Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Green/DYK/2016 DYK Blurbs

2016 DYK Blurbs:

... that Queen Emma of Hawaii and her lady-in-waiting Kiliwehi were received by Queen Victoria and spent a night at Windsor Castle? (2016-12-31)
... that Joan Acker and Miriam Johnson of the Center for the Study of Women in Society found that "Do you shave your legs?" was the question most strongly correlated to identifying with feminism? (2016-12-31)
... that in 1982, Semra Ertan set herself on fire in a Hamburg marketplace to protest about xenophobia against Turks in Germany? (2016-12-30)
... that Iris Murdoch's first book, Sartre: Romantic Rationalist, was the first book about Jean-Paul Sartre's work to be published in English? (2016-12-29)
... that Mirjam Wiesemann made award-winning audiobooks for Cybele Records, introducing in music and conversation the composers Hartmann, Apostel, Henze, Boulez, Jacqueline Fontyn and Juan Allende-Blin? (2016-12-29)
... that 11-year-old Sarai Gonzalez plays a "nerdy" tween with a "sassy" and "confident" attitude in Bomba Estéreo's "Soy Yo" ("That's Me") music video? (2016-12-28)
... that the refrain of "Heaven" by Inna is written in a language invented by the singer and her label? (2016-12-28)
... that Natalie Sims co-wrote the Iggy Azalea song "Work", which sold over one million copies in the US? (2016-12-27)
... that Kalanimoku caused the death of his wife Likelike and their son Lanihau with cannon fire outside their house? (2016-12-27)
... that publicists promoted the 1999 edition of FHM's 100 Sexiest Women by projecting a 60-foot (18 m) naked image of the TV presenter Gail Porter onto the Palace of Westminster? (2016-12-27)

... 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 in 1858 Santa Claus made his first Hawaiian appearance at Washington Place, the home of Mary Dominis? (2016-12-24)
... that Ami Radunskaya, a mathematician who heads the Association for Women in Mathematics, spent ten years as a cellist and music composer between high school and college? (2016-12-24)
... that Clementia Killewald, abbess of Eibingen Abbey, spoke about its founder Hildegard of Bingen at the ceremony when she was proclaimed a saint and Doctor of the Church by the pope? (2016-12-21)
... that lawyer and activist Shehla Zia was once arrested for protesting a law which reduced the weight given to evidence provided by female witnesses in a trial? (2016-12-20)
... that Alice Brock owned the restaurant that inspired both the song and the film named "Alice's Restaurant"? (2016-12-19)
... that the idea for Through the Wilderness, a Madonna tribute album, came in a dream to Paul Beahan? (2016-12-18)
... that Alice Bota, who writes for Die Zeit and studied in Germany and Poland, won an award for young journalists? (2016-12-18)
... that Becca Pizzi completed seven marathons on seven continents in seven days, and accepted a marriage proposal on the mound before throwing out the first pitch at Fenway Park? (2016-12-17)
... that Mary Barkas was the first female house physician at the Bethlem Royal Hospital in London? (2016-12-16)
... that pastry chef Carine Goren was the most googled person in Israel in 2015? (2016-12-16)
... that Christina Aguilera self-produced a 96-second music video for "Telepathy" as a gift to her fans as the song rose to number-one on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart? (2016-12-14)
... that the princess Joan of Navarre had to renounce her inheritance and become a nun because her fiancé wanted to marry her younger sister Maria instead? (2016-12-14)
... that the labour studies scholar Kendra Coulter calls for interspecies solidarity between human and animal workers? (2016-12-14)
... that at age 22, Judith Hemmendinger helped rehabilitate nearly 100 child survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp, among them Elie Wiesel? (2016-12-14)
... that the World Health Organization says that a focus on reproductive health alone prevents progress in ensuring quality women's healthcare? (2016-12-13)
... that schoolteacher Mary Chase Walker (pictured) was boycotted in 1866 in San Diego, California, after lunching in public with a black woman? (2016-12-13)
... that Solange Knowles performed a live cover of Nivea's song "Laundromat" in an actual laundromat? (2016-12-12)
... that after Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii died in 1917, her pet dog Poni (pictured) was given to her confidante and final lady-in-waiting Lahilahi Webb? (2016-12-11)
... that journalist Shafiqa Habibi was one of only three women candidates in the 2004 Afghan presidential election? (2016-12-08)
... that Pharrell Williams wrote the song "Sexify" based on headlines from the women's fashion magazine Cosmopolitan? (2016-12-08)
... that Helen Boyle was the first female president of the Royal Medico-Psychological Association? (2016-12-07)
... that the 2006 Argentine book Abzurdah by Cielo Latini (pictured) details the author's youthful struggle with anorexia? (2016-12-07)
... that U.S. Representative-elect Stephanie Murphy and her family left Vietnam when she was six months old, and were rescued by the U.S. Navy? (2016-12-06)
... that Hannah Dadds was the first female train driver on the London Underground? (2016-12-05)
... that Tamar Halperin recorded music by Eric Satie, playing piano, harpsichord, Hammond organ, and Wurlitzer piano? (2016-12-04)
... that Beatriz de la Cueva, the first female colonial governor in the New World, died in a September 11 disaster two days after taking office? (2016-12-03)
... that President Lyndon B. Johnson credited Agnes E. Meyer with having the most influence over his education policy? (2016-12-03)
... that Auschwitz survivor Bat-Sheva Dagan writes Holocaust stories for children that have happy endings "in order not to rob them of their faith in mankind"? (2016-11-29)
... that in her Gloria, Hyo-Won Woo combines elements from Korean music and Western contemporary composition techniques? (2016-11-25)
... that when Barbara Berman and Mary Keating Croce took office in 1978, they became the first pair of women to represent a single legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly? (2016-11-25)
... that Monique Luiz, star of the famous 1964 political advertisement Daisy, did not see it for herself until 2000? (2016-11-23)
... that in September 2016, Rachel Freier became the first Hasidic Jewish woman to be elected as a civil court judge in the state of New York? (2016-11-22)
... that Jin Chae-seon was the first female master of pansori, a male-dominated Korean folk opera genre? (2016-11-21)
... that photographer Sally Bush bought a 1909 Baker electric car and drove it just once, through the front window of a local pharmacy? (2016-11-20)
... that tap dancer Ayodele Casel developed her style under the influence of salsa music? (2016-11-20)
... that Odile Ahouanwanou broke the Beninese record for the 100m hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics? (2016-11-18)
... that Jessica Alba reprised her role as Max Guevara in the video game Dark Angel by voicing the character? (2016-11-17)
... that 13-year-old Togolese swimmer Adzo Kpossi was the youngest athlete at London 2012? (2016-11-17)
... that women conductors lead only 4.1% of "big budget" American symphony orchestras? (2016-11-15)
... that Jackie Stedall won the 2013 Neumann Prize for the best English-language book on the history of mathematics? (2016-11-15)
... that Gisèle Rabesahala was the first woman to lead a political party and become a government minister in Madagascar? (2016-11-15)
... that before she became a famous aviator, Amelia Earhart was a social worker at Denison House in Boston? (2016-11-12)
... that the Zimbabwean prophetess Mai Chaza, who called herself a messenger from God, was regarded by her followers as an African reappearance of Christ? (2016-11-09)
... that Katsura Hoshino says she comes up with most of the ideas for the manga series D.Gray-man after falling asleep in her bath? (2016-11-09)
... 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 Gertrude Foster Brown encouraged New York women to exercise their new right to vote in her 1918 book Your Vote and How to Use It? (2016-11-08)
... that Christiana Willes is sometimes incorrectly attributed as the founder of roundarm bowling? (2016-11-08)
... that when Queen consort ʻAnaseini Takipō failed to produce a male heir for King George Tupou II, his daughter Sālote Tupou III ascended to the throne of Tonga upon his death? (2016-11-07)
... 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 peace activist Margaret Thorp was punched, scratched, and kicked by women at a pro-conscription rally? (2016-11-05)
... that the journalist and author Carolin Emcke was awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade in 2016? (2016-11-05)
... that Australian W-League association footballer Gabe Marzano was appointed to the Professional Footballers Australia executive committee in May 2016? (2016-11-04)
... that Juanita's Galley was noted for a "fabulous" breakfast, the proprietor's "unpredictable disposition", and a 40-person brawl featuring car jacks, pipes, steel bars, a fishbowl, and an ax? (2016-11-02)
... that the bioarchaeologist Charlotte Roberts once worked as a nurse on a burns unit? (2016-11-02)
... that Lidiane Lopes holds the Cape Verdean record in the women's 100-metre sprint? (2016-11-01)
... that the French punished a queen by sending her to Hellville? (2016-10-31)
... 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 Shriya Saran played the female lead in the 2007 film Sivaji, India's most expensive film to that point? (2016-10-29)
... that 18th-century chemist Claudine Picardet translated scientific articles from Swedish, English, German, and Italian into French? (2016-10-27)
... that after Joan Risch's apparent abduction from her home 55 years ago today, it was discovered she had borrowed books on missing-person cases from the local library? (2016-10-24)
... that Lisbeth Hockey was the first nurse to be awarded an honorary fellowship by the Royal College of General Practitioners? (2016-10-23)
... that Johanna Umurungi was the only female Rwandan swimmer at the 2016 Summer Olympics? (2016-10-23)
... that the French Association for Scientific Information criticised Paris Descartes University's decision to award Élizabeth Teissier a doctorate for a sociology thesis of "pro-astrological advocacy"? (2016-10-22)
... that Martine van Hamel won a gold medal at the 1966 Varna International Ballet Competition, one of the most prestigious dance competitions in the world? (2016-10-22)
... that the archaeologist Lily Chitty was a Land Girl during the First World War? (2016-10-21)
... that the 1976 novel The Word for World Is Forest shares narrative themes with the 2009 film Avatar? (2016-10-20)
... that Anna L. Peterson argues that the usual separation of animal and environmental ethics is based on mistaken conceptions of nature, humans, animals, and the relationships among them? (2016-10-20)
... that soccer video game Breakaway has encouraged children in the West Bank not to discriminate by gender, thereby challenging social norms? (2016-10-18)
... that politician Sara Skyttedal participated in Miss Sweden in 2006? (2016-10-17)
... that Helen Richardson-Walsh and her wife Kate were both members of the team that won Great Britain's first Olympic gold in women's hockey? (2016-10-17)
... that the contralto Dorothy Gill was so popular during the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's visit to New York in 1934 that American fans petitioned for her return? (2016-10-17)
... that in 2016, Sara Ahmed became the first Egyptian woman to receive an Olympic medal? (2016-10-16)
... that Siti Nurhaliza (pictured) has recorded songs in Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Arabic? (2016-10-16)
... that in 1974, Barbara Thoman Curtis led the establishment of the American Nurses Association's first political action committee? (2016-10-14)
... that Anne Ramberg was awarded the H. M. The King's Medal of 12th size to wear in a blue ribbon for her work in the Swedish justice system? (2016-10-13)
... that Queen Salote College was named after the Tongan Queen Sālote Lupepauʻu, who was named after the British Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz? (2016-10-12)
... that the soprano Katharine Fuge took part in John Eliot Gardiner's Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, both as a member of the Monteverdi Choir and as a soloist? (2016-10-12)
... that Alyssa Milano released four studio albums in Japan after appearing in ads there for pasta and chocolate milk? (2016-10-09)
... that Gadis Arivia established Indonesia’s first journal of feminist theory? (2016-10-09)
... that Swedish journalist Lena Sundström (pictured) was a foundling? (2016-10-03)
... that Emma Wiggs, a gold medallist in paracanoe at the 2016 Paralympics, competed at the 2012 Paralympics as a sitting volleyball player? (2016-10-02)
... that when King George Tupou II of Tonga married Lavinia Veiongo instead of ʻOfakivavaʻu, there were riots in the streets of Nukuʻalofa? (2016-09-30)
... that Elin Rombo (pictured) played Sister Blanche in Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites in a 2011 production at the Royal Swedish Opera? (2016-09-30)
... that in addition to becoming the first female full professor at Northwestern University, botanist Margery C. Carlson had a nature preserve named after her? (2016-09-29)
... that Swedish paralympic athlete Helene Ripa underwent an above-the-knee amputation at the age of 14 to treat cancer in her right leg? (2016-09-29)
... that reviewers have commented on the similarities between the 1968 novel A Wizard of Earthsea and the Harry Potter series? (2016-09-29)
... that singer Rock-Olga (pictured) recorded an album in 1972 using ABBA members Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad as backing vocalists? (2016-09-28)
... that the Paralympic rower Laurence Whiteley searched for over two years for a partner with whom to compete before teaming with Lauren Rowles? (2016-09-28)
... that Irish suffragette Cissie Cahalan argued against gender-segregated trade unions? (2016-09-28)
... that guest lecturers at the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry (students pictured) included W. E. B. Du Bois, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Margaret Sanger? (2016-09-27)
... that a few months after having her right leg amputated, Judith Hamer trekked across the Andes for a reality television show? (2016-09-26)
... that the Women's Antifascist Front of Croatia mobilized women into resistance against fascist occupiers, tasking them with ammunition transport, sabotage and diversion, and economic sustainment? (2016-09-25)
... that in 2015, Taylor Swift's (pictured) video for the single "Blank Space" became the fastest to reach one billion views on Vevo? (2016-09-25)
... that Robyn Love played in her first wheelchair basketball game in 2014, her first international in 2015, and took part in the Paralympics in 2016? (2016-09-25)
... that Mathilda Twomey is the first female judge in Seychelles? (2016-09-24)
... 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 Frances Sweeney conceived the idea for the Boston Herald Rumor Clinic during World War II? (2016-09-23)
... that Pearl McIver was the first person employed by the United States Public Health Service as a consultant on nursing administration? (2016-09-22)
... that in 1919, Rose Finkelstein Norwood helped lead 8,000 switchboard operators in a six-day strike that paralyzed telephone service throughout New England? (2016-09-21)
... that Joy Ufema's fellow nurses felt she had been given too much autonomy when she started granting last wishes to dying patients? (2016-09-21)
... that philosopher Jessica Pierce argues that some animals may have a sense of morality? (2016-09-20)
... that Virginia E. Haines was appointed to the Ocean County, New Jersey, board of chosen freeholders in January 2016, only the second woman to serve since the governing body was formed in 1850? (2016-09-19)
... that the margin of victory in the women's triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics was approximately 15 centimetres (6 in)? (2016-09-19)
... that Jane Elizabeth Manning James was one of the first recorded African-American women to travel to Utah as a Mormon pioneer? (2016-09-18)
... that Helen Freeman (pictured) was an Athletic All-American in each of the five years she was at the University of Illinois, and an Academic All-American in three of them? (2016-09-18)
... that Hazel P. Heath paid children to pick wild berries for her jam and jelly business? (2016-09-17)
... that the philosopher Clare Palmer argues that humans are usually permitted to aid wild animals in need, and are sometimes required to? (2016-09-17)
... that the entomologist Alice Gray became known as the "Bug Lady" for her work with the public at the American Museum of Natural History? (2016-09-17)
... that the Women's Antifascist Front of Bosnia and Herzegovina's 1947 campaign against the face veil was supported by the Grand Mufti Ibrahim Fejić, who called it an obstacle to gender equality? (2016-09-16)
... that Paralympian shot putter Angela Madsen (pictured) has also rowed across the Atlantic and Indian Oceans? (2016-09-16)
... that while the Turkish female wheelchair shooters Ayşegül Pehlivanlar and Çağla Baş compete for the first time at the Paralympics, Aysel Özgan takes part for the third time? (2016-09-15)
... that Rosalie Lalonde is the youngest player on the Canadian Paralympic wheelchair basketball team? (2016-09-14)
... that Elaine D. Harmon's mother thought Women Airforce Service Pilots "were all just awful, just probably loose women"? (2016-09-14)
... that Turkish Paralympian Handan Biroğlu earned a spot in archery at the 2016 Rio Paralympics despite only taking up the sport in 2013? (2016-09-12)
... that Changes, a 1987 advert for the Volkswagen Golf, is remembered as having "spawned a new era in car advertising"? (2016-09-12)
... that Sharon Jarvis (pictured), Lisa Martin, Katie Umback, and Emma Booth have been selected to represent Australia in para-equestrian at the 2016 Rio Paralympics? (2016-09-11)
... that Eleonore Büning wrote in the FAZ that Patrice Chéreau's staging of the Jahrhundertring revolutionised the understanding of Wagner in Germany? (2016-09-11)
... that singer Syster Sol (pictured) won the award for Best Reggae/Dancehall at the 2014 Kingsizegala? (2016-09-10)
... that Turkish female goalball player Sevda Altınoluk was named top scorer at several international competitions? (2016-09-09)
... that Ro Laren was intended to be a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but actress Michelle Forbes rejected the role? (2016-09-08)
... that set designer Linda DeScenna was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction on five occasions, for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner, The Color Purple, Rain Man, and Toys? (2016-09-08)
... that prior to casting Andrea Martin as the female Ferengi Ishka on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, David Livingston suggested Wallace Shawn in drag? (2016-09-08)
... that Madison Janssen, a national and world champion as a junior BMX rider, set a world record and won a world championship on a tandem bicycle with skier and athlete Jessica Gallagher? (2016-09-07)
... that following the arrest of Rolf Harris, no one knows the location of his painting, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – An 80th Birthday Portrait? (2016-09-07)
... that the philosopher Rachel Cooper has written book-length analyses of both the fourth and fifth editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders? (2016-09-06)
... that the fictional character Aunt Agatha in the Jeeves novels by British author P. G. Wodehouse was based on Wodehouse's own aunt, Mary Bathurst Deane? (2016-09-04)
... that all the other doctors at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children resigned in protest after the appointment of Eliza Walker Dunbar? (2016-09-03)
... that Asha Kreimer disappeared on her way to the restroom of the Rollerville Cafe in Flumeville? (2016-09-02)
... that the artist Sandra Blow was asked to create glass screens for a departure lounge at Heathrow Airport? (2016-08-31)
... that the clothing historian Janet Arnold was still working on clothes for the Mermaid Theatre just two days before her death from lymphoma? (2016-08-29)
... that Mexican parliamentarian Hortensia Aragón Castillo's alternate deputy is her sister? (2016-08-29)
... that Yuuki Tanaka led Waseda University women's tennis team to their fifth consecutive All-Japan championship in 2010? (2016-08-28)
... that philosopher Tamara Horowitz stopped looking in mirrors in her twenties? (2016-08-27)
... that Petra Lang, who performed the parts of Brangäne and Ortrud at the Bayreuth Festival as a mezzo-soprano, was the Isolde of 2016? (2016-08-26)
... that the philosopher Lisa Bortolotti argues that the irrationality of delusions does not stop them from being beliefs? (2016-08-25)
... that the English feminist and social reformer Josephine Butler (pictured) wrote more than 90 books and pamphlets over the course of her career? (2016-08-25)
... that Elizabeth Casson set up an early occupational therapy school with funds borrowed from her brother Lewis? (2016-08-24)
... that Anne-Marie shared a stage with Jessie J as a kid? (2016-08-24)
... that Taylor Swift (pictured) is the first act to have three albums with opening week sales of one million copies in the US? (2016-08-23)
... that in 2010 Joanne M. Maguire became the first woman to receive the International von Kármán Wings Award? (2016-08-23)
... that Guadalupe Acosta Naranjo was jailed after protesting fraud in the 1993 election for municipal president of Tepic, Nayarit, which he lost? (2016-08-23)
... that in between her two terms in the Chamber of Deputies, Sandra Méndez Hernández spent two years as municipal president of Tultitlán, State of Mexico? (2016-08-22)
... that the Guinness World Records listed Madonna under the category of Most Costume Changes in a Film, for wearing 85 dresses in Evita? (2016-08-21)
... that in order to secure the crown for her sons, the Dioclean queen Jaquinta of Bari had a brother-in-law beheaded, another blinded and castrated, a nephew poisoned and another beheaded? (2016-08-21)
... that before recording the Evita soundtrack, Madonna trained with vocal coach Joan Lader to increase her confidence? (2016-08-21)
... that Nepalese taekwondo practitioner Nisha Rawal received one of four Tripartite Commission wildcards to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics? (2016-08-20)
... that musician and model Katelynne Cox also worked as a congressional aide? (2016-08-20)
... that the Holby City production team built a new set featuring real pharmaceutical equipment for the introduction of the character Amy Teo? (2016-08-20)
... that actress Shriya Pilgaonkar trained to become a professional swimmer as a child, and won several medals at school? (2016-08-19)
... that Nicole Moerig has competed in road races such as the Amgen Tour of California, Silver City's Tour of the Gila, the Tour de Bretagne Féminin, and the 2016 Women's Tour de Yorkshire? (2016-08-19)
... that 55 years after her death, Catherine Hilda Duleep Singh was found to have secreted away cash and jewels valued at over 137,000 francs in a Swiss bank vault? (2016-08-19)
... that Bryony Page is Great Britain's first-ever Olympic medallist in trampolining? (2016-08-19)
... 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 taekwondo practitioner Raheleh Asemani was born in Iran and qualified for the 2016 Olympics as a refugee athlete, but will compete at the Games as part of the Belgian team? (2016-08-18)
... that Chief Whip Freda Corbet was known within her party as the 'tiny tyrant'? (2016-08-18)
... that Emily Clarissa Blackman became an assistant teacher at age 15, published a book of Susquehanna County history in 1873, and could allegedly read the Bible in ten languages? (2016-08-18)
... that in 2000, Susan Hanson became the first female geographer to be elected to both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences? (2016-08-17)
... that Margaret Ursula Jones directed work at Mucking, the largest archaeological excavation ever undertaken in Britain, for thirteen years, while living on site year round in a small caravan? (2016-08-17)
... that "The Dowry of Angyar" was the first story set in the fictional Hainish Universe? (2016-08-16)
... that serial rapists are more likely to be strangers to their victims than single-victim rapists? (2016-08-16)
... that along with her classmates at the Chiefs' Children's School, Mary Polly Paʻaʻāina was chosen by King Kamehameha III to be eligible for the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii? (2016-08-16)
... that Alice Franklin toured Canada to encourage the locals to accept immigrant women who couldn't find husbands in Britain following World War I? (2016-08-16)
... that when artist Annie Poon was a child, her mother gave her a nickel for each artist she could identify? (2016-08-15)
... that siblings Miguel Ángel and Alma Lilia Luna Munguía were slated to compete against each other for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies until the former was murdered in his campaign office? (2016-08-14)
... that Alice of Champagne claimed the Kingdom of Jerusalem, because its infant king, Conrad, had failed to take possession of it within a year and a day after the death of his mother? (2016-08-14)
... that Noemí Guzmán Lagunes earned her undergraduate degree two years after she was elected municipal president of Teocelo? (2016-08-13)
... that sailor Charlotte Dobson, who was first selected for the Scottish national team at the age of 14, is competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 49erFX event alongside Sophie Ainsworth? (2016-08-12)
... that fan video blogs created by Kaitlyn Vincie on NASCAR racing attracted enough success that they were shown on stock car racing website SceneDaily? (2016-08-12)
... that the British long-distance runner Jess Andrews qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics after beating her personal best in the 10,000 metres by 83 seconds? (2016-08-12)
... that Brazilian Olympic badminton player Lohaynny Vicente won a silver medal in the doubles at the 2015 Pan American Games playing alongside her sister Luana? (2016-08-11)
... that American Olympic badminton player Iris Wang won a silver medal in the doubles at the 2011 Pan American Games playing alongside her sister Rena? (2016-08-11)
... that İrem Karamete, daughter of an Olympian fencer mother, qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics as the first fencer from Turkey since 1984? (2016-08-10)
... that 17-year-old Georgia Coates is the youngest swimmer in Great Britain's team for the 2016 Summer Olympics? (2016-08-10)
... that David McKeon and Emma McKeon are the first brother and sister selected to swim for Australia at the same Olympic Games since 1960? (2016-08-09)
... that educationist Elizabeth Lachlan was purportedly asked to be Queen Victoria's governess? (2016-08-09)
... that botanist Dame Margaret Blackwood studied pine trees and maize, and had a species of fungus named after her? (2016-08-07)
... that Madeline Groves (pictured) was an inaugural recipient of the Georgina Hope Rinehart Swimming Excellence Scholarship to study at Bond University? (2016-08-07)
... that Manika Batra started playing table tennis at the age of four, and turned down modelling offers as a teenager? (2016-08-06)
... that Carmen Salinas, a Mexican actress who has appeared in over 110 movies, now serves as a federal deputy with the PRI? (2016-08-06)
... that María Ávila Serna's first two spouses were assassinated? (2016-08-05)
... that Emma Stone (pictured) had her breakthrough in the 2010 teen comedy Easy A, for which she was nominated for a BAFTA Rising Star Award and a Golden Globe Award? (2016-08-05)
... that Amanda Inez Knight Allen and her mission companion were the first single woman LDS missionaries? (2016-08-05)
... that mountain biker Daniela Campuzano has been selected to carry the Mexican flag in the Parade of Nations during the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony? (2016-08-05)
... that Alejandra Barrales, the new president of the Party of the Democratic Revolution, twice led Aeroméxico flight attendants out on strike? (2016-08-05)
... that after Adriana Araújo won a medal at the 2012 Olympics, she said she would not compete at the 2016 Games, but was ultimately given one of the automatic qualification spots? (2016-08-05)
... that in 2011, Argentinian lawyer Elsa Kelly was appointed the first woman judge on the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea? (2016-08-03)
... that the self-titled extended play of indie pop group Weaves combines elements of high-quality recording common in pop music with lo-fi noise music styles to create a "disgusting" yet "catchy" feel? (2016-08-02)
... that Hawaiian chiefess Miriam Auhea Kekāuluohi Crowningburg was buried near the Lunalilo Mausoleum, the final resting place of her cousin King Lunalilo? (2016-08-02)
... that Ursula K. Le Guin's short story "Coming of Age in Karhide" depicts socially acceptable sexual promiscuity? (2016-08-02)
... that physicists Justin Khoury and Amanda Weltman proposed an explanation for the existence of dark energy when the latter was 24 years old? (2016-08-02)
... that Hayao Miyazaki's film Howl's Moving Castle contains anti-war imagery, influenced by the director's distaste for the Iraq War? (2016-07-31)
... that singer Marina and the Diamonds (pictured) said she made her producer go through 486 vocal takes for one song on her album The Family Jewels? (2016-07-30)
... that a 1923 book by Progressive Era activist Kate Claghorn has been called "the one significant contemporary study of the immigrant and the American legal system"? (2016-07-30)
... that María Isabel Maya Pineda won two elections in under 120 days, and three over a three-year period? (2016-07-29)
... that Margaret Jarman Hagood, a sociologist who wrote a book on Mothers of the South, became a mother herself before completing her bachelor's degree? (2016-07-29)
... that federal deputy Adriana Terrazas Porras served as coordinator of Enrique Serrano Escobar's campaign for Governor of Chihuahua? (2016-07-29)
... that Remi Sonaiya is Nigeria's first female presidential candidate? (2016-07-27)
... that Brad Kern created the character Billie Jenkins to "lighten the load, screen-time wise" for Charmed 's three principal actors? (2016-07-27)
... that Celestia Taylor sang at as many as four funerals a day during the 1918 flu pandemic? (2016-07-26)
... that as acting commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Aryness Joy Wickens was the highest-paid woman in the US civil service in 1954? (2016-07-26)
... that the childless Queen Liliʻuokalani adopted Lydia Kaʻonohiponiponiokalani Aholo, Joseph Kaiponohea ʻAeʻa, and John ʻAimoku Dominis in the Hawaiian tradition of hānai? (2016-07-24)
... that Josi S. Kilpack wrote a 12-book culinary mystery series, in which the title of each book is a kind of dessert? (2016-07-24)
... that Irene Barnes Taeuber "helped found the science of demography"? (2016-07-24)
... that Barak Mizrachi represented Australia at the Maccabiah Games four times before being selected for the 2016 Summer Paralympics? (2016-07-24)
... that "Why So Lonely" is the first Wonder Girls single written by the members of the band? (2016-07-23)
... that Priscilla Nzimiro was the first woman from Igboland, Nigeria, to qualify as a medical doctor? (2016-07-23)
... that Tiffany Trump has been called part of the "Snap Pack" for her voluminous postings to Instagram? (2016-07-22)
... that 16-year-old hurdler Sydney McLaughlin is the youngest athlete to qualify for the United States Olympic track and field team since 1980? (2016-07-22)
... that Jane Hamilton Hall oversaw the construction of the Clementine, the world's first fast reactor, the first to be fueled by plutonium and the first to use a liquid metal coolant? (2016-07-22)
... that Jeanne Burbank designed batteries for the first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571)? (2016-07-21)
... that Elsa Reger, who had first rejected Max Reger's courting, titled her autobiography Mein Leben mit und für Max Reger (My life with and for Max Reger)? (2016-07-21)
... that Daisy Earles (pictured) of the Doll Family was known as a "miniature Mae West"? (2016-07-21)
... that Helen Copenhaver Hanes helped raise over $850,000 to guarantee the University of North Carolina School of the Arts would be based in Winston-Salem? (2016-07-20)
... that the botanist Ethel Thomas designed the University of London's botany garden in Regent's Park? (2016-07-20)
... that as executive director of the Maine Women's Lobby from 1993 to 2003, Laura Fortman successfully lobbied for laws benefiting reproductive rights, victims' rights, and equal pay for equal work? (2016-07-18)
... that Canadian football goalkeeper Erin McLeod (pictured) held her first solo art exhibit, entitled "Limitless", in 2013? (2016-07-18)
... that Roxana Cannon Arsht was the first woman appointed judge in Delaware? (2016-07-17)
... that Mormon author Gale Sears has been the recipient of several Whitney Awards and nominations? (2016-07-17)
... that Baby Huwae went from model and actress to fortune teller? (2016-07-17)
... 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 Annie Rowan Forney Daugette, the designer of the Seal of Alabama, was described as the "Betsy Ross of Alabama"? (2016-07-16)
... that Billie Nipper's art was owned by Ronald Reagan, Shania Twain, and Zsa Zsa Gabor? (2016-07-15)
... that Makila James wrote, "Africa is no easy place to love or know. But if you love her, you will come to know her"? (2016-07-14)
... that in 1984 Maine lawyer Linda Smith Dyer rebutted opponents' claims that passage of the Equal Rights Amendment would legalize same-sex marriage in the state? (2016-07-14)
... that Cynthia Cooke nursed Far East prisoners of war before becoming head of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service? (2016-07-14)
... that Ai Aoki was a singer-songwriter and kindergarten teacher before becoming a politician in Japan's national Diet? (2016-07-14)
... that in 1937 Ingrid Christensen became the first woman to set foot on mainland Antarctica? (2016-07-13)
... that the members of alt-country supergroup case/lang/veirs have collectively made more than 30 studio albums? (2016-07-13)
... that Rima Melati (pictured) took part of her stage name from Audrey Hepburn's character in Green Mansions? (2016-07-12)
... 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 right-wing writer and activist Elizabeth Dilling claimed that Einstein was a Communist and Hitler was a Jew? (2016-07-12)
... that Dyke Action Machine! created public art that used commercial photography styling to present lesbian images that resisted sexism and consumerism? (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 Wikipedian of the Year Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight has cited cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead as an influence on her writing? (2016-07-11)
... that the EP Mr.Mr. by Girls' Generation was described as "expand[ing] their musical reach" and "experimenting into new sonic territory"? (2016-07-11)
... that Kari Lövaas appeared in the premiere of Orff's De temporum fine comoedia at the Salzburg Festival? (2016-07-11)
... that in 1897, Northern Territory nurse Hannah Wood was trapped when her house collapsed during a tropical cyclone? (2016-07-11)
... that the significant gender inequality in South Korea is illustrated by a Global Gender Gap Report indicator which shows that South Korean women earn on average about 55% of what men earn? (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 Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 for six weeks? (2016-07-10)
... that Aminah Cendrakasih (pictured) has acted in over a hundred films? (2016-07-10)
... that though once thought to be sterile, the uterine microbiome contains at least 14 commensal microorganisms in healthy women? (2016-07-09)
... that Jane Little was short in stature, played a large instrument, and was longest in tenure, setting a Guinness World Record at the Atlanta Symphony? (2016-07-09)
... that Indriati Iskak went from film star to psychologist to marketer? (2016-07-09)
... that Gerd Neggo trained with Rudolf von Laban in Hamburg, Germany, established her dance studio at Tallinn, Estonia, and promoted modern dance and mime based on classical ballet? (2016-07-09)
... that 4 Walls was the first release by girl group f(x) since member Sulli left the group? (2016-07-09)
... that Margaret Gowing became the University of Oxford's first professor of the history of science, despite not having a degree in history or science? (2016-07-08)
... that Farida Arriany won a Best Leading Actress at the 1960 Indonesian Film Week? (2016-07-08)
... that Yukiko Sakamoto was the first woman vice-governor of Shizuoka Prefecture? (2016-07-07)
... 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 in 1941 Michelle Tisseyre (pictured) was the first woman to present a 15-minute newsletter broadcast in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's French services? (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 the lyrics of Girls' Generation's song "Party" mention drinking lemon soju, mojito and tequila? (2016-07-04)
... that The Imitation Game producer Nora Grossman persuaded Andrew Hodges to let her turn his book into a film even though she had no producing experience? (2016-07-04)
... that in 2004 Ellen F. Golden queried U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry on the subject of women in business during a national conference call heard by 2,000 female entrepreneurs? (2016-07-04)
... that Elizabeth Truswell used ancient pollen to show that plants existed in Antarctica before the ice cap formed? (2016-07-04)
... that in February 2016, fake documents were sent to Companies House claiming that Katrien Meire had resigned as chief executive of Charlton Athletic F.C.? (2016-07-03)
... that Constance of Antioch was kidnapped to be married at the age of nine? (2016-07-02)
... that Brad Kern cited the nature versus nurture debate as one of the issues related to Christy Jenkins? (2016-07-02)
... that Sabrina Sidney (pictured) was groomed to be the perfect wife, using techniques such as pouring hot wax on her arms? (2016-07-01)
... that Ruthie Tompson was offered a job by Walt Disney while working at the riding club where he played polo? (2016-07-01)
... that Helen Fricker was a member of the first group to drill into an Antarctic subglacial lake? (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 Sharon Barker, director of the Women's Resource Center at the University of Maine, brings 500 middle school girls to campus each year to explore careers in the STEM fields? (2016-06-29)
... that Lucía Meza Guzmán has represented Cuautla twice in the state congress of Morelos and once at the Chamber of Deputies? (2016-06-29)
... that In-Young Ahn (pictured) was the first Korean woman to visit Antarctica? (2016-06-28)
... that Felicity Okpete Ovai was the first female commissioner of the Rivers State Ministry of Works? (2016-06-28)
... that as part of her magic act in Benidorm, Sticky Vicky pulled ping-pong balls, eggs, handkerchiefs, sausages, and razor blades out of her vagina? (2016-06-27)
... 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 in 1770, Parliament considered an act concerning high heels (pictured) and now, in 2016, it is making a fresh inquiry? (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 Canadian singer and radio/television host Lucille Dumont (pictured) first performed under the name Micheline Lalonde to hide her real identity? (2016-06-26)
... that Andrea Jenkins plans to collect up to 400 hours of transgender oral history? (2016-06-26)
... that 1976 Summer Olympics decathlon champion Caitlyn Jenner (pictured) was once a Playgirl magazine cover model? (2016-06-24)
... that Hawaiian King Kamehameha III fell into a state of depression and drunkenness, and attempted to commit suicide, after the death of his fiancée Kamānele? (2016-06-22)
... that after retiring as dean of the College of Home Economics at the University of Rhode Island, Elizabeth W. Crandall became an environmental and women's rights activist in Maine? (2016-06-22)
... that Fantasia described her song "No Time for It" as a combination of her childhood singing in church and desire to "tap into that whole rock world"? (2016-06-21)
... that one of the few nearly-complete poems by the Greek lyric poet Sappho, preserved on a papyrus (pictured) from the third century BC, was published in 2004? (2016-06-20)
... that Rita Harradence and her husband synthesised penicillamine? (2016-06-20)
... that "Catch Me If You Can" was the first release by Girls' Generation since member Jessica was dismissed from the group? (2016-06-20)
... that the first ever FA Women's Premier League Plate was won by Preston North End in 2015? (2016-06-20)
... that Ukrainian-American endocrinologist Ricka Sapiro Finkler began using the name Rita after Saint Vincent's Hospital offered her a job which they later retracted when they discovered she was a woman? (2016-06-19)
... 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 Girls' Generation's Japanese single "Galaxy Supernova" was used in advertisements for Samantha Thavasa jeans? (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 Jacky Lafon accidentally received a serious electric shock from a defibrillator while filming the Belgian soap opera Familie? (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 Jung Mina's song "Jumeokbab" is about her selling rice balls near Gwanghwamun Station? (2016-06-15)
... that Ora Mendelsohn Rosen and her colleagues achieved a scientific breakthrough by cloning the human insulin receptor gene? (2016-06-14)
... that Olivia's debut single "Bizounce" was described as giving a "steely boot to a crap lover" in the style of TLC, Kelis, and Eve? (2016-06-14)
... that Louise Stevens Bryant, a secretary for the Girl Scouts, also worked with the English sexologist Havelock Ellis? (2016-06-13)
... that Elizabeth Alkin—a publisher, nurse and spy for the Parliamentarian forces during the English Civil War—was nicknamed Parliament Joan? (2016-06-13)
... 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 in 1988 Ruth Lockhart oversaw campus AIDS education programs like "Love Carefully Day", when flowers, candies, and condoms were distributed to students to give to "that special someone"? (2016-06-12)
... that Danish swimmer Pernille Blume was part of a team that set a new world record in the 4 × 50 metre medley relay at the 2014 World Short Course Championships? (2016-06-12)
... that Laurie Wolf has written children's books and a crowdfunded book of recipes for cooking with marijuana? (2016-06-12)
... that Yiddish poet Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim began writing poetry to cheer up fellow inmates at the Kaiserwald concentration camp during World War II? (2016-06-11)
... that Mel Eslyn began working on film sets when she was 14 years old? (2016-06-11)
... that Augustinian nun Jacomijne Costers survived the plague in 1489 and wrote Visioen en exempel, recounting her vision of being led through hell and purgatory? (2016-06-11)
... that in 1988, Shawna Robinson became the first female racing driver to win a NASCAR-sanctioned race? (2016-06-10)
... that the release of Girls' Generation's "Mr.Mr." was delayed because scenes from the music video were accidentally deleted? (2016-06-10)
... that James E. Talmage had been one of May Booth Talmage's teachers when she attended Brigham Young Academy before the couple got married? (2016-06-10)
... that Ursula K. Le Guin's 1972 short story Vaster than Empires and More Slow features a consciousness that reaches over all the vegetation on the fictional planet World 4470? (2016-06-09)
... that Dorothy Weir Young was the daughter of impressionist painter J. Alden Weir, and wrote a biography of his life that was published posthumously in 1960? (2016-06-09)
... that Amy Bess Miller helped found a museum while presiding over a library? (2016-06-08)
... 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 Gussie Nell Davis created Greenville High School's all-girls team, the Flaming Flashes, the first dance-drill squad to perform in the United States? (2016-06-04)
... that because she was arrested for indecent behavior, Rosette Wolczak died in Auschwitz aged 15? (2016-06-03)
... that former university president Nancy H. Hensel has skied the Tasman Glacier and climbed Mount Whitney, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Mount Aconcagua? (2016-06-03)
... that Maria Antonia Merkelbach (pictured) and her husband took many portrait pictures of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, one of which was chosen as the state photograph? (2016-06-03)
... that Danell Lynn rode 48,600 miles (78,214 km) to become the first solo woman to set a world record for longest motorcycle journey in a single country? (2016-06-03)
... 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 Debra Marquart left Napoleon, North Dakota, to tour with rock bands and returned to teach writers' workshops in Bakken oil field communities most affected by hydraulic fracking? (2016-06-02)
... that ballet photographer Nina Alovert's subjects have included Mikhail Baryshnikov, Vladimir Malakhov, and Yulia Makhalina? (2016-06-01)
... that on "Traveling Salesman Day" at the 1915 Texas State Fair, the Dallas Equal Suffrage Association convinced visiting salesmen to wear badges proclaiming "Votes for Women"? (2016-06-01)
... that the Ping Opera star Bai Yushuang collapsed during a performance of Understanding after Death and subsequently died? (2016-06-01)
... that Ruth Taubert Seeger represented the United States in the 1957 Deaflympics and was still competing successfully in the 2002 Senior Games of San Antonio? (2016-05-31)
... that the music video for Girls' Generation's "Paparazzi" begins with the members "whimsically prancing" to Gene Kelly's "Singin' in the Rain"? (2016-05-30)
... that Peking opera star Li Yuru's family was so poor that she was sent to learn her trade in part because the school would provide her meals? (2016-05-30)
... that Else Seifert worked as an onboard photographer for Hamburg Süd on its shipping routes around Europe, Africa, and the Middle East in the 1930s? (2016-05-30)
... that racing driver Diane Teel was the first woman to win a NASCAR race at Langley Speedway in 1979? (2016-05-30)
... that when the Archie vs. Predator comic was first announced, many media outlets noted in their headline that the news was not a joke? (2016-05-30)
... 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 actress Kim Sae-ron's first adult role is in the Korean drama Mirror of the Witch, where she plays a cursed princess in love with Heo Jun? (2016-05-29)
... that Girls' Generation's music video for "I Got a Boy" won Video of the Year at the 2013 YouTube Music Awards, beating more well-known nominees such as Psy, Justin Bieber, and Lady Gaga? (2016-05-29)
... that Sally Brampton was The Sunday Times's agony aunt? (2016-05-28)
... that Wangkhei Phee, a fabric woven by women of Manipur, is made of fine white cotton yarn with a closely-woven texture and is totally transparent? (2016-05-27)
... that Mary Field Garner was the last living acquaintance of Joseph Smith and the oldest Utah resident when she died at age 107? (2016-05-27)
... that Anna Rügerin's 1484 books are the first publications known to be typeset by a woman? (2016-05-27)
... that in May 1926 investigator Rose Mackenberg testified before Congress about fraudulent mediums with her mentor, Harry Houdini? (2016-05-26)
... 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 Amanda Barnes Smith supposedly healed her son's shattered hip by divine inspiration after the Haun's Mill massacre? (2016-05-25)
... that the first women's shelters in the United States were established by grassroots volunteers in the 1970s? (2016-05-24)
... that Whadjuk Noongar women Corina Abraham claims the construction of Roe 8 in Perth, Western Australia, will impinge on an area closely associated with Noongar dreamtime? (2016-05-24)
... that Mattie Edwards Hewitt was described as "one of the best known and most lyrical garden photographers of her day"? (2016-05-23)
... that Ethel V. Ashton's 1941 post office mural at Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania was featured in a 2009 documentary? (2016-05-23)
... that while performing on tour in Europe during World War II, Janie Thompson sang with Tony Bennett? (2016-05-22)
... that in 1930, at Effendi's request, Euphemia Eleanor Baker toured incognito, mostly dressed in a black chador, to photograph locations associated with the origins of the Babí and Bahá'í Faith? (2016-05-22)
... that Yezi auditioned at LOEN Entertainment after the agency noticed her singing and dancing videos, which were the most popular videos on Cyworld? (2016-05-21)
... that Virginia Cutler completed her master's degree despite being widowed, raising two small children alone, and breaking her back? (2016-05-21)
... that Trefelin BGC's women's football team broke away from the club after two years in the Welsh women's top division? (2016-05-21)
... that at 16, Katie Morrow (pictured) was the youngest player selected for the British women's wheelchair basketball team for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio? (2016-05-21)
... that Yang Hongying, whose books have sold more than 50 million copies, is known as "China's J. K. Rowling"? (2016-05-20)
... that at the age of 18, Robin McCall became the youngest woman to qualify for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race? (2016-05-20)
... that during the Welsh Premier Women's Football League 2015–16 season, Llandudno Ladies were one of only two North Wales teams in the league? (2016-05-20)
... that Sedap Malam was the first Indonesian film directed by a woman? (2016-05-19)
... that Marianne Appel, a WPA post office muralist, was later a Muppet designer for the The Jim Henson Company? (2016-05-19)
... that Laura Wolvaardt made her Women's One Day International cricket debut for South Africa at the age of 16? (2016-05-19)
... that Jessica Chastain (pictured) received a scholarship funded by Robin Williams to study acting at the Juilliard School? (2016-05-19)
... that Netty Herawaty began acting at age 13 and was married within a year? (2016-05-18)
... that Josephine Nesbit, an American army nurse and second-in-command of the Angels of Bataan, was credited with their survival through internment at Santo Tomas? (2016-05-18)
... 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 Victoria Hamilton has appeared in three Jane Austen adaptations, most recently as Maria Bertram? (2016-05-17)
... that Sian Williams became the first professional player in the Wales women's national rugby union team, after the Royal Air Force granted her elite athlete status in 2016? (2016-05-17)
... that Indian gender equality activist Trupti Desai has successfully campaigned for women to be allowed entry to various religious places? (2016-05-16)
... that Magdalena Fularczyk was part of the first female Polish team to win a World Championship gold in an Olympic boat class? (2016-05-15)
... that in 2012 the Trinidadian Céline Gittens became the first black ballerina to dance the twin rôles of Odette and Odile in Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake in the United Kingdom? (2016-05-15)
... that Yoko Kawahara was the voice of the forest bird in the Jahrhundertring, and was the first to perform the soprano solo in Reger's fragment of the Dies irae? (2016-05-14)
... that Chloe Pirrie was named one of BAFTA's "Breakthrough Brits" in 2013? (2016-05-14)
... that according to Mexican singer-songwriter Alejandra Guzmán, A + No Poder is a "more intelligent, mature and planned album" than her previous ones? (2016-05-14)
... that Michelle Williams is a Best Actress nominee at the upcoming 2016 Tony Awards? (2016-05-13)
... that after serving as a temporary secretary to George Bernard Shaw, Mabel McConnell Fitzgerald tried to convert him to Irish separatism? (2016-05-13)
... that the stage backdrop for Leona Lewis' I Am Tour was described by one critic as resembling "five strips of giant toilet paper"? (2016-05-13)
... that prior to playing for the Wales women's national rugby union team, Bethan Dainton was awarded the Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan? (2016-05-13)
... 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 Delila Richards Abbott worked for a top secret government committee which advocated for policy changes for U.S. servicewomen in the 1960s? (2016-05-12)
... that Cerys Hale was selected for the Wales women's national rugby union team squad for the 2014 World Cup, while still at university? (2016-05-12)
... that Iranian para-archer Zahra Nemati has qualified for both the 2016 Summer Paralympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics? (2016-05-11)
... that Narjis converted to Islam on the request of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad, whom she saw in her dreams? (2016-05-11)
... that, at the age of 24, Marlia Hardi (pictured) portrayed an old woman in one of her first film roles? (2016-05-12)
... that aged 24, Marlia Hardi (pictured) portrayed an old woman in one of her first film roles? (2016-05-11)
... that the Bosnian prince Vladislav was passed over in succession for unknown reasons, but nevertheless ruled with his wife Jelena in the name of their minor son Tvrtko? (2016-05-11)
... that Ffion Bowen took up rugby union due to the closure of her local netball club, and 18 months later was called up to the Wales women's national team? (2016-05-11)
... that Mary, Queen of Hungary (pictured) regained the throne after her mother, Elizabeth of Bosnia, invited Charles III of Naples to his death in 1386? (2016-05-10)
... that long jumper Irene Martínez was Cuba's first Pan American Games champion in a jumping event? (2016-05-10)
... that the Welsh women's rugby union international Elen Evans rode a lifeboat across the Menai Strait as part of the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay? (2016-05-10)
... that the Welsh professor Karen Holford entered the first rounds of the 2004 Formula Woman Championship behind the wheel of a Caterham 7? (2016-05-09)
... that footballer Emily Allen once scored 15 goals in one match? (2016-05-09)
... that Emilia Baeyertz preached to crowds on Christianity but her son, Charles Nalder Baeyertz, was concerned about the moral dangers of "a prevalence of bad English"? (2016-05-09)
... that the suffragette Elsie Howey once had nearly all of her teeth broken during force-feeding after undertaking a hunger strike in prison? (2016-05-09)
... 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 Wajida Tabassum's story Hand Me Downs, published in 1994, was made into a movie under the title Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love? (2016-05-08)
... 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 following safety-related rule changes to limit throwing distances, the U.S. women's high school record for the javelin throw set by Barbara Friedrich in 1967 may never be broken? (2016-05-08)
... that Rhyl & Prestatyn Ladies F.C. picked up a number of Wrexham players following the latter club's dissolution? (2016-05-07)
... 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 literary historian Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga, once a member of the Romanian Communist Party's central committee, became a nun late in life? (2016-05-06)
... that Sarah Charles Lewis played Winnie Foster in the musical Tuck Everlasting's 2015 world premiere and is reprising the role on Broadway in 2016? (2016-05-06)
... that Canadian classical scholar Elizabeth Caskey supervised and summarised annual archaeological trench excavations in Greece? (2016-05-06)
... that Girls' Generation is the first girl group to have three music videos, including "The Boys", with more than 100 million views on YouTube? (2016-05-05)
... that Susan Rice was the first woman to head a British clearing bank? (2016-05-05)
... that U.S Army Lieutenant Ethel Weed was a pivotal figure in establishing women's rights in postwar Japan? (2016-05-05)
... that Lemonade was accompanied by the release of a 60-minute short film of the same name, which premiered on HBO? (2016-05-04)
... that Helen Matusevich Oujesky pursued environmental research on pollution of soil and water, particularly of toxic wastes? (2016-05-04)
... that when she was 11, Emily Hollinshead challenged an FA ban on girls and boys playing football together? (2016-05-04)
... that American journalist Elizabeth Peer was Newsweek's first female foreign correspondent, foreign bureau chief, and war correspondent? (2016-05-04)
... that the poets Sajida and Zahida Zaidi, professors at the Aligarh Muslim University, were known as the "Zaidi Sisters" in the literary community? (2016-05-03)
... 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 Neisha Pratt captained the Hong Kong women's national cricket team in their first official match in 2006? (2016-05-03)
... that Meghan Trainor's "Lips Are Movin" music video received over 2.5 million YouTube views in less than two days? (2016-05-03)
... that Grace Banker and her team of telephone operators reported for work wearing helmets and gas masks? (2016-05-02)
... that Elisabeth von Heyking's debut novel sold out within three weeks of its release? (2016-05-02)
... that Catatonia had intended to include an anti-Warner Bros. Records song on their triple-platinum selling album International Velvet? (2016-05-02)
... 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 the Swiss embassy gave Nellie Gubler an award for her research on Swiss immigrants in Utah? (2016-04-29)
... that despite mentioning her in five of his speeches, Demosthenes never spoke his mother's name? (2016-04-28)
... that Jessie Rose started her career playing a variety of soprano roles, but later became the principal mezzo-soprano of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company? (2016-04-28)
... that soprano Tamara Wilson won the Richard Tucker Award, "one of the most prestigious prizes in opera"? (2016-04-27)
... that Marion Boulton Stroud created The Fabric Workshop as a place for artists "to explore, to take liberties, to be a studio and laboratory of new design"? (2016-04-27)
... that the contralto Caroline Trevor, who has been a member of The Tallis Scholars for over three decades, broke a tradition of nine centuries when she became a singer at St Paul's Cathedral? (2016-04-27)
... that Bonnie Sveen played two different characters in the Australian soap opera Home and Away? (2016-04-27)
... 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 Zohreh Tabatabai coordinated with more than 100 heads of state to plan the United Nations' Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration? (2016-04-26)
... that Charlotte Kerwood was 15 when she won her first Commonwealth Games gold medal? (2016-04-26)
... that American painter Edith Emerson was the curator and director of the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia for over 30 years? (2016-04-25)
... that the British poet Anne Penny was criticised for having poor grammar? (2016-04-25)
... that on 14 April 2016, 15-year-old Jenna Jones and 16-year-old Emily Beecroft were named as members of the 2016 Australian Paralympic Team? (2016-04-24)
... 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 Elspeth Beard was the first English woman to ride a motorcycle around the world? (2016-04-24)
... that Meghan Trainor considered "Dear Future Husband" to be one of the strongest tracks on Title? (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 Emily Temple-Wood says she will create a Wikipedia article about a woman scientist for every harassing email she receives? (2016-04-23)
... that in The Boy Next Door the main character receives a first-edition printed copy of Homer's Iliad? (2016-04-22)
... that in order to move to Los Angeles to be an actress, Emma Stone prepared a PowerPoint presentation to convince her parents? (2016-04-22)
... that NSA cryptanalyst Dorothy Blum was using the Fortran programming language three years before its public release in 1957? (2016-04-22)
... that Gerri Major was the first African American woman to announce programs on commercial radio? (2016-04-21)
... that Swedish writer Eva Alexanderson translated works by Umberto Eco, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Fyodor Dostoyevsky? (2016-04-21)
... that Catherine Zeta-Jones' (pictured) wedding ceremony cost an estimated £1.5 million? (2016-04-21)
... that the library at Queen Mary University of London was named after an expert in Welsh history, Caroline Skeel? (2016-04-21)
... that biologist Katherine Sanford was the first person to successfully clone a mammal cell in vitro? (2016-04-20)
... that South Korean politician Choo Mi-ae has been compared to Joan of Arc? (2016-04-20)
... that in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the Nāga princess Ulupi (pictured with her husband) is said to have restored her dead husband's life? (2016-04-19)
... that Ursula K. Le Guin's Hugo and Nebula award-winning 1969 novel The Left Hand of Darkness is set on a fictional planet whose people are neither male nor female for most of their sexual cycle? (2016-04-19)
... that cell biologist Ruth Lehmann studied maternal effect genes in fruit flies? (2016-04-19)
... that environmental and children's rights activist Rosemary Edna Sinclair was named Miss Australia 1960? (2016-04-19)
... that Orange Is the New Black is the first series to receive Emmy Award nominations in both the comedy and drama categories? (2016-04-19)
... that the WWE Women's Championship was created because female wrestlers felt that the former Divas Championship diminished them to "eye candy"? (2016-04-18)
... that Planned Parenthood was conceived 100 years ago in Brooklyn when Margaret Sanger (pictured), her sister Ethel Byrne, and Fania Mindell distributed birth control plus advice, and were soon arrested? (2016-04-18)
... 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 the student body at Kennebec Valley Community College grew from 100 to 3,300 during Dr. Barbara W. Woodlee's nearly three decades as president? (2016-04-18)
... that early in her career, Emma Stone won the Young Hollywood Award for Exciting New Face? (2016-04-17)
... that Li Ye, a Taoist nun and courtesan renowned for her beauty and talent in poetry, was executed for treason? (2016-04-17)
... that conservation biologist Leela Hazzah began a program teaching Maasai hunters to protect lions instead of hunt them? (2016-04-17)
... 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 when three and a half years old, Elizabeth Randles played piano for King George III and his family? (2016-04-15)
... that Jennifer Lopez described the concept behind her song "Ain't Your Mama" as "very empowering"? (2016-04-15)
... that Subhashni Raj of Fiji participated in the protests at the 2009 United Nations Climate Talks in Copenhagen? (2016-04-14)
... that Rhian Edwards' debut book of poetry was named the Wales Book of the Year? (2016-04-14)
... that Turkish journalist and playwright Nezihe Araz was fired from her newspaper job because a photo attached to her report showed an Arab man urinating, which angered the King of Iraq? (2016-04-14)
... that medical geneticist Meena Upadhyaya has developed tests to diagnose more than 20 genetic diseases? (2016-04-14)
... that when her uncles sought to take her land and send her to a nunnery, Hawys Gadarn took an audience with Edward II and returned with English troops to take back her castle? (2016-04-14)
... that in 1893, 16-year-old Tessie Reynolds (pictured) cycled from Brighton to London and back in a rational outfit? (2016-04-13)
... that Dame Lesley Fallowfield was the UK's first professor of psycho-oncology? (2016-04-13)
... that in 1975 Najma Sadeque and seven others perturbed by human rights violations in Pakistan established a NGO called Shirkat Gah? (2016-04-12)
... that in 1932 Margareta Suber wrote Sweden's first lesbian novel? (2016-04-12)
... that Meghan Trainor's "Watch Me Do" references a number of rap songs? (2016-04-11)
... that Marti Stevens used improvisational theatre to teach high school students about substance abuse, sexual abuse, and domestic violence? (2016-04-11)
... that singer Marina and the Diamonds took up smoking in an unsuccessful attempt to get the voice of Brody Dalle from The Distillers? (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 according to the Official Charts Company, Lady Gaga's song "Applause" sold over 10,000 copies within a few hours in the UK? (2016-04-11)
... that bioanalytical chemist Cynthia Larive uses NMR and mass spectroscopy to authenticate the contents of pomegranate juice? (2016-04-10)
... that Catharine van Tussenbroek settled the question of the existence of ovarian pregnancy clinically and histologically in 1899? (2016-04-10)
... 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 the success of Elizabeth Aston's first published novel, Mr. Darcy's Daughters, encouraged the publisher to release more stories adapted from the works of Jane Austen? (2016-04-09)
... that Azealia Banks originally devised Slay-Z as a tribute to American rapper Jay-Z? (2016-04-08)
... that in August 2015, the term "social justice warrior" was one of several new words and phrases added to Oxford Dictionaries? (2016-04-07)
... 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 singer Madonna dressed up as a clown for her one-off acoustic show in Australia? (2016-04-07)
... that Joan Bates was a queen before she was a princess? (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 Doris Mackinnon had a reputation for never repeating a lecture in 30 years? (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 political scientist Siobhan O'Sullivan argues that animal activists should focus on the inconsistent treatment of animals relative to other animals, not relative to humans? (2016-04-05)
... that soprano Margareta Hallin could have performed internationally, but decided to stay in her homeland instead? (2016-04-04)
... that Tracey Ross based her soap opera performance as Eve Russell on Eve White from the film The Three Faces of Eve and Catherine Halsey from Ayn Rand's novel The Fountainhead? (2016-04-04)
... that Engy Ghozlan is known as the "voice and face" of efforts to eradicate sexual harassment of women in Egypt? (2016-04-04)
... that Chen Shu, whose works (example pictured) were collected by the Qianlong Emperor, was praised by her son as an "exemplar of Confucian virtue"? (2016-04-04)
... that Professor Mary Ryan earned her BA from the Royal University of Ireland, though rules forbade her attending University classes? (2016-04-03)
... that the initiation ceremonies for Japan's blind necromancers, known as itako, involve "sleeplessness, semi-starvation and intense cold"? (2016-04-03)
... that Ida Sedgwick Proper was a founding member of the feminist group Heterodoxy? (2016-04-03)
... that Annie Furuhjelm of Finland was the first elected woman legislator to speak before the British Parliament? (2016-04-03)
... that as a child, British chef Margot Henderson would cook garden snails with breadcrumbs for her parents' dinner parties? (2016-04-02)
... 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 Melitta Marxer and Sleeping Beauty won women the right to vote in Liechtenstein? (2016-04-01)
... that Althea McNish is not American, but she is descended from a Merikin? (2016-04-01)
... that freestyle swimmer Yusra Mardini pushed a boat in the Aegean Sea for over three hours while fleeing Syria? (2016-03-31)
... that Pyongyang Maternity Hospital is equipped with video call booths for visiting fathers? (2016-03-31)
... that Imelda Marcos (pictured) spent US$2,000 on chewing gum in an airport stop? (2016-03-31)
... that the upcoming film Hidden Figures reveals the three African-American female mathematicians who helped NASA win the Space Race? (2016-03-31)
... 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 Yue Qi was a winner of the Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology as a graduate student, and then went on to do research for General Motors? (2016-03-30)
... that after Janet Stumbo defeated Sara W. Combs for her seat on the Kentucky Supreme Court, Combs was appointed to Stumbo's vacated seat on the Kentucky Court of Appeals? (2016-03-30)
... that underground courier Frumka Płotnicka, who delivered weapons and instructions for making Molotov cocktails and hand grenades to Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland, died in the Będzin Ghetto uprising? (2016-03-30)
... that Daisy Rossi gave up her painting career after her studio was destroyed by fire? (2016-03-30)
... that "Long Way to Go" received criticism for its sample of "I Have a Dream"? (2016-03-29)
... that Lady Gaga's performance at the 87th Academy Awards triggered 214,000 interactions per minute on Facebook? (2016-03-29)
... that LaVerne Krause, who started the printmaking program at the University of Oregon, had previously exhibited her paintings for sale in a beauty parlor and a tavern? (2016-03-29)
... that Keenu Gill became vice-captain of the Hong Kong women's national cricket team at the age of 17? (2016-03-29)
... that the largest single collection of one woman's clothes owned by a UK museum came from Emily Tinne? (2016-03-29)
... that a fellow LPGA Tour golfer said Alice Bauer's back swing "made John Daly's look short"? (2016-03-29)
... that Lady Gaga's "Til It Happens to You", which highlights sexual assault, was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media and Academy Award for Best Original Song? (2016-03-28)
... that Lady Gaga's "Teeth" has been described as a "perverse march" and a "gospel ode" to sadomasochism? (2016-03-28)
... that the soprano Rotraud Hansmann performed six parts in three Monteverdi operas conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, including Euridice in L'Orfeo? (2016-03-28)
... that Lois Galgay Reckitt, a Maine human rights activist who has advocated against domestic violence and for LGBT rights, is listed in Feminists Who Changed America? (2016-03-28)
... that Cicely Corbett Fisher co-founded a society for women's suffrage when she was fifteen years old? (2016-03-28)
... that Carrie Johnson represented the United States at three consecutive Olympics after being diagnosed with Crohn's disease in 2003? (2016-03-28)
... that Mary Barr (pictured) was the first female aviator to join the US Forest Service and was among the first four women to fly in the Reno Air Races? (2016-03-27)
... that Turkish sportswoman Yasemin Adar was a shot putter before she became her country's first European champion in women's wrestling? (2016-03-26)
... that the original tracklist of Thank You was revamped after the creation of its lead single "No"? (2016-03-26)
... 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 Ann Bowling studied hereditary diseases in animals that were genetically linked to their coat color? (2016-03-26)
... that spoken word artist Yolanda Wisher, whose writing focuses on the urban African-American experience, became the third poet laureate of Philadelphia in 2016? (2016-03-25)
... that Meira Paibi ("Women Torchbearers") is a women's social movement in Manipur known as the "guardians of civil society"? (2016-03-25)
... that Maud Carpenter scolded Anthony Hopkins when he turned up at the Liverpool Playhouse wearing jeans and an open-neck shirt, instead of a sports jacket and tie? (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 the soprano Emily Van Evera appeared with the Taverner Consort at The Proms in Bach's St Matthew Passion? (2016-03-25)
... that Meghalaya has one of the largest surviving matrilineal societies (Khasi women pictured)? (2016-03-24)
... that Louisa Melvin Delos Mars was one of the first black women to achieve recognition as a composer? (2016-03-24)
... that Ethel Wilson Gammon, founder and executive director of the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center, also enjoyed role-playing historical characters for her visitors? (2016-03-24)
... 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 Sara W. Combs, the first woman to sit on the Kentucky Supreme Court, held her seat for less than four months before losing it in a special election to another woman? (2016-03-23)
... that despite admitting to necrophilia, Karen Greenlee only spent 11 days in jail for theft of a hearse and interfering with a funeral? (2016-03-23)
... that students at the Royal College of Surgeons protested at being asked questions on midwifery by a woman – even though Emily Winifred Dickson was a Fellow of the College? (2016-03-23)
... 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 while Benjamin Disraeli wrote of Charles Auchester that "No greater book will ever be written on music", the critic Henry Chorley thought it "half-crazy"? (2016-03-23)
... that the philosopher Tatjana Višak argues that utilitarians should oppose the killing of animals in agriculture, even if they have lived happy lives? (2016-03-22)
... that Olga Rapay-Markish is known for designing and decorating building interiors and façades in Kiev with massive ceramic works? (2016-03-22)
... that Eleni Glouftsis is the first female field umpire to be appointed to an Australian Football League sanctioned match? (2016-03-22)
... that former Portsmouth mayor Eileen Foley cut the ribbon to open both the original Memorial Bridge in 1923 and its replacement in 2013? (2016-03-22)
... that Sue Austin, who performed as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, uses an underwater wheelchair specially modified with scuba diving equipment (pictured)? (2016-03-21)
... that Phebe Hemphill's sculptures, including the one of Gettysburg, appear on several United States Mint state quarters? (2016-03-21)
... that the mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal, who recorded music by Hildegard von Bingen and Fanny Mendelssohn, translated all texted works by Bach? (2016-03-21)
... 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 Tessa Hadley's second novel has been described as "mysteriously, bewitchingly compelling" despite being a "virtually plotless portrait ... of breathtakingly ordinary mortals"? (2016-03-20)
... that a man could not be found guilty of raping his wife in English law until the judgment of R v R? (2016-03-20)
... that French suffrage activist Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger proposed that women's issues become part of the treaty process at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919? (2016-03-20)
... 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 as chair of the Inter-American Commission of Women, Doris Stevens (pictured) presented data on laws affecting women, resulting in the passage of the first international agreement on women's rights? (2016-03-20)
... that in 1959 the Women's Union at Colby College was renamed Runnals Union (pictured) in honor of Ninetta May Runnals, the college's first Dean of Women? (2016-03-19)
... that the soprano Greta De Reyghere recorded Bach's motets, Mozart's vespers, and music by the Belgian composers Joseph Ryelandt and Joseph-Hector Fiocco? (2016-03-19)
... that Erica Deichmann created over 5,000 glazes for Deichmann pottery? (2016-03-19)
... 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 Amanda Sidwall (self-portait pictured) was one of the first women to study at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts? (2016-03-19)
... that the Danish painter and ceramicist Suzette Holten was part of the avant-garde Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler movement? (2016-03-18)
... 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 South African suffragist Julia Solly was the sister of British suffragist Nessie Stewart-Brown? (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 Swedish doctor Clara Emilia Smitt ran the sanatorium in Saltsjöbaden between 1896 and 1902? (2016-03-17)
... that free love activist Helga Goetze advertised her cause with the slogan "Fucking is peace"? (2016-03-16)
... that the 1912 testimony of 14-year-old child laborer Carmela Teoli spurred labor reforms in Massachusetts, helped settle a strike, and raised wages for working men and women? (2016-03-16)
... that the British plant pathologist Mary Glynne climbed Mount Fuji when she was 68? (2016-03-14)
... 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 the mother of women's advocate Gilda E. Nardone was a displaced homemaker? (2016-03-14)
... that Thelma C. Swain endowed a scholarship at each of the seven colleges of the Maine Community College System? (2016-03-13)
... that The Red and the Green is the only historical novel by Iris Murdoch? (2016-03-13)
... that Suzanne Duigan was a botanist who specialised in palynology, particularly the study of fossil pollen? (2016-03-13)
... 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 Lucinda Lee Dalton, an early Mormon feminist, argued that polygamy allowed many women to marry the few good men? (2016-03-12)
... that when Sarah Platt-Decker died, she was described as "Colorado's foremost woman citizen"? (2016-03-11)
... that Olga Tufnell assisted in unearthing the biblical city of Lachish? (2016-03-11)
... that Caroline D. Gentile, named "most athletic" in her high school yearbook, taught health, physical education, and recreation at the University of Maine at Presque Isle for nearly 60 years? (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 Janet McNeill, a prolific Irish writer of adult and children's fiction, peopled her adult novels with "menopausal, middle-aged, middle-class Protestants"? (2016-03-10)
... that during the mid-1850s Harriet Windsor-Clive, 13th Baroness Windsor, paid for the construction of the same church twice? (2016-03-10)
... that Delores Ziegler, who teaches voice at the University of Maryland, appeared as Dorabella in Mozart's Così fan tutte for her debut at La Scala, and in the film by Ponnelle and Harnoncourt? (2016-03-10)
... 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 the first US Army hospital named for a woman or nurse was named after US Army Nurse Corps Lieutenant Ruth M. Gardiner (pictured)? (2016-03-08)
... that Afro-Dominican lesbian feminist scholar Ochy Curiel was a featured musician at the 2004 Teddy Awards in Berlin? (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 a Colombian Civil Order of Merit María Currea Manrique is given annually on International Women's Day in honor of the first female president of the Bogotá City Council? (2016-03-08)
... that Afro-Curaçaoan writer and educator Joceline Clemencia advocated for Papiamento to become an official language of Curaçao? (2016-03-08)
... that He Xiangning (pictured), a feminist and revolutionary who refused to have her feet bound, organized China's first International Women's Day rally 92 years ago today? (2016-03-08)
... that Hana Blažíková is a soprano with the Bach Collegium Japan, conducted by Masaaki Suzuki, for the project to record the complete Bach cantatas? (2016-03-08)
... that Edith Houghton Hooker claimed that women's suffrage would improve water quality and reduce disease? (2016-03-08)
... that Edith Ellen Greenwood was the first woman and first nurse to receive the Soldier's Medal after she rescued 15 patients from a burning hospital ward? (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 Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida became known as Angola's "Mother of the Revolution"? (2016-03-08)
... that Christiane Floyd was the first female professor of computer science in Germany? (2016-03-08)
... that the Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum features Zaharias's three 1932 Summer Olympics medals and a set of her golf clubs? (2016-03-08)
... that the Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes by Grace Williams was the first work by a Welsh female composer to be recorded? (2016-03-07)
... that Rachel Browne established Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers, Canada's longest-running modern dance company? (2016-03-06)
... that Min Huifen, called the "Queen of Erhu", performed in support of the student protesters of Tiananmen Square? (2016-03-06)
... that the first Hispanic woman principal in the Denver Public Schools system was also the first Latina to have a Denver public school named in her honor? (2016-03-06)
... that while Maine nutrition educator Katherine O. Musgrave criticized the Fit for Life diet plan, she praised the nutritional benefits of the whoopie pie (pictured), Maine's official state treat? (2016-03-06)
... that Margaret Forster's biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (pictured) rewrites the myth of the invalid poet guarded by an ogre-like father? (2016-03-06)
... that Laurie G. Lachance is the first alumna to serve as president of Thomas College of Waterville, Maine, in the school's 118-year history? (2016-03-05)
... that Canada's status as a bilingual country inspired Janet Werker to study language acquisition? (2016-03-05)
... that the contralto Elisabeth Schärtel, known for performing many Wagner parts at the Bayreuth Festival, sang Verdi's Meg Page alongside Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as Falstaff? (2016-03-05)
... that Debopriya and Suchismita Chatterjee, the "flute sisters", are Indian instrumentalists trained by Hariprasad Chaurasia? (2016-03-05)
... that the the medieval era Hindu text Bahvricha Upanishad states that the material cause of the universe is a Goddess? (2016-03-05)
... that the Rurouni Kenshin manga character Kamiya Kaoru was originally meant to die, but the author decided to make her survive to give young readers a happy ending? (2016-03-04)
... that when Jessie Jack Hooper ran for the United States Senate in 1922 against Robert M. La Follette Sr., her husband was one of only two men who donated to her campaign? (2016-03-04)
... that in 2003 the women's football club Ballymena United Allstars were forced to play on a "disgraceful and embarrassing" park pitch during council renovations at their new ground? (2016-03-04)
... that the gospel music duo Mary Mary's two sister songstresses' Erica Campbell and Tina Campbell have released solo albums that have charted on The Billboard 200? (2016-03-03)
... that Jennifer Childs-Roshak is the first person with a medical degree to become the chief executive of a Planned Parenthood affiliate? (2016-03-03)
... that the first female chief servant in the history of the White House, Elizabeth Jaffray, was hired in 1909? (2016-03-03)
... that the medieval era text Sarasvati-rahasya Upanishad calls Sarasvati (pictured) the goddess of wisdom who manifests as syllables, words, sentences, and understanding? (2016-03-02)
... that French-Moroccan photographer Leila Alaoui used to set up a portable studio in a public place, such as a market square, and invite interested passers-by to be photographed? (2016-03-02)
... that Elizabeth Rebecca Ward was known as "The Poet Laureate of the Home"? (2016-03-02)
... that Antonia Fahberg, a lyric soprano of the Bavarian State Opera for 25 years, recorded Bach with Karl Richter, including an aria described as "a beguiling and beautifully restrained performance"? (2016-03-02)
... that Maine food educator and columnist Mildred Schrumpf claimed that the brownie was invented in Bangor? (2016-03-01)
... that the Little Mix song "Love Me like You" garnered comparisons to The Ronettes and The Supremes for its retro doo-wop style? (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 beekeeper Dorothy Galton was suspected by MI5 of being a Russian spy? (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 Hetty Reckless was born in 1776, escaped from Salem, and boasted of seeing George Washington? (2016-02-29)
... that Ana Irma Rivera Lassén, who would later become president of the Bar Association of Puerto Rico, sued a judge in the 1980s so she could appear in court dressed in pants? (2016-02-29)
... that after receiving her PhD in 1921, Georgiana Simpson (pictured), like other black women scholars, could only find a university position teaching home economics? (2016-02-28)
... that Margaret Benyon has been called "the mother of British holography"? (2016-02-27)
... that a forensic facial reconstruction of two-year-old Bella Bond triggered approximately 56 million Internet views? (2016-02-26)
... that Gloria Wekker has been called "Holland's Angela Davis" for igniting debate on cultural racism? (2016-02-26)
... that in her colorful memoir When Denver and I Were Young, Edwina Hume Fallis warned against trying on another child's hat, because "you might bring home something you didn't like"? (2016-02-26)
... that Zvezdelina Stankova brought ideas from her Bulgarian mathematical education to California by founding the Berkeley Math Circle? (2016-02-25)
... that Zaila McCalla, first female Chief Justice of Jamaica, is also the Chancellor of the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands? (2016-02-25)
... 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 Norma Cox Astwood, a clinical psychologist, became Vice President of the Senate of Bermuda? (2016-02-24)
... that the Norfolk headless body may have been a "duchess"? (2016-02-24)
... that Marianne Means was the first woman reporter to be assigned full-time coverage of the White House? (2016-02-24)
... that Mariah Carey recorded a cover version of the Brenda K. Starr song "I Still Believe" as a thank you for helping her get into the music industry? (2016-02-24)
... 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 Crucian Ruby 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 Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen committed suicide in 1945 after suffering most of her life from ill health? (2016-02-22)
... that Beatrice Helen Worsley wrote the first program for the Manchester Mark 1, received the first PhD in computer science, and holds the record among WRENs for the longest time at sea? (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 when Maria Benedita Bormann was called a female Émile Zola, it was not meant as a compliment? (2016-02-21)
... that the black Liberian scholar and educator, Princess Fatima Massaquoi, wrote of her challenging experiences in Nazi Germany and the U.S. South in a recently rediscovered autobiography? (2016-02-21)
... that Anna Korondi appeared at the Bavarian State Opera as Zdenka in Arabella by Richard Strauss and in a leading role in the premiere of Aribert Reimann's Bernarda Albas Haus? (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 Lesley Lewis was one of four founding students of the Courtauld Institute of Art? (2016-02-20)
... that when Ilse Hollweg recorded the part of Blonde in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail with Sir Thomas Beecham, she was one of two soloists who also spoke the dialogue? (2016-02-20)
... that 2001 Zambian presidential candidate Gwendoline Konie (pictured) published a poem against male arrogance? (2016-02-20)
... that the 1753 opera Ciro in Armenia was created by Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, one of the earliest female Italian opera composers? (2016-02-20)
... that the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only all-black, all-female battalion to serve overseas during World War II? (2016-02-20)
... that the "Mother of the Probation" system, Sybil Joyce Hylton, is a National Hero of the Cayman Islands? (2016-02-19)
... that Florida Ruffin Ridley co-founded the Society for the Collection of Negro Folklore? (2016-02-19)
... that Annelie Nordström resigned as general secretary after Swedish Municipal Workers' Union funds paid for a strip show by Puma Swede? (2016-02-19)
... that Angela Hartley Brodie's award-winning research led to the development of steroidal aromatase inhibitors as new treatments for breast cancer? (2016-02-19)
... that Simone Ballard performed the title role in the premiere of Arthur Honegger's Antigone at La Monnaie? (2016-02-18)
... that for over 40 years, the one constant at the Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers has been Sharon H. Abrams? (2016-02-18)
... 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 while everyone else thought the field horsetail growing on nursery land in Palmerston North was ornamental, Dame Ella Orr Campbell correctly identified it as an invasive species? (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 Teresia Sampsonia (pictured) was born into a Christian Circassian family in Safavid Iran, and married the British adventurer Sir Robert Shirley? (2016-02-17)
... that according to Lynne Kelly's theory, Stonehenge was used as a centre for recording and accessing knowledge? (2016-02-17)
... that Lisa Aschan was filmed in the audience at the 2016 Guldbaggen Awards, giving the finger and saying "Fuck You" to the winner in the Best Cinematography category? (2016-02-17)
... that the soprano Friederike Sailer appeared in the premiere of Werner Egk's Der Revisor at the Schwetzingen Festival, conducted by the composer? (2016-02-17)
... that Madonna's musical endeavors include reciting and recording poems? (2016-02-16)
... that Eleanor Sophia Smith was one of the founders of Chicago's Hull House Music School? (2016-02-16)
... 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 Tina Allen's sculpture of Frederick Douglass is featured in the movie Akeelah and the Bee? (2016-02-15)
... 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 Queen Elizabeth II's glovemaker, Cornelia James, was accepted by the art college that rejected Adolf Hitler? (2016-02-15)
... that the auxiliary nurse midwife is a village-level female health worker in India who acts as the first contact person between the community and the health services? (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 Silvina Fabars, who won the National Dance Prize of Cuba in 2014, was once a rebel fighter under Fidel Castro in the Cuban Revolution? (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 Subhra Guha, a vocal musician in the Indian Hindustani classical tradition, trained in Agra gharana, and has a singing repertoire in khayals, thumri and dadra? (2016-02-13)
... that Mami Kawada's music career began after she was discovered by her music teacher? (2016-02-13)
... that Swedish singer Towe Jaarnek is the sister of fellow singer Carina Jaarnek? (2016-02-13)
... that one of the songs recorded by Little Mix, "A.D.I.D.A.S.", is an acronym for "All Day I Dream About Sex"? (2016-02-12)
... that Kaushiki Chakraborty (pictured) sings khayals and thumris, which in Hindustani music are considered semi-classical or light classical? (2016-02-12)
... that Polish athlete Ewa Gryziecka's world record in women's javelin throw lasted for 35 minutes? (2016-02-12)
... that Velma Scantlebury, the first African American woman transplant surgeon in the United States, estimates she has completed over 2,000 organ transplants? (2016-02-11)
... that the public apology of 16-year-old K-pop star Chou Tzu-yu for waving a Taiwanese flag is believed to have helped Tsai Ing-wen win the Taiwanese presidential election? (2016-02-11)
... that former University of Maine at Farmington president Theodora J. Kalikow won a bronze medal in triathlon in the Senior Olympics? (2016-02-10)
... that in 1939, a trans-Atlantic radio broadcast featured coloratura soprano Ewa Bandrowska-Turska (pictured) singing four songs by Karol Szymanowski from the Royal Castle in Kraków for the US audience? (2016-02-10)
... that Swedish actress Bahar Pars was born in Shiraz, Iran, and came to Sweden in 1989 after her family fled the war with Iraq? (2016-02-10)
... that Kandia Crazy Horse taught the course "Roll Over Beethoven: Black Rock and Cultural Revolt" at Princeton University? (2016-02-09)
... that Ilse Gramatzki appeared as a Rhinemaiden in the Jahrhundertring at the Bayreuth Festival, and in Zimmermann's Die Soldaten in Frankfurt and Brussels? (2016-02-09)
... that nurse and midwife Rosita Beatrice Missick-Butterfield was the first woman Speaker of the Legislative Council of the Turks and Caicos Islands? (2016-02-08)
... that when it debuts on February 8, 2016, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (Samantha Bee pictured) will be the only late-night TV talk show in the United States hosted by a woman? (2016-02-08)
... that Billie Maxwell was the first woman recorded in country music, and the first recorded musician from Arizona? (2016-02-08)
... that Mid-Ulster Ladies F.C. were founded by a future NIWFA chairwoman to stop local football players leaving Cookstown? (2016-02-07)
... 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 the arrest of Basanti Devi during the non-cooperation movement in 1921 proved to be a major impetus for widespread agitation? (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 the modern format for the Katcheri, conceived by Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar in the 1930s, incorporated traditional Carnatic music rendered by the Trinity of Carnatic music? (2016-02-06)
... that in 1994 Gloria Tanner became the first African American woman state senator in Colorado history? (2016-02-05)
... that Yolanda Marculescu, prima donna of the Romanian National Opera of Bucharest, defected to the U.S. in 1968 and founded the International Festival of the Art Song in Milwaukee, Wisconsin? (2016-02-04)
... that the eleventh-century Norman noblewoman Rohese Giffard is listed as a landowner in her own right in the Domesday Book? (2016-02-04)
... that Brenda Andrews co-led a team of scientists to create the first fully detailed cell protein map? (2016-02-04)
... that the poet Sarah Howe won the 2015 T. S. Eliot Prize for Loop of Jade, the first time a debut collection has won the award? (2016-02-02)
... that the ill health and unstable personality of Princess Charlotte of Prussia is attributable to the genetic disease porphyria? (2016-02-02)
... that Romanian soprano and music educator Georgeta Stoleriu established a scholarship to recognize outstanding students from the National University of Music Bucharest, but never her own students? (2016-02-02)
... that women's rights activist Shirin Fozdar was instrumental in the establishment of Singapore's Syariah Court and in the passage of the Women's Charter? (2016-02-01)
... 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 the CGI character Maz Kanata from Star Wars: The Force Awakens was inspired by writer/director J. J. Abrams' late high school English teacher? (2016-02-01)
... that Marie Kraja and Lola Gjoka performed more than 300 songs together that recorded Albanian culture? (2016-02-01)
... that Claire Giannini Hoffman was the first woman to serve on the boards of Bank of America and Sears, Roebuck & Company? (2016-02-01)
... that Dreaming of You, the fifth and final studio album by American singer Selena, became the best-selling Latin album of all-time in the U.S.? (2016-01-31)
... that Playboy threatened to sue Betty Brosmer after she declined to pose nude at a photo shoot? (2016-01-31)
... that the Indonesian film actress Titien Sumarni was married to her uncle? (2016-01-30)
... that during the photo shoot for the cover of Take Back, Kumi Koda did not even know what that shoot was for? (2016-01-30)
... that one of the first women to work in radio astronomy, Elizabeth Alexander, actually preferred geology? (2016-01-30)
... that Agnieszka Popielewicz (pictured) hosts the behind-the-scenes episodes of the Polish version of Dancing with the Stars? (2016-01-30)
... that the only description of the mystery rites of the goddess Isis comes from a Roman novel about a man who is transformed into a donkey? (2016-01-29)
... that after Bethany Decker disappeared, five years ago today, someone continued to send messages to her friends via her Facebook account? (2016-01-29)
... that Gertrude Pitzinger, who toured Europe and the United States singing Lieder, recorded the alto part of Mozart's Requiem, conducted by Ferenc Fricsay? (2016-01-29)
... that in Christine de Pizan's dream allegory Le livre du chemin de long estude (1402–03), she takes the place of Dante and replaces Virgil with his own Sibyl? (2016-01-28)
... that American artist Katherine Schmidt made paintings with a realism that one critic called "mysterious" and another "magical"? (2016-01-28)
... that after the death of Bajirao I, his first wife, Kashibai made arrangements to train his son from another marriage in weaponry? (2016-01-28)
... that Turkish-German women's footballer Filiz Koç acted as a model, performed in a TV-series episode and worked as a sideline reporter? (2016-01-28)
... that nuclear chemist and Haitinger Prize winner Elizabeth Rona worked at the Bornö Marine Research Station for twelve summers analyzing sea sediments for their radium content? (2016-01-28)
... that Cicely Blair discovered that people with albinism cannot get blackheads? (2016-01-28)
... that Alfonsina Orsini, though not elected, directed the decisions of the government of the Republic of Florence from 1515? (2016-01-28)
... that pianist Mina Miller founded Music of Remembrance to perform music by and about victims of the Holocaust? (2016-01-27)
... that Swedish politician Julia Kronlid has worked as a volunteer at a hospital clinic in Papua New Guinea? (2016-01-27)
... that while interviewing for the post of dean of women at Bates College, Judith Magyar Isaacson was asked if she had ever resided in a dormitory and she replied, "Yes, at Auschwitz"? (2016-01-27)
... that Bianca de' Medici played an organ concert for a current pope and a future pope in 1460? (2016-01-27)
... that Bridget Tan, who founded the Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics to provide services to abused migrant workers, was honored for her work by Hillary Clinton? (2016-01-26)
... that journalist Ametist Azordegan is a member of the Grammis award jury and the Swedish Music Hall of Fame? (2016-01-26)
... that contemporaries of the American artist Adelaide Lawson saw her as a lovably gypsy-like young woman who "had never been taught to wash her ears and neck"? (2016-01-26)
... that to get her first job in television, Melissa Bachman worked four months for free, drove 150 miles (240 km)^* daily, and supported herself as a waitress? (2016-01-25)
... that Fanny Knight excavated a Roman villa, repaired a castle, wrote a book, and was an accomplished botanist and artist? (2016-01-25)
... that Suzanne Humbert, the wife of French Governor of Indochina Jean Decoux, is buried in the Domaine de Marie Catholic convent (pictured) in Da Lat, Vietnam? (2016-01-25)
... that Patricia M. Collins and Donald Collins were the first married couple to each serve as mayor of Caribou, Maine? (2016-01-24)
... that Clara Henry (pictured) wrote the book I've Got the Period, So What? about female menstrual periods and why women should not be ashamed to talk about them? (2016-01-24)
... that comedian Rachel Mohlin made her acting debut in the soap opera Vänner och fiender, appearing in 695 episodes? (2016-01-23)
... that VPRO founder Nicolette Bruining (pictured) was honored as Righteous Among the Nations for assisting Jews during World War II? (2016-01-22)
... that Newry City Ladies F.C. were the first team for 14 years to win the Women's Premier League outside of Belfast? (2016-01-22)
... that Mary Amdur gassed her own guinea pigs to prove that breathing sulphuric acid was dangerous? (2016-01-22)
... that the National Education Association started a teacher legal defense fund with monies left over from collections for Kate Frank's case to be rehired by Muskogee schools? (2016-01-22)
... that between 1995 and 2003, table tennis player Jing Junhong won medals at five consecutive Southeast Asian Games? (2016-01-22)
... that French economist Laurence Tubiana, appointed Special Ambassador to the COP21 climate change meeting in Paris, managed the negotiations that led to a new agreement signed by 195 countries? (2016-01-21)
... that Jessica Plummer started her singing and acting careers in 2013? (2016-01-21)
... that high school best friends Zofia Glazer and Cypora Zonszajn saved Rachel while separated by circumstances beyond their control during the Holocaust in occupied Poland? (2016-01-19)
... that Rakel Wärmländer's real-life friend, actress Josephine Bornebusch, played her friend in the film Love and Lemons? (2016-01-19)
... 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 Wided Bouchamaoui, the leader of UTICA, was one of those accepting the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet? (2016-01-18)
... that as many as 3.3 million newborns die each year, of which 23.4% succumb to neonatal infection? (2016-01-18)
... that a museum collection of Irish film costumes compiled by Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh included a set of underwear worn by Daniel Day-Lewis in In the Name of the Father? (2016-01-18)
... that Turkish football referee Yeliz Topaloğlu is the first FIFA-listed female beach soccer official? (2016-01-17)
... that Sarah Hay has been nominated for a Golden Globe, a Satellite Award, and a Critics' Choice Television Award for what she considers to be her first acting role? (2016-01-17)
... 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 the Texas A&M–Commerce Lions women's volleyball team plays its home games at the University Field House, which was designed by George Dahl to resemble an airplane hangar? (2016-01-16)
... that after she treated injured students in the 1981 protests in Kosovo, Sehadete Mekuli was denied a full professorship at the University of Pristina and forced into early retirement? (2016-01-16)
... that artist Naziha Mestaoui's One Heart, One Tree installation at COP21 will support the planting of 52,677 trees? (2016-01-16)
... that Kathy Bardswick got her first job at The Co-operators Group when her mother applied for her and pretended she was Kathy when the company called back? (2016-01-16)
... that Brigitte Boehme (pictured), the president of the Protestant Church of Bremen who moved the German Evangelical Church Assembly 2009 to the town, was baptized in her forties? (2016-01-16)
... that a reviewer of a solo exhibition by Lena Gurr said that the American artist "painted with the gusto of a Goya"? (2016-01-15)
... that Surinam-born Dutch author Astrid Roemer is the first Caribbean writer selected to receive the highest Dutch literary prize, the P. C. Hooft Award? (2016-01-15)
... that haematologist Lucy Meredith Bryce was the director of the first blood transfusion service in Australia? (2016-01-14)
... that Larycia Hawkins, American professor at Wheaton College, was suspended after she wore a hijab and made comments regarding Christianity and Islam in December 2015? (2016-01-14)
... that the photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur (pictured) was the "main human subject" of the 2013 documentary film The Ghosts in Our Machine? (2016-01-14)
... that a legal challenge by Zunera Ishaq resulted in allowing the niqāb to be worn while taking the Canadian Oath of Citizenship? (2016-01-13)
... that Ruth B's debut single started off as a Vine video? (2016-01-13)
... that some fans consider Rey from Star Wars: The Force Awakens to be a "Mary Sue"? (2016-01-13)
... 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 Donald Trump's spokesperson Katrina Pierson appeared on CNN with a necklace made of bullets? (2016-01-13)
... that Ida Silverman logged over 600,000 air miles traveling the world, speaking and fund-raising for the creation of a Jewish state? (2016-01-13)
... that Emma Dench, a British classicist and the McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University, appeared in a film alongside her aunt Judi Dench in 1968? (2016-01-13)
... that when the Texas A&M–Commerce Lions softball team was established in 2015, it made A&M–Commerce the last school in the Lone Star Conference to sponsor the sport? (2016-01-12)
... that Edith Mansford Fitzgerald invented the Fitzgerald Key, which at one time was used by 75% of the US schools teaching the hearing impaired? (2016-01-12)
... that Nellie Campobello's Cartucho is the only canonical literary representation of the Mexican Revolution written by a woman? (2016-01-12)
... that Carrie Mac, a Canadian author specializing in Young Adult fiction, is a winner of the CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize, the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize, and the Arthur Ellis Award? (2016-01-12)
... that percussionist Annette A. Aguilar was sent to South Africa by the U.S. State Department as a Latin Jazz Ambassador? (2016-01-12)
... that the British physician Albertine Winner helped establish the first modern hospice at St Christopher's Hospice in Sydenham, London? (2016-01-12)
... that Miriam Goldberg succeeded her husband as publisher of the Intermountain Jewish News, which he had bought for one dollar? (2016-01-11)
... that, while studying interfacial phenomena, Heather C. Allen discovered that halides such as bromide are located close to the surface of water? (2016-01-11)
... 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 November 14, 1976 was proclaimed by Governor Boren as Opaline Wadkins Day to honor the first African American to earn a master's degree in nursing education from the University of Oklahoma? (2016-01-10)
... that the second time that Christina Carpenter was placed in a cell, it had no door? (2016-01-10)
... that Turkish-German women's footballer Melike Pekel was top scorer of the German Regionalliga Süd in the 2013–14 season, and became a member of Turkey women's national team in 2015? (2016-01-09)
... that Jeanette Rubio was a Miami Dolphins Cheerleader before she married Senator Marco Rubio? (2016-01-09)
... that the title of Monica Byrne's drama What Every Girl Should Know is drawn from a sex education column in the New York Call by Margaret Sanger? (2016-01-08)
... that Austrian physician Gisela Januszewska, famed for her work among Bosnian Muslim women and highly decorated for her World War I service, died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp? (2016-01-08)
... that sociologist C. K. Yang argued that religion was an important "diffuse" force in Chinese society even though it was not institutionalized in churches? (2016-01-08)
... that Khandro Rinpoche (pictured) of the Mindrolling lineage is the present reincarnation of Urgyen Tsomo? (2016-01-07)
... that Mary Docherty, a Scottish communist, was treated for tuberculosis while visiting the Soviet Union? (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 violinist Mia Matsumiya spent ten years cataloging online harassment that she received, and has created a popular Instagram account featuring those messages? (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 Edith Irby made national news when she was accepted in 1948 as the first African American medical student in the Southern United States? (2016-01-05)
... that Christian Ramsay (pictured), honorary member of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, was so dedicated to botany that she died with a list of plants in her hand? (2016-01-05)
... that Mãe Menininha do Gantois was instrumental in gaining legal recognition of Candomblé and its rituals? (2016-01-04)
... 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 the 1981 election of Kathryn J. Whitmire as mayor heralded a major change in the city politics of Houston, Texas? (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 a ban on women Shinto priests ended after World War II? (2016-01-03)
... 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 Pu Shunqing is considered the first female screenwriter in China? (2016-01-02)
... that The X Factor winner Louisa Johnson initially applied for Britain's Got Talent? (2016-01-02)
... 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 Meherzia Labidi Maïza (pictured) was proud of including women's rights in the post-Arab Spring Tunisian constitution? (2016-01-01)
... that the abolitionist Eliza Ann Gardner made her living as a dressmaker? (2016-01-01)
... that at the pulpit of the synod of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, Arenda Haasnoot said, "This is my calling. Here I am in my place"? (2016-01-01)
... that Ardina Moore, a fluent speaker of Quapaw, created her own workbook, tapes, and classes to help preserve and teach the language to younger members of her tribe? (2016-01-01)
... that 138 years after establishment of the Anglican Diocese of Nassau, Angela Palacious became its first woman deacon in 1999? (2016-01-01)