Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Green/DYK/2020 DYK Blurbs

2020 DYK Blurbs:

... that LaVon Mercer, who was homeless as a teenager, played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League for 14 years and was its 1980–81 season MVP? (2020-12-31)
... that the diaries of Lady Lacoste, a 19th-century philanthropist from Montreal, give historians a rare look into how emotions impacted the lives of women in her social class? (2020-12-30)
... that pioneering lesbian columnist Deb Price's same-sex wedding announcement in The Washington Post was one of the first in a major national newspaper? (2020-12-30)
... that Sylvia Pengilly used an Amiga computer to integrate graphics with music and herself dancing? (2020-12-26)
... that in 1975, Finland's Minister of Education Marjatta Väänänen sent a petition to the Archbishop of Turku with almost 1 million signatures, advocating for the introduction of female priests? (2020-12-25)
... that Houkje Gerrits Bouma was a female Dutch speed-skating winner at a time when women were still allowed to bare their arms? (2020-12-24)
... that Cynthia Fierro Harvey is the first Hispanic woman to serve as the president of the United Methodist Council of Bishops? (2020-12-23)
... that picture books in the Anti-Princess Series by Argentine writer Nadia Fink (pictured) define words like "dictatorship", "surrealism", and "revolution"? (2020-12-22)
... that Jenna Ellis was a stern critic of Donald Trump before she became his legal adviser? (2020-12-21)
... that during the Nazi occupation of Poland, Halina Kwiatkowska acted in an underground theatre alongside a future pope? (2020-12-21)

... that shortly after winning a conference tournament championship with Vanderbilt's soccer team, Sarah Fuller became the first woman to play football in a Power Five conference game? (2020-12-20)
... that Claudia Chamorro Barrios married on the birthday of her assassinated father? (2020-12-19)
... that poet Lynda Schraufnagel, little known in her lifetime, was mourned after her death at 40 for her "funkiness" and "manic glee"? (2020-12-18)
... that when Cotton Queen Frances Lockett was crowned in 1930, souvenir handkerchiefs made from "Queenetta" fabric were sold? (2020-12-18)
... that having collaborated on the album Folklore months prior, Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, and Aaron Dessner met in person for the first time for the filming of Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions? (2020-12-18)
... that Faith Smith, who grew up on the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe reservation in Wisconsin, became the founding president of the first urban institute of higher learning led by and serving Native Americans? (2020-12-17)
... that essayist Briallen Hopper got her start writing sermons? (2020-12-17)
... that Ruth Williams Cupp, the first woman admitted to the Charleston County Bar Association in 1954, was still barred by law from serving on juries, like all women in South Carolina until 1967? (2020-12-16)
... that several memoirs by first ladies of the United States have outsold books written by their presidential husbands? (2020-12-15)
... that the final exhibition of Indian artist Anjum Singh (pictured), titled I am still here, was an autobiographical depiction of her struggles with cancer? (2020-12-15)
... that Israeli physicist Shikma Bressler, a researcher at the CERN particle accelerator in Switzerland, is also an initiator of the "Black Flag" protests against Benjamin Netanyahu? (2020-12-14)
... that Katie Levick gave up the chance to play cricket for England in order to pursue a full-time job? (2020-12-14)
... that in Cassandre, an opera by Michael Jarrell based on the novel by Christa Wolf, Cassandra speaks and acts without singing? (2020-12-14)
... that Chinese cosplayer Liyuu is also an anime musician? (2020-12-13)
... that Laura Garwin, one of the first female Rhodes Scholars, left a career in science to become a full-time trumpeter? (2020-12-13)
... that a non-governmental organisation set up by Hekani Jakhalu helps young entrepreneurs from Nagaland? (2020-12-13)
... that Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the second U.S. Supreme Court justice to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol? (2020-12-13)
... that Pennsylvania Treasurer-elect Stacy Garrity was nicknamed "The Angel of the Desert" in the Iraq War? (2020-12-12)
... that Wikimedian of the Year Sandister Tei (pictured) of Ghana is a former multimedia journalist for Al Jazeera? (2020-12-12)
... that Recollections of Full Years by Helen Taft was the first memoir published by a first lady of the United States? (2020-12-12)
... that Rachel Sennott stars in two 2020 queer Jewish films about funerals, but is neither queer nor Jewish? (2020-12-12)
... that newly founded Exeter Chiefs Women were given a place in the top flight of English women's rugby union ahead of Richmond Women, historically one of the most successful teams in England? (2020-12-12)
... that Turkish accordion-playing street musician Madam Anahit also appeared in a number of films as an extra? (2020-12-12)
... that after U.S. women secured the right to vote in 1920, those from the South fought against paying a poll tax for the next 40 years? (2020-12-11)
... that The Girls in 3-B (cover pictured) was one of the first pulp-fiction novels to give a lesbian a happy ending? (2020-12-11)
... that medieval ceramics expert Jean Le Patourel was also an expert in the archaeology of dog collars? (2020-12-11)
... that sports photographer Eleni Küreman was Turkey's first professional female photojournalist? (2020-12-11)
... that the soprano Nina Dorliak recorded works by Bach with her husband, the pianist Sviatoslav Richter, sung in Russian? (2020-12-10)
... that French writer Marie Chaix grew up unaware that her father was the right-hand man of the fascist French Popular Party leader Jacques Doriot, and later wrote a memoir about him? (2020-12-10)
... that NCJW activist Florence Lewis was invited by President John F. Kennedy in 1963 to a White House discussion on how women's organizations could help solve civil rights issues? (2020-12-10)
... that a video of ballerina Carrie Imler dancing the 32 fouetté turns from Swan Lake went viral? (2020-12-10)
... that The Descent of Woman by Welsh author Elaine Morgan contends that front-to-front sexual intercourse evolved from apes that lived in a semi-aquatic environment? (2020-12-09)
... that American historian Sarah Wilkerson Freeman curated a photo exhibit depicting the fluidity of race, gender, and sexuality in New Orleans during the McCarthy era? (2020-12-09)
... that Marjon Lambriks, who studied voice in the Netherlands with Paula Lindberg (both pictured) and made a career in Vienna, recorded La traviata alongside Pavarotti? (2020-12-09)
... that Katie Lachapelle, head coach of the Holy Cross women's ice hockey team, was selected to be head coach of the 2021 US women's national Under-18 ice hockey team? (2020-12-09)
... that Salma wrote some of her works while sitting on the toilet, on pieces of paper ripped from calendars and notebooks? (2020-12-08)
... that in 2006, social-justice advocate Ronnie L. Podolefsky represented six female athletes who accused their high-school basketball coach of sexual misconduct? (2020-12-08)
... that when Paulina died, her husband Pammachius received condolence letters from St Jerome and Paulinus of Nola? (2020-12-08)
... that Priscilla Jana, a South African human-rights lawyer of Indian descent, was the first woman to hug Nelson Mandela in 13 years of imprisonment on Robben Island? (2020-12-07)
... that in publishing Laura's Ghost, the author insisted the book cover show a photo of Laura alive? (2020-12-07)
... that in painting First Lady Michelle Obama, Amy Sherald was inspired by the way the quilters of Gee's Bend make clothing and fabric scraps into geometric works of art? (2020-12-07)
... that the Spanish writer Eva Forest was imprisoned for alleged complicity in multiple terror attacks by the separatist group ETA? (2020-12-07)
... that computer science professor Ruth Aylett performed with a robot poet in the Edinburgh Free Fringe? (2020-12-06)
... that a 2017 global women-leaders conference found that the chief barrier to leadership roles for women was a lack of mentoring? (2020-12-05)
... that Arsenal footballer Vivianne Miedema (pictured) is the all-time leading scorer in the FA Women's Super League and has scored more goals at the international level than any other Dutch player? (2020-12-05)
... that Kylie Minogue wore a Hysteric Glamour minidress on the cover of her fourth studio album, Let's Get to It? (2020-12-05)
... that Golden Age of Radio singer Harriet Lee had her own television show in 1931? (2020-12-04)
... that folklorist and archaeologist Ethel Rudkin was the first to quantify and categorise sightings of ghostly black dogs? (2020-12-04)
... that prolific actress Barbara Stanwyck (pictured) received four Best Actress nominations without a win, and was given an honorary Oscar in 1982 for her contributions to the film industry? (2020-12-04)
... that Arsenal Women's 11–1 win over Bristol City at Meadow Park in 2019 was the widest margin of victory in the history of the FA Women's Super League? (2020-12-04)
... that actress Norma Shearer posed for a glamor photoshoot to convince her producer-husband Irving Thalberg (both pictured) that her sexual allure would transcend to film for the lead role in The Divorcee? (2020-12-03)
... that Dolores Cabrera y Heredia, a Spanish Romantic poet and novelist, was a prominent member of Hermandad Lírica (Lyrical Sisterhood)? (2020-12-03)
... that Britain's 1977 Coal Queen won her weight in Babycham? (2020-12-02)
... that Saint Ninnoc (depicted) is often shown with a stag lying at her feet, said to represent the at-risk women who came under her guardianship? (2020-12-01)
... that as a music teacher, Canadian classical pianist Margaret Miller Brown was known as a "tough taskmistress"? (2020-12-01)
... that Mauree Turner is the first publicly non-binary individual elected to a U.S. state legislature? (2020-11-30)
... that a foundation set up by Pragya Prasun has supported more than 250 survivors of acid attacks? (2020-11-29)
... that Jane Withers (pictured) rose to child stardom in the 1930s playing mischievous little girls, "tomboy rascals", and "America's favorite problem child"? (2020-11-29)
... that the Japanese mezzo-soprano Mihoko Fujimura, who appeared as Fricka at the Bayreuth Festival in 2002, toured Mahler's Resurrection Symphony with the CBSO conducted by Andris Nelsons? (2020-11-27)
... that Leda Valladares produced a "Musical Map of Argentina" to document her country's folk music traditions? (2020-11-26)
... that 42 new MPs were elected to the 53rd New Zealand Parliament: 23 for Labour, including Arena Williams, Ibrahim Omer, Helen White, Neru Leavasa, Ingrid Leary, Rachel Brooking, Anna Lorck, Tracey McLellan, and Shanan Halbert (all pictured); 5 for National, including Joseph Mooney, Simon Watts, and Penny Simmonds; 9 for ACT, including Toni Severin, Simon Court, Brooke van Velden, and Chris Baillie; 3 for the Greens, including Ricardo Menéndez March and Teanau Tuiono; and 2 for Māori, including Rawiri Waititi? (2020-11-25)
... that Women's Barracks (cover pictured), regarded as a classic of lesbian pulp fiction, was banned in Canada and became the first paperback-original bestseller in the United States? (2020-11-24)
... that Maddalena Mariani Masi performed the title role of Ponchielli's La Gioconda in the 1876 world premiere at La Scala? (2020-11-24)
... that German native Marianne Ignace is helping to preserve indigenous languages in British Columbia? (2020-11-23)
... that table-tennis player Isabelle Li received a standing ovation despite losing the final at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics? (2020-11-21)
... that German children's author Kirsten Boie has published more than 100 books? (2020-11-20)
... that before Carole Dawn Reinhart was appointed professor of trumpet at the Vienna Music Academy, she performed in several of Al Hirt's Fanfare shows in 1965? (2020-11-20)
... that Daisy Yen Wu helped establish the new field of nutrition research at Peking Union Medical College? (2020-11-19)
... that the unveiling of Michelle Obama’s official portrait surprised Michelle Smith with the news that a gown from her collection had been chosen for the sitting? (2020-11-18)
... that Anna Hájková says her research into LGBT people and the Holocaust "shows a more complex, more human, and more real society beyond monsters and saints"? (2020-11-18)
... that the unusual given name of Chilean travel writer Maipina de la Barra commemorates the Battle of Maipú, in which her father fought? (2020-11-17)
... that former NCAA president Judith Sweet chose to pursue a career in physical education following a blind date? (2020-11-17)
... that despite the biggest missing-person investigation in the history of the Toronto Police Service, no physical evidence regarding the 1985 disappearance of Nicole Morin was ever found? (2020-11-16)
... that Sam Quek (pictured) played in every game of the 2014 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy despite breaking two ribs in the opening match? (2020-11-15)
... that author and book reviewer Janice Harayda started an all-woman church service in New York City in 1974? (2020-11-14)
... that Dámasa Cabezón was contracted by the Bolivian government to establish a school for girls in La Paz after having done so in Santiago de Chile? (2020-11-14)
... that in a 2009 case, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a group of school officials violated the U.S. Constitution when they strip-searched a 13-year-old middle-school student? (2020-11-13)
... that Arkansas poet laureate Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni had her poems published in more than 900 U.S. and international publications? (2020-11-13)
... that Kylie Minogue was credited as co-writer for the first time on her third studio album Rhythm of Love? (2020-11-13)
... that the scholarship of Nyasha Junior on the life of Moses has been described as a starting point for how he can be viewed as a subject of feminist inquiry? (2020-11-12)
... that Marion Hartog founded the first Jewish women's periodical in 1855? (2020-11-12)
... that "as Pembroke a horseman by most is accounted, 'tis not strange that his Lordship a Hunter has mounted"? (2020-11-11)
... that a Jewish girl from Jerusalem became an acclaimed performer of Indian, Javanese, Balinese, and other ethnic dance forms in the United States? (2020-11-11)
... that Yemeni poet Fatima al-Suqutriyya saved the island of Socotra by writing a qasida to Imam al-Ṣalt ibn Mа̄lik requesting military help? (2020-11-11)
... that the case of Adelia Silva, an Afro-Uruguayan teacher who was removed from three different schools due to her race, generated national attention and disciplinary action against one of the principals? (2020-11-11)
... that Vijayalakshmi Ramanan, the first woman officer of the Indian Air Force, custom-tailored her uniform as there were no specific uniforms for women when she joined the force? (2020-11-10)
... that four-term Uruguayan senator Alba Roballo was also an award-winning poet with a rebellious spirit? (2020-11-10)
... that state representative Patricia Haynes Smith worked with a gay rights group to decriminalize sodomy in Louisiana? (2020-11-09)
... that Marla Berkowitz considers herself a Sumain, meaning someone who communicates using their hands? (2020-11-09)
... that Gudrun Schröfel, the longtime choral conductor of the Mädchenchor Hannover and a professor at the Musikhochschule Hannover, received the Lower Saxony State Prize in 2015? (2020-11-09)
... that Dua Lipa and The Blessed Madonna's remix album Club Future Nostalgia was crafted in two months during lockdown protocols associated with the COVID-19 pandemic? (2020-11-09)
... that Saadet İkesus Altan studied music in Berlin, performed as a mezzo-soprano in Germany, and became the first female vocal coach and opera director in Turkey after her return home in 1941? (2020-11-08)
... that World War II veteran Millie Bailey went skydiving to celebrate her 102nd birthday? (2020-11-08)
... that after working to desegregate nursing in the US, Alma John (pictured) produced the 1970s television show Black Pride, interviewing prominent figures like Rosa Parks and Ella Fitzgerald? (2020-11-08)
... that Ukrainian-born Stefania Berlinerblau was one of the first Jewish women to practice surgery in the United States? (2020-11-07)
... that Ted Heath stated "rejoice, rejoice" at the 1990 resignation of Margaret Thatcher, echoing words she had used after the 1982 recapture of South Georgia? (2020-11-07)
... that African-American contralto Marian Anderson (pictured) was denied permission by the Daughters of the American Revolution to sing at Constitution Hall in 1939, prompting thousands of its members to resign? (2020-11-07)
... that Ibaqa Beki was briefly married to Genghis Khan, who abruptly gave her to one of his generals, possibly as a reward to that general for killing her father? (2020-11-06)
... that Dua Lipa created the music video for her 2020 song "Hallucinate" with teams working in London, Paris, and Los Angeles? (2020-11-06)
... that the date of Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination – September 26, 2020 – was the nearest to a presidential election in U.S. history? (2020-11-06)
... that Turkish voice actress Adalet Cimcoz opened and curated her country's first and only woman-owned private art gallery? (2020-11-06)
... that at age 102, Beatrice Lumpkin, a union organizer and lifelong member of the Communist Party, donned hazmat suit–style gear to drop off her vote-by-mail ballot for the US elections? (2020-11-05)
... that Ann Bedsole, the first woman to be elected to the Alabama Senate, printed a timetable for the state's hunting season on the back of her re-election campaign flyers? (2020-11-05)
... that Agnes Stavenhagen was the soprano soloist in the first performance of Mahler's Second Symphony in Munich, conducted by the composer? (2020-11-05)
... that actress and dancer Raissa Gourevitch performed in surrealist plays before becoming an archaeological authority on Roman statuary? (2020-11-04)
... that Paula Bataona Renyaan was the first woman to become a vice governor and the third woman to become a police general in Indonesia? (2020-11-04)
... that the French painter Genskof is a pioneer in laser eye surgery? (2020-11-04)
... that Mary Dee (pictured), a popular radio personality in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, is widely regarded as the first African-American woman disc jockey in the United States? (2020-11-03)
... that Indonesian Navy officer Louise Elisabeth Coldenhoff described her tenure as head of the personnel section as "living between angels and devils"? (2020-11-03)
... that Ita Maximowna, who trained as a painter in Paris and Berlin in the 1920s, began working in scenic and costume design after World War II and went on to work internationally? (2020-11-03)
... that Ethel Maynard was the first black woman elected to the Arizona State Legislature? (2020-11-03)
... that Filipina soldier and spy Josefina Guerrero, diagnosed with leprosy, created intelligence reports that helped the Americans defeat the Japanese at Manila Harbor? (2020-11-02)
... that Dilys Price, the world's oldest female solo parachute jumper, made more than 1,130 solo jumps before selling her parachute at age 86? (2020-11-02)
... that The Times said that Sheila Atim "sings Dylan better than Bob"? (2020-11-01)
... that Lillian Brown, makeup artist to nine U.S. presidents, stopped Richard Nixon's sobbing before he went on television to resign the presidency? (2020-11-01)
... that cricketer Charlotte Taylor was the top wicket-taker in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, despite not being initially picked in the squads for the tournament? (2020-11-01)
... that Taneko Suzuki, an expert in protein chemistry, led the development of a fish-based product that had the texture of hamburger and could be seasoned to taste like beef? (2020-10-31)
... that despite being excluded from the standard edition of 1989, "New Romantics" by Taylor Swift was named one of the best songs of the 2010s decade by Rolling Stone? (2020-10-31)
... that Coronet magazine was deluged with letters and phone calls when Margueritte Harmon Bro wrote about the "Miracle Man of Virginia Beach"? (2020-10-31)
... that Ivy Hooks was one of only two women assigned to the original design team for the Space Shuttle orbiter? (2020-10-31)
... that the song "Cups (When I'm Gone)" features Anna Kendrick playing percussion with a cup, a skill she learned by watching viral videos? (2020-10-31)
... that American composer Norma Wendelburg studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and the Vienna Academy of Music on two Fulbright scholarships? (2020-10-30)
... that Katrin Lea Tag, named the 2020 Scenic Designer of the Year, created sets and costumes for Die Schutzbefohlenen (production pictured) at the Burgtheater, and for Barrie Kosky's Salome at Oper Frankfurt? (2020-10-29)
... that designs by nail artist Jenny Bui have become part of Cardi B's signature look? (2020-10-29)
... that the concept of the multimedia franchise BanG Dream! involves bands composed of voice actresses who can play their own instruments? (2020-10-29)
... that horn player Helen Kotas Hirsch began performing with the Woman's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago at the age of 14? (2020-10-28)
... that the Sahrawi refugee poet Al Khadra has written poems intended to inspire military revolution, including criticism of the Moroccan Western Sahara Wall? (2020-10-27)
... that the children's picture book Julián is a Mermaid was initially going to be about drag balls, until the author learned about the meaning of mermaids to transgender people? (2020-10-26)
... that Dina Pomeranz was ranked highest in social-media influence by FAZ in its 2019 ranking of economists? (2020-10-26)
... that soprano Hermine Finck became the third wife of Eugen d'Albert (couple pictured), who composed songs and a cantata based on The Little Mermaid for her? (2020-10-25)
... that If You Could Be Mine was the first novel to win first prize in two different categories in the same year from the Publishing Triangle? (2020-10-24)
... that the 2019 film Lucy in the Sky is loosely based on the life of astronaut Lisa Nowak (pictured)? (2020-10-23)
... that Ann Oakley published the first sociological research that shows housework as being actual work? (2020-10-22)
... that Nabela Qoser, a Hong Kong news reporter of Pakistani descent, learnt Cantonese as a child by watching television? (2020-10-21)
... that Kathy Karpan was the first female director of the Office of Surface Mining? (2020-10-20)
... that actress Gloria Swanson created an inventions and patents company to employ refugee scientists whom she and her former husband Marquis Henry de La Falaise (both pictured) helped escape Nazi Germany? (2020-10-20)
... that Wiebke Lehmkuhl was the alto soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the 2017 opening of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg? (2020-10-19)
... that the 8th-century Chinese poet Niu Yingzhen was reportedly able to learn texts by dreaming that she ate the actual copies, then discussed them with deceased male scholars? (2020-10-19)
... that Berkeley humorist Alice Kahn described the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia as a "hippie abominable snowman"—and he liked it? (2020-10-18)
... that Myra Kathleen Hughes's Vanishing London series captured several landmarks before they were demolished? (2020-10-15)
... that cricketer Issy Wong can solve a Rubik's Cube in seconds? (2020-10-15)
... that photographer Heji Shin created Big Cocks, a series of portraits of roosters that she admired for their "angry cock energy"? (2020-10-14)
... that Turkey women's national footballer Berivan İçen scored 11 goals in a girls' under-13 league match that ended 15–0 for her team? (2020-10-14)
... that Nan Wood Graham, the sister of painter Grant Wood, posed for her brother's 1930 painting American Gothic (pictured)? (2020-10-13)
... that soprano Ilse Helling-Rosenthal, her husband, and two others formed a vocal ensemble that appeared as the soloists in Bruckner's Te Deum at the Leipzig Gewandhaus in 1920? (2020-10-13)
... that state representative Angela Russell introduced legislation to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Montana? (2020-10-13)
... that the American tubist Constance Weldon "fell in love with the tuba" after her father bought one home from a pawn shop? (2020-10-12)
... that Büşra Kuru, who began playing football every day at age six encouraged by her footballer brother, is a member of a German club and of the Turkey national team? (2020-10-11)
... that a prominent obituary of Socorro Sánchez, the first feminist journalist in the Dominican Republic, criticized her as "manly" and too political? (2020-10-10)
... that Dawa Dem was the first woman to join the Bhutanese civil service and to become a member of the Royal Advisory Council? (2020-10-09)
... that Angela Haseltine Pozzi creates large sculptures of marine life out of plastic waste? (2020-10-09)
... that Kathleen Byerly was one of six sailors who sued the U.S. Navy for the right to serve on ships? (2020-10-07)
... that Austrian-born Turkish footballer Dilan Yeşim Taşkın became a member of the Turkey women's national team although she initially wanted to play for the Austrian nationals? (2020-10-07)
... that aerobics pioneer Jacki Sorensen was voted the best dancer in the 1962 Miss California pageant? (2020-10-05)
... that Myint Myint Khin, a professor at the Institute of Medicine, Mandalay, and a WHO consultant, published her first English-language poetry collection at age 89? (2020-10-04)
... that women called Honey Badgers are among the most prominent men's rights activists? (2020-10-04)
... that mezzo-soprano Marina de Gabaráin appeared as Bizet's Carmen in Scotland, and as Rossini's La Cenerentola in Glyndebourne in 1952, recorded the following year? (2020-10-03)
... that scientist Emma Teeling of the BatLab in Dublin studies a genus of bats which do not appear to die of old age? (2020-10-03)
... that The Lodger, released in 1913, was the first novelization of the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper? (2020-10-02)
... that when Annette Jahns portrayed Bettina von Arnim in an opera by Friedrich Schenker, the role required her to scream as well as sing? (2020-10-02)
... that Polish-French author Anna Langfus, a Holocaust survivor, wrote novels that had her own life experiences interwoven into the fiction? (2020-10-01)
... that American volunteer civilian physician Beulah Ream Allen (pictured, right) survived three Japanese internment camps in the Philippines during World War II? (2020-09-29)
... that when Turkish singer Hamiyet Yüceses lamentingly sang an Ottoman classical song after her husband's death in a submarine accident, many people thought she had composed the song herself? (2020-09-28)
... that during the Second World War, Abkhazian female pilot Meri Avidzba flew 477 combat sorties and dropped 63,000 tonnes of bombs onto the enemy? (2020-09-27)
... that early vocational-education advocate Mary Schenck Woolman (pictured) obtained her first teaching position as a result of her "harsh" review of a sewing manual? (2020-09-25)
... that Zofia Poznańska, cipher clerk to the Red Orchestra espionage group, was captured in Belgium by the Abwehr in 1941 and hanged herself in prison in 1942? (2020-09-24)
... that writer Jeanne Humbert was repeatedly arrested for spreading information about birth control and abortion after they were banned in France in 1920? (2020-09-24)
... that after contralto Florence Wickham made her debut in Germany, she was engaged for an American tour as Kundry in Wagner's Parsifal? (2020-09-23)
... that Theresa Plummer-Andrews sorted Bob the Builder's budget? (2020-09-22)
... that Kathy Arendsen had a windmill fastball pitch timed at 96 miles per hour (154 km/h)? (2020-09-22)
... that Hildegard Uhrmacher, a coloratura soprano who appeared as Mozart's Konstanze and Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Marie, titled her 2006 autobiography Hilde, du schaffst das (Hilde, you'll manage)? (2020-09-22)
... that French novelist Claire Etcherelli's 1967 novel Elise, or the Real Life gained a brief cult following and was adapted into a 1970 film? (2020-09-22)
... that Nellie Weekes ran for public office even before women received the right to vote in Barbados? (2020-09-21)
... that some works by the Baltic-German writer Laura Marholm were part of "feminist literary criticism", known as gynocriticism, 70 years before the term was coined? (2020-09-21)
... that Portuguese fado singer Cuca Roseta has a black belt in Taekwondo? (2020-09-21)
... that West Virginia State College professor Angie Turner King was an educator and mentor to entomologist Margaret S. Collins and NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson of Hidden Figures? (2020-09-21)
... that Marie "Blanche" Wittman, formerly a hysteria patient of Jean-Martin Charcot, contracted radiation-induced cancer while working for Albert Londe? (2020-09-20)
... that William Bowery, who co-wrote two songs on Taylor Swift's album Folklore, appeared to have no online presence, and is possibly a pseudonym? (2020-09-20)
... that Licett Morillo closing Prada's fashion show was compared to an actor winning an Oscar? (2020-09-19)
... that on the single "Bra Off" from Natalie Lauren's album Handle with Care, Lauren asserts that women should not be subject to insult, assault, or sexism when they do not wear a bra? (2020-09-19)
... that child actress Melinda Plowman (pictured), who appeared in many early television shows, was one of the original Mouseketeers? (2020-09-18)
... that among rock critic Jacoba Atlas's many concert reviews was a "disastrous appearance" by Joe Cocker? (2020-09-18)
... that Susan Lydon wrote about fake orgasm and real addiction? (2020-09-17)
... that even though Judith Sims of TeenSet magazine was touring with the Beatles, she was not, "alas", sleeping with them? (2020-09-17)
... that Sarika Kale, a kho kho player who has struggled financially for years, won ₹51,000 for her performance as captain of the India national team at the Third Asian Kho-Kho Championship? (2020-09-16)
... that Melati Suryodarmo went viral after dancing on butter? (2020-09-16)
... that Alex Anderson became interested in quilting after finishing her grandmother's quilt, which had been started decades earlier, for a college credit? (2020-09-16)
... that Polish children's author Maria Kownacka wrote for an underground children's magazine during the Warsaw Uprising? (2020-09-15)
... that the current Kenyan National Assembly is made up of 290 constituency elected members including Samuel Arama, 47 county woman representatives including Gladys Boss Shollei and Sabina Wanjiru Chege, and 12 appointed members including Dennitah Ghati? (2020-09-15)
... that the gravestone of Semahat Özdenses, a singer and composer of Ottoman classical music, was erected seven years after her death? (2020-09-13)
... that Hoshimachi Suisei was part of the first live studio performance by virtual YouTubers in Japanese radio history? (2020-09-13)
... that writer Doris Willens, Lee Hays of the Weavers, and actor Alan Arkin were all Baby Sitters? (2020-09-12)
... that Beth Langston has played for the England women's cricket team six times: twice in 2013 and four times in 2016? (2020-09-12)
... that Japanese essayist Mineko Nomachi's 2006 book I'm Queer But I'm An Office Lady details her experience as a transgender woman in a pink-collar job? (2020-09-11)
... that Johanna André, who appeared in dramatic soprano roles such as Wagner's Isolde, took part in the 1882 world premiere of Parsifal? (2020-09-11)
... that during the 2018 Women's Cricket Super League, Tash Farrant took a hat-trick, but her team still lost the match? (2020-09-10)
... that when Tejano singer Lydia Mendoza (pictured) was a child returning to Texas with her parents in 1920, border agents immersed her and other Mexican children in gasoline baths? (2020-09-10)
... that stuntwoman Betty Danko earned $35 for riding the Wicked Witch's smoke-spewing broomstick in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, and was hospitalized for eleven days after it exploded on her? (2020-09-10)
... that contralto Simone Schröder performed as a soloist at the Bayreuth Festival while she was still studying, and went on to sing there in three different productions of Parsifal? (2020-09-09)
... that LaNada War Jack, a leader of the Third World Strike at UC Berkeley and the Occupation of Alcatraz during her student days, is today a distinguished professor of Native law and governance? (2020-09-09)
... that among the U.S. women's high school basketball class of 2016, ESPNW ranked Crystal Dangerfield as the best point guard? (2020-09-09)
... that Florence "Johnny" Frisbie's 1948 autobiographical children's novel, Miss Ulysses of Puka-Puka, was the first published literary work by a Pacific Islander woman author? (2020-09-08)
... that footpaths in Knutsford, England, built intentionally narrow by Jane Stanley to prevent 18th-century couples walking arm-in-arm, were only replaced in 2014? (2020-09-08)
... that Hanna Ludwig appeared in the title role of Der Rosenkavalier at the Vienna State Opera, and in five roles at the first Bayreuth Festival after World War II? (2020-09-08)
... that misogynist terrorism is listed as a "rising threat" by counter-terrorism researchers? (2020-09-07)
... that the hashtag #KHive, used by an online support community for Kamala Harris which defends her from racist and sexist attacks, is a play on a hashtag used by fans of Beyoncé? (2020-09-07)
... that Kanon Shizaki, the second voice actress for BanG Dream!'s Rinko Shirokane, was quickly embraced by fans and her Roselia bandmates, as her shyness mirrors her character's personality? (2020-09-06)
... that Mübeccel Argun, a Turkish-language presenter for the BBC World Service in London for 25 years, was formerly a physical-education teacher and one of the first female athletes in her country? (2020-09-05)
... that Mary Haʻaheo Atcherley was allowed to stand as a candidate for a seat in the senate of the Territory of Hawaii in 1920, but was legally prevented from holding the office if she won? (2020-09-05)
... that Alice Sheldon authored two stories in the feminist science fiction collection Aurora: Beyond Equality, as the editors were unaware that her two pseudonyms represented the same person? (2020-09-04)
... that a U.S. Republican candidate criticized rappers Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's song "WAP", stating that it made him want to "pour holy water" in his ears? (2020-09-03)
... that multimedia artist Suki Seokyeong Kang paints a gouache painting every day as part of her work? (2020-09-03)
... that Vera Little from Memphis, Tennessee, was for four decades a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where she appeared as Bizet's Carmen and in the world premiere of Henze's Der junge Lord? (2020-09-02)
... that Stella Immanuel claims that space alien DNA is used in medical treatments, that reptilians run the United States government, and that she uses hydroxychloroquine to cure COVID-19? (2020-09-02)
... that Ulster Unionist Party politician Rosemary Barton highlighted concerns of intimidation from Gaelic football fans towards those who do not follow the sport? (2020-09-01)
... that Rihanna was asked to stay at the Def Jam Recordings office until 3:00 a.m. in order to sign a contract, so that she would not sign with another label? (2020-09-01)
... that Laguna Pueblo educator Susie Rayos Marmon was the inspiration for a character in her grandniece Leslie Marmon Silko's book Storyteller? (2020-08-31)
... that executed arsonist Margaret Clark blamed her deeds on "pride and Sabbath breaking"? (2020-08-31)
... that the Alexandra Girls' English Institution in Mumbai was named after Alexandra of Denmark (pictured), as its founder believed that she would be an "ideal" for the girls to look up to? (2020-08-31)
... that 17th-century English writers Martha Moulsworth and Alice Sutcliffe are each known for a single literary work? (2020-08-30)
... that Chopin's mother was his first music teacher, but his musical ability surpassed hers before he was seven? (2020-08-29)
... that as a medical missionary, pediatrician Ruth Robertson Berrey helped reduce Nigeria's incidence of leprosy? (2020-08-29)
... that after passing a literacy examination at the age of 96, Karthyayani Amma said: "I learned so much for no reason. The tests were way too easy for me"? (2020-08-29)
... that the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, which starts today, was created to allow English domestic women's cricket to be played in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic? (2020-08-29)
... that American historian and author Mary Henderson Eastman promoted both Native American rights and Black slavery? (2020-08-27)
... that Farrah Fawcett's iconic 1976 red swimsuit poster, regarded as the best-selling poster, is exhibited in the Smithsonian together with the swimsuit? (2020-08-27)
... that Lady Red Couture, known as "the largest live-singing drag queen", stood 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) in heels? (2020-08-25)
... that Greek-Turkish singer Eftalya Işılay earned her nickname "Efthalia the Mermaid" for singing on a rowboat in the Bosphorus during full-moon nights in summer? (2020-08-25)
... that American abolitionist Margaret Mercer freed the slaves whom she inherited from her father, Maryland governor John Francis Mercer, and sent six of them to Liberia? (2020-08-24)
... that Mandeep Dhillon was offered a role by Ricky Gervais after telling him that she was scared by his character? (2020-08-24)
... that Belva Cottier proposed and took part in the first occupation of Alcatraz in 1964 to claim the island for the Sioux? (2020-08-24)
... that in 1990, Mantu Ghosh became India's youngest national table tennis champion at age 16? (2020-08-23)
... that Jeanne Givens was the first Native American woman elected to the Idaho House of Representatives? (2020-08-22)
... that Maria Ovsiankina studied the Zeigarnik effect of how people remember unfinished tasks more than completed ones, and described the Ovsiankina effect of how likely they are to resume those tasks? (2020-08-20)
... that when Georgia was given Rhodes Hall as a state archives building, the donor asked that it always be occupied, so state historian Ruth Blair (pictured) moved into the house herself? (2020-08-19)
... that Hawona Sullivan Janzen's Rondo Family Reunion uses lawn signs with photographs and poetry to commemorate the historically Black Rondo neighborhood torn apart by the construction of I-94 in Minnesota? (2020-08-19)
... that in Billie Eilish's song "Bitches Broken Hearts", she pretends that she no longer needs or cares about her former lover? (2020-08-19)
... that Yin May, the first Burmese obstetrician, founded and ran the country's main maternity hospital during the Japanese occupation of Burma? (2020-08-18)
... that since the German army did not accept female doctors, Käte Frankenthal served in the Austrian army during World War I, and was the only woman in her barracks? (2020-08-18)
... that a 1902 magazine article called Helene Odilon "currently the greatest actress in Germany"? (2020-08-18)
... that Gunjan Saxena was the first woman Indian Air Force officer to go to war? (2020-08-18)
... that linguist Esther T. Mookini translated many works of 19th-century native Hawaiians, including the 1838 Anatomia, the only medical textbook written in the Hawaiian language? (2020-08-18)
... that the title of Ava Max's song "Sweet but Psycho" was inspired by her parents telling her "you're sweet, but you're a little psycho" when she was younger? (2020-08-17)
... that the Society for the History of Technology gave Canadian historian Joy Parr a medal for lifetime achievement in technology history and awarded her book Sensing Changes the Edelstein Prize? (2020-08-17)
... that in 1983, Fanaura Kingstone became the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the Cook Islands? (2020-08-17)
... that Saint Blaesilla has been described as the first recorded victim of anorexia nervosa? (2020-08-17)
... that Monika Rice's "What! Still Alive?!" has been described as a "disturbing narrative of violence, hostility, and indifference" towards Holocaust survivors in Poland? (2020-08-16)
... that Mary Clarke raised eight children and managed an estate whilst corresponding by letter with philosopher John Locke? (2020-08-16)
... that in the 1700s, Helen Hope turned a Scottish moor into a wood and named it after her eldest son? (2020-08-16)
... that U.S. federal judge Miranda Du came to the United States as a child after her family fled Vietnam? (2020-08-15)
... that South African forward Letago Madiba started playing football at the age of five in the streets of her hometown, and was the only female footballer in her school? (2020-08-15)
... that the Turkish women's league seasons of 2019–20 football and 2020 rugby sevens were named to commemorate Özge Kanbay, a football referee and rugby player, who died in 2019 at age 22 from cancer? (2020-08-14)
... that today, JoAnne S. Bass becomes not only the first female senior enlisted member of any U.S. military branch, but also the first person of Asian descent to hold that position in the Air Force? (2020-08-14)
... that Elizabeth Throsby (depicted) survived an 1809 massacre in which her mother and 65 other Europeans were cannibalized by Māori? (2020-08-14)
... that Mozambique-born Violet Dias Lannoy, called "the lost Goan/Indian/African novelist" by Peter Nazareth, came from a Goan family, worked with Mahatma Gandhi, and hung out with Richard Wright? (2020-08-13)
... that Molly Neptune Parker was able to support her family, buy a home, and pay for her grandchildren's education through basket weaving? (2020-08-13)
... that Maxine Dunlap, the first licensed female glider pilot in the U.S., began her flight training after catching "lindberghitis"? (2020-08-13)
... that Taylor Swift wrote the lyrics to the song "Cardigan" to co-writer Aaron Dessner's music in around five hours? (2020-08-12)
... that the statue A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020 was inspired by a raised fist at a Black Lives Matter protest? (2020-08-12)
... that VikkiKitty (pictured) casted the first ever Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament? (2020-08-11)
... that educator Mildred Hope Fisher Wood was the originator of learning-disability courses, which she taught to prospective teachers at the University of Northern Iowa? (2020-08-11)
... that Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Julia Collier Harris was present at both the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 and the Scopes Trial in 1925? (2020-08-11)
... that the song "Catallena" by South Korean girl group Orange Caramel interpolates a sample of the Punjabi folk song "Jutti Meri"? (2020-08-10)
... that a short film made by Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann at university was screened at both the Telluride Film Festival and South by Southwest? (2020-08-09)
... that performer Lady Midnight teaches music production and performance to youth experiencing homelessness in Minnesota? (2020-08-09)
... that Naomi Dattani played for a local boys' team before joining the Middlesex Women cricket team? (2020-08-08)
... that after reading a book by Katharine Lee, D. H. Lawrence began to use the phoenix as his personal emblem? (2020-08-08)
... that while the title track of Crazy features the signature sound of South Korean girl group 4Minute—a hip hop– and trap-infused dance number—its lead single was a ballad? (2020-08-08)
... that in the 1930s and 1940s, Marilyn Knowlden appeared in six films that received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture? (2020-08-07)
... that the song "I Can See the Change" was developed over text conversation between Celeste and Finneas after the two met in person at the 2020 Brit Awards? (2020-08-07)
... that the name of the women's soccer team Racing Louisville FC is inspired by Louisville's famous horse races? (2020-08-06)
... that as Federal Commissioner for Foreigners in the 1980s, German politician Liselotte Funcke (pictured) saw her role as an "interpreter" of the problems of foreign workers, especially Turks? (2020-08-06)
... that women in the U.S. Virgin Islands did not gain suffrage until after Edith L. Williams attempted to register to vote in 1935? (2020-08-06)
... that retired United States Air Force colonel Kim Olson is a Master Gardener? (2020-08-05)
... that ornithologist Corina Newsome and herpetologist Earyn McGee held events as part of the inaugural Black Birders Week, an effort to highlight the challenges faced by Black nature enthusiasts? (2020-08-05)
... that Augustine Waworuntu, the first woman mayor of Manado, had her official residence in a hotel built of bamboo? (2020-08-05)
... that Hilda Gregg published a novel every year for three decades? (2020-08-04)
... that Georgia Adams is the captain of the Sussex Women cricket team, and her father Chris is a former captain of the Sussex men's team? (2020-08-04)
... that Konnie Huq (pictured) presented a mockumentary called Konnie's Great British Wee? (2020-08-03)
... that Ann Smith was described as a "a great fomentor of plots"? (2020-08-03)
... that Naraporn Chan-o-cha, the wife of the current prime minister of Thailand, Prayut Chan-o-cha, is responsible for his clothes, make-up, and haircut? (2020-08-02)
... that Lisa Kearney was the first judoka representing Ireland to reach the final of a Judo World Cup? (2020-08-02)
... that Nepal's first female auto rickshaw driver, Laxmi Sharma, went on to start the first button factory in the country? (2020-08-01)
... that in response to the Hong Kong government refusing to close its border with mainland China to contain COVID-19, Winnie Yu organized a labour strike among hospital workers in February 2020? (2020-07-31)
... that Sandra Perron, whom other Canadian Armed Forces officers viewed as a threat, was once interrogated and left in the snow for two hours without boots as part of a training exercise? (2020-07-31)
... that Irena Sawicka, a Polish archeologist, educator and communist activist, helped Jews during the Holocaust and perished in the Warsaw Uprising? (2020-07-31)
... that Emma Lamb was part of the Lancashire Women cricket team that in 2017 won both the Women's County Championship and the Counties Twenty20 competition? (2020-07-31)
... that Sarah Chapone compares the legal situation of married women in 18th-century England to slavery in her legal treatise? (2020-07-30)
... that the English philanthropist Miss James has both a footpath and a footbridge named after her? (2020-07-30)
... that during the women's marathon at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics, one runner fell out of medal contention when she stopped for a toilet break? (2020-07-30)
... that the Wrens of the Curragh group of sex workers (members depicted) lived in "nests" hollowed from the ground near Curragh Camp in the 19th century? (2020-07-29)
... that Nerine Barrett, one of the few black women to have achieved international recognition as a classical pianist, first performed on Radio Jamaica for her third birthday? (2020-07-29)
... that Maisie Williams almost missed her Game of Thrones audition because it coincided with a school field trip to a pig farm? (2020-07-29)
... that a poem by Annie Rothwell was read to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Queen's University? (2020-07-29)
... that Pippa Wicks, the deputy chief executive officer of the Co-operative Group, has supported the company's initiative to employ people who have escaped modern slavery? (2020-07-28)
... that videos of Lady Tambourine (pictured) playing the tambourine at Southern Louisiana football games went viral in 2017? (2020-07-28)
... that after Dua Lipa wrote her song "Break My Heart", she noticed similarities to INXS's "Need You Tonight" and decided to credit the band? (2020-07-28)
... that Priscilla Johnson McMillan is the only individual who personally knew both President John F. Kennedy and his assassin Lee Harvey Oswald? (2020-07-27)
... that the music video for Dua Lipa's song "Physical" is based on a Venn diagram from 1981? (2020-07-27)
... that Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman co-founded the Sadie Collective, which aims to increase representation of black women in economics and other quantitative fields? (2020-07-27)
... that pedlar Joan Dant died a millionaire? (2020-07-26)
... that when Elza van den Heever made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as the bald queen Elisabetta in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda, she had her head shaved? (2020-07-26)
... that Die BIF (cover pictured) was the world's first lesbian magazine where only women were in charge? (2020-07-26)
... that dancer Alicia Graf Mack completed a history degree in Columbia University while recovering from ankylosing spondylitis? (2020-07-26)
... that suffragist Olive Stott Gabriel supported James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.'s 1920 Senate campaign, although he opposed extending the vote to women? (2020-07-25)
... that Portuguese HIV researcher Odette Ferreira flew from Lisbon to Paris with test tubes of blood in her coat to maintain the right temperature for testing at the Pasteur Institute? (2020-07-25)
... that the music video for Twice's song "More & More" was inspired by the Garden of Eden (depicted)? (2020-07-25)
... that a Christian revival at Anna Bliss's school in Peru, Massachusetts, led to her being selected to establish a new school in South Africa? (2020-07-25)
... that in 2016, LGBT and women's rights activist Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala (pictured) became the first Sri Lankan to summit Mount Everest? (2020-07-24)
... that Antoinette Waroh was the only female member of the Provisional Representative Body, the parliament of East Indonesia? (2020-07-24)
... that Nyma Tang sheds light on colourism in the beauty industry through her YouTube series The Darkest Shade? (2020-07-23)
... that in the 1950s, Slovene transgender lawyer and writer Ljuba Prenner used the introduction: "I am Dr. Ljuba Prenner, neither man nor woman"? (2020-07-23)
... that the depiction of Catholicism in Japan in Kids on the Slope, an anime series adapted from a manga by Yuki Kodama, has been compared to The Singing Nun and Sister Act? (2020-07-22)
... that the administrator Winifred Tumim called the state of management where charity trustees had no knowledge of their legal and professional obligations "mad chair disease"? (2020-07-22)
... that lifelong Democrat Stephanie Pollack was appointed by lifelong Republican Charlie Baker to lead the Massachusetts Department of Transportation? (2020-07-22)
... that Moral, part of a loose trilogy of feminist films directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya, was initially dismissed by critics but is now regarded as one of the best Filipino films ever made? (2020-07-22)
... that Lauren Boebert encourages her servers to openly carry firearms inside her restaurant in Rifle, Colorado? (2020-07-22)
... that Nathalie Evans lived in a flat with a chimpanzee that was trained to eat at the dinner table and use the flush toilet? (2020-07-21)
... that Hetty Spiers, who wrote screenplays for silent films as early as 1917, is included on Columbia University's list of "Unhistoricized Women Film Pioneers"? (2020-07-21)
... that Gabriella Morreale de Escobar established a national newborn-screening program for congenital hypothyroidism in Spain? (2020-07-20)
... that Venezuelan sociologist Esther Pineda G popularized the term violencia estética ('aesthetic violence') to describe the damaging pressure on women to respond to prevailing ideas of beauty? (2020-07-20)
... that the 5th-century saint Apollinaris Syncletica might have been wrongly accused of seducing her own sister? (2020-07-20)
... that Emily Sheffield, the new editor of London's Evening Standard, left British Vogue as part of what was called a "posh girl exodus"? (2020-07-19)
... that when Antje Weithaas played Max Bruch's Violin Concerto, a reviewer from The Guardian wrote that she reminded her, "with quiet and compelling eloquence, why it's a masterpiece"? (2020-07-18)
... that Angèle Dola Akofa Aguigah demonstrated that the earthworks at Notsé in Togo were used to define separate social spaces, not for defence? (2020-07-18)
... that Seu'ula Johansson-Fua is the keeper of the Kukū Kaunaka Collection, an archive of doctoral and masters dissertations written by Tongan scholars based at universities around the world? (2020-07-17)
... that Leila Hassan edited the journal Race Today and was a member of the British Black Panthers and the Black Unity and Freedom Party? (2020-07-17)
... that Ethel McGhee Davis, an alumna of Spelman College, later served as the school's first African-American dean and was a member of its board of trustees for 24 years? (2020-07-16)
... that Ōyama Sutematsu was eleven years old when she was sent with the Iwakura Mission to receive an American education on behalf of Japan? (2020-07-15)
... that although it depicts an indigenous goddess, the statue María Lionza is deliberately located in the middle of a highway? (2020-07-15)
... that author and performance artist Junauda Petrus originally wanted to be an astronaut, but is now a "pleasure activist"? (2020-07-15)
... that the musicologist Ulrike Liedtke, who founded and directed the Rheinsberg Music Academy, became president of the Brandenburg state parliament in 2019? (2020-07-14)
... that the languorous voice of television character Paulina de la Mora is seen as a socioeconomic commentary on the Mexican stereotype of high-class young women? (2020-07-14)
... that neuroscientist Michela Gallagher's research group showed that the epilepsy drug levetiracetam is a candidate to reduce mild cognitive impairment in patients with Alzheimer's disease? (2020-07-14)
... that Seraph Young Ford was the first American woman to cast a vote under a women's equal-suffrage law? (2020-07-13)
... that stories by Marie Hassenpflug (pictured) were a source for the Brothers Grimm fairy tales "Little Red Riding Hood", "Sleeping Beauty", and possibly "Snow White"? (2020-07-13)
... that when Nigerian women's rights activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (pictured) was banned from organizing demonstrations, she organized "picnics" and "festivals" instead, drawing up to 10,000 participants? (2020-07-13)
... that husband and wife Ralf and Kristin Bochröder both won their 1975 Berlin Marathon races, the only couple to have done so? (2020-07-12)
... that Connie Carberg, the NFL's first female scout, made mock drafts as a hobby while growing up? (2020-07-12)
... that in a 2013 ranking compiled by the political editors of Verdens Gang, Astrid Gjertsen was rated the ninth-most important woman in Norwegian history? (2020-07-12)
... that Joshna Chinappa (pictured) has won the Indian national squash championship a record 18 times? (2020-07-11)
... that King Carlos I of Portugal often donated the game shot during his hunts to a soup kitchen founded by Maria Luísa de Sousa Holstein? (2020-07-09)
... that the "lost manuscript" of The Ickabog was featured on the dress worn by J. K. Rowling at her 50th birthday party? (2020-07-07)
... that Gwen Stefani's song "Hollaback Girl" was the first single ever to sell more digital downloads than CDs? (2020-07-03)
... that film producer Sue Bruce-Smith was credited with the success of Oscar-winning films including 12 Years a Slave, The Favourite, Room, and Slumdog Millionaire? (2020-07-02)
... that Ng On-yee defeated Reanne Evans, the champion for the ten previous years, on her way to win the 2015 World Ladies Snooker Championship? (2020-07-01)
... that Pakistani model Zara Abid, who made her film debut in the upcoming biopic Chaudhry, died in the crash of PIA Flight 8303? (2020-06-30)
... that Dawn Aponte became the highest-ranked woman in NFL football operations when she was appointed chief administrator in June 2017? (2020-06-30)
... that Hollywood stuntwoman Lila Finn, who "jumped out of bombers, [was] chased by lions, clawed by tigers, and thrown overboard into icy ocean waters at night", performed injury-free into her seventies? (2020-06-29)
... that Bandana Nepal achieved the Guinness World Record for "longest dance marathon by an individual" by dancing for 126 hours continuously? (2020-06-29)
... that Nora Ephron was the first writer to use the word "shit" in Esquire, in her 1972 essay "A Few Words About Breasts"? (2020-06-28)
... that North Carolina Courage teammates Ryan Williams and Cari Roccaro made training videos for other teammates to follow during socially distanced training? (2020-06-27)
... that Rachel Bitecofer, who closely predicted the 2018 U.S. House election results, contends that elections are decided by negative partisanship rather than swing votes? (2020-06-27)
... that Danielle Lessovitz found respite in New York's ball culture after her father's suicide, later setting her first feature film, Port Authority, within it? (2020-06-25)
... that 16-year-old Tate McRae has been described as "Canada's answer to Billie Eilish"? (2020-06-24)
... that San Francisco socialite Mary Grace Borel was granted her first divorce in a hearing that lasted less than five minutes, from a Superior Court Judge who was also her aunt's husband? (2020-06-23)
... that Canadian soccer player Christabel Oduro is the cousin of Dominic Oduro, who has played for Ghana? (2020-06-23)
... that Mexican professional wrestler Chabela Romero had a feud with Irma González that played out across eight years and in three countries? (2020-06-23)
... that Lady Henrietta Berkeley (pictured) had an affair with her older sister's husband, claimed in court to have married his servant, and then fled with both of them to Cleves? (2020-06-22)
... that after Joanna Jordan left her job at the Late Show with David Letterman to start a talent agency, the show became her first client? (2020-06-21)
... that Swedish ballerina Nikisha Fogo's parents owned the first hip-hop dance school in Sweden? (2020-06-20)
... that Layla Saad's 2020 book Me and White Supremacy originated from an Instagram challenge? (2020-06-19)
... that motorsport champion Ashley Freiberg does cyclo-cross, hiking, rock climbing, and skate skiing in the mountains of Vermont to prepare for auto racing events? (2020-06-19)
... that the Soviet Union women's national rugby union team bartered smuggled vodka and caviar to cover their living expenses at the 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup? (2020-06-18)
... that the abduction of the Georgian demoness Samdzimari and her subsequent conversion to goddess may have been derived from the Christian story of Saint George and the Dragon? (2020-06-18)
... that Monita Rajpal, whose first job out of college was as a receptionist, has interviewed Mikhail Gorbachev, Vicente Fox, Al Gore, Tom Ford, and I. M. Pei? (2020-06-18)
... that both the white-bellied woolly mouse opossum and the Fernando Po swift are named after the British architectural historian and philanthropist Constance Sladen? (2020-06-17)
... that Walkiria Terradura (pictured) was a member of the Italian resistance movement during World War II and a specialist in blowing up bridges? (2020-06-16)
... that Olga Yurievskaya, a daughter of Alexander II of Russia and Princess Catherine Dolgorukova, was legitimated by her parents' morganatic marriage? (2020-06-16)
... that a Pony on YouTube creates make-up tutorials for millions of subscribers? (2020-06-16)
... that Susan Benesch, founder of the Dangerous Speech Project, advocates the use of "counterspeech" and humor against hate speech? (2020-06-15)
... that during the COVID-19 pandemic, United Nations secretary-general António Guterres called for a global domestic violence "ceasefire"? (2020-06-15)
... that Tilly Bébé (pictured), a pioneer in the docile training of predators, starred with her lions in a silent film of a genre described as "exotic-erotic-escapist"? (2020-06-14)
... that Irene Triplett, who died in May 2020, was the last recipient of a pension from the American Civil War of 1861–1865? (2020-06-13)
... that Fannie Flagg set her 2010 comedy-mystery novel I Still Dream About You in Birmingham, Alabama, because she wanted "to write a Valentine to my hometown"? (2020-06-13)
... that Gisele Bündchen thinks that the reason she was audited by the Internal Revenue Service was because of her regular top placing on a Forbes magazine high-earners list? (2020-06-13)
... that after joining her father's church choir at the age of six, contralto Portia White (pictured) grew up to become the first Black Canadian concert singer to achieve international fame? (2020-06-12)
... that missionary and author Lucy Goodale Thurston survived a mastectomy without anaesthetic in 1855? (2020-06-12)
... that the University of Cologne awards an annual gender equality prize in honor of Jenny Gusyk, who became the school's first female and first foreign student when it was re-established in 1919? (2020-06-12)
... that one Labour MP said that the result of the 2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election could foreshadow an "electoral disaster" for the party? (2020-06-12)
... that Ottilie Baader was one of the founders of the first trade union organization for women in Germany? (2020-06-11)
... that despite suffering from vertigo, actor Bob Barrett performed his own stunt on the hospital rooftop in the Holby City episode "Man Down"? (2020-06-10)
... that mezzo-soprano Grace Hoffman from Cleveland appeared as Brangäne in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at the Bayreuth Festival in 1957 and 1970? (2020-06-10)
... that Lisa Piccirillo solved a half-century-old mathematics problem in less than a week during her free time in graduate school? (2020-06-09)
... that Yinka Jegede-Ekpe, the first Nigerian woman to go public with her HIV-positive status, later gave birth to a healthy, HIV-negative baby girl? (2020-06-08)
... that German politician and activist Marie Bernays (pictured) joined a convent and converted to Catholicism in 1933 in response to the rise of Nazism? (2020-06-08)
... that Sophia Kianni was the youngest activist at a hunger strike and sit-in at U.S. speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's office? (2020-06-07)
... that Vonda McIntyre's 1973 short story "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand", which won a Nebula Award, was used as the first chapter of her 1978 novel Dreamsnake, which also won a Nebula Award? (2020-06-06)
... that Sarah Fisher, the first woman to claim a pole position in American open-wheel racing, began competing at age five? (2020-06-05)
... that American missionary Laura Fish Judd (pictured) taught a queen how to make dresses, co-founded the first school for Hawaiian children, and wrote about Hawaiian dining etiquette and cuisine? (2020-06-05)
... that Julie Sauvé has coached Canadian, Brazilian, and Singaporean synchronized-swimming teams? (2020-06-05)
... that the veterinarian Janina Oyrzanowska-Poplewska, whose work led to the creation of the first Polish canine distemper vaccine, has been honored as a Righteous Among the Nations? (2020-06-05)
... that Tracy R. Norris, the first female commander of the Texas Military Department, has masters degrees from Florida State University, the University of Texas, and the United States Army War College? (2020-06-04)
... that Bishnu Majhi is the highest-paid singer in Nepal? (2020-06-04)
... that the Lincoln Legion of Lesbians, a lesbian separatist collective in Nebraska, tried to outlaw anti-gay discrimination in 1980? (2020-06-02)
... that Ipsita Biswas led the team that developed less-lethal plastic bullets for crowd control in Jammu and Kashmir? (2020-06-02)
... that the members of the bands Poppin'Party and Roselia are voice actresses in the BanG Dream! anime series who can play their characters' instruments in live concerts? (2020-06-01)
... that Shannon Hale gave her publisher the sequel novel Princess Academy: Palace of Stone instead of the sci-fi novel she had a contract to write? (2020-06-01)
... that Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei (pictured), the first woman to summit Mount Everest, created her own climbing equipment from scratch out of old curtains and the cover of her car? (2020-05-31)
... that actress Natalie Portman was nominated for an Oscar for playing the First Lady of the United States? (2020-05-30)
... that Henrietta Garnett travelled England in a convoy of horse-drawn caravans in support of peace and love, later calling the group "chequebook hippies"? (2020-05-30)
... that in 2015, Eva Asderaki became the first woman to umpire a men's US Open tennis final? (2020-05-30)
... that Tove Lo's song "Cool Girl" was inspired by the monologue of the same name by a character in the 2014 film Gone Girl? (2020-05-30)
... that Linda Liau has developed a personalized vaccine against brain cancer? (2020-05-29)
... that Lady Bathurst, once described as "the most powerful woman in England, without exception other than royalty", lived in relative obscurity for the last four decades of her life? (2020-05-29)
... that in her self-made music video for "Mooo!", Doja Cat (pictured) raps in front of a green screen that alternates between cartoon GIFs of food, farms, and bouncing anime breasts? (2020-05-28)
... that Australian actress Betty Bryant was honoured by Hillary Clinton for her humanitarian service? (2020-05-28)
... that art patron and collector São Schlumberger had her portrait painted by Warhol and Dalí, but did not like the one by Dalí? (2020-05-27)
... that Hawaiian princess Likelike (pictured) died under mysterious circumstances in 1887 amid rumors that she had been malevolently "prayed" to death? (2020-05-26)
... that Dalma Iványi has won ten Hungarian women's basketball championships and played for three teams in the WNBA? (2020-05-26)
... that the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame honors Na Lani ʻEhā as progenitors of the music and arts culture for which the islands have come to be known? (2020-05-25)
... that after England won the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, women's cricket received unprecedented coverage in the English press? (2020-05-25)
... that during the rule of the Greek military junta, archaeologist and museum curator Semni Karouzou was banned from conducting research in the National Archaeological Museum because of her political views? (2020-05-24)
... that Dagmar Burešová hid a classmate after he escaped a communist prison, and enabled him to flee from Czechoslovakia to West Germany? (2020-05-23)
... that Carol Brightman first gained inspiration for her book Sweet Chaos from her younger sister, who worked as the Grateful Dead's lighting director and literary agent? (2020-05-23)
... that Pamela Chelgren-Koterba became the first female officer in the history of the United States' NOAA Corps in 1972? (2020-05-22)
... that although the Alvvays song "Archie, Marry Me" did not chart, it is still considered to be the band's breakout hit? (2020-05-22)
... that public reaction to Agatha Christie's eleven-day disappearance in 1926 included speculation the incident was an attempt to frame Archie Christie, her then husband, for murder? (2020-05-22)
... that the physician and science writer Ben Goldacre announced that Noosha Fox was his mother after watching her on a Top of the Pops rerun? (2020-05-21)
... that Scarlett Johansson was nominated for two Academy Awards in the same year? (2020-05-21)
... that one of the most common stereotypes of a Karen is asking to "speak to the manager"? (2020-05-20)
... that Hege Lanes Steinlund is believed to have officiated more international football matches than any other Norwegian referee? (2020-05-20)
... that Turkish female international sailing competitor Ecem Güzel has finished in the top three of a competition five times in the last seven years? (2020-05-20)
... that Charity Anderson and her contemporary-dance partner Andres Peñate earned the first perfect score on a routine in the history of World of Dance? (2020-05-19)
... that Barbara H. Bowman was one of the scientists who discovered the genetic difference responsible for variations in haptoglobin, a human blood protein? (2020-05-19)
... that Tatiana Calderón (pictured) increased her neck measurement through strength training by 9 cm (3.5 in) to cope with the g-forces generated by driving a Formula One car? (2020-05-16)
... that feminist Mary Stuart Smith publicly admonished the aristocracy of Virginia in 1893 for their failure to recognize the talent of native artists? (2020-05-16)
... that musical theatre actress Kitty Loftus was praised as "a tricky sprite and a fantastic elf"? (2020-05-15)
... that investigative journalist Jessica Lussenhop has written articles on corruption in the standardized-testing industry, and the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women? (2020-05-15)
... that the wet nurse of Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, was named Madame Poitrine, which can be translated as 'Madame Bosom'? (2020-05-15)
... that Indian child actress Taruni Sachdev was nicknamed the "Rasna girl"? (2020-05-14)
... that Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma was nicknamed the "Red Princess" because of her socialist activism? (2020-05-14)
... that Selin Şahin is the first Turkish women's wheelchair basketball player to be transferred to a foreign club? (2020-05-13)
... that British-Hawaiian chieftess Maria Beckley Kahea served as lady-in-waiting to two queens, and was appointed keeper of the Royal Mausoleum? (2020-05-12)
... that with her victory at the 2001 Women's World Snooker Championship, Lisa Quick became the first person to win world titles in both pool and snooker? (2020-05-12)
... that the Netflix miniseries Unorthodox was inspired by Deborah Feldman's memoir Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots? (2020-05-11)
... that Kalavati Devi (pictured) has built 4,000 toilets so that people in Kanpur would not be subjected to a "living hell"? (2020-05-11)
... that Chinese women's rights activist Shen Zijiu spent some four years as a fugitive? (2020-05-10)
... that Julia Azari has shown that U.S. presidents increasingly defend their legitimacy by claiming to have a political mandate? (2020-05-10)
... that Nepali actress Swastima Khadka holds a three-year diploma in architectural engineering? (2020-05-08)
... that UCLA basketball player Natalie Chou said that the use of a slang term for COVID-19 created "unnecessary xenophobia for people who look like me"? (2020-05-08)
... that after not having played Australian rules football competitively since she was 13, Erin Phillips won the inaugural AFL Women's best and fairest award in 2017 in her first season back at age 31? (2020-05-08)
... that British police officer Suzette Davenport was responsible for crime in Staffordshire and intelligence in the West Midlands? (2020-05-07)
... that the 1988 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, held at the 90,000-capacity Melbourne Cricket Ground, had an attendance of 3,326? (2020-05-07)
... that after twelve medical schools rejected her applications, partly because of her gender, U.S. congresswoman Patsy Mink (pictured) became a lawyer instead? (2020-05-06)
... that Judy McClintock and her brother Joel were the first pair of siblings to win Water Ski World Championship titles? (2020-05-06)
... that Charlotte Figi, a child who used cannabidiol to treat seizures caused by Dravet syndrome, had a medical cannabis strain named after her? (2020-05-06)
... that South African MP Makoti Khawula insists on speaking and being addressed in isiZulu and isiXhosa while in parliament? (2020-05-05)
... that Zofia Nehringowa set speed-skating world records in all individual distances? (2020-05-04)
... that Renate Brümmer (pictured) and Heike Walpot were the only two women originally selected for the German astronaut team, but neither has gone to space? (2020-05-04)
... that Emilie Widemann Macfarlane was the first president of the women's branch of Hui Aloha ʻĀina, which was formed in opposition to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1893? (2020-05-04)
... that Florence Boot introduced the sale of books, stationery, and perfume at the pharmacy chain Boots? (2020-05-03)
... that an estimated 3 million women and children in the United States were wearing clothing made from feed sacks (example pictured) at any given time during World War II? (2020-05-03)
... that actress Cecilia Suárez first met director Manolo Caro when he was 14, and would later go on to star in almost all of his films? (2020-05-02)
... that businesswoman Jayne Spain hired one physically handicapped individual in every ten employees she chose? (2020-05-01)
... that Sallyanne Payton, Stanford Law School's first African-American graduate, served as an adviser for the Clinton Health Care Reform Task Force? (2020-04-30)
... that Mary Catherine Phillips, author of Skin Deep. The Truth About Beauty Aids – Safe and Harmful, was a member of the board of directors of Consumers' Research in Bowerstown, New Jersey? (2020-04-30)
... that GirlsDoPorn was one of the top 20 most viewed channels on Pornhub before its co-owners and a male pornographic actor were charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion? (2020-04-29)
... that at the age of seventeen, Tiger King subject Carole Baskin used llamas for a lawn-trimming business? (2020-04-29)
... that Willa Brown's efforts to train African-American pilots in the United States led to the creation of the Tuskegee Airmen? (2020-04-28)
... that the formation of Wellesley College's Albright Institute was announced by former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright (pictured) at her class's 50-year reunion? (2020-04-28)
... that Dorothy Horrell, Chancellor of the University of Colorado Denver, credits her experience in a 4-H farm youth exchange program in Taiwan for developing her ideas on leadership and community? (2020-04-28)
... that Tamara Levitt is the Head of Mindfulness? (2020-04-27)
... that Naomi Munakata, who began singing in a choir at the age of seven, served as the choral conductor of the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo from 1995 to 2013? (2020-04-27)
... that after winning a place in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Mia Kang became suicidal from a modeling-related eating disorder and credits the combat sport Muay Thai for saving her life? (2020-04-27)
... that Milagros Benet de Mewton, a US citizen, fought for women's suffrage to be extended to Puerto Rico because the 19th Amendment did not apply to US unincorporated territories? (2020-04-26)
... that Elisabeth Lindermeier sang in performances of Wagner's Ring cycle at the Royal Opera House in London, conducted by her husband Rudolf Kempe and recorded in 1957? (2020-04-25)
... that nine-year-old Dana Fischer (pictured) is the youngest winner of a cash prize at a Magic: The Gathering Grand Prix, beating 94 percent of the mostly adult players in 2020? (2020-04-25)
... that Carol Shanahan bought Port Vale F.C. because she felt that "a loved one was held hostage and someone had to pay the ransom"? (2020-04-25)
... that orphanage director Luo Shuzhang was accused of raising "little communists"? (2020-04-24)
... that Hong Kong politician Cheng Lai-king has represented her constituency in the Central and Western District Council since its creation in 1994? (2020-04-24)
... that despite being the third edition of the tournament, the 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup featured the first final held in the tournament's history? (2020-04-24)
... that Silke Bühler-Paschen was the first woman to become a full professor of physics at TU Wien in 2005? (2020-04-23)
... that Renée Gilly studied under her parents and became a leading mezzo-soprano at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, where she sang roles such as Bizet's Carmen? (2020-04-21)
... that Paige Bueckers held athletic scholarship offers by the age of 14 from the college basketball programs of Minnesota, of Iowa State, and of Illinois? (2020-04-21)
... that Kathleen Pelham Burn, Countess of Drogheda, was nicknamed "The Flying Countess" because of her involvement with early aviation? (2020-04-21)
... that Sylvia Rose Ashby, an Australian market researcher, was once threatened with arrest if she did not stop surveying popular opinion on the Second World War? (2020-04-20)
... that Second World War fascist Susan Sweney (pictured) was shipwrecked so often that she described herself as "many times drowned"? (2020-04-20)
... that nephrologist and cellist Leah Lowenstein, an advocate for women in medicine, was the first female dean of a co-educational medical school in the United States? (2020-04-20)
... that Kateryna Skarzhynska founded Ukraine's first private museum, housing archaeological artifacts, scientific books, and her collection of more than 2,100 Ukrainian Easter eggs (examples pictured)? (2020-04-19)
... that Emilia Clarke performed the funky chicken and robot dances at her Game of Thrones audition? (2020-04-17)
... that American journalist Bessie Van Vorst (depicted) worked undercover at a pickle factory and other worksites to expose labor conditions for women and children in the early 1900s? (2020-04-17)
... that soprano and voice teacher Henny Wolff performed lieder by Hermann Reutter at the inaugural Ferienkurse für internationale neue Musik in Darmstadt in 1946, with the composer at the piano? (2020-04-16)
... that United States Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens cited political scientist Kristin Goss in a case related to gun control? (2020-04-15)
... that Maria van Pallaes allowed both Catholics and Protestants to live in her almshouses, which was unusual for the time? (2020-04-14)
... that International Boxing Federation flyweight world champion Leonela Paola Yúdica won a house in a raffle? (2020-04-14)
... that Laverne Antrobus has appeared on the BBC giving advice and information on child psychology since 2004? (2020-04-13)
... that Dutch soprano Jo Vincent appeared in Willem Mengelberg's 1939 recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion, and in the world premiere of Britten's Spring Symphony in 1949? (2020-04-10)
... that aspects of Star Wars character Fennec Shand's personality, costume, and hairstyle were inspired by the fennec fox? (2020-04-09)
... that Japanese voice actress Rei Matsuzaki wrote a newspaper sports column on the Tokyo Yakult Swallows baseball team? (2020-04-07)
... that British windsurfer Emma Wilson won the under-15 Techno 293 World Championships at the age of 12? (2020-04-07)
... that although Constance Kies was a nutrition scientist, she majored in English, and minored in history, geography, library science, and home economics? (2020-04-07)
... that La Dama Enmascarada became the first female professional wrestler in Mexico to be forced to unmask when she lost a Lucha de Apuestas match to Irma González in 1958? (2020-04-06)
... that Alice Birch's play Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. was inspired by Valerie Solanas's SCUM Manifesto? (2020-04-05)
... that Nigerian-American Christian hip hop artist Wande became interested in rapping after her biology teacher allowed her to compose a rap about cellular transport? (2020-04-04)
... that four men sued the city of West Bend, Wisconsin, for the right to burn Baby Be-Bop publicly in 2009? (2020-04-03)
... that Maria Josep Colomer i Luque (pictured) became Catalonia's first female pilot at 17 years old, and had flown thousands of Republicans out of Francoist Spain by the end of the Spanish Civil War? (2020-03-31)
... that Irish folklorist Bríd Mahon wrote the first of her hundreds of radio scripts for Radio Éireann as a child, discussing the history and music of County Cork? (2020-03-31)
... that English judoka Samantha Lowe was selected, then deselected, then reselected for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and went on to win a gold medal? (2020-03-30)
... that Jeffrey Erickson, who was accused of robbing banks in the Chicago metropolitan area with his wife Jill, was a former police officer in Hoffman Estates? (2020-03-30)
... that soprano Jessye Norman (pictured), whose voice was described as a "grand mansion of sound", performed at U.S. presidential inaugurations and sang La Marseillaise at the French Revolution's bicentennial? (2020-03-29)
... that at the age of 10, Sky Brown became the youngest professional skateboarder in the world? (2020-03-28)
... that Mary Taylor Brush filed a 1917 patent (drawing shown) for a design to make aircraft "practically invisible when in the air"? (2020-03-28)
... that musician Finneas made a cameo appearance as an Uber driver in the music video for Tove Lo's song "Bikini Porn"? (2020-03-28)
... that librarian Megan Rosenbloom (pictured), an expert in anthropodermic bibliopegy, can determine if a book is bound in human skin? (2020-03-27)
... that political scientist Elizabeth Theiss-Morse has written a book on the flexibility of the American national identity? (2020-03-27)
... that while studying dance, Anca Giurchescu joined the Romanian national shooting team and won individual and team medals at the 1955 European Shooting Championships? (2020-03-27)
... that Chiara Daraio has used a version of Newton's cradle to create "sound bullets", and walls filled with ball bearings to create one-way barriers for sound? (2020-03-26)
... that the song "I've danced with a man, who's danced with a girl, who's danced with the Prince of Wales" was inspired by Edna Deane being asked for a dance nine times by the future Edward VIII? (2020-03-25)
... that in 1918, Edith A. Ellis advocated an all-female government with the slogan "Insist that no man shall occupy a position that a woman can fill"? (2020-03-25)
... that Mariya Takeuchi's 1984 song "Plastic Love" saw an international resurgence in 2017? (2020-03-22)
... that Odile Pierre, who became interested in the organ at a recital by Marcel Dupré at the age of seven, later served as the organist of La Madeleine in Paris and played around 2,000 recitals herself? (2020-03-22)
... that nuclear scientist Clarice Phelps has been recognized as the first African-American woman to be involved with the discovery of a chemical element? (2020-03-22)
... that psychologist Susan Folkman coined the terms "problem-focused coping" and "emotion-focused coping"? (2020-03-21)
... that video game director Aya Kyogoku created Animal Crossing: New Leaf with a team that was half female, and credits the team's diversity for the game's critical and commercial success? (2020-03-21)
... that an erotic manga series by Milk Morizono received complaints from the police, parent–teacher associations, housewife groups, and politicians? (2020-03-20)
... that at the age of 11, Gabrielle Reidy made her first appearance at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin? (2020-03-20)
... that Llerena Friend, the first director of the Barker Center for Texas History, lived in 24 different homes during her youth? (2020-03-19)
... that Jan Yager's artwork American Ruff (pictured) is made from discarded crack-cocaine vials and caps? (2020-03-19)
... that Mayerlin Rivas held World Boxing Association world championship titles in both bantamweight and super bantamweight classes? (2020-03-18)
... that Eva Lee Kuney (pictured) was one of the children used to fill out the background of Munchkin scenes in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz? (2020-03-18)
... that the Irish Central Committee for the Employment of Women, which operated from 1914 to 1919, paid Irish women the same as their British counterparts? (2020-03-17)
... that Latvian folklorist Anna Bērzkalne wrote her 1942 doctoral thesis in English instead of German as a form of non-violent resistance to the Nazi occupation of Latvia during World War II? (2020-03-17)
... that boxer Angélique Duchemin was an undefeated French, European, and world champion? (2020-03-16)
... that Frieda Caplan, a pioneer of the specialty-produce industry in the U.S., introduced the kiwifruit to the American market? (2020-03-15)
... that production designer Kristi Zea created the visual imagery for The Silence of the Lambs, including a scene that the script described only as "a snapshot from hell"? (2020-03-14)
... that a course in Spanish North American history that Nettie Lee Benson took at the University of Texas inspired her lifelong interest in teaching and building libraries for Latin American studies? (2020-03-11)
... that Mary Helen Johnston (pictured) was awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal before being selected as an astronaut, but has never gone into space? (2020-03-11)
... that the British regulator Ofcom received more than 400 complaints over the Pussycat Dolls' decision to wear sheer PVC outfits during their live performance of "React" on a family programme? (2020-03-10)
... that former slave Dorothy Thomas purchased her own manumission, but later employed slaves as hucksters? (2020-03-09)
... that Belgian teacher and physician Marie Rennotte (pictured) became a women's rights activist in Brazil? (2020-03-08)
... that Judith Liberman learned storytelling in a French commune at the age of 14, and has gone on to reintroduce the telling of Anatolian fairy tales in Turkey? (2020-03-08)
... that the 2005 BBC documentary Dead Mums Don't Cry follows Grace Kodindo's efforts to stem the maternal mortality rate in Chad, where pregnant and childbearing women had a 9 per cent chance of dying? (2020-03-08)
... that Frieda Nadig, one of the four "mothers" of the German constitution, proposed to include the sentence "men and women have equal rights", but was initially voted down? (2020-03-08)
... that neuroscientist Cristina Alberini uses both mammals, and invertebrates such as sea slugs, to study memory? (2020-03-08)
... that boxing World Youth champion Caroline Dubois pretended to be a boy named Colin when she started training? (2020-03-08)
... that Angelina Atyam was awarded the 1998 UN Prize in the Field of Human Rights for campaigning for the release of captive children, including her own daughter kidnapped by Ugandan guerrillas? (2020-03-08)
... that the British security services described Lisa von Pott as the organiser of a pro-Nazi espionage group in wartime Vienna? (2020-03-06)
... that Emily Swallow did not know that she was auditioning for a Star Wars television series when she tried out for the part of the Armorer? (2020-03-05)
... that in her song "Bad Idea", Ariana Grande calls herself "Ari-chan" in reference to her admiration of Japanese culture? (2020-03-05)
... that Swedish actress Julia Dufvenius had a role specially written for her in director Ingmar Bergman's last film, Saraband? (2020-03-04)
... that Zina P. Young Card fought on a national level for both women's suffrage and the right to practice plural marriage in the US? (2020-03-03)
... that British Paralympic swimmer Toni Shaw has set a world record in the S9 200 m (660 ft) butterfly at the age of 15? (2020-03-02)
... that Magdalena K. P. Smith Meyer was known as the "mother of red-spider mites of the world"? (2020-03-02)
... that Asumiko Nakamura, the author of the manga series Classmates, sought to create a story about a "slow, serious love" that was "cliché" and "almost hackneyed"? (2020-03-02)
... that former college basketball star Amy Langville is an expert in ranking systems, and has applied her ranking expertise to basketball bracketology? (2020-03-01)
... that Suki Lopez auditioned for Sesame Street by having a heart-to-heart conversation with someone performing as Elmo? (2020-02-27)
... that Margaret Barr Fulton was the first qualified occupational therapist to work in the UK? (2020-02-27)
... that Dorothy Doolittle, winner of the inaugural Chicago Marathon, was later an assistant coach for the U.S. team at the 1992 Summer Olympics? (2020-02-26)
... that in 2016, Alice Dearing became the first British swimmer to win a gold medal at the World Junior Open Water Championships? (2020-02-26)
... that British screenwriter Gaby Chiappe has worked with the Rape Crisis centre in Leeds to develop a storyline about rape? (2020-02-25)
... that Virginia Walker was signed to a Hollywood film contract on the basis of her picture in a magazine advertisement for soap? (2020-02-24)
... that after Caroline Pafford Miller won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her first novel, she received a letter from Margaret Mitchell saying that it was her "favorite book"? (2020-02-24)
... that in 2003, a painting by Nazlı Ecevit was hung in the workplace of the Turkish prime minister, an office that her son Bülent Ecevit had previously held? (2020-02-23)
... that Hildegard Heichele, a soprano of the Oper Frankfurt known for performing Mozart roles, appears as Adele on a DVD of Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus from the Royal Opera House? (2020-02-23)
... that at the age of 17, Esther Arditi saved a pilot and a navigator from a burning plane? (2020-02-23)
... that after being treated for uterine cancer, Ai Kidosaki taught cooking to hospital employees? (2020-02-23)
... that Nino Tkeshelashvili and other early Georgian feminists campaigned to uphold women's "moral standards", labeling prostitution a "social evil"? (2020-02-22)
... that fashion historian Caroline Weber discovered two lost essays by Marcel Proust while researching one of her books? (2020-02-22)
... that researcher Heejung Kim found that the influence of the oxytocin receptor gene OXTR on social behavior depends on cultural context? (2020-02-21)
... that it was reportedly Elizabeth Willing Powel (pictured) who asked Benjamin Franklin whether the United States was to be "a republic or a monarchy", to which he responded: "A republic ... if you can keep it"? (2020-02-21)
... that the best-selling novel Dear Edward was inspired by a real-life plane crash in which a nine-year-old boy was the sole survivor? (2020-02-20)
... that the coloratura soprano Julia Bauer played five roles in Der Ring in Minden, including her on-stage portrayal of the Forest Bird in Siegfried? (2020-02-19)
... that in the 1830s, a Mère in Lyon, France, became famous for her creation Tétons de Venus ('Venus's Breasts'), a dish of giant dumplings that was popular at bachelor parties? (2020-02-18)
... that Lisa Cristiani was the first European to hold public musical concerts in Siberia? (2020-02-18)
... that Newsweek described the Goucher College campus in Towson, Maryland, as "unusually bucolic"? (2020-02-18)
... that the yoga breathing and meditation practiced by clarinetist Annelien Van Wauwe (pictured) led to a specially commissioned concerto by composer Wim Henderickx? (2020-02-18)
... that Egyptian radiologist Sahar Saleem has used CT scans of Tutankhamun's body to theorise that he died from the effects of a knee fracture? (2020-02-17)
... that Wang Jin, one of China's first female archaeologists, participated in the discovery of the Neolithic Qujialing culture? (2020-02-16)
... that while other 1978 Chicago Marathon runners complained the late start meant finishing in 80 °F (27 °C) heat, winner Lynae Larson was concerned about its effect on her six-hour drive home? (2020-02-15)
... that Elke Heidenreich, two-time winner of the Grimme television award, wrote the book Nero Corleone featuring a tomcat as the bullying protagonist? (2020-02-15)
... that Carlos Vives once invited Paraguayan violinist Ana Lucrecia Taglioretti to play with him on stage after she tried to sneak into his concert without a ticket? (2020-02-15)
... that neuroscientist Kate Jeffery correctly predicted that her postdoctoral advisor John O'Keefe would win a Nobel Prize in 2014? (2020-02-14)
... that the child queen Margaret, Maid of Norway, died before reaching Scotland, so her place in the list of Scottish monarchs is in dispute? (2020-02-12)
... that Elin C. Danien, an expert on ancient Maya ceramics, claimed that "archaeology is the most fun you can have with your pants on"? (2020-02-12)
... that Dagmar Schmidt, elected to the Bundestag shortly after giving birth to a son with Down syndrome, stated in a debate about prenatal testing that there should be a "right not to know"? (2020-02-12)
... that gerontologist Elaine Brody used the term "women in the middle" to refer to women who care for their elderly parents while raising their children? (2020-02-11)
... that Jen Wang wrote The Prince and the Dressmaker in part because she wanted to tell the story of a superhero who could create clothes that transformed those who wore them? (2020-02-10)
... that the idea for the Twilight novel series came to Stephenie Meyer in a dream? (2020-02-10)
... that after her speech on the subject of marriage to the Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales in 1891, Eliza Ashton was accused of promoting "free love" and prostitution? (2020-02-10)
... that epidemiologist Li Lanjuan was the first to propose a lockdown of Wuhan during the present coronavirus outbreak? (2020-02-09)
... that Kapoli Kamakau, who composed music with a future queen and a princess, later contracted leprosy and died in exile? (2020-02-09)
... that even after narrowing the list of suspects in Geetha Angara's unsolved killing, 15 years ago today, down to three men, police could not charge any of them? (2020-02-08)
... that during her final performance at the 1994 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Louisiana Creole singer Inez Catalon chastised female audience members for dressing immodestly? (2020-02-08)
... that Esther Lurie (pictured) used photographs of drawings to reconstruct most of her artwork that did not survive World War II? (2020-02-08)
... that Jon Favreau created the role of Cara Dune in The Mandalorian with former mixed martial artist Gina Carano in mind, and did not audition any other actresses for the role? (2020-02-08)
... that the title of the book A Very Stable Genius comes from a tweet by Donald Trump? (2020-02-08)
... that Mollie Hughes is the youngest woman to ski solo to the South Pole? (2020-02-06)
... that at the time of her retirement in 2008, Florida State Seminoles coach JoAnne Graf held the record for most wins in the history of NCAA Division I softball? (2020-02-06)
... that Romanian neuroscientist Viviana Gradinaru was part of the research team from Caltech that found that serotonin is necessary for sleep in zebrafish and mice? (2020-02-05)
... that Italian soprano Carolina Crespi was born in Prague, appeared in Barcelona in a child role, met her husband in Paris, and performed with him in world premieres of operas at La Scala in Milan? (2020-02-05)
... that archaeologist Winifred Lamb had previously worked in Room 40, the Royal Navy's cryptanalysis section, during World War I? (2020-02-04)
... that the short story "I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter", intended to subvert a transphobic Internet meme, was retracted after accusations of transphobia? (2020-02-04)
... that Edith Hern Fossett, one of Thomas Jefferson's slaves, was taught French cuisine in the White House and became the head chef at Monticello? (2020-02-04)
... that Sarah Ellerby's flight to the United States to play professional pool was diverted due to the September 11 attacks? (2020-02-03)
... that computer scientist Sheree Atcheson has been recognised by Computer Weekly as one of the "most influential women in UK tech"? (2020-02-02)
... that Sallie Shearer's brothel in Reading, Pennsylvania, was "magnificently furnished" with fine velvet carpets and beautiful mirrors? (2020-02-02)
... that mathematician Pamela E. Harris co-founded the online platform Lathisms to promote Hispanic and Latino American participation in mathematics? (2020-02-02)
... that Mary Gordon, the first British female prison inspector, once forestalled recidivism by supplying men's clothes and a train fare to South Wales to a female inmate who wanted to live as a man? (2020-02-02)
... that Crepereia Tryphaena's doll (pictured) had its own kit, comprising several jewels, a wooden casket, two silver mirrors, and two tiny bone combs? (2020-02-01)
... that Taiwanese politician Lai Pin-yu cosplayed as Asuka Langley Soryu during her 2020 election campaign? (2020-01-31)
... that Scottish screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns, who co-wrote the Academy Award–nominated screenplay for the World War I film 1917, once wrote a short story about killer guinea pigs? (2020-01-30)
... that after a knee injury at the age of 12, ballet dancer Akane Takada waited more than a year to physically grow enough for corrective surgery? (2020-01-30)
... that Odette Rousseau almost drowned after landing in a river during a 1955 world-record skydive? (2020-01-28)
... that the performance of French singer Angelina (pictured) at the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest marked France's return to the competition after 14 years? (2020-01-28)
... that Charlotte Spencer, Countess Spencer, formed an organisation in the East End of London in 1868 that provided "outfits for girls going into service, or families willing to emigrate"? (2020-01-27)
... that the song "New Body" was removed from Kanye West's 2019 album Jesus Is King one day before its release? (2020-01-26)
... that Gabriela Rodríguez de Bukele, the current first lady of El Salvador, is the first person in the country to hold a doctorate in prenatal psychology? (2020-01-26)
... that Yukari Miyake joined the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force to realize her dream of singing on stage? (2020-01-25)
... that Queen Tuarii traveled to the Cook Islands to seek British intervention in Raiatea's war with France? (2020-01-25)
... that novelist Leslie Schwartz has published a memoir about the 22 books she read in jail while recovering from alcoholism? (2020-01-25)
... that sprinter Judith Ayaa, the first Ugandan woman to win a Commonwealth Games medal, later lived in poverty, begging on the streets of Kampala? (2020-01-25)
... that Austrian neurologist Adele Juda concluded that Mozart was "psychiatrically normal"? (2020-01-24)
... that Wanjira Mathai aims to continue the work of her mother, Nobel Peace Prize–winning environmentalist Wangari Maathai, by restoring 12.6 million acres (5.1 million hectares) of Kenyan land by 2030? (2020-01-23)
... that fashion model Kesewa Aboah is descended from British nobility? (2020-01-23)
... that pediatrician Noni MacDonald was invested into the Order of Nova Scotia in 2019? (2020-01-22)
... that Georgina Gascoyne-Cecil became a leading member of the Primrose League, the first British political organisation to give women a prominent role, despite finding its medieval influences absurd? (2020-01-22)
... that actress Georgina Amorós has worked in three languages: Catalan, Spanish, and English? (2020-01-22)
... that the UT Arlington Mavericks women's wheelchair basketball team played its inaugural 2013–14 season without any substitute players? (2020-01-21)
... that Jutta Hering-Winckler, a lawyer from Minden whose grandfather saw the premiere of Wagner's Ring cycle, "made the impossible possible" by organizing Der Ring in Minden? (2020-01-21)
... that Irene Palaiologina, the elder sister of Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, became a staunch opponent of his proposed union of the churches, and tried to form a Bulgarian–Mamluk alliance against him? (2020-01-21)
... that Lake Kristi in North Carolina was built specifically to allow water skiing champion Kristi Overton Johnson to train? (2020-01-20)
... that T. S. Eliot defended himself from the grave after 1,131 of his letters to Emily Hale (pictured) were released in January 2020, stating that he "never at any time had sexual relations" with her? (2020-01-20)
... that Irish neuroscientist Sabina Brennan was a soap actress in the television series Fair City before she started investigating dementia? (2020-01-19)
... that Carole Ann Haswell was part of the team that discovered the super-Earth-like exoplanet Barnard's Star b? (2020-01-19)
... that before becoming an electrical engineer and factory inspector, Marjorie Bell shovelled coal at a gas works? (2020-01-18)
... that Dehenna Davison is Bishop Auckland's first Conservative member of Parliament since the constituency's creation in 1885? (2020-01-18)
... that Reema Juffali (pictured in race car) is the first Saudi Arabian woman to obtain a racing license and compete in an international racing event in the country? (2020-01-17)
... that Marilyn Saviola, a polio survivor, attended Long Island University classes remotely by telephone from her hospital ward? (2020-01-17)
... that Lucinda L. Combs, the first female medical missionary to serve in China, established Beijing's first women's hospital? (2020-01-16)
... that Lisa Ainsworth leads a project that involves studying plants under atmospheric conditions that are predicted for 2050? (2020-01-16)
... that unlike most of its competitors in Hong Kong, stationery retailer Cheap Lab allows its retail staff to manage its Facebook fan page with few restrictions? (2020-01-16)
... that as the youngest UK Member of Parliament elected in 2019, Nadia Whittome became the Baby of the House? (2020-01-15)
... that American actress and romance novelist Bella Jarrett was a member of Mensa International, the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world? (2020-01-15)
... that William Goldman secretly assembled a collection of photographs (example shown) of prostitutes in Reading, Pennsylvania, in the 1890s? (2020-01-14)
... that Nesta Wells, the first British female police surgeon, published a survey in the British Medical Journal of the 1,959 suspected sexual offence cases which had been referred to her? (2020-01-14)
... that Megan Fisher is the first woman with a lower-leg amputation to complete an XTERRA off-road triathlon? (2020-01-14)
... that Japanese manga artist Machiko Satonaka has written and illustrated nearly 500 manga titles since her professional debut in 1964? (2020-01-14)
... that a Nepali girl who spent three years in jail for showing a black flag of protest to King Mahendra went on to become the country's first female deputy prime minister? (2020-01-13)
... that evolutionary biologist Rebecca Kilner has found that mites can give burying beetles a competitive advantage? (2020-01-13)
... that Miriam Salpeter and her husband Edwin Ernest Salpeter collaborated to study how nerves and muscle fibers interact? (2020-01-13)
... that Chelsea McClammer (pictured) was the youngest member of Team USA's track-and-field team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics? (2020-01-13)
... that Virginia Crosbie, the member of Parliament for Ynys Môn, is a former dolphin trainer? (2020-01-12)
... that Kate Griffiths was elected member of Parliament for Burton in the 2019 UK general election, replacing her estranged husband? (2020-01-12)
... that Eleanor Vadala (pictured), the third woman in the U.S. to receive FAA certification as a balloon pilot, also studied and repaired balloons, and drove chase cars after them? (2020-01-12)
... that Bessie S. McColgin, the first woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives, was seen as a "superior orator"? (2020-01-12)
... that British neuroscientist Rebeccah Slater led a study that showed that not only do babies experience pain, they may be more sensitive to it than adults? (2020-01-11)
... that scientist KC Claffy was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame for her work on measuring the Internet? (2020-01-11)
... that American coloratura soprano Laura Aikin (pictured), who began her opera career in Berlin, appeared as Marie in Zimmermann's Die Soldaten at the 2012 Salzburg Festival? (2020-01-10)
... that Russian historian Inna Lubimenko wrote about the letters between Queen Elizabeth I and Ivan the Terrible? (2020-01-09)
... that Queen Teriitaria II (pictured) led her people into battle and defeated a French invasion force during the Franco-Tahitian War? (2020-01-08)
... that Theodora Agnes Peck became the first female honorary member of the Medal of Honor Legion of the United States, at the age of 18? (2020-01-07)
... that Scarlett Johansson's film roles have included spy Natasha Romanoff, English queen Anne Boleyn's sister Mary, and an artificially intelligent voice assistant? (2020-01-07)
... that newly appointed U.S. senator Kelly Loeffler co-owns the women's basketball team Atlanta Dream? (2020-01-06)
... that Christine Duffy, the president of Carnival Cruise Line, was considered too short to become a flight attendant? (2020-01-06)
... that Australian biologist Lee Berger identified Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis as being responsible for the decline and extinction of hundreds of amphibian species? (2020-01-05)
... that when Donnis Thompson was appointed the University of Hawaii's first women's athletic director, she was given a budget of only $5,000? (2020-01-05)
... that under the leadership of ethnomusicologist Agnes Nebo von Ballmoos, the University of Liberia choir performed around the world, including at Lincoln Center? (2020-01-05)
... that the character of Rose Tico in the Star Wars sequel trilogy was played by Kelly Marie Tran, who had never seen a Star Wars film before auditioning? (2020-01-04)
... that British medieval historian Isobel D. Thornley died when her home was hit by a bomb during the London Blitz? (2020-01-04)
... that Bertha Boronda tried to flee on a bicycle after committing mayhem against her husband? (2020-01-04)
... that space entrepreneur Susmita Mohanty has started companies on three continents? (2020-01-03)
... that Olivia Salamanca, one of the founding members of the Philippine Anti-Tuberculosis Society, died from the disease at the age of 24? (2020-01-01)
... that in 1975, Donna Tobias became the United States Navy's first female deep-sea diver? (2020-01-01)
... that actress Anne Baxter's roles included an Egyptian princess, a ruthlessly ambitious understudy, an alcoholic, and two villains in the 1960s Batman television series? (2020-01-01)