working for the Academy of Arts, Berlin, brought innovative culture to the city including the Tanz im August festival? (2021-07-25)
... that the first Olympic volleyball match in more than 16 years for Kenya's Malkia Strikers is being played today in Tokyo against Japan? (2021-07-25)
... that ballerina Julie Diana began writing for dance publications when she was pregnant? (2021-07-25)
... that award winner Lillian Comas-Díaz became interested in psychology after consoling classmates recovering from a destructive hurricane? (2021-07-22)
... that Italian singer Lia Origoni said she refused to be Joseph Goebbels's dinner guest, so he left her chair empty? (2021-07-22)
... that, after being elected as the first transgender city councilor of Belo Horizonte, Duda Salabert was fired from her job as a teacher when the school where she worked received a threatening email? (2021-07-22)
... that when Cordula Wöhler was expelled from a Lutheran pastor's household for converting to Catholicism, she wrote a poem that became one of the most popular hymns to Mary in German? (2021-07-21)
... that Chilean psychologist Neva Milicic Müller wrote a book about parent–child separation that can help children and caregivers during COVID-19 lockdowns? (2021-07-20)
... that Kate Baker arranged to republish the Australian novel Such Is Life by Joseph Furphy after locating half of the original manuscript under some lumber in the offices of The Bulletin? (2021-07-17)
... that South African theologian Sarojini Nadar examined the Book of Esther as a "text of terror" in normalizing rape culture? (2021-07-16)
... that Neha Narkhede, co-creator of the open source software Apache Kafka, also helped found Confluent, a company valued at $4.5billion? (2021-07-16)
... that Maria Simon and her husband met through a Jewish youth group in Austria but did not marry until ten years later after reconnecting while living as exiles in England? (2021-07-12)
... that Christa Ludwig, known for fiction for young horse-lovers, received a prize after her novel about Else Lasker-Schüler's late years in Jerusalem was published? (2021-07-12)
... that Serbian actress Branka Veselinović(pictured), whose career started in 1938, still performs aged 102? (2021-07-12)
... that German art historian Birgit Dahlenburg was instrumental in the recognition of the 16th-century Croy Tapestry as a cultural asset of national value? (2021-07-12)
... that Marja Kubašec was both the first Sorbian woman to receive a formal teacher training and the first woman to write a novel in Upper Sorbian? (2021-07-11)
... that June Fernández wrote "I Wanted Sex But Not Like That"? (2021-07-11)
... that Ellora Derenoncourt demonstrated that the expansion of minimum wage in 1967 accounted for 20 percent of the reduction in racial income gaps in the United States during the civil rights era? (2021-07-11)
... that Abeer Odeh was the first woman to serve as Minister of National Economy in Palestine? (2021-07-11)
... that ballerina Tina Pereira won a competition even though she was chosen to replace an indisposed dancer, and her partner got seriously injured mid-performance? (2021-07-10)
... that, after her death, a contemporary of Frankish queen Austregilde both called her "the light of her homeland, the world, and the court" and compared her to Herod? (2021-07-09)
... that the Latin American travesti gender identity has been considered to be a third gender, akin to the hijras of India and the muxe of Mexico? (2021-07-05)
... that Linnéstaty, a sculpture created by Swedish sculptor Gerda Sprinchorn, was raised as a public monument 40 years after its completion? (2021-07-05)
... that the first Black woman to receive tenure in Kent State University's College of Arts & Sciences, Angela Neal-Barnett, emphasizes social support between Black women as "an indigenous form of healing"? (2021-07-05)
... that judokaLoretta Doyle found out that she was pregnant during pre–Olympic selection medical checks? (2021-06-30)
... that Kata Wéber moved to Berlin to write the play that would become Pieces of a Woman to avoid her husband, who had encouraged her to write it after finding her personal notes? (2021-06-30)
... that Elena Urrutia helped launch the Mexican feminist magazine Fem? (2021-06-28)
... that the Suffrage Torch was a symbol of illumination during the Suffragist campaigns in the states of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania in the summer of 1915 and the idea of Harriot Stanton Blatch? (2021-06-27)
... that at the suggestion of writer and translator Cecilia Bååth-Holmberg, Mother's Day was celebrated for the first time in Sweden in 1919? (2021-06-27)
... that Sydney Morton's grandfather appeared in Run, Little Chillun(poster pictured), but the musical theatre bug skipped a generation? (2021-06-21)
... that the biography of Karin Boye, written by Swedish literary critic Margit Abenius, was criticised for the conservative analysis of Boye's homosexuality? (2021-06-20)
... that "Segne du, Maria", requesting Mary to bless her child in life and death, was written by Cordula Wöhler in 1870 and finally included in the common Gotteslob hymnal in 2013? (2021-06-18)
... that when Honor McKellar studied voice in England, Ralph Vaughan Williams called her "the girl who does things with the words"? (2021-06-14)
... that Mary Custis Lee(pictured), a daughter of the Confederate general Robert E. Lee, refused to sit in the "whites-only" section of a streetcar? (2021-06-13)
... that Kate Nicholl is the first lord mayor of Belfast in recent times not to be born in the United Kingdom or Ireland? (2021-06-09)
... that Royal Ballet dancer Fumi Kaneko danced Princess Aurora in a cinema relay of The Sleeping Beauty, even though she was supposed to portray the Lilac Fairy? (2021-06-08)
... that Maria Calegari danced principal roles in every ballet performed by the New York City Ballet during a weekend in her early career? (2021-06-07)
... that Swedish artist Gerda Höglund painted her first altarpiece in South Africa before creating a similar work (pictured) in Sweden? (2021-06-07)
... that Izkia Siches, who was re-elected as president of the Chilean Medical College in 2020, has ruled out running for President of Chile in 2021? (2021-06-05)
... that Finnish politician Maija Rask earned a PhD at the age of 61 after a career as a nurse, teacher, member of Parliament, and minister of education? (2021-05-31)
... that Meeri Kalavainen(pictured), Finland's first minister of culture, helped end a schism in the women's branch of the Social Democratic Party? (2021-05-29)
... that as a child, future script supervisorPamela Mann-Francis went to the cinema multiple times a week, even during Second World War air raids? (2021-05-27)
... that in April 2020, the Somali health minister, Fawziya Abikar Nur, announced the death of Somalia's second COVID-19 victim, a state justice minister? (2021-05-26)
... that the University of Oulu renamed an institute after Finnish politician Kerttu Saalasti(pictured) in 2017, six decades after she introduced the bill that established the university? (2021-05-23)
... that because of her striking beauty and sense of high fashion, soprano Annamary Dickey was dubbed the "Glamour Girl of the Met" in 1949? (2021-05-23)
... that the first founder of a free-to-use English school was Lady Katharine Berkeley(sculpture pictured)? (2021-05-22)
... that after her death Katri-Helena Eskelinen was voted "the greatest Siilinjärvi resident of all time" by her hometown? (2021-05-20)
... that despite being warned that her "female parts would be damaged", Susan Beharriell recorded 80 hours in a jet during her time training fighter pilots? (2021-05-19)
... that Alli Lahtinen, the first woman to lead a central government agency in Finland, helped establish the country's national child care system? (2021-05-17)
... that Orvokki Kangas authored six books, including a novel, memoirs, and religious devotionals, after she left the Finnish parliament at the age of 61? (2021-05-15)
... that Silvia Bottini, the face of the "First World Problems" meme, has done makeup for T-Pain and publicly performed Ovid? (2021-05-14)
... that for several nights early in her career, ballerina Mary Ellen Moylan danced in a Balanchine ballet, then took a taxi to another theater to appear in the second act of an operetta? (2021-05-14)
... that Norwegian footballer Sissel Grude retired aged 22, but returned for a one-off appearance 22 years later? (2021-05-13)
... that Irma Toivanen, who was part of a group of Finnish volunteer medics during World War II, helped make a film about the group six decades later? (2021-05-11)
... that when Hetty Jane Dunaway created Dunaway Gardens near Atlanta, it had a 400 and a 1,000 seat theatre and a swimming pool blasted out with explosives? (2021-05-10)
... that Finnish politician Margit Eskman did not attend secondary school because she had to work in a shoe factory? (2021-05-10)
... that after surviving the Holocaust, writer Trudi Birger moved to Israel with her family and founded a non-profit dental clinic? (2021-05-09)
... that Finnish minister Kyllikki Pohjala learned English while working in New York hospitals to pay for her education at Columbia University? (2021-05-04)
... that soprano Florence Kirk's temperamental fit over her costume as Lady Macbeth led to the professional debut of opera star Regina Resnik who replaced her? (2021-05-04)
... that seeds from Asia allowed Dorothy Renton to create "the finest two acres of private garden" (detail pictured) in Scotland? (2021-05-04)
... that after Rhoda, Lady Birley, made fish stew with cognac for her roses, her daughter said that they "almost cried out with pleasure"? (2021-04-30)
... that Inkeri Anttila(pictured), Finland's first female minister of justice, was also the first woman in Finland to complete a doctorate in law? (2021-04-30)
... that Helen D'Amato was appointed to a three-year term as Malta's commissioner of children, but held the role for nearly twice as long after her term expired without a successor being designated? (2021-04-30)
... that Truus Smulders-Beliën, the first female mayor in the Netherlands, succeeded her husband after he was executed by Nazi soldiers? (2021-04-29)
... that Leontyne Price described her relationship with voice teacher Florence Kimball as "the most important relationship of my life. Like sex it was pure chemistry"? (2021-04-27)
... that Debra Humphris, the vice chancellor of the University of Brighton, advocated converting 18th-century army barracks into student residences? (2021-04-25)
... that Nellah Massey Bailey became the first woman to be elected statewide in Mississippi in 1947, less than a year after the death of her husband Governor Thomas L. Bailey? (2021-04-23)
... that the Catholic Church barred Deborah Schembri from practicing law in ecclesiastical court because she led a campaign to legalize divorce in Malta? (2021-04-22)
... that Rannveig Þorsteinsdóttir, a newspaper clerk and part-time teacher in the 1920s, became the first woman to practice law in the Supreme Court of Iceland thirty years later? (2021-04-21)
... that former ballerina Katita Waldo briefly came out of retirement to perform as the stepmother in Christopher Wheeldon's Cinderella? (2021-04-21)
... that biologist Joni L. Rutter(pictured) led the development of the All of Us research program to include more than a million participants to advance precision medicine? (2021-04-21)
... that the Women's London Championship was viewed as a response to the introduction of women's franchise cricket in England? (2021-04-20)
... that Mary L. Smith became the first female president of Kentucky State University in 1991 despite having been passed over for the same job a year earlier? (2021-04-20)
... that Cuban ballerinas and sisters Lorena and Lorna Feijóo both moved to the U.S., and once split the roles of Black and White Swans in Swan Lake, which are usually danced by the same person? (2021-04-20)
... that Kate Clark wrote the children's book A Southern Cross Fairy Tale, which used Northern Hemisphere Christmas imagery but featured the natural features and animals of New Zealand? (2021-04-18)
... that Senegalese artist and actress Younousse Sèye, who is best known for her mixed-media works incorporating cowrie shells, is considered to be Senegal's first woman painter? (2021-04-17)
... that after Maria Camilleri co-founded a school for Muslim children in Malta, she became the only Christian headmistress of a Muslim school in the world? (2021-04-16)
... that Marita Napier is the first South African opera singer to have performed lead roles in each of the four "Grand Slam" opera houses? (2021-04-14)
... that after the start of Afghan peace talks in 2019, journalist Farahnaz Forotan travelled the country to collect testimonies from women and prevent the rollback of their freedoms? (2021-04-13)
... that the French football club GPSO 92 Issy was founded by three Peruvian sisters in 1997? (2021-04-08)
... that ballerina Miranda Weese performed the lead role in a televised performance of Swan Lake under an hour's notice, with a partner she had never rehearsed with? (2021-04-08)
... that irked by the immense gap in gender-focused digital storytelling from both Sudan and South Sudan, Omnia Shawkat co-founded Andariya magazine? (2021-04-06)
... that as a fifteen-year-old student, ballerina Angelica Generosa replaced an injured schoolmate to perform a lead role in Balanchine's Stars and Stripes after two weeks of rehearsals? (2021-04-05)
... that Sister Elizabeth Sander, who was imprisoned for carrying "lewd books", escaped twice? (2021-04-02)
... that Brenda Banks was one of the first African-American women to work as a professional animator? (2021-03-31)
... that Irish Times columnist Róisín Ingle has penned more than 4,000 pieces, including "It was love at first riot" about meeting her life partner in Northern Ireland? (2021-03-30)
... that Lucia Votano(pictured) was the first woman to be appointed director of the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, the largest underground research center in the world? (2021-03-24)
... that Millie Dienert was called the "first lady of prayer" for her work on behalf of evangelist Billy Graham? (2021-03-21)
... that Hollis Taylor has argued that birdsong should be considered music? (2021-03-21)
... that Maha Jaafar, a Sudanese-Iraqi dentist who started producing YouTube videos to "have fun with her friends", has attracted almost two million views for a video mimicking Arabic dialects and stereotypes? (2021-03-19)
... that teenager Jyoti Kumari(pictured) travelled 750 miles (1,210 km) on a bicycle with her injured father, during India's COVID-19 lockdown? (2021-03-17)
... that Pat Lundvall was the first female chair of the Nevada Athletic Commission, but garnered controversy for some of her decisions relating to mixed martial arts? (2021-03-08)
... that Krishna Yadav's journey from finding jobs for her family growing vegetables in Delhi to creating jobs for others won her an award (pictured) on International Women's Day? (2021-03-08)
... that the Venkateswara Temple only allowed male barbers to shave off the ton of hair that is donated every day until Kagganapalli Radha Devi(pictured) challenged the rules? (2021-03-08)
... that Doris Stockhausen's husband dedicated several compositions to her, beginning with Chöre für Doris in 1950 before they married? (2021-02-28)
... that Libuše Domanínská, a soprano of Prague's National Theatre, performed in all of Janáček's operas, and a recording she made as his Jenůfa made his works better known beyond their home country? (2021-02-25)
... that "noted controversialist" Mary Aldis(depicted) tried to get Auckland City Council to stop a woman being fired from a cannon in 1887? (2021-02-08)
... that rapper Zane One does not listen to much hip hop music, and her debut album features samples from classic rock and folk songs? (2021-02-06)
... that Rānui Ngārimu(pictured) helped weave Te Māhutonga (the Southern Cross), the Māori cloak worn by the flag bearer of the New Zealand Olympic team since 2004? (2021-02-05)
... that Ethiopian-Italian refugee environmentalist Agitu Ideo Gudeta was nicknamed the "Queen of Happy Goats"? (2021-01-30)
... that Zéna M'Déré led a protest movement in Mayotte in which women tickled their political opponents, forcing them to comply with their demands? (2021-01-29)
... that Minnie Lou Crosthwaite, the first Black woman to pass the teacher exam in Nashville's segregated school system, and Minnie Lee Crosthwaite, one of Kansas City's first Black social workers, both attended Fisk University? (2021-01-29)
... that Sylvie Fortier retired from competitive synchronized swimming at only 18, saying she was happy with what she had achieved? (2021-01-28)
... that Olga Petit – the first female lawyer in France – was a Russian? (2021-01-28)
... that Susan Estes is the first woman to have her own company in the historically male bond-trading business in the U.S.? (2021-01-27)
... that Eleanor Keaton, who at age 21 became the third wife of silent-film comedian Buster Keaton, was widely credited with rehabilitating his life and career? (2021-01-26)
... that Antoinette Dinga Dzondo(pictured), Minister of Social Affairs and Humanitarian Action of the Republic of the Congo, set up a fund to help refugees in the country return home? (2021-01-24)
... that the discrimination Vilma Núñez(pictured) experienced as a child born out of wedlock motivated her career as a Nicaraguan lawyer and human-rights activist? (2021-01-23)
... that ballerina Jennie Somogyi was offered an apprenticeship at the New York City Ballet when she was 15, becoming one of the youngest dancers to join the company? (2021-01-22)
... that ballerina Kyra Nichols danced with the New York City Ballet for 33 years, retiring shortly before she turned 49? (2021-01-21)
... that the Bharatanatyam dancer Sangeeta Isvaran works with deprived communities and uses dance and theatre in an effort to bring about social reform? (2021-01-20)
... that Bianca Smith, the first Black female coach in professional baseball history, has a J.D. degree in sports law and an MBA in sports management? (2021-01-19)
... that the artist Thilagavathi teaches social interactions and facial expressions to children on the autism spectrum through Therukoothu folk-theatre performances? (2021-01-17)
... that Taylor Swift's 2020 song "Marjorie" has been described as "a heart-rending tribute" to her grandmother, opera singer Marjorie Finlay, who inspired Swift's musical career? (2021-01-16)
... that Katherine Loker donated $30 million each to Harvard and USC, and millions more to develop university, medical, and cultural programs in California? (2021-01-16)
... that Debbie Muir retired from synchronized swimming at age 20 and coached the Calgary Aquabelles to 22 national titles in ten years? (2021-01-16)
... that actress and tennis player Filiz Taçbaş, tired of city life, purchased agricultural land and obtained a farming certificate, and now grows olives and lemons? (2021-01-15)
... that Adele Rose wrote 457 scripts for the British soap opera Coronation Street, more than any other contributor? (2021-01-15)
... that Iti Tyagi said, "I urge every woman to come out of their shells and to break the stereotype" after receiving the Nari Shakti Puraskar? (2021-01-13)
... that competitive swimmer Meenakshi Pahuja encountered water snakes in one river race at Murshidabad, and a corpse in another? (2021-01-12)
... that when Abbey House Museum curator Violet Crowther wanted to add old-fashioned household objects or "bygones" to the collection, she advertised for a pair of bellows in the local newspaper? (2021-01-10)
... that at the Schaubühne in Berlin, Jutta Lampe played Ophelia "as if in a trance", and male and female roles on a time voyage as the only actor in the premiere of Robert Wilson's Orlando? (2021-01-08)
... that arachnologist Ekaterina Andreeva wrote the first original monograph published in the USSR about Central Asian spiders? (2021-01-07)
... that despite receiving 30,000 monthly fan letters, top box-office silent-film starClara Bow(pictured) was convinced that talking pictures would ruin her career? (2021-01-07)
... that Hawaiian princess Kaʻiulani was an avid surfer and professed in an interview, "I'm sure I was a seal in another world because I am so fond of the water"? (2021-01-05)
... that Gertrude Degenhardt illustrated her brother-in-law Franz Josef Degenhardt's song albums in the 1960s, and created art books such as Women in Music and Vagabondage in Blue in the 1990s? (2021-01-04)
... that ballerina and répétiteurSara Leland was able to stage more than 30 ballets due to her ability to remember choreography accurately? (2021-01-03)
... that Mildred Mottahedeh's personal collection of porcelain was described by Nelson Rockefeller as "utterly fabulous, an artistic and cultural treasure without comparison in its field"? (2021-01-03)
... that the diaries of Lady Lacoste, a 19th-century philanthropist from Montreal, give historians a rare look into how emotions impacted the lives of women in her social class? (2020-12-30)
... that in 1975, Finland's Minister of Education Marjatta Väänänen sent a petition to the Archbishop of Turku with almost 1 million signatures, advocating for the introduction of female priests? (2020-12-25)
... that Houkje Gerrits Bouma was a female Dutch speed-skating winner at a time when women were still allowed to bare their arms? (2020-12-24)
... that NCJW activist Florence Lewis was invited by President John F. Kennedy in 1963 to a White House discussion on how women's organizations could help solve civil rights issues? (2020-12-10)
... that Salma wrote some of her works while sitting on the toilet, on pieces of paper ripped from calendars and notebooks? (2020-12-08)
... that in 2006, social-justice advocate Ronnie L. Podolefsky represented six female athletes who accused their high-school basketball coach of sexual misconduct? (2020-12-08)
... that Priscilla Jana, a South African human-rights lawyer of Indian descent, was the first woman to hug Nelson Mandela in 13 years of imprisonment on Robben Island? (2020-12-07)
... that in publishing Laura's Ghost, the author insisted the book cover show a photo of Laura alive? (2020-12-07)
... that the Spanish writer Eva Forest was imprisoned for alleged complicity in multiple terror attacks by the separatist group ETA? (2020-12-07)
... that Arsenal footballer Vivianne Miedema(pictured) is the all-time leading scorer in the FA Women's Super League and has scored more goals at the international level than any other Dutch player? (2020-12-05)
... that folklorist and archaeologist Ethel Rudkin was the first to quantify and categorise sightings of ghostly black dogs? (2020-12-04)
... that Britain's 1977 Coal Queen won her weight in Babycham? (2020-12-02)
... that Saint Ninnoc(depicted) is often shown with a stag lying at her feet, said to represent the at-risk women who came under her guardianship? (2020-12-01)
... that a foundation set up by Pragya Prasun has supported more than 250 survivors of acid attacks? (2020-11-29)
... that Jane Withers(pictured) rose to child stardom in the 1930s playing mischievous little girls, "tomboy rascals", and "America's favorite problem child"? (2020-11-29)
... that Leda Valladares produced a "Musical Map of Argentina" to document her country's folk music traditions? (2020-11-26)
... that Women's Barracks(cover pictured), regarded as a classic of lesbian pulp fiction, was banned in Canada and became the first paperback-original bestseller in the United States? (2020-11-24)
... that Dámasa Cabezón was contracted by the Bolivian government to establish a school for girls in La Paz after having done so in Santiago de Chile? (2020-11-14)
... that the scholarship of Nyasha Junior on the life of Moses has been described as a starting point for how he can be viewed as a subject of feminist inquiry? (2020-11-12)
... that the case of Adelia Silva, an Afro-Uruguayan teacher who was removed from three different schools due to her race, generated national attention and disciplinary action against one of the principals? (2020-11-11)
... that four-term Uruguayan senatorAlba Roballo was also an award-winning poet with a rebellious spirit? (2020-11-10)
... that World War II veteran Millie Bailey went skydiving to celebrate her 102nd birthday? (2020-11-08)
... that after working to desegregate nursing in the US, Alma John(pictured) produced the 1970s television show Black Pride, interviewing prominent figures like Rosa Parks and Ella Fitzgerald? (2020-11-08)
... that Ibaqa Beki was briefly married to Genghis Khan, who abruptly gave her to one of his generals, possibly as a reward to that general for killing her father? (2020-11-06)
... that Turkish voice actressAdalet Cimcoz opened and curated her country's first and only woman-owned private art gallery? (2020-11-06)
... that Ann Bedsole, the first woman to be elected to the Alabama Senate, printed a timetable for the state's hunting season on the back of her re-election campaign flyers? (2020-11-05)
... that actress and dancer Raissa Gourevitch performed in surrealist plays before becoming an archaeological authority on Roman statuary? (2020-11-04)
... that Paula Bataona Renyaan was the first woman to become a vice governor and the third woman to become a police general in Indonesia? (2020-11-04)
... that the French painter Genskof is a pioneer in laser eye surgery? (2020-11-04)
... that Mary Dee(pictured), a popular radio personality in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, is widely regarded as the first African-American woman disc jockey in the United States? (2020-11-03)
... that Ita Maximowna, who trained as a painter in Paris and Berlin in the 1920s, began working in scenic and costume design after World War II and went on to work internationally? (2020-11-03)
... that Dilys Price, the world's oldest female solo parachute jumper, made more than 1,130 solo jumps before selling her parachute at age 86? (2020-11-02)
... that cricketer Charlotte Taylor was the top wicket-taker in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, despite not being initially picked in the squads for the tournament? (2020-11-01)
... that Taneko Suzuki, an expert in protein chemistry, led the development of a fish-based product that had the texture of hamburger and could be seasoned to taste like beef? (2020-10-31)
... that actress Gloria Swanson created an inventions and patents company to employ refugee scientists whom she and her former husband Marquis Henry de La Falaise(both pictured) helped escape Nazi Germany? (2020-10-20)
... that the 8th-century Chinese poet Niu Yingzhen was reportedly able to learn texts by dreaming that she ate the actual copies, then discussed them with deceased male scholars? (2020-10-19)
... that the American tubist Constance Weldon "fell in love with the tuba" after her father bought one home from a pawn shop? (2020-10-12)
... that Büşra Kuru, who began playing football every day at age six encouraged by her footballer brother, is a member of a German club and of the Turkey national team? (2020-10-11)
... that a prominent obituary of Socorro Sánchez, the first feminist journalist in the Dominican Republic, criticized her as "manly" and too political? (2020-10-10)
... that American volunteer civilian physician Beulah Ream Allen(pictured, right) survived three Japanese internment camps in the Philippines during World War II? (2020-09-29)
... that when Turkish singer Hamiyet Yüceses lamentingly sang an Ottoman classical song after her husband's death in a submarine accident, many people thought she had composed the song herself? (2020-09-28)
... that during the Second World War, Abkhazian female pilot Meri Avidzba flew 477 combat sorties and dropped 63,000 tonnes of bombs onto the enemy? (2020-09-27)
... that early vocational-education advocate Mary Schenck Woolman(pictured) obtained her first teaching position as a result of her "harsh" review of a sewing manual? (2020-09-25)
... that Kathy Arendsen had a windmill fastball pitch timed at 96 miles per hour (154 km/h)? (2020-09-22)
... that Hildegard Uhrmacher, a coloratura soprano who appeared as Mozart's Konstanze and Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Marie, titled her 2006 autobiography Hilde, du schaffst das (Hilde, you'll manage)? (2020-09-22)
... that Nellie Weekes ran for public office even before women received the right to vote in Barbados? (2020-09-21)
... that some works by the Baltic-German writer Laura Marholm were part of "feminist literary criticism", known as gynocriticism, 70 years before the term was coined? (2020-09-21)
... that child actress Melinda Plowman(pictured), who appeared in many early television shows, was one of the original Mouseketeers? (2020-09-18)
... that Melati Suryodarmo went viral after dancing on butter? (2020-09-16)
... that Alex Anderson became interested in quilting after finishing her grandmother's quilt, which had been started decades earlier, for a college credit? (2020-09-16)
... that when Tejano singer Lydia Mendoza(pictured) was a child returning to Texas with her parents in 1920, border agents immersed her and other Mexican children in gasoline baths? (2020-09-10)
... that stuntwoman Betty Danko earned $35 for riding the Wicked Witch's smoke-spewing broomstick in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, and was hospitalized for eleven days after it exploded on her? (2020-09-10)
... that Mübeccel Argun, a Turkish-language presenter for the BBC World Service in London for 25 years, was formerly a physical-education teacher and one of the first female athletes in her country? (2020-09-05)
... that Mary Haʻaheo Atcherley was allowed to stand as a candidate for a seat in the senate of the Territory of Hawaii in 1920, but was legally prevented from holding the office if she won? (2020-09-05)
... that multimedia artist Suki Seokyeong Kang paints a gouache painting every day as part of her work? (2020-09-03)
... that Greek-Turkish singer Eftalya Işılay earned her nickname "Efthalia the Mermaid" for singing on a rowboat in the Bosphorus during full-moon nights in summer? (2020-08-25)
... that when Georgia was given Rhodes Hall as a state archives building, the donor asked that it always be occupied, so state historian Ruth Blair(pictured) moved into the house herself? (2020-08-19)
... that a 1902 magazine article called Helene Odilon "currently the greatest actress in Germany"? (2020-08-18)
... that linguist Esther T. Mookini translated many works of 19th-century native Hawaiians, including the 1838 Anatomia, the only medical textbook written in the Hawaiian language? (2020-08-18)
... that Mary Clarke raised eight children and managed an estate whilst corresponding by letter with philosopher John Locke? (2020-08-16)
... that in the 1700s, Helen Hope turned a Scottish moor into a wood and named it after her eldest son? (2020-08-16)
... that South African forwardLetago Madiba started playing football at the age of five in the streets of her hometown, and was the only female footballer in her school? (2020-08-15)
... that the Turkish women's league seasons of 2019–20 football and 2020 rugby sevens were named to commemorate Özge Kanbay, a football referee and rugby player, who died in 2019 at age 22 from cancer? (2020-08-14)
... that as Federal Commissioner for Foreigners in the 1980s, German politician Liselotte Funcke(pictured) saw her role as an "interpreter" of the problems of foreign workers, especially Turks? (2020-08-06)
... that women in the U.S. Virgin Islands did not gain suffrage until after Edith L. Williams attempted to register to vote in 1935? (2020-08-06)
... that the English philanthropist Miss James has both a footpath and a footbridge named after her? (2020-07-30)
... that the Wrens of the Curragh group of sex workers (members depicted) lived in "nests" hollowed from the ground near Curragh Camp in the 19th century? (2020-07-29)
... that Nerine Barrett, one of the few black women to have achieved international recognition as a classical pianist, first performed on Radio Jamaica for her third birthday? (2020-07-29)
... that Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman co-founded the Sadie Collective, which aims to increase representation of black women in economics and other quantitative fields? (2020-07-27)
... that Portuguese HIV researcher Odette Ferreira flew from Lisbon to Paris with test tubes of blood in her coat to maintain the right temperature for testing at the Pasteur Institute? (2020-07-25)
... that in 2016, LGBT and women's rights activist Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala(pictured) became the first Sri Lankan to summit Mount Everest? (2020-07-24)
... that the administrator Winifred Tumim called the state of management where charity trustees had no knowledge of their legal and professional obligations "mad chair disease"? (2020-07-22)
... that Hetty Spiers, who wrote screenplays for silent films as early as 1917, is included on Columbia University's list of "Unhistoricized Women Film Pioneers"? (2020-07-21)
... that Venezuelan sociologist Esther Pineda G popularized the term violencia estética ('aesthetic violence') to describe the damaging pressure on women to respond to prevailing ideas of beauty? (2020-07-20)
... that Angèle Dola Akofa Aguigah demonstrated that the earthworks at Notsé in Togo were used to define separate social spaces, not for defence? (2020-07-18)
... that Seu'ula Johansson-Fua is the keeper of the Kukū Kaunaka Collection, an archive of doctoral and masters dissertations written by Tongan scholars based at universities around the world? (2020-07-17)
... that Canadian soccer player Christabel Oduro is the cousin of Dominic Oduro, who has played for Ghana? (2020-06-23)
... that Mexican professional wrestler Chabela Romero had a feud with Irma González that played out across eight years and in three countries? (2020-06-23)
... that Lady Henrietta Berkeley(pictured) had an affair with her older sister's husband, claimed in court to have married his servant, and then fled with both of them to Cleves? (2020-06-22)
... that Swedish ballerina Nikisha Fogo's parents owned the first hip-hop dance school in Sweden? (2020-06-20)
... that Tilly Bébé(pictured), a pioneer in the docile training of predators, starred with her lions in a silent film of a genre described as "exotic-erotic-escapist"? (2020-06-14)
... that the University of Cologne awards an annual gender equality prize in honor of Jenny Gusyk, who became the school's first female and first foreign student when it was re-established in 1919? (2020-06-12)
... that Ottilie Baader was one of the founders of the first trade union organization for women in Germany? (2020-06-11)
... that Yinka Jegede-Ekpe, the first Nigerian woman to go public with her HIV-positive status, later gave birth to a healthy, HIV-negative baby girl? (2020-06-08)
... that in 2015, Eva Asderaki became the first woman to umpire a men's US Open tennis final? (2020-05-30)
... that Hawaiian princess Likelike(pictured) died under mysterious circumstances in 1887 amid rumors that she had been malevolently "prayed" to death? (2020-05-26)
... that Dalma Iványi has won ten Hungarian women's basketball championships and played for three teams in the WNBA? (2020-05-26)
... that Carol Brightman first gained inspiration for her book Sweet Chaos from her younger sister, who worked as the Grateful Dead's lighting director and literary agent? (2020-05-23)
... that Hege Lanes Steinlund is believed to have officiated more international football matches than any other Norwegian referee? (2020-05-20)
... that Turkish female international sailing competitor Ecem Güzel has finished in the top three of a competition five times in the last seven years? (2020-05-20)
... that after twelve medical schools rejected her applications, partly because of her gender, U.S. congresswoman Patsy Mink(pictured) became a lawyer instead? (2020-05-06)
... that an estimated 3 million women and children in the United States were wearing clothing made from feed sacks(example pictured) at any given time during World War II? (2020-05-03)
... that businesswoman Jayne Spain hired one physically handicapped individual in every ten employees she chose? (2020-05-01)
... that Dorothy Horrell, Chancellor of the University of Colorado Denver, credits her experience in a 4-H farm youth exchange program in Taiwan for developing her ideas on leadership and community? (2020-04-28)
... that Kathleen Pelham Burn, Countess of Drogheda, was nicknamed "The Flying Countess" because of her involvement with early aviation? (2020-04-21)
... that Sylvia Rose Ashby, an Australian market researcher, was once threatened with arrest if she did not stop surveying popular opinion on the Second World War? (2020-04-20)
... that nephrologist and cellist Leah Lowenstein, an advocate for women in medicine, was the first female dean of a co-educational medical school in the United States? (2020-04-20)
... that Kateryna Skarzhynska founded Ukraine's first private museum, housing archaeological artifacts, scientific books, and her collection of more than 2,100 Ukrainian Easter eggs(examples pictured)? (2020-04-19)
... that American journalist Bessie Van Vorst(depicted) worked undercover at a pickle factory and other worksites to expose labor conditions for women and children in the early 1900s? (2020-04-17)
... that although Constance Kies was a nutrition scientist, she majored in English, and minored in history, geography, library science, and home economics? (2020-04-07)
... that Irish folklorist Bríd Mahon wrote the first of her hundreds of radio scripts for Radio Éireann as a child, discussing the history and music of County Cork? (2020-03-31)
... that Odile Pierre, who became interested in the organ at a recital by Marcel Dupré at the age of seven, later served as the organist of La Madeleine in Paris and played around 2,000 recitals herself? (2020-03-22)
... that nuclear scientist Clarice Phelps has been recognized as the first African-American woman to be involved with the discovery of a chemical element? (2020-03-22)
... that psychologist Susan Folkman coined the terms "problem-focused coping" and "emotion-focused coping"? (2020-03-21)
... that at the age of 11, Gabrielle Reidy made her first appearance at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin? (2020-03-20)
... that Llerena Friend, the first director of the Barker Center for Texas History, lived in 24 different homes during her youth? (2020-03-19)
... that Jan Yager's artwork American Ruff(pictured) is made from discarded crack-cocaine vials and caps? (2020-03-19)
... that Eva Lee Kuney(pictured) was one of the children used to fill out the background of Munchkin scenes in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz? (2020-03-18)
... that boxer Angélique Duchemin was an undefeated French, European, and world champion? (2020-03-16)
... that Frieda Caplan, a pioneer of the specialty-produce industry in the U.S., introduced the kiwifruit to the American market? (2020-03-15)
... that production designer Kristi Zea created the visual imagery for The Silence of the Lambs, including a scene that the script described only as "a snapshot from hell"? (2020-03-14)
... that in 2019, Japanese voice actress Midori Katō earned a Guinness World Record for having voiced the same character in the anime Sazae-san for 50 years and a day? (2020-03-12)
... that Belgian teacher and physician Marie Rennotte(pictured) became a women's rights activist in Brazil? (2020-03-08)
... that Judith Liberman learned storytelling in a French commune at the age of 14, and has gone on to reintroduce the telling of Anatolian fairy tales in Turkey? (2020-03-08)
... that the 2005 BBC documentary Dead Mums Don't Cry follows Grace Kodindo's efforts to stem the maternal mortality rate in Chad, where pregnant and childbearing women had a 9 per cent chance of dying? (2020-03-08)
... that boxing World Youth champion Caroline Dubois pretended to be a boy named Colin when she started training? (2020-03-08)
... that at the age of 17, Esther Arditi saved a pilot and a navigator from a burning plane? (2020-02-23)
... that after being treated for uterine cancer, Ai Kidosaki taught cooking to hospital employees? (2020-02-23)
... that Nino Tkeshelashvili and other early Georgian feminists campaigned to uphold women's "moral standards", labeling prostitution a "social evil"? (2020-02-22)
... that fashion historian Caroline Weber discovered two lost essays by Marcel Proust while researching one of her books? (2020-02-22)
... that it was reportedly Elizabeth Willing Powel(pictured) who asked Benjamin Franklin whether the United States was to be "a republic or a monarchy", to which he responded: "A republic... if you can keep it"? (2020-02-21)
... that in the 1830s, a Mère in Lyon, France, became famous for her creation Tétons de Venus ('Venus's Breasts'), a dish of giant dumplings that was popular at bachelor parties? (2020-02-18)
... that Lisa Cristiani was the first European to hold public musical concerts in Siberia? (2020-02-18)
... that while other 1978 Chicago Marathon runners complained the late start meant finishing in 80 °F (27 °C) heat, winner Lynae Larson was concerned about its effect on her six-hour drive home? (2020-02-15)
... that Elke Heidenreich, two-time winner of the Grimme television award, wrote the book Nero Corleone featuring a tomcat as the bullying protagonist? (2020-02-15)
... that Carlos Vives once invited Paraguayan violinist Ana Lucrecia Taglioretti to play with him on stage after she tried to sneak into his concert without a ticket? (2020-02-15)
... that neuroscientist Kate Jeffery correctly predicted that her postdoctoral advisor John O'Keefe would win a Nobel Prize in 2014? (2020-02-14)
... that Elin C. Danien, an expert on ancient Maya ceramics, claimed that "archaeology is the most fun you can have with your pants on"? (2020-02-12)
... that gerontologist Elaine Brody used the term "women in the middle" to refer to women who care for their elderly parents while raising their children? (2020-02-11)
... that Iranian women's rights activist Mastoureh Afshar organized the second Eastern Women's Congress, held in Tehran in 1932, which drew delegates from Afghanistan to Zanzibar? (2020-02-08)
... that Esther Lurie(pictured) used photographs of drawings to reconstruct most of her artwork that did not survive World War II? (2020-02-08)
... that at the time of her retirement in 2008, Florida State Seminoles coach JoAnne Graf held the record for most wins in the history of NCAA Division I softball? (2020-02-06)
... that archaeologist Winifred Lamb had previously worked in Room 40, the Royal Navy's cryptanalysis section, during World War I? (2020-02-04)
... that Mary Gordon, the first British female prison inspector, once forestalled recidivism by supplying men's clothes and a train fare to South Wales to a female inmate who wanted to live as a man? (2020-02-02)
... that Austrian neurologist Adele Juda concluded that Mozart was "psychiatrically normal"? (2020-01-24)
... that Wanjira Mathai aims to continue the work of her mother, Nobel Peace Prize–winning environmentalist Wangari Maathai, by restoring 12.6 million acres (5.1 million hectares) of Kenyan land by 2030? (2020-01-23)
... that fashion model Kesewa Aboah is descended from British nobility? (2020-01-23)
... that producer Orla Doherty spent 500 hours underwater in a submarine during her work on Blue Planet II? (2020-01-21)
... that Reema Juffali(pictured in race car) is the first Saudi Arabian woman to obtain a racing license and compete in an international racing event in the country? (2020-01-17)
... that Eleanor Vadala(pictured), the third woman in the U.S. to receive FAA certification as a balloon pilot, also studied and repaired balloons, and drove chase cars after them? (2020-01-12)
... that Saida Muna Tasneem is the first woman to hold the positions of Bangladeshi high commissioner to the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Liberia? (2020-01-10)
... that Australian biologist Lee Berger identified Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis as being responsible for the decline and extinction of hundreds of amphibian species? (2020-01-05)
... that when Donnis Thompson was appointed the University of Hawaii's first women's athletic director, she was given a budget of only $5,000? (2020-01-05)
... that space entrepreneur Susmita Mohanty has started companies on three continents? (2020-01-03)
... that neuroengineerMaryam Shanechi and her research team developed a method to determine a person's mood from their brain activity? (2019-12-31)
... that Mexican drug lord María Antonieta Rodríguez Mata controlled a drug trafficking ring that extended across Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, and the U.S.? (2019-12-30)
... that Kiuchi Kyō, believed to be the first Japanese woman to be a school principal, worked to improve the status of women teachers? (2019-12-28)
... that it can take Yvonne Walker Keshick up to a year to gather the porcupine quills and other materials she needs for a particular work of art? (2019-12-27)
... that Liang Baibo and Yu Feng were among China's first female cartoonists? (2019-12-27)
... that Kavya Manyapu led the development of a dust-repelling fabric for space suits using carbon nanotubes? (2019-12-25)
... that Tlingit artist Tanis S'eiltin's mixed-media installation Hit includes video, a replica M16 rifle, and a glass tank of oil and water? (2019-12-24)
... that French Resistance member Odette Abadi was a co-founder of Réseau Marcel, which saved more than 500 Jewish children during the Holocaust? (2019-12-24)
... that Shen Jilan, who successfully proposed the clause of equal pay for equal work in China's first constitution in 1954, is still serving as a congresswoman 65 years later? (2019-12-22)
... that soprano Irma Beilke appeared as Marzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio on 4 September 1945 in the first opera performance in Berlin after World War II? (2019-12-22)
... that the pianist Clara Schumann, who toured Europe for decades, taught 68 students at Dr. Hoch's in Frankfurt, including those from Britain and the U.S.? (2019-12-19)
... that Berna Gözbaşı is the first woman president of a football club playing in the Turkish top-level men's league? (2019-12-17)
... that after her own childhood experiences, Carla Herrero founded Rompe el Silencio ("Breaking the Silence") to support youth who have suffered bullying, abuse, and psychological disorders? (2019-12-16)
... that although Elizabeth Richards Tilton(pictured) was a central figure in a six-month-long trial, she was never allowed to speak in court? (2019-12-10)
... that Sara Wesslin, featured on the BBC's 100 Women for 2019, is one of only two journalists in the world broadcasting in Skolt Sami? (2019-12-03)
... that Kathrin Göring portrayed both Fricka and Waltraute in Der Ring in Minden, and a critic called her scene in Götterdämmerung a highlight, noting her dramatic mezzo-soprano and intense acting? (2019-12-01)
... that Li Yin's paintings (example shown) were so sought after that as many as forty imitators in her area turned out fakes of her work? (2019-11-26)
... that Carolyn F. Ulrich, who began her career with no formal library training, eventually became the chief of the periodicals division at the New York Public Library? (2019-11-26)
... that during the Apollo 11 program, biomedical engineer Judy Sullivan was instantly identifiable if she made an error as she was the only female voice on NASA's headset link? (2019-11-21)
... that in 2019, Vancity CEO Tamara Vrooman(pictured) received the Order of British Columbia for her contributions to a better quality of life in the province "and beyond"? (2019-11-20)
... that Kurdish civil engineer and politician Hevrin Khalaf, who worked for tolerance among Christians, Arabs, and Kurds, was killed in the 2019 Turkish offensive into Syria? (2019-11-19)
... that Gwendolyne Cowart – the "youngest girl in the south" to obtain a commercial pilot's license – went on to serve as a Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) during World War II? (2019-11-11)
... that Hungarian pianists Márta Kurtág and her husband performed together for 60 years, often from his collection entitled Játékok ('Games')? (2019-11-03)
... that Eagle Woman(pictured) is credited as the only woman to become a chief among the Sioux, and the first woman to sign a treaty with the United States? (2019-10-27)
... that Piera Aiello wore a veil to protect her identity when standing for Italy's Chamber of Deputies because of threats from the mafia? (2019-10-25)
... that after Ruth Darrow's son died from hemolytic disease of the newborn, she was inspired to study the disease, and became the first person to identify its cause? (2019-10-24)
... that Józefa Joteyko believed that wages should be based upon scientific research and the amount of effort required to do a job, rather than arbitrary factors like gender? (2019-10-23)
... that a US$25,000 bounty is offered for Big Momma? (2019-10-23)
... that housing expert Patricia Bagot argued with Colonel Muammar Gaddafi over the quality of housing in Libya? (2019-10-22)
... that medical researcher Shuping Wang may have saved tens of thousands of lives by defying authorities and exposing an HIV/AIDS scandal in China? (2019-10-20)
... that 19th-century Scottish heiress and philanthropist Margaret Macpherson Grant died, aged 42, shortly after her female partner had abandoned her to marry a man? (2019-10-16)
... that Nadja Malacrida said in a Vim advertisement that it was "no use having new ideas of decoration if you have old ideas of dirt"? (2019-10-12)
... that professor of English Alice D. Snyder helped lead the campaign that earned women in New York the right to vote? (2019-10-08)
... that the Women's Defence Relief Corps trained British women to fight during the First World War? (2019-10-04)
... that temperance activist Sarah Robinson visited brothels in an attempt to improve the health of prostitutes and their clients? (2019-10-04)
... that Elizabeth, Lady Echlin, a correspondent of the author, wrote a revised ending to Samuel Richardson's Clarissa in which the rape that was central to the original version is averted? (2019-10-03)
... that Adele Zay successfully led a campaign in 1894 for Transylvanian authorities to recognize kindergarten and handicraft teachers so that they were entitled to pensions? (2019-10-01)
... that Patricia Swallow led the Wrens, served on the Heron, and was vice president of the Royal Naval Bird Watching Society? (2019-09-30)
... that Andrea Ihle performed the role of Ännchen in Weber's opera Der Freischütz in the opening performance of the rebuilt Semperoper in Dresden? (2019-09-28)
... that Polish resistance memberAlicja Iwańska became an academic and compared political, religious, and racial persecution in Europe to U.S. segregation restrictions? (2019-09-20)
... that lieder singer and voice teacher Franziska Martienssen-Lohmann's textbook for singers was recommended for general readers interested in "the human instrument"? (2019-09-16)
... that Canadian dressage rider Tina Irwin was forced to restart after a power outage at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, and achieved a 2017 world record small tour score on her next attempt? (2019-09-14)
... that Leila Ernst barged into a dance audition to show theatre producer George Abbott that she could sing and dance? (2019-09-12)
... that Noelle Campbell-Sharp has led the Cill Rialaig project, hosting over 5,000 artists on residencies in County Kerry, Ireland, since 1991? (2019-09-10)
... that Mathea Olin's gold and bronze medals at the 2017 Pan American Surf Games were Canada's first international medals in surfing? (2019-09-10)
... that Venezuelan director Patricia Ortega(pictured) has drawn strength from her film Being Impossible during both personal and political upheavals? (2019-09-08)
... that an anti-suffragist threw rocks at Nora Houston as she was giving a speech advocating for women's voting rights, and Houston kept one of the rocks for the rest of her life? (2019-09-07)
... that snooker player Mandy Fisher played whilst pregnant, but lamented that this was more newsworthy than female players' skill? (2019-09-06)
... that Abigail Mbalo-Mokoena's 4Roomed, a restaurant 30 kilometres (19 mi) outside Cape Town in Khayelitsha township, was one of only three in Africa named to a 2019 list of the best in the world? (2019-09-06)
... that Misty Talley, who directed shark horror films for Syfy, edits about five feature film projects at a time? (2019-08-30)
... that African-American educator Jennie Porter refused to let teachers at her all-black school join the NAACP after its local leaders criticized her views on segregation? (2019-08-30)
... that when Jessie Grayson played Mrs. Higbee in Cass Timberlane, it was the first time an African-American had been addressed on screen by the honorific "Mrs."? (2019-08-26)
... that every Saturday for decades, Miriam Butterworth protested against wars such as those in Nicaragua, Iran, and Iraq, as well as in opposition to nuclear arms? (2019-08-24)
... that the executive producer of Women of '69, Unboxed was a member of the 1969 all-woman graduating class of Skidmore College, on which the film focuses? (2019-08-23)
... that when Virginia suffragist Anna Whitehead Bodeker was not allowed to cast a ballot in the 1871 municipal election in Richmond, she put a note in the ballot box claiming her right to vote? (2019-08-23)
... that Yvette Lévy(pictured) has returned to the Auschwitz concentration camp more than 200 times with students, to teach them about her experience at the camp where she survived the Holocaust? (2019-08-22)
... that Sylvia Stoesser was called the "nasal chemist" because she could often identify the ingredients in an unknown laboratory mixture by smelling it? (2019-08-18)
... that Turkish race walkerMeryem Bekmez escaped the traditional social practice of child marriage for girls when her athletic abilities were discovered? (2019-08-18)
... that in 1979, fifteen-year-old Laura Michalek became the youngest athlete ever to win the Chicago Marathon? (2019-08-17)
... that the score of the song "Sweet Little Woman o' Mine", composed by Floy Little Bartlett, was played in the 1925 silent film The Big Parade? (2019-08-17)
... that chef Asma Khan's husband is not a fan of her food? (2019-08-17)
... that Suzy Dietrich was part of the first women's team to finish an international-standard 24-hour motor race? (2019-08-16)
... that pool player Han Yu did not celebrate after winning her first world championship? (2019-08-13)
... that Anna Eckstein(pictured) dressed in white and collected six million signatures to promote world peace before the First World War? (2019-08-13)
... that Guðrún Björnsdóttir, a 20th-century Icelandic politician and women's rights activist, was at one time a milk vendor? (2019-08-12)
... that Wibke Bruhns(pictured), the first female German television news presenter, was a correspondent for Stern in Jerusalem and wrote the biography of her father, who was executed by the Nazis? (2019-08-10)
... that Karen Saywitz developed "non-leading" techniques for interviewing child witnesses and victims? (2019-08-10)
... that Ina Kaplan was six months pregnant when she won three of the four 2014 German national pool championships? (2019-08-09)
... that after Josephine Groves Holloway's petition to form an official Girl Scout troop for African-Americans was rejected, she formed her own troop and encouraged her friends to do the same? (2019-08-04)
... that Mother Berry, a jockey who rode disguised as a man, earned her nickname after she adopted a runaway child? (2019-08-03)
... that Wilhelmine Lübke(pictured, center), who joined her husband, President of West Germany Heinrich Lübke, on more than 50 state visits, was fluent in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Russian? (2019-08-01)
... that American historian Pamela Nadell traced the origins of the first agitations for a female rabbi to a short story published in 1889? (2019-08-01)
... that Australian theatre director and former chemistry demonstrator May Hollinworth was described as "a wizard with lighting effects"? (2019-07-25)
... that Mandy Moore choreographed La La Land's opening number using 30 dancers, 100 extras, and 60 cars stuck in traffic on a Los Angeles freeway? (2019-07-23)
... that Gao Xiaoxia abandoned her PhD studies to leave America in 1951, just before the US government banned Chinese students from returning home? (2019-07-16)
... that Turkish women's footballer Aslı Canan Sabırlı was appointed technical director of her team while she was still a member of the squad? (2019-07-02, 2019-09-08)
... that every week Cincinnati's La Soupe turns 5,000 lb (2,300 kg) of rescued food into 3,000 meals for people in need with the help of sixty local chef volunteers? (2019-06-23)
... that while American social media celebrity Olivia Jade said, "I don't really care about school", she applied and was accepted to the University of Southern California? (2019-06-22)
... that Naomi Koshi is the youngest woman ever elected mayor of a Japanese city? (2019-06-19)
... that during World War II, Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke safeguarded the paintings of her first husband, August Macke, who portrayed her more than 200 times (example pictured)? (2019-06-17)
... that in 1991, Harue Kitamura became the first woman to be elected mayor of a Japanese city? (2019-06-15)
... that Max Brod reviewed a performance of Ria Thiele, an actress and dancer who played in theatres of Vienna, Berlin and Prague? (2019-06-13)
... that Nepalese student Sangita Magar became a human rights activist after she survived an acid attack at the age of 16? (2019-06-12)
... that Dutch physician Aletta Jacobs's legal challenge to be added to the Amsterdam electoral rolls backfired, leading to a constitutional amendment granting voting rights to men only? (2019-06-11)
... that Kitty O'Brien Joyner(pictured) was the first woman engineer at NACA, the predecessor to NASA? (2019-06-10)
... that Cameroonian singer Lady Ponce advertised that her wedding would take place at 3:30 p.m., then held it at 9:00 a.m. to avoid paparazzi? (2019-06-09)
... that American opera singer Jennifer Holloway portrayed Grete in Der ferne Klang as a young girl whose lover leaves her, as a courtesan, and as an old woman who holds the returned lover while he dies? (2019-06-07)
... that before she became an expert on wild animals, Hope Ryden was an international flight attendant and used her long layovers to observe wildlife in Africa and Asia? (2019-05-27)
... that Marie C. Brehm scolded an audience for spreading disease by waving handkerchiefs at a temperance meeting? (2019-05-24)
... that the girls of the Mädchenkantorei Limburg joined a women's choir to perform sacred choral music by contemporary composers at a 2019 concert in Limburg Cathedral? (2019-05-17)
... that the dancer and cabaret artist Hedi Schoop emigrated to California with her husband, the composer Friedrich Hollaender, where she created and manufactured pottery? (2019-05-14)
... that in 1990, Forbes named Carmen Thomas one of the 100 most influential women in Germany for running Hallo Ü-Wagen, a weekly travelling talk radio show with audience participation? (2019-05-07)
... that Katharine Timpson Cook established training programmes for midwives in Namirembe, Uganda, but distrusted her students and censored their mail? (2019-04-23)
... that Margit Schramm appeared as Hanna Glawari, the "merry widow" in Lehár's operetta, more than 500 times? (2019-04-21)
... that Ivorian special advisor Euphrasie Kouassi Yao has worked as a UNESCO chair for Water, Women and Decision-making, and has been honoured by the Global Platform for Enterprising Women? (2019-04-18)
... that at the Queen Charlotte's Ball, debutantes curtsey to a giant birthday cake? (2019-04-17)
... that American novelist Pearl Doles Bell(pictured) traveled with the Ringling Brothers Circus for six weeks to research her 1919 novel Her Elephant Man: A Story of the Sawdust Ring? (2019-04-09)
... that Marjorie Paxson was twice demoted and replaced by a male editor when two different newspapers replaced their women’s sections with features sections? (2019-04-05)
... that jams made by French chocolatierChristine Ferber(pictured) are sold in Tokyo Isetan department stores, each wrapped in red cloth with a white bow? (2019-03-30)
... that Sumiko Hennessy, a co-founder of the Asian Pacific Development Center in Denver, Colorado, has taught courses for corporate executives about Asian cultures and "stress management Asian-style"? (2019-03-28)
... that the soprano Margit Bokor(pictured) created the role of Zdenka in Arabella by Richard Strauss at the Semperoper in Dresden in 1933, and performed the role in the UK premiere at the Royal Opera House? (2019-03-22)
... that Amina Gerba's(pictured) beauty-care companies hire and give a portion of profits to the 2,000 women of the Songtaaba Cooperative in Burkina Faso? (2019-03-14)
... that Véronique Aka(pictured) was the first woman to be elected president of an Ivorian regional council? (2019-03-13)
... that Ruthilde Boesch, who performed as Mozart's Susanna and in 37 other roles at the Vienna State Opera, made five world tours of recitals with her second husband as her accompanist? (2019-03-10)
... that singer Bracha Zefira(pictured) is credited with bringing Yemenite and other Oriental Jewish folk songs into the mix of ethnic music in Palestine to create a new "Israeli style"? (2019-03-03)
... that Agnes Buntine, Australia's first female bullocky, survived a large bush fire only because of her thick clothing and boots, at a time when most women wore "crinolines, bonnets, and shawls"? (2019-03-01)
... that the soprano Julia Kleiter has appeared internationally in Mozart operas, as both Susanna and the Countess in Figaro, and both Papagena and Pamina in The Magic Flute? (2019-02-27)
... that Edris Allan, the first telephone operator for the Jamaica All Island Telephone Service, married Sir Harold Allan, the first Afro-Jamaican to be knighted? (2019-02-26)
... that Joyce Sumbi, one of thirteen black librarians in the 242-librarian LA County Library system in 1971, charged her employer with discrimination against minorities? (2019-02-25)
... that professional world barrel-racing champion Hailey Kinsel won $433,333.33 in one day at the American Rodeo in February 2017? (2019-02-25)
... that, influenced by the Harlem Renaissance, Los Angeles teacher Dorothy Vena Johnson wrote poems such as "Epitaph for a Bigot" and "Post War Ballad"? (2019-02-22)
... that "Pramadaavanam", a weekly column by Malathi Chendur(pictured), was published uninterruptedly for 47 years? (2019-02-21)
... that the work of physician Elizabeth Ross is still commemorated annually in Serbia despite her having spent only three weeks in the country? (2019-02-14)
... that mountaineer Mary Jobe Akeley was hailed as "the first white person and probably the first human being" to explore a remote peak in the Canadian Rockies that she called "Big Ice Mountain"? (2019-02-10)
... that the Inter-Allied Women's Conference, which opened in Paris 100 years ago today, marked the first time women were granted formal participation in an international treaty negotiation (conference organizer Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger pictured)? (2019-02-10)
... that Juan Gabriel's own cover of "Así Fue", which he originally composed for Isabel Pantoja, was the best-performing Latin single of 1998 in the United States? (2019-02-08)
... that Alexina Maude Wildman's biting, sarcastic gossip column in The Bulletin was headed by the cartoon image of an old woman, disguising the fact that she was in her 20s? (2019-02-08)
... that in 1956, German civil servantErica Pappritz co-wrote a book on etiquette which included sections on correct odour and on how Bonn diplomats liked to carry umbrellas? (2019-02-04)
... that Zura Karuhimbi saved the lives of more than 100 refugees during the Rwandan genocide by pretending to be a witch? (2019-02-01)
... that one wrestler was injured and another stripped of her championship after a professional wrestling bout involving Lady Shani went off script? (2019-01-31)
... that on 20 January 1990, Sakina Aliyeva signed the first declaration of independence by a part of the Soviet Union, and announced it on Nakhichevan television? (2019-01-20)
... that Israeli scholar Esther Farbstein and a colleague discovered more than 100 personal Holocaust accounts in rabbinical works, a resource previously overlooked by Holocaust researchers? (2019-01-16)
... that in 1960, Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the first woman elected as a non-hereditary head of government in modern history? (2019-01-14)
... that Dorothée Munyaneza, who moved to London as a girl because of the Rwandan genocide, has choreographed two works about her experiences? (2018-12-27)
... that two portraits of 17th-century midwife Jacquemijntje Garniers by her son, the Dutch painter Gabriël Metsu, sold in London and Paris more than 200 years later? (2018-12-22)
... that at age 62, Alice Harrell Strickland was elected the first woman mayor in the U.S. state of Georgia on a platform to rid her town of "demon rum"? (2018-12-20)
... that Roz Young's column appeared opposite the editorial page in the Dayton Daily News at a time when most women writers were relegated to the women's pages? (2018-12-16)
... that Journal Herald columnist Marj Heyduck was photographed in a different hat for each of her daily columns, totaling more than 2,500 different hats? (2018-12-16)
... that architect Agnes Ballard(pictured) once said she designed "apartments, residences and hot dog stands"? (2018-12-15)
... that American businesswoman and suffragist Anna Shelton was driven to eschew traditional women's roles because of a bigamy scandal involving her sister's husband, a Fort Worth mayor? (2018-12-04)
... that Molly Morgan became the mistress of a ship captain so that she could escape from the colony where she lived? (2018-12-03)
... that Liamani Segura, who sang the US national anthem before 1,300 high school basketball fans at age six, taught herself by watching music videos on YouTube? (2018-11-14)
... that in 2018, storyboard artist Domee Shi became the first woman to direct a Pixar short film? (2018-10-30)
... that Israeli songwriter Rachel Shapira's first hit song was set to music without her knowledge? (2018-10-27)
... that Jean Yancey was known in Denver as "the mother of all businesswomen", having helped more than 1,000 women launch their own startups? (2018-10-25)
... that in 2017, Sofía Gómez broke the CMAS Constant Weight Bi-Fins freediving world record, and then broke her own record two days later? (2018-10-22)
... that during World War II, Huang Qingyun published the only Chinese children's magazine in Hong Kong and China, and corresponded with her readers to help them cope with life in wartime? (2018-10-22)
... that in 2017, Renee Rabinowitz successfully sued El Al after the airline forced her to move at the request of a Haredi Jewish man who refused to sit beside her? (2018-10-18)
... that Mary Jane Reoch rode 12 miles (19 km) to the hospital on her racing bike to give birth to her daughter? (2018-10-16)
... that Venezuelan political activist Rafaela Requesens was a flamenco dancer for fifteen years from the age of six? (2018-10-15)
... that American missionary Clarissa Chapman Armstrong led Bible study meetings for Queen Kalama in Hawaii while her husband served as Minister of Public Instruction under King Kamehameha III? (2018-10-12)
... that Türkan Rado was the first female professor of law in Turkey? (2018-10-11)
... that architect Rose Connor found in 1958 that only one percent of registered architects in the U.S. were female, and seven states had no female architects at all? (2018-10-09)
... that in 1833, Ursula Newell Emerson drew some of the earliest surviving manuscript maps of Hawaii for instructional use? (2018-10-07)
... that a record reward was raised by the local Crime Stoppers in the month-long search for missing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, who was found dead in a cornfield? (2018-09-16)
... that the 19th-century writer Athalia Schwartz addressed the conditions and lives of prostitutes in England, the Netherlands, and Belgium? (2018-09-06)
... that Slovene-American Katka Zupančič wrote children's poetry about the austerity of immigrant life? (2018-09-05)
... that as a high school basketball player, Lometa Odom set the Texas single-game scoring record of 78 points in 1951? (2018-08-28)
... that Margot Fonteyn(pictured) was The Royal Ballet's prima ballerina for 45 years, before retiring to become a cattle rancher in Panama? (2018-08-26)
... that the writer İsmet Kür's father and sister were writers, and her daughter is also a writer? (2018-08-23)
... that a solar-powered device for extracting water from the air, co-designed by Evelyn Wang, has been compared to the moisture vaporators in Star Wars? (2018-08-23, 2019-08-23)
... that opera singer Catherine-Nicole Lemaure was imprisoned overnight for refusing to perform? (2018-08-20)
... that Jenny Sabin's installation Lumen is knitted from solar active yarns that absorb light energy during the day and release it at night? (2018-08-18)
... that air conditioning refrigerant HFO-1234yf, developed by a team led by Barbara Haviland Minor, is believed to be used in 50% of new vehicles produced in 2018, to help counter global warming? (2018-08-16)
... that as CEO of Denver Health, Dr. Patricia A. Gabow streamlined operations, improved patient care, and cut excessive spending using a system based on the Toyota Production System? (2018-08-15)
... that Chinese spy Zheng Pingru(pictured), who was executed after an assassination attempt on a Japanese collaborator, is believed to have inspired the novella Lust, Caution, and its film adaptation? (2018-08-12)
... that the research of 2017 Spinoza Prize winner Eveline Crone has led the Netherlands to extend its juvenile detention age limit from 18 to 23? (2018-08-10)
... that Teuira Henry(pictured) reconstructed her English missionary grandfather's lost manuscript describing Tahitian history by using his notes? (2018-08-09)
... that Erinea Garcia Gallegos, one of the first college-educated Hispanic women in Colorado, was appointed postmistress of the city of San Luis by President Franklin D. Roosevelt? (2018-08-08)
... that the same day her husband was murdered, 55-year-old Byzantine Empress Zoë Porphyrogenita(pictured) married her young lover and had him crowned emperor the next day? (2018-07-24)
... that Mary Walker overcame a tragedy and a serious injury to win the 2012 World Barrel Racing Championship? (2018-07-04)
... that international windsurfing champion Lena Erdil is the daughter of a Turkish father and a German mother, who met each other while windsurfing? (2018-07-03)
... that Carmen Casco de Lara Castro, founder of one of the first human rights organizations in Latin America, was arrested, denied a passport, and monitored by the Stroessner regime? (2018-07-02)
... that more than 400 female Red Guards were shot after being captured during the 1918 Finnish Civil War, with some being raped before execution? (2018-07-01)
... that Princess Vera Gedroits(pictured)—good author but indifferent poet, lesbian but married a man—was a Russian military surgeon who pioneered battlefield laparotomy? (2018-06-30)
... that sopranoMaria Bengtsson(pictured) was described as the quintessential Strauss interpreter following her recent debut in the title role of Arabella? (2018-06-28)
... that mezzo-soprano Hedwig Fassbender, who also appeared in soprano roles such as Wagner's Isolde, has been an influential voice teacher in Frankfurt? (2018-06-14)
... that Güzide Alçu and her two teammates were referred to the disciplinary board for displaying V signs that were interpreted by the Turkish Football Federation as insulting? (2018-06-06)
... that having won a world title in 2016 at the age of 68, professional barrel racerMary Burger became the oldest rodeo world champion? (2018-06-04)
... that Maribel Parra de Mestre is the first female vice admiral of Venezuela? (2018-06-03)
... that Croatian oceanographerMira Zore-Armanda had difficulty gaining passage on research vessels because she was a woman? (2018-06-02)
... that Madeleine Moreau is the only French athlete to win an Olympic medal in diving? (2018-05-31)
... that an opera was composed for mezzo-soprano Birgit Remmert – Iokaste by Stefan Heucke – in which the mother and wife of Oedipus is the only role? (2018-05-27)
... that while posted to London during the First World War, journalist Beatrice Nasmyth had her brother smuggle her articles back to Canada to avoid censorship? (2018-05-14)
... that Wendy Watson Nelson taught nursing students that "the family's ability to change depends upon their ability to alter their perception of the problem"? (2018-05-11)
... that the pianist Margarita Höhenrieder has premiered works dedicated to her by Harald Genzmer, including a concerto for piano, trumpet, and strings? (2018-05-11)
... that in 1896, Queen Mamea offered her South Pacific island nation to the United States? (2018-05-04)
... that Oleta Crain, one of only three black women officers in training in the U.S. Army in 1943, was not allowed to sleep in the same barracks or take a shower at the same time as the white women? (2018-05-03)
... that Nicole Girard-Mangin, the first woman doctor to serve in the French army, was initially paid at the same rate as a nurse? (2018-05-01)
... that the duties of Mollie Lentaigne, a nurse during the Second World War, included drawing the experimental surgery (example pictured) being performed on members of the Guinea Pig Club? (2018-05-01)
... that when Ukrainian pianist Milana Chernyavska recorded Nikolai Rakov's violin sonatas with David Frühwirth, a review called her "a full partner in the proceedings, delicate and brutal as required"? (2018-04-27)
... that Susan O'Malley was the first female president of an NBA franchise? (2018-03-30)
... that Welsh sisters Jessie Ace and Margaret Wright(pictured) used their shawls as a rope to rescue lifeboat crew who had fallen overboard during the rescue of a German barque in 1883? (2018-03-28)
... that Virginia Woolf was conceived despite her mother Julia Stephen and father doing "what they could to prevent me", since "contraception was a very imperfect art" in the 19th century? (2018-03-13)
... that Mary Ann Kerwin, co-founder of La Leche League, said that when breastfeeding in the US in the 1950s, "we would practically smother our babies with blankets to avoid showing any breast"? (2018-03-08)
... that Krishna Kolhi is the first Hindu Dalit woman to be elected to the Senate of Pakistan? (2018-03-08)
... that Emma Jane Gay, known for her photographs of the Nez Perce people in the late 19th century, is identified as the first American lesbian photographer? (2018-03-08)
... that Alysia Rissling was the pilot for the first ever all-woman team in an official four-man bobsleigh race after the event became gender neutral? (2018-03-05)
... that after the shooting of Trayvon Martin, Seattle author Ijeoma Oluo started writing about her social concerns on a blog that she had previously devoted to food? (2018-02-24)
... that before Margaret L. Curry introduced vocational training and education for women prisoners in Colorado, their only activity was washing and ironing the clothes of the male prisoners? (2018-01-22)
... that Hazel Carter was reported to have received the United States' first military funeral for a woman? (2018-01-20)
... that Angeline Murimirwa received money for her secondary education from Camfed, and is now its regional executive director for Southern & Eastern Africa? (2018-01-15)
... that Ramize Erer said that when she published a cartoon of a masturbating girl, "all hell broke loose"? (2018-01-14)
... that Kenyan Brigadier Fatumah Ahmed joined the armed forces "by accident" when she saw a recruitment campaign whilst applying for an identity card? (2018-01-12)
... that Ramona Go was the first female military pilot, line officer, battalion commander, adjutant general, and regular service general in the Philippine Armed Forces? (2018-01-11)
... that Janai Haupapa joined the Canadian national rugby league team while still playing for a rugby union club? (2018-01-11)
... that Arsenal Ladies player Clare Wheatley took over as the club's development officer and general manager from Vic Akers, who once told her, "Arsenal Ladies is not a social club"? (2018-01-11)
... that Kate Fotso, the richest woman in Cameroon, is known as the "iron lady of the cocoa industry"? (2018-01-10)
... that when He Luli was 14, an assassin's bombs killed her younger sister? (2018-01-10)
... that US-educated sociologist Lei Jieqiong(pictured) served as vice-mayor of Beijing and taught at Peking University until the age of 100? (2018-01-09)
... that modelling agent Cherry Marshall discovered Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain? (2018-01-09)
... that Silvia Correale, the first female Postulator in the Vatican, focuses on guiding potential Argentine saints through the beatification process? (2018-01-07)
... that Congolese artist Rhode Makoumbou sculpts figures up to 3 metres (10 ft) tall out of sawdust and woodglue? (2018-01-07)
... that Shu Xiuwen(pictured) became an escort dancing girl after her father tried to sell her to repay debts, but later supported him when she became a movie star? (2018-01-03)
... that Eugénie Henderson taught Far Eastern languages to the British Armed Forces during World War II? (2018-01-03)
... that Chief Suah Koko fought several battles against the Liberian government before granting them her land? (2017-12-28)
... that Ana Lucía Armijos, president of the Ecuadorian Monetary Board, went into hiding for a year after the Supreme Court of Ecuador called for her arrest in the case of a $200 million bank bailout? (2017-12-28)
... that Mollie McGeown set up the first dialysis unit in Northern Ireland? (2017-12-27)
... that Mozambican politician Ivone Soares escaped death in September 2016 when her would-be assassin's weapon jammed? (2017-12-27)
... that Zambian writer Samba Yonga chose a career in journalism after she won a short story prize as a child? (2017-12-26)
... that former international Ruth O'Reilly wrote an article criticising the IRFU for a lack of support during the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup held in Ireland? (2017-12-26)
... that Rosemary Biggs and her colleagues discovered the Christmas factor? (2017-12-25)
... that Nicki McNelly, who spent most of her working life as an army wife, later became provost of an Episcopal cathedral? (2017-12-24)
... that women's rights campaigner Mozn Hassan is subject to a travel ban and has had her assets frozen by the Egyptian government? (2017-12-24)
... that Marijke Nel represented South Africa in rugby union and Canada in tennis? (2017-12-15)
... that more than 2,100 years after Lady Gouyi(pictured) was ordered by the emperor to die, her mausoleum was robbed and more than 1,100 artifacts were stolen? (2017-12-15)
... that Ireland national rugby union team player Dr. Claire McLaughlin gained the nickname "McSwaplin" owing to her swapping medical shifts in order to play rugby? (2017-12-10)
... that South African lawyer Sibongile Ndashe was arrested in Tanzania for advocating against an anti-gay law that limited treatment for HIV/AIDS? (2017-12-09)
... that Irish hockey umpire Carole Metchette was forced to retire from umpiring for being too old, despite having the highest fitness test results of any international umpire? (2017-12-08)
... that Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah writes a blog on African women's sexuality entitled Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women? (2017-12-07)
... that early Canadian broadcaster Claire Wallace was known for her reporting stunts, including climbing a Mexican volcano and joining a deep-sea diving expedition? (2017-12-06)
... that marine biologist Marie Darby, the first New Zealand woman to visit the Antarctic mainland, sailed to the Ross Sea on a tourist boat that ran aground on its first trip? (2017-12-04)
... that Gillian Hanson was a world expert on treating the condition that ultimately killed her? (2017-11-29)
... that website designer Akaliza Keza Gara had to borrow a laptop from her client for her first commission? (2017-11-29)
... that Fatou Kiné Camara(pictured) campaigns for wider access to abortions in Senegal, which has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Africa? (2017-11-28)
... that Elizabeth M. Bryan's wedding was attended by 25 sets of twins? (2017-11-26)
... that Sheetal Pandey won her first election at the age of 63? (2017-11-25)
... that Jeanne LaDuke worked alongside Natalie Wood as a child actor before becoming a professional mathematician? (2017-11-25)
... that Estelle Cascarino represented France at the under-19 and under-20 levels in international tournaments in the same year? (2017-11-25)
... that Jane Wynne taught her fellow paediatricians to identify signs of child abuse? (2017-11-24)
... that Moroccan women's rights activist Fedwa Misk(pictured) named her online magazine Qandisha after a mythical jinn famous for her seductive powers? (2017-11-24)
... that Lillian Bilocca threatened to picket British Prime Minister Harold Wilson's house if he did not impose stronger safety regulations on the fishing industry? (2017-11-23)
... that Rama Pilot and Vijaya Kumari Ganti, both became members of the 13th Lok Sabha after winning by-elections prompted by the death of their respective husbands? (2017-11-21)
... that Ethiopian women's rights activist Nahu Senay Girma's given name means "something good is happening now" and is traditionally a masculine name? (2017-11-21)
... that the hospital in Southern Rhodesia where Theresa Robinson Buck worked was renamed in her honour after her death? (2017-11-19)
... that Irish rugby referee Joy Neville was the first woman to be an assistant referee in a men's European Challenge Cup match? (2017-11-19)
... that the English neurologistHonor Smith was sent to Morocco by the WHO to investigate an outbreak of paralysis caused by contaminated cooking oil? (2017-11-18)
... that Michèle Dix, managing director of the proposed £27 billion Crossrail 2 project, said she would like to run a tea room when she retires? (2017-11-15)
... that Jamaican sprinter Dominique Blake was accidentally awarded a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 4 × 400 m relay? (2017-11-14)
... that Queen May Hnin Theindya of Pegu tried to save her husband Tarabya's life by tying her tresses with his? (2017-11-13)
... that the British physician Stephanie Amiel has specialised in type I diabetes since her time at Yale University in the 1980s? (2017-11-12)
... that Minori Suzuki beat 8,000 others who auditioned for the role of Freyja Wion in the anime series Macross Delta? (2017-11-09)
... that Lindsay Peat has represented Ireland internationally at association football, basketball, and rugby union? (2017-11-08)
... that the Malaysian High Court sentenced 22-year-old Frenchwoman Béatrice Saubin to death by hanging for smuggling 534 grams (1.177 lb) of pure grade heroin? (2017-11-06)
... that Patricia Moberly was once arrested for attacking Prime Minister Ted Heath's car with a placard? (2017-11-05)
... that after nearly six decades of collecting Inuit sculptures and other art, Jacqui Shumiatcher gifted 1,310 pieces valued at CAD$3 million to the University of Regina? (2017-10-15)
... that Fannie Eleanor Williams created blood storage techniques used in the first Australian blood bank? (2017-10-12)
... that Leaena Tambyah founded Singapore's first school for children with multiple disabilities in 1979? (2017-10-09)
... that a 1912 party hosted by Vine Colby made the news for its originality? (2017-10-06)
... that twin sisters Bertha and Bernice C. Downing became owners and publishers of the Santa Clara Journal when they were 17 years old? (2017-10-05)
... that Jane Frances Winn was one of the first female journalists to cover women's golf events? (2017-10-02)
... that Caroline B. Winslow opened the Homeopathic Free Dispensary, the first facility in Washington, D.C. where women doctors could practice side-by-side with their male colleagues? (2017-10-01)
... that coloratura soprano Joan Carroll appeared as Alban Berg's Lulu more than 100 times, including the U.S. premiere at the Santa Fe Opera? (2017-09-30)
... that, in 1895, Orelia Key Bell dedicated a collection of poems to her "Heavenly Muse" Ida Jane Ash, next to whom she is now buried in Atlanta? (2017-09-24)
... that Nancy Coonsman sculpted Victory, the war memorial erected in Cheppy, France, to honor the men from Missouri in the 35th Infantry Division killed during World War I? (2017-09-21)
... that Paolo and Francesca, the second work "for Reader with Piano accompaniment" by pianist and composer Berenice Wyer, was performed in New York and Chicago? (2017-09-21)
... that Eleonore von Grothaus, a writer and poetess, raised thirteen children, including seven from her husband's first marriage, and educated a future queen? (2017-09-17)
... that someone told Kate Brew Vaughn that her eggless, sugarless, and butterless World War I Victory Cake was "joyless", but then ate three pieces? (2017-09-14)
... that sculptor Thea Tewi, known for her work in stone, was also one of the United States' top lingerie designers? (2017-09-10)
... that American novelist Cynthia Propper Seton, who wrote about affluent, middle-aged wives and mothers dissatisfied with their lives, was often compared to Jane Austen? (2017-09-10)
... that when her husband was shot by police during a Quit India protest march, Tara Rani Srivastava bandaged his wounds with her sari and continued leading the march? (2017-09-07)
... that according to reviewers, soprano Simone Schneider of the Staatsoper Stuttgart "expresses Alcestis' agitation, nobility and joy with a moving simplicity" and "was a headstrong, vibrant Empress"? (2017-09-06)
... that Lillie Rose Ernst, the first woman assistant superintendent of instruction in the St. Louis public school system, was the mentor of The Potters? (2017-09-01)
... that Elisabeth Kulman, Gora in the premiere of Reimann's Medea at the Vienna State Opera, changed from soprano to mezzo, and from opera singer to concert singer? (2017-09-01)
... that E. Joy Johnson wrote The Foreman of the J.A.6. based on her experience owning a ranch in frontierland Wyoming? (2017-08-31)
... that in the 1920s, Dolly Rudeman was one of the most prolific designers of movie posters and programs for the Dutch cinema, and the only woman working in the field at the time? (2017-08-30)
... that Amabel Anderson Arnold, a St. Louis lawyer and law professor, received degrees from both Benton College of Law and City College of Law and Finance within a five-day period? (2017-08-29)
... that C. Louise Boehringer, the first female Superintendent of Schools in Yuma County, has often been called "the mother of the Arizona educational system"? (2017-08-28)
... that when the Minneapolis School Board decided to include North Germanic languages in the curriculum, Maren Michelet became the first teacher of Norwegian in a public high school in the US? (2017-08-19)
... that L. Fidelia Woolley Gillette was one of the first women to be ordained as a Universalist minister in the United States, and the first woman ordained of any denomination in Canada? (2017-08-18)
... that in 1977, symphony conductor Helen Quach was one of two women who led major orchestras anywhere in the world? (2017-08-15)
... that in a pioneering study, American pedagogueFlorence E. Bamberger quantified the effects of book design on stimulating a child's interest in reading? (2017-08-03)
... that Hendrika B. Cantwell, one of the first physicians in the US to work for a child protection agency, came in contact with an estimated 30,000 cases of suspected child abuse and neglect? (2017-07-25)
... that Shanno Devi was the first woman speaker of a State Assembly in India? (2017-07-23)
... that the story of Hannah Norsa(pictured) has been described as "an archetypal tale of how stage stardom might lead to social transformation"? (2017-07-22)
... that Sue Alexander tapped into her grief over her younger brother's death to write a children's book about a Bedouin girl dealing with the same issue? (2017-07-21)
... that Melanie Lewy had to sell some of her clothes to pay for her husband's funeral? (2017-07-17)
... that Canadian theoretical physicist Helen Freedhoff was doctoral advisor to Schrödinger's grandson? (2017-07-16)
... that Ivan and Nina Efimov, known as the Adam and Eve of Russian puppetry, lived for six years largely on earnings from their traveling puppet show (pictured)? (2017-07-14)
... that after lobbying to regulate the licensing of nurses in Colorado, Louie Croft Boyd applied for and became the first licensed nurse in the state? (2017-07-14)
... that Lioba Braun, who became known appearing as Brangäne in Bayreuth in 1994, was the first soloist to record Reger's Die Weihe der Nacht? (2017-07-14)
... that Kate Devlin is a computer scientist working in the field of sex robots and human-computer interaction? (2017-07-14)
... that Dutch politician Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello was the first person to introduce protection of lesbian rights and anti-discrimination measures at an official UN conference? (2017-07-13)
... that Juana Bordas says her parents were uncomfortable with the idea of her leaving home to go to college due to the "crab syndrome"? (2017-07-12)
... that Joan Birkland won both the Colorado state tennis and golf championships in the same summer ... twice? (2017-07-11)
... that in 1972, Colorado engineering technician Janet Bonnema legally challenged the superstition that a woman who went underground into a tunnel or mine brought bad luck? (2017-07-06)
... that table tennis player and model Soo Yeon Lee(pictured) has coached numerous celebrities and is a brand ambassador for a chain of table tennis bars? (2017-06-30)
... that Jennie Anderson Froiseth, an anti-polygamy crusader during the 1800s, published a book about the experiences of women in polygamous marriages? (2017-06-18)
... that Taufa Vakatale was the first indigenous Fijian woman to serve as a secondary school principal, to be elected as a cabinet minister, and to be president of her political party? (2017-06-03)
... that Ivy Josiah led opposition to domestic violence against women and children in Malaysia? (2017-06-01)
... that mezzo-soprano Eva Randová was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for her performance as the Kostelnička Buryjovka in Janáček's Jenůfa at the Royal Opera House? (2017-05-31)
... that the soprano Margot Guilleaume recorded the part of Marzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio in a complete live recording without dialogue in 1948? (2017-05-27)
... that Albertine Lapensée, described as Canada's first female ice hockey "superstar", was dogged by accusations of being a man? (2017-05-27)
... that Mary Ann Harris Gay's memoir Life in Dixie During the War directly inspired several of the scenes in the novel Gone with the Wind? (2017-05-26)
... that Kong Tai Heong, the first Chinese woman to practice medicine in Hawaii, was credited by Ripley's Believe It or Not! as having delivered over 6,000 babies? (2017-05-19)
... that the linguistic research of Elena Georgieva showed that Bulgarian word order may change based on the emphasis a speaker wants to convey? (2017-04-28)
... that Punch honoured Agnata Ramsay's exam success with a cartoon (pictured)? (2017-04-09)
... that Rose Cannabich was "a very beautiful and well-behaved girl", according to her piano teacher Mozart, who composed a piano sonata for her? (2017-04-08)
... that Barbara Bradby was the first woman to ride a bicycle at Oxford University, where her academic prowess inspired a limerick? (2017-04-07)
... that mezzo-soprano Claudia Mahnke appeared as Dido in Les Troyens by Berlioz, and according to a reviewer, in the final 25 minutes convincingly ranged from hurt vulnerability to furious despair? (2017-04-04)
... that Danish artist Lucie Ingemann(pictured), known for her large altarpieces depicting biblical figures, also created flower paintings with religious and mystical themes? (2017-03-30)
... that the American Leonie Turpeau, the Nicaraguan Maymie de Mena, and the Jamaican Madame Aiken were the same person? (2017-03-16)
... that Denver, Colorado, philanthropist Helen Bonfils inherited US$14 million from her father and US$10 million from her mother? (2017-03-16)
... that the mezzo-soprano Iris Vermillion, who became known for Mozart roles with Harnoncourt in 1988, received a prize for her portrayal of Schoeck's Penthesilea at the Semperoper 20 years later? (2017-03-15)
... that 50 years after a mural by Fay E. Davis depicting Native Americans in battle was installed in the post office in Oglesby, Illinois, a janitor claimed it was pornographic? (2017-03-15)
... that the diary of Mary Hardy(pictured) provides a detailed record of an 18th-century English farming and brewing business? (2017-03-08)
... that Marjorie G. Horning demonstrated that drugs and their metabolites can be transferred from a pregnant woman to her developing child? (2017-03-08)
... that Maria Luise Thurmair published the "love talks" she exchanged with her husband when he was a soldier in World War II, and wrote the lyrics for many hymns in the Gotteslob? (2017-02-28)
... that Maria Eugenia Bozzoli was one of the founders of anthropology in Costa Rica? (2017-02-27)
... that from 1973 until 2012, Myra Nimmo held the Scottish women's national long jump record? (2017-02-18)
... that over a 22-year period, Colorado cattle ranch owner Sue Anschutz-Rodgers increased her stock from 33 cows and a single bull to 1,700 head of cattle? (2017-02-15)
... that the British anthropologist Karin Barber started her academic career at the University of Ife, where she was required to teach in Yoruba? (2017-02-15)
... that gospel street singer Flora Molton performed in downtown Washington, D.C., into her eighties? (2017-02-14)
... that 17th-century Polish poet Anna Stanisławska wrote about her life and three marriages as a series of 77 laments? (2017-02-11)
... that King Razadarit once sent Queen Thuddhamaya in a golden litter to one of his top commanders, despite her objections? (2017-02-09)
... that Czech-Israeli food technology researcher Zdenka Samish said that every fruit and vegetable can be made into jam? (2017-02-03)
... that the East German actress Sonja Kehler, who was known for singing Brecht, taught acting in Denmark? (2017-02-02)
... that Jean Davies, then a junior officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service, attended Winston Churchill's 69th birthday party along with President Franklin Roosevelt and Soviet Marshal Josef Stalin? (2017-01-31)
... that economics professor Carolyn Shaw Bell established a model that sent a disproportionate number of students at Wellesley College into careers in economics and business? (2017-01-31)
... that as CEO of Intel Israel, Maxine Fassberg encouraged women, Arabs, Druze, and Haredi Jews to enter the high-tech sector? (2017-01-29)
... that when Sarah Bavly arrived in Jerusalem to open a nutrition department in a new health center, she was forced to hide in the building for a week due to the outbreak of the 1929 Palestine riots? (2017-01-28)
... that Carolyn B. Shelton became the first female governor in the United States when she spent a weekend as acting governor of Oregon in 1909? (2017-01-27)
... that after six decades subscribing to left-wing ideology, German-Israeli novelist Naomi Frankel(pictured) adopted right-wing ideology and moved to the West Bank? (2017-01-25)
... that for Givat Brenner's 25th anniversary, kibbutz theatre director Shulamit Bat-Dori staged an open-air play with a cast and crew of 1,000, before an audience of 10,000? (2017-01-22)
... that in 2015, Alison Hughes was part of the first ever all-female officiating team in a Fed Cup final? (2017-01-21)
... that the classical pianist Yara Bernette was praised for her interpretation of Variations on a Theme from the Northeast of Brazil by the composer, Camargo Guarnieri? (2017-01-19)
... that Mildred Albert, nicknamed the "Mighty Atom", produced thousands of fashion shows during her career? (2017-01-16)
... that epidemiologistYasmin Altwaijri encourages other Saudi Arabian women to become scientists, arguing that this need not "cross the boundaries of our societal norms and customs"? (2017-01-15)
... that Polish Jewish writer Rokhl Auerbakh worked overtly as the director of a soup kitchen and covertly as a member of a secret group that chronicled daily life in the Warsaw Ghetto? (2017-01-12)
... that cancer biologist Lubna Tahtamouni earned her PhD abroad and encouraged students from underprivileged regions of her native Jordan to do the same? (2017-01-11)
... that the 1967 book Filipson by Frida Alexandr is the only first-hand description of life in that early 20th-century Brazilian Jewish farming colony written by a woman who lived there? (2017-01-10)
... that Lucy Finch founded the first hospice in Malawi, a country where about a million people are living with HIV/AIDS? (2017-01-09)
... that although Susan Reeve Lyon could not own property while a married woman, she was able to run her own apothecary shop as a widow? (2017-01-02)
... that Jessamyn Rodriguez founded a social enterprise teaching bread-making and job skills to low-income minority women and immigrants? (2017-01-02)
... that Gaye LeBaron wrote more than 8,000 columns for The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa, California, and hers were considered "the most popular feature in the paper"? (2016-12-26)
... that pastry chef Carine Goren was the most googled person in Israel in 2015? (2016-12-16)
... that the labour studies scholar Kendra Coulter calls for interspecies solidarity between human and animal workers? (2016-12-14)
... that nurse Inès de Bourgoing(pictured) was named Honorary Corporal of the Foreign Legion after she established a convalescent hospital in Morocco and a retirement center in France for French soldiers? (2016-11-09)
... that Mary Chubb was an "accidental archaeologist" who only took a job with the Egypt Exploration Society so she could pay for art school? (2016-11-07)
... that Mary Kitson Clark's 1935 book A Gazetteer of Roman Remains in East Yorkshire is still a basic guide to the study of the Roman presence in northern England? (2016-10-30)
... that 18th-century chemist Claudine Picardet translated scientific articles from Swedish, English, German, and Italian into French? (2016-10-27)
... that the archaeologist Lily Chitty was a Land Girl during the First World War? (2016-10-21)
... that after winning the Military Medal for bravery in the First World War, the nurse Violetta Thurstan(pictured) studied weaving and ran camps where displaced Bedouin women made carpets? (2016-09-23)
... that in 2010 Joanne M. Maguire became the first woman to receive the International von Kármán Wings Award? (2016-08-23)
... that in 1974 the anthropologist Reina Torres de Araúz was the first woman distinguished as a full member of the Panamanian Academy of History? (2016-08-18)
... that botanist Dame Margaret Blackwood studied pine trees and maize, and had a species of fungus named after her? (2016-08-07)
... that Karen Heck, a women's rights activist and former mayor of Waterville, Maine, co-owns a winery that is the sole distiller of absinthe in New England? (2016-07-16)
... that South Korean animator Mari Kim produced the music video for 2NE1's "Hate You", which depicts the group as "eyedoll" action heroines? (2016-07-12)
... that Teresa Feoderovna Ries' first exhibition at the Vienna Künstlerhaus included a sculpture of a nude witch snipping her toenails, making Ries an overnight sensation? (2016-07-11)
... that Roya Sadat and her sister Alka Sadat, directors of feature films and documentaries in the post Taliban regime in Afghanistan, established the Roya Film House? (2016-07-10)
... that Esna was one of the songwriters of "Some", which topped the BillboardKorea K-Pop Hot 100 for six weeks? (2016-07-10)
... that Indriati Iskak went from film star to psychologist to marketer? (2016-07-09)
... that singer-songwriter Whang Bo-ryung's third album was written in a calming acoustic style as a response to chaotic world events such as the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster? (2016-07-07)
... that the Medical Women's Federation was formed in the UK in 1917 and has acted to address workplace and educational grievances of female doctors? (2016-07-07)
... that Lois Jones led the first all-woman science team to Antarctica in 1969? (2016-07-06)
... that Ruthie Tompson was offered a job by Walt Disney while working at the riding club where he played polo? (2016-07-01)
... that Mary Farrar, a victims' advocate for over 20 years, had an older brother who was shot and killed during a robbery at their family's scrap metal business? (2016-06-30)
... that In-Young Ahn(pictured) was the first Korean woman to visit Antarctica? (2016-06-28)
... that a 1980s slide show of Asian lesbians in history and literature created by June Chan and Katherine Hall has been called "grassroots scholarship"? (2016-06-27)
... that while Inger Hanmann created enamels for the Copenhagen Airport, her daughter Charlotte made processed photographs of the urban environment? (2016-06-27)
... that the ancient Jewish tomb (pictured) of Rachel, wife of Rabbi Akiva, was "rediscovered" in 1993 in a disused Muslim cemetery in Tiberias? (2016-06-26)
... that motsoalle is the term for socially acceptable, long-term relationships between Basotho women in Lesotho? (2016-06-26)
... that Margarete Zuelzer, only the 37th woman to earn a doctorate at the University of Heidelberg, had to get special permission from her professors to attend their classes? (2016-06-18)
... that Hannah Chaplin, the mother of the silent screen star Charlie Chaplin, was a British music hall performer who used the stage name Lily Harley? (2016-06-17)
... that Utako Okamoto, discoverer of tranexamic acid, worked with her infant daughter on her back in the laboratory, as she could not find child care? (2016-06-16)
... that Gaëlle Ghesquière, French photographer, journalist and author, achieved fame photographing pop-rock artists on stage, such as Madonna, and Mick Jagger? (2016-06-16)
... that a Torah scroll commissioned by the Women's Torah Project was written by female scribes and clothed in a mantle stitched with items of clothing donated by women? (2016-06-12)
... that Mel Eslyn began working on film sets when she was 14 years old? (2016-06-11)
... that game developers changed the victory pose for the Overwatch character Tracer, after a fan noted that her original pose was over sexualized? (2016-06-06)
... that Birgit Jürgenssen, an Austrian photographer, painter, graphic artist, curator and teacher, was acclaimed as one of the "outstanding international representatives of the feminist avant-garde"? (2016-06-05)
... that Mary Cabot Wheelwright(pictured as a child) recorded details about Navajo ceremonies in the early 20th century from medicine man Hosteen Klah? (2016-06-02)
... that Lili Almog exhibited a photographic series titled "Perfect Intimacy" in 2006, specifically made by her in three Carmel monasteries in Haifa, Bethlehem, and Port Tobacco? (2016-05-29)
... that Rathika Ramasamy's wildlife photographs (example pictured) were exhibited at the Clean Ganga Campaign held at the India International Centre in September 2005? (2016-05-26)
... that Barbara Tsakirgis worked at archaeological excavation sites in Sicily for her doctoral thesis on the subject of Hellenistic houses at Morgantina? (2016-05-25)
... that Mattie Edwards Hewitt was described as "one of the best known and most lyrical garden photographers of her day"? (2016-05-23)
... that graffiti by artist Heba Amin which appeared in an episode of the television series Homeland included phrases in Arabic such as "Homeland is racist"? (2016-05-18)
... that, speaking at the 2014 Conference on the Culture of Peace, Vijaya Melnick said that violence against women "continues to be our greatest shame and tragedy"? (2016-05-12)
... that Chan Yuen-ting was the first female manager to lead a men's association football team to a league championship in a nation's top league? (2016-05-09)
... that Ina Plug's research work on fossils from a site of an Early Iron Age settlement in the farm "Diamant" near Ellisr in South Africa was of domestic dogs dated to 570 AD? (2016-05-08)
... that before Hu Lanqi(pictured) became China's first female major general, she was a magazine cover girl, a prisoner of Nazi Germany, and was invited to Moscow by Maxim Gorky? (2016-05-07)
... that Canadian classical scholar Elizabeth Caskey supervised and summarised annual archaeological trench excavations in Greece? (2016-05-06)
... that American journalist Elizabeth Peer was Newsweek's first female foreign correspondent, foreign bureau chief, and war correspondent? (2016-05-04)
... that Zahida Khatun Sherwani wrote poetry in Urdu under the pseudonyms "Zay Khay Sheen" and "Nuzhat", as the then-Muslim society did not permit women to write poetry or further women's causes? (2016-05-03)
... that rabbi Carole B. Balin rediscovered the existence of 67 Jewish women writers from the late 19th- and early 20th-century Russian Empire? (2016-05-01)
... that forensic chemist Mary Louisa Willard was referred to as "Lady Sherlock" for assisting law enforcement officials? (2016-04-30)
... that Bogna Burska's initial painting compositions were narratives of congealed blood forms made with red paints applied by fingers on walls, canvas, and glass? (2016-04-27)
... that the British poet Anne Penny was criticised for having poor grammar? (2016-04-25)
... that painter Guan Zilan(pictured), once an art world favourite, became largely forgotten in Communist China and rediscovered photos of her were mistaken for images of the movie star Ruan Lingyu? (2016-04-24)
... that Humira Saqib started educating women of Afghanistan through her magazine Negah-e-Zan on their rights and to "tell women that we have great ideas, and the ability to make those ideas a reality"? (2016-04-23)
... that NSAcryptanalystDorothy Blum was using the Fortran programming language three years before its public release in 1957? (2016-04-22)
... that Minna Salami, a woman journalist of Nigeria, is actively participating on African women's issues through her award-winning blog called MsAfropolitan? (2016-04-18)
... that Klara Johanson was the first person from her Swedish hometown to sit the upper secondary school final examinations? (2016-04-18)
... that Bertha Badt-Strauss was one of the first women in Prussia to receive a doctoral degree? (2016-04-16)
... that according to a former editor of The Observer, Nora Beloff "had one of the most distinguished careers any woman has had in British journalism"? (2016-04-15)
... that Nisha Ayub has said she could be stripped naked and killed, but her transgender identity could not be taken from her? (2016-04-15)
... that Basang, a former slave, was the only woman leader in the Tibet Autonomous Region for more than two decades? (2016-04-12)
... that Marti Stevens used improvisational theatre to teach high school students about substance abuse, sexual abuse, and domestic violence? (2016-04-11)
... that Chen Peiqiu is the best-selling Chinese woman painter? (2016-04-11)
... that Bai Yang(pictured), one of China's most popular film actresses, was imprisoned for five years during the Cultural Revolution? (2016-04-11)
... that novelist Louie Myfanwy Thomas had to re-write one of her manuscripts after it was thrown into a fire? (2016-04-09)
... that Lin Zongsu's article reporting her discussion of women's suffrage with Sun Yat-sen brought the right to vote into the public arena in China? (2016-04-09)
... that Shamsi Hekmat was a founder of the Jewish Ladies' Organization of Iran and the Iranian Jewish Women's Organization of Southern California? (2016-04-07)
... that in 1958 Anil de Silva planned an all-woman expedition to China to study the cave paintings in Dunhuang and Maijishan in the Gansu province? (2016-04-07)
... that educator, author, and speaker Esther E. Wood became known as the "town historian" of Blue Hill, Maine, though she disliked the moniker? (2016-04-06)
... that Wu Qing won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 2001, the first Chinese woman to receive the honour? (2016-04-05)
... that the conservatoire piano instructor and playwright Avra Theodoropoulou co-founded a Greek suffrage organization and then served as its president for decades? (2016-04-02)
... that Althea McNish is not American, but she is descended from a Merikin? (2016-04-01)
... that artist and textbook author Elina González Acha de Correa Morales was the driving force for creating the Geographical Society of Argentina? (2016-03-31)
... that Daisy Rossi gave up her painting career after her studio was destroyed by fire? (2016-03-30)
... that Cicely Corbett Fisher co-founded a society for women's suffrage when she was fifteen years old? (2016-03-28)
... that the Liverpool Women's Suffrage Society encouraged membership by holding meetings at cafes with poetry, singing, and dance performances? (2016-03-26)
... that the British trade union organiser Jeannie Mole, an early follower of dress reform, liked to wear an outfit reminiscent of Greek robes? (2016-03-26)
... that Meira Paibi ("Women Torchbearers") is a women's social movement in Manipur known as the "guardians of civil society"? (2016-03-25)
... that Marta Vergara believed that the family, rather than the individual, was the fundamental unit of political identity? (2016-03-25)
... that Dona Nelson, known for her two-sided paintings, was called "one of the best artists working today" by New York Times art critic Roberta Smith? (2016-03-24)
... that while still in school, Chinese social and Christian activist Deng Yuzhi decided to be an independent woman, remain unmarried, and live the life of a "new woman"? (2016-03-24)
... that when Elida Campodónico attempted to get an identity card to vote, she was told, "In Panama there are no women citizens, only male citizens"? (2016-03-23)
... that Olga Rapay-Markish is known for designing and decorating building interiors and façades in Kiev with massive ceramic works? (2016-03-22)
... that when Changsha was invaded in 1930, Maud Russell refused to leave the city and, after mistakenly being thought to have perished, a memorial service was held for her? (2016-03-21)
... that Františka Plamínková's activism started when she spoke out about an Austro-Hungarian law that forbade teachers from marrying and required them to be celibate? (2016-03-21)
... that in addition to collecting and curating thousands of volumes for the Maine Women Writers Collection, Dorothy M. Healy raised thousands of turkeys on her farm? (2016-03-21)
... that SPARK, a group co-founded by Lyn Mikel Brown, started a 2012 petition against Lego Friends for introducing a line of skinny, buxom female characters? (2016-03-20)
... that Filipina feminist Concepción Felix founded A Drop of Milk to train maternity nurses and provide sterile milk to malnourished infants? (2016-03-19)
... that when Japanese law changed and barred women from political assembly, Shimizu Shikin quit public speaking and became one of the country's first professional women journalists? (2016-03-18)
... that Maud McLure Kelly, the first woman to practice law in Alabama, was also the first Southern woman admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court? (2016-03-18)
... that Eugenia de Reuss Ianculescu included men on the board of the Romanian women's suffrage association that she founded because she believed their skills would help the cause? (2016-03-17)
... that free love activist Helga Goetze advertised her cause with the slogan "Fucking is peace"? (2016-03-16)
... that Wan Shaofen, China's first female provincial party chief, did not complete her term because of the downfall of Hu Yaobang? (2016-03-15)
... that Bilikiss Adebiyi(pictured) planned to collect rubbish in the streets of Nigeria while taking her MBA at MIT? (2016-03-15)
... that Mabel Sine Wadsworth sent teams of outreach workers door to door in rural Maine in the 1950s and 1960s to teach women about birth control? (2016-03-14)
... that pianist Marquesa del Ter founded one of the first feminist organizations in Spain and received the Medal of French Gratitude for her aid to hospitals during World War I? (2016-03-12)
... that when Sarah Platt-Decker died, she was described as "Colorado's foremost woman citizen"? (2016-03-11)
... that Annot and her husband were ordered by the Nazis to close their art school after refusing to dismiss Jewish pupils? (2016-03-11)
... that women's rights advocate Patricia E. Ryan thought she would head the Maine Human Rights Commission for five years, but ended up serving for over three decades? (2016-03-09)
... that Sonia M. Johnny, the first woman ambassador to the United States from Saint Lucia, has also represented CARICOM nations' interests in a trade dispute over bananas? (2016-03-08)
... that women's rights activist Meaza Ashenafi noted that Amharic proverbs that place women only in domestic roles are to blame for the degrading of women in Ethiopia? (2016-03-08)
... that Doris Sands Johnson, who wrote a how-to book for voting, lost her initial attempt to run for office but later became the premier woman President of the Bahamian Senate? (2016-03-08)
... that the 1835 opera La casa disabitata, composed by Princess Amalie of Saxony, received its first modern performance in 2012 after its previously lost score was discovered in a library in Moscow? (2016-03-01)
... that Hao Jianxiu, an illiterate teenage textile worker, became a model worker and a high-ranking politician after inventing a work method named after her? (2016-03-01)
... that in 2013, Forbes listed Vera Songwe as one of the "20 Young Power Women in Africa"? (2016-02-29)
... that Mary Myers was the first American woman to fly and pilot a dirigible balloon, which she did on Independence Day in 1880? (2016-02-29)
... that Carrie A. Tuggle established the Tuggle Institute, in Birmingham, Alabama, a boarding school to give free education for black children who were destitute orphans or juvenile defendants? (2016-02-25)
... that Detty Kurnia is an Indonesian vocalist who sang Dari Sunda which was among the five best albums listed by Q Magazine? (2016-02-24)
... that CrucianRuby M. Rouss served in the Women's Army Corps before becoming the "first black woman to head a Legislature in the United States"? (2016-02-23)
... that Paulette Poujol-Oriol's literary works focus principally on the social and economic problems of Haiti, evoking moral options and suggesting solutions? (2016-02-23)
... that Rose Piper's 1946 painting Back Water was inspired by Bessie Smith's "Backwater Blues"? (2016-02-22)
... that Astrid Schirmer appeared in roles by Richard Wagner, both Venus and Elisabeth in his Tannhäuser, and in the Bayreuth Jahrhundertring as both Ortlinde and Sieglinde? (2016-02-22)
... that Maria Carbone appeared in 1931 as Desdemona in a complete recording of Verdi's Otello, one of her only two recordings? (2016-02-21)
... that shortly after becoming the first woman and first African American television news anchor in Colorado, Reynelda Muse began wearing an Afro on the air to assert her identity? (2016-02-20)
... that Sarah Tenant-Flowers has worked as an administrator for the Choir of the Year and as General Manager of "The Sixteen"? (2016-02-18)
... that in an era when women of African descent had little access to education or public role models, the Black Cross Nurses(pictured) trained them in healthcare, allowing them to be seen in leadership roles? (2016-02-18)
... that Carmen Souza sings Cape Verdean and jazz fusion compositions in Creole for its adaptability, and also mimics the sounds of musical instruments? (2016-02-16)
... that Romona Robinson won a television news anchor job in Cleveland, Ohio, with a demo tape that showed her remaining poised and self-confident while "being wiped out by a hurricane-whipped wave"? (2016-02-15)
... that Xin Fengxia(pictured) refused to divorce her persecuted husband Wu Zuguang, and he took care of her after she was persecuted and became paralyzed? (2016-02-14)
... that Ruth Guimarães, the first Afro-Brazilian author to gain a nationwide audience, translated classic literature but also wrote original works about fables, legends, and everyday life? (2016-02-14)
... that Rosita Baltazar, co-founder of the Belize National Dance Company, taught language and dance on St. Vincent in a Garifuna cultural reclamation project? (2016-02-14)
... that no more than twelve people at a time can ascertain what is found and lost at a London hotel? (2016-02-14)
... that the husband-and-wife piano duo of Bartlett and Robertson were said to play like "four hands at a double keyboard controlled by a single mind"? (2016-02-14)
... that the composer and improviser Sylvia Hallett bows both the violin and a spinning bicycle wheel? (2016-02-13)
... that before she became a Senator of Mauritania, Malouma(pictured) was censored for her songs, which promoted women's rights and challenged apartheid? (2016-02-07)
... that Yvonne Ciannella, who performed the title roles of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and Puccini's Suor Angelica, recorded Telemann's cantata Ino with "dramatic colouring"? (2016-02-06)
... that Minuetta Kessler, a classical composer and concert pianist who wrote and performed her first piece at age five, created a game to teach musical composition to young children? (2016-02-01)
... that Marie Kraja and Lola Gjoka performed more than 300 songs together that recorded Albanian culture? (2016-02-01)
... that literary scholar Hana Wirth-Nesher grew up with her father reading to her in Yiddish, her mother and grandmother speaking to her in German, and her friends conversing with her in English? (2016-01-19)
... that at least seven denominations trace their history to a Pentecostal church founded by Mary Magdalena Lewis Tate, the first American woman to serve as bishop in a nationally-recognized denomination? (2016-01-17)
... that Liza Levy, a board member and past president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, originally joined the group as a way to make friends and retain her Jewish identity? (2016-01-13)
... that choreographer and TV artist Davina Delor(pictured) became a Buddhist nun after meeting the Dalai Lama, and converted her country home in Haims to a monastery? (2016-01-11)
... that the second time that Christina Carpenter was placed in a cell, it had no door? (2016-01-10)
... that Khandro Rinpoche(pictured) of the Mindrolling lineage is the present reincarnation of Urgyen Tsomo? (2016-01-07)
... that while Caroline Stephen's book was considered a "Quaker classic" even 100 years after publication, her brother had dismissed it as "another little work of hers"? (2016-01-07)
... that Victoria Bricker has studied the languages, astronomy, and ethnobotany of the Maya? (2016-01-06)
... that Marianne Katoppo, who wrote the book Compassionate and Free. An Asian Woman's Theology, found the term feminist theology "too loaded"? (2016-01-05)
... that former slave Lucy Goode Brooks(pictured) helped found the Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans, which still serves families in Richmond, Virginia, as the Friends' Association for Children? (2016-01-04)
... that Aviel Barclay, the first woman to be traditionally trained and certified as a Jewish scribe, completed her first Torah scroll in 2010? (2016-01-04)
... that Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller, a senior faculty member at Neve Yerushalayim College for Women, has thousands of students around the globe? (2016-01-03)
... that after Rachel Henderlite's 1965 ordination as a minister, a retired pastor sent her a postcard every year quoting the biblical injunction, "Let the women keep silent in the churches"? (2016-01-03)
... that the legend of Lopamudra in Mahabharata is said to be "the glorification of domestic life and family and demonstrates the incompleteness of a life based solely on asceticism"? (2016-01-02)
... that Elisabeth Abegg, a teacher who provided shelter to Jews during the Holocaust, also tutored Jewish children at her home? (2016-01-02)
... that 13 years after Lydia Emelie Gruchy graduated her theological studies with honors, she was finally ordained in 1936 as the first female minister of the United Church of Canada? (2015-12-30)
... that Temerl Bergson, a wealthy businesswoman and patroness of Hasidic Jews in 19th-century Poland, "distributed money like ashes"? (2015-12-29)
... that Sarla Bedi established the Hindu reform movement Arya Samaj in Toronto, Canada, and promoted social causes? (2015-12-28)
... that cell biologist Margaret Reed Lewis may have been the first person to successfully grow mammalian tissue in vitro? (2015-12-27)
... that Ann Allebach(pictured), the first woman ordained a Mennonite minister in North America, was ordained 62 years before the next woman? (2015-12-27)
... that the British orthopaedic surgeon Samantha Tross made long jumps during her education? (2015-12-23)
... that Wu Chengzhen was the first woman to be ordained as a fangzhang in the 1,800-year history of the Tao faith? (2015-12-22)
... that of the more than 3,000 midwives working in the state of Florida in the early 1920s, Victoria Joyce Ely was the only one who was trained and licensed? (2015-12-21)
... that Bambi delivered more than 35,000 babies? (2021-07-03) ... that Bambi delivered over 35,000 babies? (2015-12-20)
... that while working on her graduate degree in chemistry, Emīlija Gudriniece won the Latvian Women's Motorcycle Championship in 1949, and then won it again in 1953? (2015-12-20)
... that conservationist Rose Gaffney, known as "The Belle of Bodega Bay," helped halt the construction of a nuclear power plant in Bodega Bay, California? (2015-12-18)
... that May Owen discovered that the talcum powder used on surgical gloves caused infection and peritoneal scarring? (2015-12-14)
... that Lidija Liepiņa worked with a team of other scientists in a mobile laboratory in a train boxcar, testing filters to create Russia's first functional gas mask? (2015-12-13)
... that Catherine Feuillet led a team to successfully map the largest wheat chromosome, 3B? (2015-12-13)
... that the British entrepreneur Nancy Cruickshank's second start-up, Handbag.com, became the number-one fashion and beauty website in the UK, with 1.5 million visits monthly? (2015-12-11)
... that Vera Faddeeva's 1950 book Computational methods of linear algebra was one of the first publications in that field of mathematics? (2015-12-10)
... that Singaporean fungi expert Gloria Lim was once summoned by her country's Ministry of Defence when their storage area developed mold? (2015-12-10)
... that Tebello Nyokong is helping to pioneer a safer method of cancer detection and therapy that does not have the harmful side effects of chemotherapy? (2015-12-02)
... that Omowunmi Sadik has developed highly sensitive microelectrode biosensors that can detect explosives? (2015-12-02)
... that Frances Gertrude McGill, a Canadian forensic pathologist, was referred to as the "Sherlock Holmes of Saskatchewan"? (2015-12-02)
... that Tsuruko Haraguchi, the first Japanese woman to receive a PhD, helped establish an experimental psychology laboratory at Japan Women's University? (2015-11-30)
... that Marie Lebour studied the life cycles of marine animals until she was 88? (2015-11-28)
... that biologist Kono Yasui was only allowed to study outside of Japan if she listed "home economics research" alongside "scientific research" on her application and agreed not to marry? (2015-11-26)
... that Urmila Eulie Chowdhury was chief architect of the state of Punjab from 1976 to 1981? (2015-11-26)
... that Ragnhild Sundby's doctoral thesis concluded that fluctuations of miner moth populations were mainly caused by parasitic wasps? (2015-11-25)
... that architect Winka Dubbeldam prefers dressing in black, and lives in a house with black walls? (2015-11-24)
... that architect Susan Maxman's firm received 65 awards including 14 AIA design awards and 14 awards for their designs' environmental importance? (2015-11-24)
... that botanist and ecologist Edith Clements illustrated most of her own books? (2015-11-22)
... that Anupama Kundoo, an Indian architect working at Auroville from 1990, created innovations in her project designs by adopting "sustainable building technologies and infrastructural systems"? (2015-11-22)
... that Michiyo Tsujimura's discovery of vitamin C in green tea contributed to an increase in tea exports to America? (2015-11-21)
... that neuroscientistKay Tye has used light to identify connections in the brain that are linked to anxiety? (2015-11-21)
... that Zoka Zola's design of a zero-energy house blends every available space with solar, wind, and geothermal methods in a "modern-organic-fusion style"? (2015-11-20)
... that the memorial service for Beverly L. Greene, "believed to be the first African American woman licensed as an architect in the United States", took place in a funeral home she had designed? (2015-11-17)
... that Agathe L. van Beverwijk left her research role at the Amsterdam Cancer Institute because she refused to experiment on animals? (2015-11-12)
... that Kathrin Barboza Marquez rediscovered a bat in Bolivia which had been thought to be extinct in the country? (2015-11-11)
... that the architect Chitra Vishwanath built her own large mud house in Bengaluru to promote her theme of mud architecture as an environmentally sound proposition? (2015-11-11)
... that on 25 February 1990, Violeta Chamorro of Nicaragua became the first elected woman president in the Americas? (2015-11-10)
... that Sydney architect Eleanor Cullis-Hill practiced from her home since she felt that women were unwelcome in large architectural offices? (2015-11-09)
... that although Monica Pidgeon's father persuaded her not to study architecture, she went on to edit Architectural Design for almost three decades? (2015-11-08)
... that Teresa Borsuk's interest in architecture was sparked partly by Lego? (2015-11-05)
... that the London-based architect Rosemary Stjernstedt was the first woman to reach senior grade I status in a British council county division? (2015-11-02)
... that architect Eva Vecsei has designed projects in Hungary, Canada and Pakistan? (2015-11-02)
... that Dutch architect Tonny Zwollo was featured in Life magazine for building 35 schools in Oaxaca, Mexico, and convincing the community members to help build them for free? (2015-10-29)
... that Kate Macintosh designed a social housing complex in London that was described as "one of the most remarkable housing developments in the country"? (2015-10-29)
... that the cathedral architect Corinne Bennett's interest in stone came from her father, a geology professor? (2015-10-29)
... that Debra Crew surprised business observers when she became president of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company only two months after being named president of PepsiCo North America Nutrition? (2015-10-26)
... that the first female architect from the West Indies was the Jamaican Verma Panton? (2015-10-22)
... that architect Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp said she campaigned for women's issues "simply because I did not want there to be any"? (2015-10-21)
... that Split, the debut novel by Swati Avasthi, an Indian American writer and teacher, was published in 2010 and received a plethora of awards? (2015-10-18)
... that chemist and science diplomat Nancy B. Jackson was the first implementer of the U.S. State Department's Chemical Security Engagement Program? (2015-10-13)
... that E. E. Holman's gender was deliberately disguised to secure architectural contracts, like those for the National Park Seminary's Aloha Dormitory (pictured)? (2015-10-13)
... that in the war against Tiglath-Pileser III in 732 BCE, Samsi was defeated and was said to have fled the battlefield like a "wild she-ass of the desert"? (2015-10-12)
... that 30 years after joining the Royal Bank of Canada as a teller, Zabeen Hirji became chief human resources officer with responsibility for nearly 79,000 employees in 50 countries? (2015-10-10)
... that the artist Siri Derkert carved words of peace on the walls of a metro station doubling as a nuclear war shelter? (2015-10-06)
... that the National Diversity Council named Shefali Razdan Duggal to the list of the Most Powerful and Influential Women of 2012 in California? (2015-10-04)
... that Lourdes Aflague Leon Guerrero, who served as a senator in the Legislature of Guam, is the Chairwoman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Bank of Guam? (2015-09-28)
... that Katie Page, CEO of Harvey Norman and an active supporter of women in sports, announced a $500,000 purse for horses owned or leased by women at the 2013 Magic Millions racing event? (2015-09-28)
... that Stephanie Langhoff, who has produced numerous films made by brothers Jay and Mark Duplass, has been referred to as "the honorary Duplass sister"? (2015-09-26)
... that Iranian-born Azita Shariati, an executive with the French catering and support services multinational Sodexo, has been named the most powerful businesswoman in Sweden? (2015-09-25)
... that Sophia Lin was selected by TheWrap in 2012 as one of "10 Producers Who Will Change Hollywood"? (2015-09-22)
... that Louise O'Sullivan, founder and CEO of Anam Technologies, Dublin, is a vocal advocate for gender parity in the IT industry? (2015-09-22)
... that in 2014 the Sunday Independent named Irish venture capitalist Elaine Coughlan one of "The 50 Most Influential and Powerful Women in Business"? (2015-09-22)
... that Ann-Marie Campbell, southern division president for The Home Depot with responsibility for 690 stores and 100,000 employees, started with the company as a part-time cashier? (2015-09-21)
... that within two years of the hiring of Sandi Peterson as Group Worldwide Chairman of Johnson & Johnson, the company doubled its number of women in executive leadership positions? (2015-09-19)
... that Sakaye Shigekawa estimated that she delivered between 20,000 and 30,000 babies in her career as an obstetrician? (2015-09-16)
... that German politician Adele Schreiber-Krieger advocated extensively for the rights of mothers and children, but never had children herself? (2015-06-06)
... that feminist writer Anne O'Hagan is thought to have written anonymously about the difficulties of living with an old-fashioned mother? (2015-03-26)
... that the artist Rhoda Holmes Nicholls(self-portrait pictured) and her husband Burr divorced after her work was accepted at the Paris Salon but his painting was rejected? (2014-09-16)
... that Margaret Fritsch was the first woman to be licensed as an architect in Oregon? (2014-09-12)
... that Eleonora de Cisneros(pictured), an American opera singer, promoted the sale of Liberty bonds more than any other person during World War I? (2014-03-09)
... that Josephine Silone Yates(pictured) was the first black woman to head a college science department in the United States? (2014-02-27)
... that Juliana R. Force brought about the first public showing of American folk art in the United States? (2014-01-23)
... that Miriam Roth grew up in a Hungarian-speaking town, studied at a German-speaking university, and wrote best-sellers in Hebrew? (2013-11-14)
... that Nelle Richmond Eberhart wrote the first opera commissioned for American radio? (2013-07-30)
... that Sarla Behn's and Mirabehn's work in Kumaon and Garhwal, respectively, played a key role in bringing focus on issues of environmental degradation and conservation in independent India? (2013-06-06)
... that Maria van Oosterwijck included a specific species of butterfly in most of her major paintings? (2013-05-04)
... that Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane is remembered as the "mother of women's rights in Argentina"? (2013-05-02)
... that a large sculpture (smaller version pictured) by Caroline Shawk Brooks was listed by customs officials not as a work of art, but as "110 lbs. of butter"? (2013-03-09)
... that the Countess of Rutland, mother of 11, had to inform the English queen Anne of Cleves that receiving a goodnight kiss was not enough to conceive a child? (2013-02-13)
... that in the early 1900s, Gabrielle Matthaei determined the role of temperature in photosynthesis, though the reaction does not bear her name today? (2013-01-16)
... that school teacher and conspirator Jadwiga Apostoł(pictured) survived three German camps, including Auschwitz, and was jailed in Stalinist Poland on trumped-up charges soon after her return? (2012-05-09)
... that Ellen Hayes was not only a rare 19th-century female mathematics professor but was also the first woman to run for statewide office in Massachusetts? (2011-02-15)
... that Elizabeth W. Champney, author of the "Three Vassar Girls" series, married her former drawing instructor when he happened to pass through her hometown? (2011-02-11)
... that in 1925, Hortense Sparks Ward led a special all-female Texas Supreme Court after no male judges or lawyers could be found to hear a case? (2010-12-21)
... that American feminist author and journalist Inez Haynes Irwin estimated that between 500,000 and 750,000 women were killed in World War I? (2010-09-10)
... that Grace Voss Frederick (November 3, 1905 – January 16, 2009) was the creator of the Grace Museum of America and the Grace Museum for the Preservation of Americana? (2010-03-20)
... that according to legend, New York Assemblywoman Ida Sammis' first act in the legislature was to polish the brass spittoon assigned to her, and to place it on her desk as a flower vase? (2010-03-18)
... that Evelina Haverfield, a British suffragette who was arrested after hitting a police officer in the mouth, threatened to "bring a revolver" next time? (2010-03-08)
... that Spanish politician and feminist Clara Campoamor was one of three women elected to Spain's 1931 Constituent Assembly even though women were not allowed to vote in the election? (2010-03-08)
... that U.S. birth control advocate Dr. Bessie Moses gave up her practice as an obstetrician because she became emotionally attached to the outcome of every birth she attended? (2009-12-02)
... that English author Selina Davenport, in an attempt to support herself and her two daughters after separating from her husband, ran both a coffee house and a dance school? (2009-10-07)
... that even though Karen Platou in 1921 was the first woman elected to the NorwegianParliament, the first woman to sit in that assembly was Anna Rogstad, ten years earlier? (2009-09-07)
... that Mildred Constantine organized the 1968 exhibition Word and Image of 300 posters at the Museum of Modern Art called "so handsome that for a minute you wonder why billboards are disfigurements"? (2008-12-23)
... that Adelaide Johnson, sculptor of a memorial to women's suffrage in the US Capitol, was married in 1896 by a female minister, with two of her busts as bridesmaids? (2008-01-16)
... that Belinda Dann, a member of Australia's Stolen Generation, died just months after being reunited with her family, who had been searching for her for over a century? (2007-10-31)
... that Lady Sybil Grant (pictured), the eldest daughter of the British Prime Minister Lord Dalmeny, in her later years, became an eccentric, spending most of her time in a caravan or up a tree, communicating to her butler through a megaphone? (2006-10-26)
... that having served as both Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton, Maria Echaveste is one of the highest-ranking Latinas to have served in a Presidential Administration? (2006-08-30)
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