Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Green/DYK/2022 DYK Blurbs

2022 DYK Blurbs:

... that Vivian Smith (pictured) was the first black student to earn a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Northern Iowa? (2022-12-30)
... that Turkish world- and European-champion armwrestler Esra Kiraz used to carry cement bags at construction sites where her father worked? (2022-12-30)
... that the poetry collection of Guyanese radio presenter Shana Yardan was described as "accomplished, tough-minded and well-crafted"? (2022-12-28)
... that the attendance record for a women's club football game that was set on Boxing Day 1920 would not be exceeded for 99 years? (2022-12-27)
... that author Ann Howard interviewed more than 100 Australians about their experiences as child evacuees sent inland during World War II when a Japanese invasion seemed imminent? (2022-12-27)
... that Talia Or (pictured), who sang as the Voice of a Falcon at La Scala, was born in Israel and is based in Germany? (2022-12-26)
... that the Brooklyn Nine-Nine storyline about Rosa Diaz's bisexuality was heavily influenced by the bisexuality of her portrayer? (2022-12-26)
... that after winning a discrimination lawsuit against the Honolulu Police Department, Lucile Abreu became its first female detective? (2022-12-26)
... that after amputating the same limb six years earlier, Elizabeth Mary Wells fitted a girl with a prosthetic arm for Christmas? (2022-12-25)
... that American author Marilyn Gayle Hoff was honored by a Fourth of July parade float as an unsung hero? (2022-12-23)

... that Sonia Levitin was inspired to write Boom Town after reading about a California girl who baked $11,000 worth of pies during the Gold Rush? (2022-12-23)
... that Frederica Planta designed cards to teach the children of George III and Queen Charlotte the history of England? (2022-12-21)
... that Boudica's actual name is unknown? (2022-12-21)
... that at the conclusion of the AFL Women's season seven Grand Final, winning captain Daisy Pearce placed her premiership medal on a young girl? (2022-12-20)
... that the 2022 Ticketmaster controversy over Taylor Swift's the Eras Tour has triggered investigations by several U.S. state attorneys general and the federal Department of Justice? (2022-12-19)
... that Billie Eilish had to take a break from writing a song alluding to her childhood trauma and sexual abuse? (2022-12-16)
... that María Elva Pinckert, motivated by the murder of her brother, started her political career in local politics in 1999? (2022-12-14)
... that Frances Campbell-Preston, who served as lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother for nearly 40 years, was reportedly not hesitant to ask her difficult questions when others were reluctant? (2022-12-14)
... that aerospace engineer Sabrina Thompson (pictured) founded a streetwear brand after she felt the "artist inside of me was internally starving", despite being satisfied with her career? (2022-12-13)
... that musician John Mayer dismissed Taylor Swift's "Dear John" as "cheap songwriting"? (2022-12-13)
... that Olive MacLeod (pictured) journeyed 6,000 km (3,700 mi) through Africa in 1910–1911 to visit her murdered fiancé's grave, and wrote a book based on her observations? (2022-12-12)
... that in 1908, American otorhinolaryngologist Margaret F. Butler became the first woman to preside over an international congress of physicians? (2022-12-11)
... that Ella Stewart Udall relayed her husband's letters to his semi-secret second wife? (2022-12-11)
... that Nettie Metcalf was the first woman recognized by the American Poultry Association for creating a breed of chicken, the Buckeye chicken (example pictured), in the 1890s? (2022-12-10)
... that Katharina Cibulka has created monumental feminist messages in cross-stitch that cover scaffolding at construction sites? (2022-12-08)
... that Josephine Gates Kelly of the Standing Rock Reservation once hitchhiked to Washington, D.C., to protest portions of the Indian Reorganization Act? (2022-12-07)
... that the uncommon Florida lichen species Gyalectidium yahriae was named after Rebecca Yahr of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in Scotland? (2022-12-06)
... that Rosalind Creasy wrote a landmark book on edible landscaping? (2022-12-05)
... that Caroline Harrison would mail ceramic milk sets to parents that named their children after U.S president Benjamin Harrison? (2022-12-05)
... that the Vatican selected Mary Milligan in 1987 to be one of only three U.S. experts to assist the International Synod of Bishops on the Laity in Rome? (2022-12-03)
... that Elisabeth Griffith's sweeping 100-year history of the American equal-rights movement has been compared to listening to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire"? (2022-12-03)
... that Latter-day Saint diarist Ida Hunt Udall (pictured) turned down a marriage offer from her longtime boyfriend because he was a monogamist, and she wanted a polygamous marriage? (2022-12-02)
... that anthropologist Theodora Kroeber wrote a biography of her husband that was described as a "welcome and refreshing exception" to the "often embarrassing" biographies of men written by their wives? (2022-12-02)
... that The Inland Whale, by Theodora Kroeber, sought to demonstrate the literary merit of Indigenous American oral traditions? (2022-12-01)
... that Jean Holzworth obtained a PhD in Latin, then retrained as a veterinarian after one of her favorite cats died from a viral infection? (2022-11-27)
... that at 102 years old, Christian Lamb is one of the last surviving officers of the Women's Royal Naval Service who served throughout World War II? (2022-11-26)
... that Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg (pictured), the new mayor of Frankfurt, gave birth to her first child while a political prisoner in the wake of the Iranian Revolution? (2022-11-25)
... that the body of Fateme Asadi was found 37 years after she was tortured and killed by the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan when she attempted to ransom her husband? (2022-11-25)
... that Eleanor Hadley, a 29-year-old doctoral candidate in economics, was recruited by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers to implement antitrust policies in occupied Japan? (2022-11-25)
... that to protest against the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Billie Eilish performed a song that criticizes abusive men in power? (2022-11-24)
... that María Urquides was the "Mother of Bilingual Education"? (2022-11-24)
... that Eritrean poet Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu was imprisoned for six years without trial, and later published poems in Tigrinya based on her experience? (2022-11-23)
... that Lainey Wilson said she hoped her duet with Hardy, "Wait in the Truck", haunted domestic abusers? (2022-11-23)
... that astrophysicist Suzanna Randall (pictured) continued her research at the European Southern Observatory while training for the spaceflight programme Die Astronautin? (2022-11-23)
... that in August 2022, Sarah Oakley became the first female captain to helm the passing out parade at Dartmouth? (2022-11-23)
... that Sanne Wevers is the first Dutch female gymnast to have won an individual Olympic medal? (2022-11-20)
... that the Danish geologist Tove Birkelund (pictured) received a gold medal for her early work on fossils of Scaphites in Greenland? (2022-11-19)
... that Meghan Trainor was inspired to write "Made You Look" after her therapist asked her to look at herself naked for five minutes? (2022-11-19)
... that Beryl Benacerraf, pioneer of the nuchal scan, wrote that dyslexia caused her to live in a world of images where "anomalies jump out at me like a neon sign"? (2022-11-18)
... that singer Mohinder Kaur Bhamra encouraged British Indian women to join in party celebrations at a time when they were typically excluded? (2022-11-17)
... that Katie Leung was told to deny witnessing any racism from fans while filming the Harry Potter movies? (2022-11-17)
... that Enriqueta Legorreta (pictured), who was the first Mexican woman to appear as Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walküre, became an award-winning environmental activist? (2022-11-17)
... that thousands of Greenlandic women and girls had intrauterine devices placed without their consent during the 1960s and 1970s? (2022-11-16)
... that Venla Luukkonen is the first Finnish person to win the World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship at black belt level? (2022-11-13)
... that Nicole Lloyd-Ronning returned to astrophysics research after a ten-year hiatus, aided by an American Physical Society award for women with interrupted careers? (2022-11-11)
... that the TV series Mad Men inspired Taylor Swift's hit song "Lavender Haze"? (2022-11-10)
... that despite it being announced in 2005 that she would not bear the title, Charles III's wife, Camilla (both pictured), is to be crowned queen at his side? (2022-11-10)
... that Bettye Crutcher, the only female staff songwriter for Stax Records, wrote songs for B.B. King, Johnnie Taylor, and the Staple Singers? (2022-11-10)
... that Rabia Balkhi is the first known Persian woman poet? (2022-11-09)
... that Hollywood Golden Age actress Gloria Dea was the first magician to perform on the Las Vegas Strip, at the El Rancho Vegas hotel and casino on May 14, 1941? (2022-11-09)
... that Tammy Wynette once toured on a bus labeled "Mr. and Mrs. Country Music" with her husband George Jones? (2022-11-08)
... that Taylor Swift said that her first live album, Speak Now World Tour – Live, was meant to capture what she wanted to "show [...] my kids and my grandkids"? (2022-11-08)
... that Florence Walton and Maurice Mouvet (pictured) became the first American dancers to appear by command of British royalty when they performed at the 1914 Kenwood House ball? (2022-11-06)
... that Carol Wilson had to pretend that she was a schoolteacher when unofficially representing England at the 1971 Women's World Cup? (2022-11-06)
... that the music video for Taylor Swift's song "Bejeweled" hints that her 2010 album Speak Now would be her next re-recording? (2022-11-06)
... that Ausma Malik is the first hijab-wearing Muslim woman to be elected to public office in Canada? (2022-11-06)
... that The Immaculate Collection was the first album to use QSound? (2022-11-05)
... that although Austrian model Greta Hofer was only discovered in 2020, she was chosen to work exclusively for Prada that year? (2022-11-05)
... that in the music video for the song "Anti-Hero", Taylor Swift imagines a scenario in which she is killed by her own daughter-in-law? (2022-11-05)
... that Şebnem Korur Fincancı, a drafter of a United Nations guideline on the documentation of torture, was arrested after she suggested an investigation into the use of chemical weapons? (2022-11-04)
... that there was an initial agreement for chimpanzees from the private zoo of Rosalía Abreu (pictured) to be part of an experiment to breed a humanzee? (2022-11-03)
... that Jordan Gray added the technical name for spider silk to her name due to the UK not having a process to change honorific from Mr to Miss? (2022-11-03)
... that according to the Open Syllabus Project, Diana Hacker is the second most-read female author on college campuses after Kate L. Turabian? (2022-11-03)
... that Clara MacBeth lived on a cruise ship for over a decade? (2022-11-02)
... that The Bone People by Keri Hulme nearly ended up as a doorstop instead of a Booker Prize-winning novel? (2022-11-01)
... that, in 2018, Tara Jones both captained a women's Super League team and was the first female match official in the men's Super League? (2022-11-01)
... that Juliet Rice Wichman once stood in front of a bulldozer to prevent the destruction of a rock wall? (2022-11-01)
... that a 1969 note from New York Times writer Grace Glueck to Arthur Ochs Sulzberger spurred a class-action lawsuit over gender discrimination? (2022-11-01)
... that the limited radio airplay of "Get Together" in the US spawned a petition, outrage, and conspiracy theories among Madonna fans? (2022-11-01)
... that Rabab Al-Kadhimi was threatened with deportation from Egypt due to the political nature of her poetry? (2022-10-31)
... that after civil rights activist Andrew Goodman was murdered, Mary Doyle Curran found and published a poem that Goodman had written for her class? (2022-10-31)
... that Margie Masters made the cut at a golf tournament despite being shot at by a sniper on the course? (2022-10-31)
... that Cheekface announced their third album via postcards sent to fans? (2022-10-31)
... that Silvia Hauer, a singer of Rossini's Rosina and Bizet's Carmen at Staatstheater Wiesbaden, performed the mezzo-soprano solo of Verdi's Requiem in 2022? (2022-10-30)
... that it was rumored that "R.I.P." was initially intended for Rihanna, but it became a song for Rita Ora instead? (2022-10-30)
... that Halyna Kuzmenko promoted the Ukrainization of the Makhnovist movement, successfully increasing the use of the Ukrainian language by Russian speakers? (2022-10-30)
... that Rebecca Blake, Anglo-Romanian captain of the Romania women's national cricket team, also led the French team to victory in a six-team tournament? (2022-10-29)
... that after Claudia Fleming's dessert cookbook went out of print due to poor sales, used copies began circulating on eBay for hundreds of dollars? (2022-10-29)
... that Bear Witness reviewers said, "The songs were richer than the first wave of Madonna's hits"? (2022-10-29)
... that BBC radio broadcaster Venu Chitale taught listeners how to cook without meat when it was rationed during the Second World War? (2022-10-28)
... that a copyright infringement suit was filed against the song "How We Do (Party)" for its use of the phrase "party and bullshit"? (2022-10-28)
... that Ella van Poucke, a cellist who studied at the Kronberg Academy, returned there as a soloist, playing Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 1 in the new Casals Forum? (2022-10-28)
... that a negative review of Sky Ferreira's "Don't Forget" on Pitchfork caused a large amount of controversy? (2022-10-27)
... that on the song "Conceited", Flo Milli raps that she's been important since she was a fetus? (2022-10-27)
... that Beatrice Muller lived on Queen Elizabeth 2 for nine years? (2022-10-27)
... that when astronaut Shannon Lucid (pictured) returned to Earth after six months in orbit, she was presented with a box of M&M's? (2022-10-26)
... that before entering politics, Romina Pérez worked at the Center for Legal Studies and Social Research, which "became a 'nursery' for intellectual and political cadres of the Movement for Socialism"? (2022-10-26)
... that Marcela Revollo's pragmatic approach to legislating led her to cooperate with both neoliberal and socialist governments on women's rights legislation? (2022-10-26)
... that Taylor Swift got in touch with Gary Lightbody, with whom she collaborated on the song "The Last Time", through Ed Sheeran? (2022-10-25)
... that a U.S. soldier who killed a Vietnamese woman after raping her was dubbed a "double veteran"? (2022-10-25)
... that Betty Hall introduced a New Hampshire bill that would have petitioned the United States Congress to impeach George W. Bush? (2022-10-25)
... that nightclub singer Rommy Revson earned millions of dollars from her 1986 invention of the scrunchie (examples pictured), which she originally named after her pet poodle? (2022-10-24)
... that the beat in Taylor Swift's song "Holy Ground" was described by Brad Nelson of The Atlantic as "insistent enough to act as punctuation for the lyrics"? (2022-10-24)
... that portraits of Lucy de László with a violin (one portrait pictured), painted by her husband, are recognised as some of the first examples of portraiture to include womens' talents in them? (2022-10-23)
... that the memorabilia of Jennie Scott Griffiths, a Texan who died in California, are housed in the National Library of Australia? (2022-10-23)
... that after Billie Eilish wrote the song "Wish You Were Gay", its subject came out to her as gay? (2022-10-21)
... that Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi is the first woman to referee a Serie A football match? (2022-10-21)
... that Adele's artwork for "When We Were Young" features a picture of her as a child? (2022-10-20)
... that Cary Grant taught Sylvia Wu how to make shredded chicken salad? (2022-10-20)
... that Rebeca Delgado created Freedom of Thought for Bolivia after being told by her previous party that she should leave if she wanted to be a "freethinker"? (2022-10-20)
... that the combat suit Pharah wears in Overwatch bears a strong resemblance to those featured in mecha anime? (2022-10-20)
... that Jutta Fleck protested for six months in front of border guards at Checkpoint Charlie for her daughters' release from East Germany? (2022-10-20)
... that Brooklyn Nine-Nine character Amy Santiago has straight hair because the show's two Latina regular cast members feared that one of them would be fired? (2022-10-20)
... that Herbert James Gunn used a paper cut-out of Princess Elizabeth's corgi dog to help him paint his Conversation Piece at the Royal Lodge, Windsor? (2022-10-19)
... that Annie Dove Denmark was offered residency on campus for the rest of her life after resigning as the president of Anderson College? (2022-10-19)
... that Maria Bakalova thought that her Borat Subsequent Moviefilm audition might have been part of a human trafficking scheme? (2022-10-18)
... that from 1912, Jindřiška Flajšhansová was the principal editor of Ženské listy, a Czech journal that became a women's "survival manual" during World War I? (2022-10-18)
... that Christy Martin vs. Deirdre Gogarty has been called the fight that "put women's boxing on the map"? (2022-10-18)
... that former child refugee Ann Beaglehole has become a historian specialising in refugee history? (2022-10-18)
... that in 2021 Sarah Aristidou recorded Jörg Widmann's Labyrinth V, a wordless piece for her soprano voice with "ululations, sobs, jazz inflections and wild laughter"? (2022-10-17)
... that in her song "Icy Chain", Saweetie disses PETA, telling them she wears fur? (2022-10-17)
... that as a senior in high school, manga artist Yama Wayama began drawing male–male romance manga as a hobby? (2022-10-16)
... that Sarah Clarke was the first female president of the British Cardiovascular Society? (2022-10-16)
... that Songbird Sings was a series of concerts that focused on Regine Velasquez's music career? (2022-10-13)
... that Ruth Huenemann was one of the first researchers to make a connection between socioeconomic status and childhood obesity? (2022-10-13)
... that Mary Ridge blew up the Liberator on her first encounter with Blake's 7, and killed off the crew on her last? (2022-10-13)
... that Ruth M. Anderson recorded a "timeless" Spain in her photographs of the 1920s? (2022-10-12)
... that Natalie Portman was a co-author on a scientific paper about frontal lobe activation? (2022-10-12)
... that Cathie Dunsford (pictured) was unable to find many books about lesbianism in the 1970s, but by the 1980s had herself become a writer and anthologist of lesbian literature? (2022-10-12)
... that Kiriko, a "fox girl" character for Overwatch 2, was teased through a coded message that translates to "What Does the Fox Say?" (2022-10-11)
... that Tova Friedman is a Holocaust survivor who now posts videos of her life and survival on TikTok? (2022-10-10)
... that Cleo Damianakes's 1920s book dust jacket designs "made sex respectable", but Hemingway did not like the "large misplaced breasts" on A Farewell to Arms? (2022-10-10)
... that Nicola Griffith's Slow River, described as a lesbian romance, features a "sophisticated depiction of environmental management"? (2022-10-09)
... that American environmentalist Rosalie Edge (pictured) was called "the only honest, unselfish, indomitable hellcat in the history of conservation"? (2022-10-07)
... that Adele's song "Water Under the Bridge" is about her relationship with Simon Konecki, which she is usually reluctant to discuss in her music? (2022-10-06)
... that Reconstructing Womanhood by Hazel Carby, about the history of American black women writers, was said to be a "landmark study" and "groundbreaking"? (2022-10-06)
... that when Josette Simon appeared as Rosaline in Love's Labour's Lost, she was the first black woman in a lead role at the Royal Shakespeare Company? (2022-10-05)
... that despite entering politics as part of a right-wing party, Betty Tejada was later elected president of the Chamber of Deputies as a member of the Movement for Socialism? (2022-10-04)
... that Taylor Swift said she wrote "Should've Said No" to address her "dramatic and crazy" experience? (2022-10-03)
... that until a 1982 legal decision, women were not permitted to stand at the bar at El Vino in London? (2022-10-03)
... that in being hired as a newscaster for ATB, Bertha Acarapi became one of Bolivia's first high-profile chola indigenous presenters? (2022-10-03)
... that Elise Reiman, who taught children's classes at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet for four decades, was called "the bridge between generations"? (2022-09-30)
... that the video for "7/11" by Beyoncé contains a cameo from her daughter Blue Ivy? (2022-09-30)
... that Vikki Blanche did not take her Neighbours audition seriously, thinking that she would not be cast so soon after graduating from school? (2022-09-29)
... that Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine, said that Ukrainians care less about her being transgender than Americans do? (2022-09-29)
... that Rakhel Feygenberg wrote her first novel at age 13, but was forced to burn it by her relatives? (2022-09-26)
... that the first film written and directed by Marysia Nikitiuk (pictured) has been called one of the "most iconic" works of modern Ukrainian cinema? (2022-09-26)
... that Cowbridge Girls School, built in 1896, was unusual for its time in providing a science laboratory for the students? (2022-09-26)
... that Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell wrote the melody for their four-time Grammy-nominated song "Happier Than Ever" on an $80 guitar? (2022-09-24)
... that Adriana Salvatierra, the youngest legislator to preside over the Bolivian Senate, accompanied her father to trade-union meetings while still a child? (2022-09-23)
... that "illegal operation" was a common euphemism for abortion in early-20th-century North American newspapers? (2022-09-22)
... that yachting photographer Eileen Ramsay damaged many Rolleiflex cameras by attempting to take photos at water level? (2022-09-22)
... that actress Zita Moulton first starred in theatre performances after a bet with her fiancé that she would be able to get a stage job within 24 hours? (2022-09-20)
... that according to Modern Times, a San Francisco–based bookstore collective, if there was only one book that you read in 1975 it had to be Canadian author and activist Helen Potrebenko's Taxi!? (2022-09-20)
... that Tala Bashmi played on the Bahrain women's national football team for seven years before opening a restaurant in a Manama hotel? (2022-09-17)
... that Taylor Swift announced her upcoming album, Midnights, while accepting the 2022 Video of the Year award? (2022-09-17)
... that Billie Eilish released two songs in July 2022, one of which was about a loved one's car accident? (2022-09-16)
... that Madeleine Swann's name is a tribute to Marcel Proust? (2022-09-15)
... that in 1943, Bhicoo Batlivala (pictured) led a group of Indian women to the House of Commons to request the release of Gandhi from prison? (2022-09-15)
... that 22-year-old Brazilian women's football forward Thays Ferrer was a member of club teams that won national championships in four different countries? (2022-09-14)
... that when asked who let New Jersey have a Twitter account, its manager simply replied, "your mom"? (2022-09-13)
... that American psychologist Mildred Newman and her husband treated so many celebrities that the two were known as "therapists of the stars"? (2022-09-13)
... that Dorli Rainey, at the age of 84, was pepper-sprayed by police at a 2011 Occupy Seattle protest, making her a symbol of the Occupy Wall Street movement? (2022-09-13)
... that Adele moans in "Can I Get It", a song about desire for a real relationship instead of casual sex? (2022-09-13)
... that Chloe Bailey dances next to a leopard in the music video for her song "Treat Me"? (2022-09-12)
... that Sheila Egoff, Canada's first professor of children's literature, returned to her library work immediately after retirement? (2022-09-12)
... that Louise McKinney (pictured) was the first woman in the British Empire to be sworn in as an elected legislator? (2022-09-12)
... that Eva Duldig, who was interned by Australia during the Second World War, later represented the country at the Wimbledon Championships? (2022-09-11)
... that a New York pop-up restaurant opened by Louisa Shafia served stews and rice dishes described in a review as a "Persian-tapas gateway into the ancient cuisine"? (2022-09-10)
... that a 65-minute concert film starring Billie Eilish was filmed all in one week? (2022-09-10)
... that "Surprise" by Chloe Bailey was hand-picked by Beyoncé? (2022-09-09)
... that journalist Isabel Fernández likened her experience as a correspondent during periods of intense civil unrest to "[being in] a lion's cage"? (2022-09-08)
... that Shenseea almost named Alpha after her dead mother? (2022-09-08)
... that Melissa Clark-Reynolds, who was awarded the Insignia of an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, developed the now-defunct virtual world MiniMonos? (2022-09-07)
... that nine songs from Mary Lou Williams's Zodiac Suite were composed during a live radio improvisation? (2022-09-06)
... that Parker Goins and Taylor Malham have played high school, club, college, and professional soccer together? (2022-09-06)
... that Reina Scully has worked with Crunchyroll because of her skill in translating Japanese anime for English dubs? (2022-09-06)
... that rhythmic gymnast Gemma Frizelle won a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games performing to her mother's favourite song? (2022-09-06)
... that Fannie Salter (pictured) was personally appointed keeper of Turkey Point Light by U.S. president Calvin Coolidge? (2022-09-06)
... that the first woman mayor in Metropolitan Toronto, Beth Nealson, ran against True Davidson in a 1966 mayoral race called the "Battle of the Belles"? (2022-09-05)
... that Mihi Edwards did not use her own name as a young woman because of discrimination against Māori people in New Zealand? (2022-09-03)
... that Emma Dean Powell received a pass from General Ulysses S. Grant to accompany her husband to battlefield camps during the American Civil War after he lost his arm? (2022-09-03)
... that Victoria Ivleva is the only person to have taken photographs inside the destroyed nuclear reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant? (2022-09-02)
... that Ingrid Andress said that she wished she included a parrot which startled her in the music video for her single "The Stranger"? (2022-09-02)
... that 2022 Commonwealth Games women's squash gold medallist Georgina Kennedy was once a promising runner, ranked number one in England at the 1500 metres, before focusing on squash? (2022-09-02)
... that William Heath Byford performed the first ovariotomy in Chicago in 1860? (2022-09-01)
... that the woodcarver Violet Pinwill of the Pinwill sisters was still working on a life-size figure of Saint Peter days before her death in 1957, aged 82? (2022-09-01)
... that Judith Schiff, as chief research archivist at the Yale University Library, helped determine that skeletons exposed by a tree uprooted by Hurricane Sandy dated to the 18th century? (2022-09-01)
... that Creekfinding was inspired by epidemiologist Michael Osterholm's efforts to restore a creek that had been diverted decades earlier? (2022-09-01)
... that Mama Lee lived for more than a decade on a cruise ship? (2022-08-31)
... that when Winifred Brown (pictured) arrived for the King's Cup air race in 1930, she was not allowed to stay at the aero club but still won the race? (2022-08-30)
... that New Zealand composer Maewa Kaihau sold her rights to the song "Now is the Hour" for £10, a decade before it became a hit in the United Kingdom and United States? (2022-08-30)
... that Eliane Capobianco's election to the Bolivian Constituent Assembly reflected the propensity of the country's agribusiness elites to occupy positions that granted them influence over land reform policy? (2022-08-30)
... that cosmetic chemist Balanda Atis created the foundation worn by Lupita Nyong'o in advertisements for Lancôme? (2022-08-30)
... that an incident in the Tailhook scandal involved party goers who accidentally dislodged an eighth-floor window pane while "mooning" the crowd below? (2022-08-29)
... that in 2010, Lauren Mitchell (pictured) became the first Australian female artistic gymnast to win a world title? (2022-08-29)
... that Esther Cuesta was an undocumented migrant in the United States long before she was elected to represent about 800,000 Ecuadorian migrants? (2022-08-29)
... that until Rufina Peter and Kessy Sawang's election in August 2022, Papua New Guinea was one of only three countries without a woman in parliament? (2022-08-28)
... that ballerina Ashley Ellis started her own dancewear brand after her colleagues at Boston Ballet asked her to make leg warmers for them? (2022-08-28)
... that Alice Kuperjanov (pictured) was one of the founders of the Estonian women's movement and assisted military efforts during the Estonian War of Independence? (2022-08-28)
... that at the request of Regine Velasquez, her former manager Ronnie Henares directed the concert Twenty? (2022-08-27)
... that the Caldecott Honor–winning illustrations for Going Down Home with Daddy contain Adinkra symbols that represent various concepts in Ghanaian culture? (2022-08-27)
... that Hayley Kiyoko aimed for a fully LGBT cast while casting the video for her song "For the Girls"? (2022-08-27)
... that British horse trainer Alice Hayes rode a zebra sidesaddle in the late 19th century? (2022-08-27)
... that in the concert Songbird Sings the Classics, Regine Velasquez paid homage to the music of Burt Bacharach, Leonard Bernstein, Michel Legrand, Henry Mancini, and Barry Manilow? (2022-08-26)
... that in Crippled, author Frances Ryan describes a disabled British woman who was unable to afford heating or her specialist meals due to an austerity programme that began in 2010? (2022-08-26)
... that while Moto Hagio's parents discouraged her interest in manga as "an impediment to studying", she would go on to receive a Medal of Honor for her contributions to the medium? (2022-08-25)
... that Roslyn Lindheim, who designed hospitals, was the first architect to be elected to the National Academy of Medicine? (2022-08-24)
... that Elizabeth Thorn was six months pregnant when she buried approximately one hundred fallen soldiers after the Battle of Gettysburg? (2022-08-24)
... that telegraph operator Emma Hunter may have been the world's first electronic commuter? (2022-08-23)
... that the 1985 manga series Tomoi contains the first depiction of HIV/AIDS in any literary medium in Japan? (2022-08-22)
... that the unacknowledged contributions of Eunice Newton Foote to climate change research were recovered by Elizabeth Wagner Reed, whose research in genetics were also obscured? (2022-08-22)
... that in the music video for her song "Wheelie", Latto shows off a diamond cryptocurrency wallet made by celebrity jeweler Greg Yuna? (2022-08-20)
... that in 1935, Indian princess Indira Devi (pictured) secretly travelled to London to become an actress, telling only her two sisters? (2022-08-20)
... that after Claudia Winterstein dropped plans to become an architect because of the Berlin Wall, she led her party as a member of the Bundestag? (2022-08-20)
... that a miniature book written by a 13-year-old sold for over $1 million? (2022-08-20)
... that Victória Pitts from Brazil portrayed characters in all three parts of Puccini's Il trittico at the Oper Frankfurt in 2022, including Zita in Gianni Schicchi? (2022-08-19)
... that the US Special Envoy for Afghan women and girls, Rina Amiri, is a former refugee who told US Senator John Kerry that "the Afghan population is not the Taliban"? (2022-08-19)
... that model Patsy Pulitzer was called one of the "World's Loveliest Sportswomen" after catching a 1,230-pound (560 kg) black marlin, a then world-record fish for a woman? (2022-08-19)
... that Emma Reaney is the only Notre Dame Fighting Irish swimmer to win an NCAA championship? (2022-08-19)
... that Kyaymyin Mibaya was King Mindon's youngest, last and richest queen? (2022-08-16)
... that LGBT rights activist Kit Malone helped create the first transgender organized marching group in the Indianapolis Pride Parade's history? (2022-08-15)
... that the Manila Standard described the concert Two for the Knight as the "biggest team-up of a foreign and local artist" in the Philippines? (2022-08-14)
... that creating visual art led Maya Pindyck to write poetry? (2022-08-12)
... that a Billie Eilish song references the Depp v. Heard defamation trial and the overturning of Roe v. Wade? (2022-08-11)
... that Ruslana Pysanka, who hosted a Ukrainian television program together with Volodymyr Zelenskyy from 2008, died as a refugee in Germany? (2022-08-10)
... that Kenyan theologian Mary Getui was named a Moran of the Burning Spear? (2022-08-10)
... that Colombian singer Juanita Lascarro became a soprano at the Oper Frankfurt, where she appeared as both Calypso and Penelope in a new production of Dallapiccola's Ulisse? (2022-08-09)
... that Alena Analeigh Wicker is the youngest Black person to be accepted into medical school in the United States and the youngest person to work as an intern at NASA? (2022-08-09)
... that Avelina Carrera (pictured) made her debut at the Liceu in Barcelona in 1889, stepping in as Elsa in Wagner's Lohengrin, and created the role of Maddalena in Giordano's Andrea Chénier at La Scala? (2022-08-08)
... that Natsuki Hanae was chosen to voice Vanitas to give the character more sexual appeal? (2022-08-07)
... that Zahia Mentouri was credited with training all pediatric anesthetists in western Algeria? (2022-08-06)
... that Laura J. Crossey has shown that travertines (example pictured) are more likely to form when meteoric groundwater mixes with deeper groundwater from the Earth's mantle? (2022-08-06)
... that Singaporean singer Dawn Gan played herself in a television drama about aspiring singers? (2022-08-06)
... that Suzie Zuzek's impactful 1960s and 1970s textile designs for Lilly Pulitzer dresses (examples pictured) were recovered from under floorboards? (2022-08-05)
... that Martha Wolfenstein wrote stories based on her father's experiences in a Moravian Judengasse? (2022-08-05)
... that Toshiko Ueda (pictured), the author of the manga series Fuichin-san, was still actively publishing new manga at the age of 90? (2022-08-03)
... that according to investigations by independent press agencies, journalist Shireen Abu Akleh (pictured) was killed by an Israel Defense Forces bullet while wearing a blue "press" vest? (2022-08-03)
... that actress Daisy Belmore disfigured her appearance for a character in a play so significantly that she was barely recognised in the street by audience members? (2022-08-03)
... that American religious speaker Ann Kiemel Anderson ran in two Boston Marathons and two Israel marathons near the Sea of Galilee to promote Christianity? (2022-08-02)
... that Alice King overcame her disability to lead Bible classes and write eleven novels? (2022-08-02)
... that Regine Velasquez had to audition for composer Michel Legrand before collaborating in the concert Songbird Sings Legrand? (2022-08-01)
... that Sarah Pike Conger (pictured) helped defend the international legations during the Boxer Rebellion by making sandbags and carrying supplies? (2022-08-01)
... that singer Billie Eilish wrote and produced a film that critiques body shaming? (2022-08-01)
... that Katja Husen was the speaker of the Green Youth, a member of the Hamburg Parliament, and the CEO of the Centre for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg? (2022-08-01)
... that Vivien Lyra Blair's performance was deemed "just absurd" in the Netflix film We Can Be Heroes? (2022-07-31)
... that the first meeting of the New Zealand Women Writers' Society was chaired by a man? (2022-07-31)
... that after Keri Blakinger left Cornell University to serve time in prison for possession of heroin, she returned to finish her degree and then became a criminal justice reporter? (2022-07-31)
... that Catherine Flanagan was arrested and jailed in 1917 for picketing the White House in support of women's suffrage? (2022-07-31)
... that although Leah Kate's single "10 Things I Hate About You" shares the same name as the 1999 movie, she said that she did not use it as inspiration for the song? (2022-07-31)
... that the ceramicist Sandy Brown wanted her sculpture Earth Goddess to be "female and making an impact"? (2022-07-30)
... that music from Mariah Carey, Sheena Easton, and Whitney Houston was the inspiration for the concert residency Reflections? (2022-07-30)
... that in 1946, Margrethe Parm (pictured) was appointed the director of a women's prison that had been used as a political prison during the German occupation of Norway? (2022-07-30)
... that Garsa Fwip's portrayer, Jennifer Beals, did not know what series she was part of when she arrived on set? (2022-07-30)
... that Margot Sponer used her international network of contacts to help people escape persecution in Nazi Germany? (2022-07-29)
... that Heather Baron-Gracie of the band Pale Waves likened the music video for their song "Jealousy" to a "Helmet Lang or Calvin Klein advert"? (2022-07-29)
... that the Clements twins have an estimated revenue of almost US$6000 per Instagram post? (2022-07-29)
... that Martin Nievera said "you won't see any dancers, fire eaters and things like that" at his 2003 World Concert Tour with Regine Velasquez? (2022-07-28)
... that Angéline de Montbrun by Laure Conan is the first psychological novel written by a French Canadian? (2022-07-28)
... that Isabel Darlington was the first woman lawyer in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and the only woman practicing law there for 45 years? (2022-07-28)
... that Olivia Rodrigo and Dan Nigro wrote the song "Deja Vu" within one day? (2022-07-28)
... that Anita Rivas, an Ecuadorian mayor, visited the United Kingdom and offered to stop oil drilling in a rainforest in Yasuní National Park? (2022-07-28)
... that no wave band Pulsallama was described as "13 girls fighting over a cowbell"? (2022-07-27)
... that Adele reduced the length of "I Drink Wine" from fifteen to six minutes because her label thought that no one would play a fifteen-minute song on the radio? (2022-07-27)
... that Ada Buisson died at the age of 27, and her short story "The Ghost's Summons" has been anthologised several times since her death? (2022-07-27)
... that Northwestern's Tashy Bohm held the American public school 100 meter backstroke record for seven years? (2022-07-26)
... that when Heather Engebretson portrayed the title role of Puccini's Madama Butterfly for the first time, a reviewer said that her voice "can tremble with panic and shine with hope"? (2022-07-26)
... that after the Italian soprano Fausta Labia (pictured) worked at the Royal Swedish Opera, she appeared as Mascagni's Iris at La Fenice in Venice and as Wagner's Sieglinde at La Scala in Milan? (2022-07-26)
... that Adele decided never to perform "To Be Loved" live as it upset her to the point of having to leave the room? (2022-07-25)
... that when Jo Ann Evansgardner ran for a position on the Pittsburgh City Council, she asked voters to "put this woman in her place"? (2022-07-25)
... that 17th-century entomologist Eleanor Glanville raised her own moths and butterflies, and wrote some of the earliest detailed descriptions of butterfly rearing? (2022-07-25)
... that 1920s and 1930s radio show actress Artie Belle McGinty played the original radio advertisement voice for Aunt Jemima? (2022-07-25)
... that Mary Mara felt the writers of Nash Bridges "started to write for me really well about halfway through the season"? (2022-07-24)
... that Gita Sarabhai was among the first women to play the pakhavaj (example pictured), a traditional musical instrument of India? (2022-07-24)
... that Matthew Healy and George Daniel of The 1975 helped make Pale Waves's debut single, "There's a Honey", "sonically bigger"? (2022-07-23)
... that French soprano Marguerite Vaillant-Couturier created the role of Micaëla in the world premiere of Lecocq's Le coeur et la main (pictured) in Paris in 1882? (2022-07-23)
... that Julia Dawson's first Clarion Van (pictured) was named for Scottish socialist Caroline Martyn? (2022-07-23)
... that former Dutch rugby union player Sylke Haverkorn served as head coach of the Turkey women's national team before securing the same position at her country's women's national team? (2022-07-22)
... that "Supermodel" is about a fictional character inspired by people Måneskin met in Los Angeles? (2022-07-22)
... that the 2001 concert residency Regine at the Movies was restaged seventeen years later? (2022-07-22)
... that South African mayor Marlene van Staden was re-elected through a coin toss? (2022-07-22)
... that the beginning of Lawyering was compared to a Cinderella story? (2022-07-22)
... that after finding success in Poland and South America, soprano Adalgisa Gabbi performed at La Scala as Eva in the Italian premiere of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg? (2022-07-22)
... that Catherine Ribeiro's 1972 album Paix contains a 25-minute-long song about meeting a female personification of death? (2022-07-21)
... that Danish-born soprano Louise Janssen appeared at the Grand Théâtre de Lyon as Eva in the French premiere of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg? (2022-07-21)
... that Evgenia Debryanskaya, the lesbian activist who co-founded Russia's first gay-rights organization, was the first wife of Aleksandr Dugin, Vladimir Putin's "Rasputin"? (2022-07-21)
... that the favourite role of Wilma Schmidt, who performed at the Staatsoper Hannover for more than five decades in German, Italian and Slavic operas, was the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier? (2022-07-20)
... that Rahmah el Yunusiyah founded four Islamic schools for women in Indonesia despite being made to leave school herself at the age of 16? (2022-07-20)
... that Ruth L. Trufant sued a man for not following through on a promise to marry her? (2022-07-19)
... that the 1956 article "My Last Wonderful Days", about an Iowa woman accepting terminal cancer, funded an Iowa State University scholarship program? (2022-07-19)
... that activist Gerlin Bean co-founded the Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent in 1978, an event described as "a watershed in the history of Black women's rights activism"? (2022-07-19)
... that Dee Dawkins-Haigler (pictured) ran in four elections in four months for the same seat? (2022-07-19)
... that Ellaisa Marquis has been called the "marquis player" of women's football in Saint Lucia? (2022-07-18)
... that Welsh shot putter Adele Nicoll was approached about taking up bobsleigh based on a video on social media of her exercising? (2022-07-18)
... that María Chiquinquirá was allowed to remain free until a court heard her case, but since it never did she died a free woman? (2022-07-17)
... that under a new Connecticut law, abortion providers in the state can countersue anyone who sues them under the Texas Heartbeat Act? (2022-07-17)
... that counterterrorism expert Esperanza Casteleiro used to work in human resources? (2022-07-17)
... that Ursula Sillge's attempt to organize a 1978 national lesbian gathering in East Germany led to the banning of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf's venue for LGBT meetings? (2022-07-16)
... that research on short-finned pilot whales (example pictured) by Natacha Aguilar de Soto is leading scientists to reassess foraging models for the behavior of marine predators? (2022-07-16)
... that in 2020, Ukrainian association football referee Maryna Striletska was part of the first all-woman officiating team for a men's international football match? (2022-07-16)
... that Ann Klein supported a successful bill that allowed women to register to vote in New Jersey without disclosing their marital status? (2022-07-15)
... that Eileen Collins (pictured) was the first woman Space Shuttle pilot and the first woman to command a Space Shuttle mission? (2022-07-14)
... that Ekaterina Novitskaya, then aged 16, became the first female ever to win the Queen Elisabeth Competition for piano? (2022-07-12)
... that Greenlandic author Pipaluk Freuchen was praised for the "unrelenting realism" in her first book, where a child kills a polar bear? (2022-07-11)
... that prior to Mary Manhein's forensic-anthropology work in Louisiana, unidentified bones (examples pictured) "usually ended up in a box"? (2022-07-11)
... that Judith Ehrlich incorporated her NPR work on pacifism into a documentary focusing on conscientious objectors during World War II? (2022-07-11)
... that American drag queen James Herndon donated funds and resources into black and LGBTQ+ communities in Lexington, Kentucky? (2022-07-10)
... that Ingrid Andress came up with "Lady Like" after being rejected by a man when she brought politics up? (2022-07-08)
... that Nero's divorce of Claudia Octavia (pictured) caused public outcry – so he had her executed instead? (2022-07-08)
... that Olive Llewellyn, a character in the novel Sea of Tranquility, has been called a stand-in for Emily St. John Mandel, the novel's author? (2022-07-07)
... that Chris Ernst stripped naked in 1976 with her Yale University teammates to protest the lack of showers for the women's rowing crew? (2022-07-07)
... that Norwegian footballer Tuva Hansen and her dog have received millions of views on several TikTok videos? (2022-07-06)
... that in the 1980s, international LGBT organizations organized protests in Europe and the Americas in support of Belgian teacher Eliane Morissens? (2022-07-06)
... that Filipina actress Angel Locsin (pictured) was recognized for her work in disaster relief, as well as humanitarian aid for internally displaced persons in the Marawi siege? (2022-07-06)
... that Dr. Dot started to give her mother "bite massages" at the age of five? (2022-07-05)
... that the Ukrainian violinist Diana Tishchenko played Skoryk's Melody on a tour of the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra to Germany in April 2022? (2022-07-05)
... that Margaret Abbott (pictured) was the first American woman to win an Olympic event, but never realized it? (2022-07-04)
... that The Baby-Sitters Club actress Sophia Reid-Gantzert won an Austrian ballet competition when she was six? (2022-07-03)
... that Irene Parlby was one of The Famous Five, a group of women in Canada who fought for the right of women to be considered "persons"? (2022-07-03)
... that actress Hilda Hanbury was the grandmother of actors James and Edward Fox and the great-grandmother of actress Emilia Fox? (2022-07-03)
... that Red Jordan Arobateau adopted "Red" as his first name after dyeing his hair red because he thought the color represented sensuality and eroticism of his work? (2022-07-02)
... that Pat Gozemba married her wife while researching a book about the history of the struggle for equal marriage in Massachusetts? (2022-07-01)
... that Franziska Seidl, born 130 years ago today, finished school after her husband's death and then went on to research ultrasound (illustration pictured) at the University of Vienna? (2022-07-01)
... that Internet activist Sally Burch was refused entry into Argentina because her presence was considered to be disruptive? (2022-06-30)
... that a journalist dubbed Olena Shevchenko (pictured) as "probably the most famous lesbian in Ukraine"? (2022-06-30)
... that the producer of Kylie Minogue's "Butterfly", American DJ Mark Picchiotti, released it in the US as a promotional single under his label? (2022-06-29)
... that singer Patsy Torres was referred to as the "princess of Tejano music"? (2022-06-28)
... that Ecuadorian politician Paola Cabezas (pictured) realized that she needed to stop straightening her hair when her niece described her own unstraightened hair as "ugly"? (2022-06-28)
... that when her boss told her to quit her unpaid television commenting role, Katie Phang quit her paid job instead? (2022-06-28)
... that during R2K: The Concert, Regine Velasquez was lifted by wires (pictured) as if she were flying towards the audience? (2022-06-27)
... that National Women's Day in Pakistan commemorates a 1983 march against a law that devalued the testimony of Pakistani women to half that of men? (2022-06-27)
... that Daisy Rockwell, the granddaughter of Norman Rockwell, won the 2022 International Booker Prize for her translation of Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree? (2022-06-27)
... that the mezzo-soprano Wilhelmine Holmboe (pictured), who studied in Paris with Pauline Viardot and moved to Italy to perform, was one of the first Norwegian women to be acclaimed internationally for her singing? (2022-06-25)
... that as a member of the El Alto Workers' Center, Martha Yujra participated in mass mobilizations that led to the resignations of two Bolivian presidents? (2022-06-25)
... that Lady Eva Julius once called Girl Guiding "the most important youth movement in the world"? (2022-06-25)
... that Arlene Kelly made her international debut for the Ireland women's cricket team after nine of their regular players were unavailable for selection? (2022-06-25)
... that Sophie Freud, the granddaughter of Sigmund Freud, criticized his theory of psychoanalysis as a "narcissistic indulgence"? (2022-06-24)
... that "My Heart", a song recorded by Kyla (pictured), was written by Brian McKnight as a gift for her wedding to Rich Alvarez? (2022-06-23)
... that Julie Beckett lobbied for the Katie Beckett Medicaid waiver, which enabled hundreds of thousands of disabled children to be cared for by their families at home instead of a hospital? (2022-06-23)
... that American artist Inez Demonet created watercolors of facial injuries for the War Department? (2022-06-23)
... that Ukrainian designer Anna October showed her collection during Paris Fashion Week after escaping the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine? (2022-06-22)
... that Victoria Desintonio (pictured) successfully proposed a "citizen observatory" watchdog to reduce gender violence in Ecuador? (2022-06-21)
... that Olympic diver Millie Hudson, who attempted to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar in 1928, was a member of the Hammersmith Ladies Swimming Club along with Belle White, the first British diver to win an Olympic medal? (2022-06-20)
... that ancient Roman gynecologists believed that menstrual blood could be used to drive dogs insane? (2022-06-20)
... that Stanford women's basketball player Cameron Brink is a close family friend of Stephen Curry? (2022-06-19)
... that Rosana Alvarado was one of three women leading Ecuador's National Assembly in 2017? (2022-06-18)
... that Ruth L. Bennett provided shelter for more than 2,000 black women and girls who migrated North to Chester, Pennsylvania as part of the Great Migration? (2022-06-17)
... that British oceanographer Sonya Legg has studied the South China Sea, where waves can be taller than 200 metres (660 ft)? (2022-06-16)
... that a statue of the Elamite queen Napir-Asu is inscribed with a curse for its would-be vandals? (2022-06-16)
... that actress Klara Höfels, known for her roles in television crime series, also produced, directed, and starred in world premieres of theatre projects in Berlin? (2022-06-16)
... that One Night with Regine was a concert in support of the child-welfare program Bantay Bata, staged on the steps of the entrance façade of the National Museum of Anthropology in Manila? (2022-06-15)
... that Maria Olsvik was called up to the Norway national football team for the first time one year after giving birth? (2022-06-15)
... that Sofía Sanchez (pictured) loved soccer and she played for a leading Spanish side, but her mother said "study" and she now sits in Ecuador's National Assembly? (2022-06-14)
... that the Patriarchy really does control the sisters of the Monastery Saint Claire in Nazareth? (2022-06-14)
... that Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza was Abimael Guzmán's prosecutor before being elected the first Peruvian judge of the International Criminal Court? (2022-06-14)
... that Eri Yukimura pushed through with a voice acting career partly to prove her late grandmother wrong? (2022-06-14)
... that Yumi Nu is a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and Vogue cover model and musician signed to Steve Aoki's record label? (2022-06-12)
... that Paula Lizell, a former star of the Royal Swedish Opera, advanced from coloratura to dramatic Wagnerian roles? (2022-06-12)
... that Madhulika Ramteke's (pictured) microfinance bank for Indian women grew to have over 5,000 "branches"? (2022-06-12)
... that records of Acoutsina's captivity allow historians to analyse the eighteenth century French-Eskimo relationship? (2022-06-12)
... that Melody Clinger of the girl band The Clingers met the drummer for The Beach Boys, Dennis Wilson, after wolf-whistling his Rolls Royce on her way home from a guitar lesson? (2022-06-11)
... that in 2022 Sandhya Dhar has received both a Nari Shakti Puraskar and a bronze medal in boccia at the Indian national championships? (2022-06-11)
... that Nathalie Viteri was dismissed from Ecuador's National Assembly but she is now one of the top five members contributing to their debates? (2022-06-11)
... that Artemisia Gentileschi produced the first of her four renderings of Susanna and the Elders (pictured) at the age of 17, shortly before she accused two well-respected older men of rape? (2022-06-10)
... that American doctor Cory Synhorst SerVaas believed that high-lysine corn could help end hunger in Africa, end famine, and stop protein deficiency despite only being fed to livestock and poultry? (2022-06-10)
... that Kelsie Whitmore was part of the first all-female battery in professional baseball since the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League? (2022-06-09)
... that neuroscientist Beatriz Rico and her team discovered a link between a protein called Brevican and short-term spatial memory? (2022-06-09)
... that Ana Štěrba-Böhm became the first Slovene woman with a doctorate in science in 1911? (2022-06-09)
... that Olga Rudenko, who was chosen as the editor-in-chief of the newspaper The Kyiv Independent, appeared on the cover of Time? (2022-06-08)
... that literary fiction novel Agatha of Little Neon's title stems from a house that is "the color of Mountain Dew"? (2022-06-08)
... that Nina Jankowicz dubbed herself the "Mary Poppins of disinformation"? (2022-06-07)
... that Liva Järnefelt performed leading roles at the Royal Swedish Opera, such as Ortrud in Wagner's Lohengrin (pictured), and Bizet's Carmen, which she also performed for her 25th anniversary with the company? (2022-06-07)
... that Canadian cricketer Divya Saxena was accused of obstructing the field in an international match but was ruled "not out"? (2022-06-07)
... that actress Dorothy Van Engle starred in the 1935 movie Murder in Harlem with a "proto-feminist role" that was then a primary source of positive representation for African Americans in film? (2022-06-06)
... that Albania's first professional woman painter was Androniqi Zengo Antoniu, who painted impressionist portraits and landscapes, as well as religious art in churches? (2022-06-06)
... that Tutankhamun's infant daughters are unnamed, being referred to only as "the Osiris" on their coffins? (2022-06-06)
... that Dorothy Binney Palmer built two houses that are on the United States' National Register of Historic Places? (2022-06-05)
... that Diamond Miller (pictured) is the all-time leading scorer on her high-school basketball team – a record previously held by her sister? (2022-06-05)
... that Aguil Chut-Deng took 22 child refugees from South Sudan to Ethiopia during civil war so that they could attend school? (2022-06-05)
... that Kim E. Nielsen trained as a historian of women and politics, and came to disability history and studies via her discovery of Helen Keller's political life? (2022-06-04)
... that metaphysicist Helen Hadsell claimed that she won things she wanted by projecting energy? (2022-06-04)
... that Planned Parenthood president Eleanor Bellows Pillsbury received the Lasker Award for leading the organization into "a new era as a national force and international influence"? (2022-06-04)
... that Anne Baker's book Wings over Kabul: The First Airlift describes the first significant use of airpower in an insurgency campaign? (2022-06-03)
... that according to The Wire, the web application Tek Fog was used to "amplify right-wing propaganda" among Indians? (2022-06-03)
... that Lucy Westlake summited the highest peak of each of the 48 contiguous U.S. states by age 12? (2022-06-03)
... that Taylor Swift initially wrote "This Love" as a poem, turning it into a song only when she came up with a melody? (2022-06-02)
... that Visigothic noblewoman Sara al-Qutiyya took back the land her uncle stole by travelling to Damascus and petitioning the caliph? (2022-06-02)
... that Hanna Dmyterko (pictured) was among 34 Ukrainian women who fought in World War I? (2022-06-02)
... that Japanese voice actress and singer Sora Amamiya's song "Jōnetsu no Te Amo" was heavily influenced by Latin music, including the use of a Spanish guitar? (2022-06-01)
... that Brooklyn Nine-Nine actress Melissa Fumero is the daughter of Cubans who fled to the U.S. as teenagers? (2022-05-31)
... that Indian women's hockey player Elvera Britto and her sisters would stitch their own team uniforms while playing in the 1960s? (2022-05-30)
... that Zimbabwean cricketer Mary-Anne Musonda became the first woman to score a century on her Women's One Day International debut while also captaining her team? (2022-05-29)
... that Margaret Ramsay-Hale has worked as a judge in three countries? (2022-05-29)
... that a giant breast destroying a spaceship Mark Zuckerberg in the music video for "Ay mamá" is a criticism of Meta's censorship of female nipples? (2022-05-28)
... that when Nadja Stefanoff portrayed the title role of Giordano's Fedora at the Oper Frankfurt, one reviewer complimented the brilliance and agility of her voice, assertive even when singing softly? (2022-05-27)
... that until the 1970s, most shōjo manga (Japanese girls' comics) were written by men? (2022-05-25)
... that Magna Lykseth appeared as Isolde (pictured) when Wagner's Tristan und Isolde was first performed at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1909? (2022-05-25)
... that Claudia Riner was falsely accused of distributing lesbian erotica in the Kentucky House of Representatives? (2022-05-25)
... that Luise Duttenhofer died in 1829 after more than a thousand papercuts? (2022-05-23)
... that Luella Costales was appointed to the Hawaii House of Representatives after her predecessor pled guilty to bribery charges? (2022-05-23)
... that Cardiff-based classicist Kathleen Freeman also wrote detective fiction, publishing under four separate pseudonyms? (2022-05-23)
... that Celia Kaye won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer in 1965 for her starring role in Island of the Blue Dolphins? (2022-05-23)
... that South African physician Tlaleng Mofokeng is the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to health, and was named one of the BBC's 100 Women? (2022-05-22)
... that Sofia Halechko's first language was Polish, but she fought in World War One to create a country for Ukrainian-speaking people? (2022-05-22)
... that windsurfer Penny Way won the British qualification event for the 1996 Summer Olympics with two races to spare? (2022-05-22)
... that as a child, Mitsurou Kubo read forty manga magazines per month? (2022-05-22)
... that Inna Derusova (pictured) was the first woman to be posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine? (2022-05-22)
... that when asked about the secret to her longevity, 91-year-old Shatzi Weisberger said she smokes marijuana every night? (2022-05-21)
... that media promotions for the film Blood Friends were not allowed to mention that cast member Nina Makino is part of the girl group NiziU? (2022-05-20)
... that at the age of 26, Lucy Moss became the youngest female director of a Broadway musical before directing a TikTok musical that raised $2 million? (2022-05-20)
... that Anne Hatchard (pictured) was voted best on ground at the 2022 AFL Women's Grand Final? (2022-05-20)
... that ornithologist Elaina Marie Tuttle discovered that the white-throated sparrow has four sexes? (2022-05-19)
... that Olga Ehrenhaft-Steindler, the first woman to earn a physics doctorate at the University of Vienna, co-founded the first Viennese commercial academy for girls? (2022-05-18)
... that Helena Springs is credited as co-writer with Bob Dylan on 19 songs, more than any of his other collaborators? (2022-05-18)
... that Angel Reese and her younger brother, Julian, both played college basketball for Maryland after competing at the same high school? (2022-05-18)
... that the music video for Matt and Kim's New Glow song "Can You Blame Me" involves fans filming themselves with iPads near their heads playing headshots of the duo lip-syncing? (2022-05-17)
... that Judy Ann Santos received the Box Office Queen award for starring in Isusumbong Kita sa Tatay Ko, the first Filipino film to earn 100 million pesos at the box office? (2022-05-17)
... that Jane C. Beck traveled to Virginia, West Africa, and England to research the family history of Daisy Turner for her 2015 book Daisy Turner's Kin: An African American Family Saga? (2022-05-17)
... that J. T. Blatty (pictured) was a tennis star and US Army captain before photographing military volunteers in Ukraine? (2022-05-17)
... that in 2020 Barbora Mokošová (pictured) won Slovakia's first medal at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships? (2022-05-17)
... that The Art of Cooking with Cannabis by Tracey Medeiros was praised by the Los Angeles Times for showcasing a wide range of recipes outside of the "tired pot-brownie cliché"? (2022-05-16)
... that The Land We Love, a little magazine that merged into Southern Magazine (cover pictured), printed Civil War recollections, poetry, agricultural material, and many works by female authors? (2022-05-16)
... that Jacqueline Kennedy did not want to make her clothes the focus of her 1962 goodwill tour of India and Pakistan, but still wore 22 different outfits in the first nine days? (2022-05-16)
... that Romy Golan's 2021 book Flashback, Eclipse is an exploration of Italian art of the 1960s that moved away from the art created under Italian fascism? (2022-05-15)
... that Bhutanese cricketer Anju Gurung, a pace bowler, has been described as looking "... more like a pop star ..."? (2022-05-14)
... that during a promotional tour of Matt & Kim's third album Sidewalks, it was played on the public speaker system of the venue before each show began but none of its tracks were on the setlist? (2022-05-13)
... that Mallory McMorrow won a public contest to design the Mazda3 while she was a college student? (2022-05-12)
... that Elizabeth Bonhôte wrote Bungay Castle after her husband bought Bungay Castle? (2022-05-12)
... that in 2006, when The New York Times Book Review asked "What Is the Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years?", the answer was Beloved by Toni Morrison? (2022-05-10)
... that disability-rights activist Edith Prentiss objected to the title of a documentary about her, Edith Prentiss: Hell on Wheels, for being too mild? (2022-05-08)
... that English singer Ella Henderson (pictured) almost named her second studio album Chapter Two, but decided instead that "this is a whole book"? (2022-05-07)
... that Carrie Jenkins Harris, the North American writer who died in 1903, should not be confused with Carrie Jenkins Harris, the North American writer and editor who died in 1903? (2022-05-06)
... that American author Julie Jensen McDonald's first story was sold to a Sunday school paper for US$6.50? (2022-05-05)
... that Mansiya V. P., an Indian classical dancer, has experimented with choreographing a fusion of classical Bharatnatyam and traditional Sufi music? (2022-05-02)
... that Japanese mixed martial artist Itsuki Hirata's nickname is "Android 18" due to being told she looks like the Dragon Ball character? (2022-05-02)
... that Mexican sinologist Flora Botton was rescued by an American soldier when being transported on a train from Bergen-Belsen in 1945? (2022-05-01)
... that Hungarian historian Andrea Pető believes that "right to be forgotten" policies should not be applied to the Holocaust? (2022-05-01)
... that the French mezzo-soprano Germaine Bailac (pictured) played the title role in Bizet's Carmen at least 3,000 times? (2022-04-30)
... that Jaega Wise co-hosted the television series Beer Masters alongside musician James Blunt? (2022-04-29)
... that children's writer Patricia MacLachlan kept a small bag of dirt from the prairies as a reminder of her Wyoming roots? (2022-04-26)
... that lawyer Carrie Goldberg was inspired to share her experience of sexual violence in Nobody's Victim by her clients, who had entrusted her with their own stories? (2022-04-26)
... that Canadian painter Ethel Ogden (pictured) was central to developing china painting within the Fine Arts Department at the Mount Allison Ladies' College? (2022-04-25)
... that Mimi Reinhardt typed Schindler's list? (2022-04-24)
... that the final silent film directed by Giulia Cassini Rizzotto was partly funded by the Vatican and featured Italian aristocrats? (2022-04-24)
... that during a German charity concert for Ukraine, Slovakian singer Judita Nagyová performed a solo in the finale of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony? (2022-04-23)
... that The West Wing's Amy Gardner is said to be the only character on the show with "a genuinely militant attitude towards equality of the genders"? (2022-04-23)
... that American soprano Emily Pogorelc went from winning the 2018 "Most Promising Talent" prize at Glyndebourne to appearing as Mozart's Cherubino at the Munich Opera Festival? (2022-04-22)
... that Ukrainian artist Kateryna Antonovych worked at Prague's Museum of Ukraine's Struggle for Independence before the US aircraft bombed it? (2022-04-21)
... that Monika Buczkowska, who made her stage debut as a student in Poznań as Mozart's Susanna, was a soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at a charity concert for Ukraine at the Alte Oper? (2022-04-20)
... that the mezzo-soprano of Beth Taylor was the only lower voice when she appeared as Dardano in Handel's Amadigi, portraying her male character with fine vocal lines and "remarkable coloraturas"? (2022-04-19)
... that Inuvialuk actress Marika Sila views her acting career as a platform for outreach and education on the culture and rights of Indigenous peoples in Canada? (2022-04-18)
... that Katharina Konradi, a soprano born in Kyrgyzstan, made a recording of lieder with pianist Gerold Huber including settings by Lori Laitman of children's poems written in Terezin? (2022-04-18)
... that Mary Renault was encouraged by J. R. R. Tolkien to write a novel set in medieval times, but she burned the manuscript because she felt it lacked authenticity? (2022-04-17)
... that Chow Leung started a language school for children in Chicago before writing Chinese Fables and Folk Stories (illustration pictured) with Mary Hayes Davis? (2022-04-17)
... that convicted serial killer Mariam Soulakiotis, a Greek Old Calendarist abbess, is known in Greece as "Mother Rasputin" for fasting nuns to death? (2022-04-17)
... that brewer Sophie de Ronde is allergic to most beer? (2022-04-16)
... that Ukrainian actress Oksana Shvets, who was killed in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, starred in the 2013 joint Ukrainian–Russian television family saga House with Lilies alongside Russian actors? (2022-04-15)
... that military volunteer Maria Berlinska led the report that let women hold combat positions in the Ukrainian military? (2022-04-15)
... that Scottish nurse Euphemia Steele Innes (pictured) was decorated with the Royal Red Cross first class for services with the Territorial Force Nursing Service in World War I? (2022-04-15)
... that when soprano Rosina Buckman returned to New Zealand for a concert tour in 1922, the prime minister and a former prime minister spoke at the reception? (2022-04-14)
... that Lisa Winter (pictured) took part in robot battles at 10 years old? (2022-04-14)
... that over the course of her career, vocal coach Barbara Maier Gustern taught Debbie Harry, Taylor Mac, Justin Vivian Bond, Diamanda Galás, and Kathleen Hanna? (2022-04-14)
... that forensic scientist Angela Gallop has investigated the stomach contents of Diana, Princess of Wales, alleged alien abductions, and the presence of boar sperm in a hospital patient's intestines? (2022-04-14)
... that Brea Beal received her first college basketball scholarship offer in sixth grade? (2022-04-13)
... that the Polish soprano Zofia Kilanowicz appeared as Roxana in Szymanowski's King Roger in Paris, and recorded Górecki's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs? (2022-04-12)
... that Yulia Tolopa, a single mother from Russia, has fought for Ukraine in the war in Donbas since she was 18 years old? (2022-04-12)
... that Marina Nekrasova was the first woman artistic gymnast to represent Azerbaijan at the Olympics? (2022-04-12)
... that Billie Eilish's "Male Fantasy" reportedly "sneaks up and destroys you emotionally"? (2022-04-12)
... that Hong Kong native Grace Ho gave birth to her fourth child, Bruce Lee, while on a one-year tour through the United States with the Mandarin Theatre? (2022-04-12)
... that Diane Burns's Alphabet Serenade provides an early critique of the gentrification of the Lower East Side? (2022-04-11)
... that Carol Van Strum, an environmental activist who wrote the book A Bitter Fog, accumulated 20,000 documents across 40 years that revealed corporate and government cover-ups? (2022-04-11)
... that a young Ukrainian photographer, Valeria Shashenok, posts satirical TikTok videos about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine? (2022-04-10)
... that the story of Mary Cornelius Winder was described by Arthur Halbritter as "the story of the Nation"? (2022-04-10)
... that French designer Martine Bedin compared her Super Lamp design to "a small dog that I could carry with me"? (2022-04-10)
... that Lesia Vasylenko (pictured) founded a human-rights non-governmental organization to assist servicemen and veterans before becoming a People's Deputy of Ukraine? (2022-04-10)
... that Mily Treviño-Sauceda, the co-founder of the first national grassroots women's farmworker organization in the United States, the National Alliance of Farmworker Women, was a child farmworker in the 1960s? (2022-04-08)
... that Ploning and Mindanao, films starring Judy Ann Santos (pictured), were the Philippine submissions for Best International Feature Film at the 81st and 93rd Academy Awards, respectively? (2022-04-08)
... that when Heather Phillips made her European debut in Rossini's Bianca e Falliero at the Oper Frankfurt, reviewers agreed that her nuanced coloraturas served to portray Bianca's development? (2022-04-08)
... that prior to starting her music career, Akari Akase was a popular cosplayer and TikToker, with more than 1.2 million subscribers? (2022-04-08)
... that Lebanese actress Takla Chamoun stoically refused to cancel a play showing after being informed that her mother had died? (2022-04-07)
... that Rashida Beal was named 2016 Big Ten Defender of the Year after the Minnesota Golden Gophers won that year's conference tournament? (2022-04-07)
... that postcards were made of Olena Stepaniv (pictured) during the First World War, and in 1991 Lviv named a street after her? (2022-04-07)
... that Kitty Shiva Rao was the head of a committee to find out what Indian women wanted from the new Constitution of India? (2022-04-07)
... that the picture book Eyes That Kiss in the Corners was written to celebrate and empower Asian identities? (2022-04-07)
... that Puyallup leader Ramona Bennett helped organize a week-long occupation of the Cushman Hospital in 1976? (2022-04-06)
... that antimonumentas in Mexico, like those in Guadalajara (pictured), in Morelia, or in Mexico City, are installed by protesters to demand justice for women who suffer from violence in the country? (2022-04-06)
... that Lucy Feagin founded the Feagin School of Dramatic Art in New York City, where talent scouts for radio, screen, and stage were always present to watch her senior students' plays? (2022-04-05)
... that astronaut Dr. Judith Resnik flew in space with "Tarzan" and "Cheetah"? (2022-04-05)
... that Barbara Shermund illustrated two early New Yorker covers (second shown) and, 25 years later, was one of the first women to join the National Cartoonists Society? (2022-04-05)
... that in the television series sequel Imortal (2010), Angel Locsin portrayed the lead role as the daughter of her lycan character in the Lobo TV series? (2022-04-04)
... that Victoria Brownworth was the first open lesbian to write a column in a daily newspaper in the United States? (2022-04-03)
... that Ukrainian museum director Horpyna Vatchenko forced the Hermitage Museum to abide by its agreement and return the Kernosovskiy idol (pictured) after a loan? (2022-04-02)
... that despite perceived sexist tropes in The West Wing's women, C. J. Cregg is widely considered to be one of the show's most complex and witty characters? (2022-03-31)
... that Malika Louback believes her three engineering degrees make her a better fashion model? (2022-03-30)
... that Fori Nehru founded an employment campaign in 1947 to sell handicrafts made by refugee women following the partition of India? (2022-03-30)
... that after the Ukrainian soprano Olga Bezsmertna won the Neue Stimmen competition in 2011 (pictured), she was engaged at the Vienna State Opera? (2022-03-29)
... that Burundian judge Domitille Barancira upheld Pierre Nkurunziza's death penalty, then later administered his presidential oath? (2022-03-29)
... that The West Wing faced criticism for a scene in which Ainsley Hayes defends a sexist and objectifying remark made at her? (2022-03-29)
... that Eleonore Schönborn, who had to leave Czechoslovakia in 1945 with two young children, received an Austrian award in 2013 for cultural and social improvement? (2022-03-28)
... that New Zealand editor and journalist Madeleine Chapman, known for fashion label exposés and snack food ranking lists, is a champion javelin thrower? (2022-03-26)
... that Rose Delaunay (pictured), a French operatic soprano who began her career at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, and her husband, an actor, celebrated their diamond wedding in 1937? (2022-03-25)
... that basketmaker Ramona Lubo is known as the "real Ramona"? (2022-03-25)
... that Macy Rodman's 2021 album Unbelievable Animals was described as combining "radio-rock shine with dirt-punk roots" and "a dash of Ray of Light–esque experimental pop"? (2022-03-25)
... that Gloria Rojas, one of the first Latina broadcast journalists in New York City, helped launch the career of Geraldo Rivera? (2022-03-25)
... that when the Ivankiv Historical and Local History Museum was burned during the recent Battle of Ivankiv, artworks by Hanna Veres and Maria Prymachenko were destroyed? (2022-03-23)
... that Elizabeth Pierce Blegen (pictured) was one of the "Quartet" of archaeologists who lived and worked together in Greece as a family, along with Ida Hill, Carl Blegen, and Bert Hodge Hill? (2022-03-23)
... that British alpine skier Shona Brownlee, who competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, plays the French horn and the piano in the Central Band of the Royal Air Force? (2022-03-21)
... that Jane Cakebread's 277 court appearances for drunkenness helped bring about the Inebriates Act of 1898? (2022-03-21)
... that Angel Joy Chavis Rocker, a guidance counselor with no political experience, was the first black woman to run for President of the United States as a Republican? (2022-03-21)
... that museum director Alena Aladava (pictured) rebuilt the Belarusian national art collection in the aftermath of the Second World War? (2022-03-21)
... that Lillian Eichler Watson created "Again She Orders – 'A Chicken Salad, Please'" (pictured) to advertise her 1921 Book of Etiquette? (2022-03-20)
... that legal activist Carrie Campbell Severino, who co-authored a book about Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination, was once a law clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas? (2022-03-20)
... that Rut Castillo was the only out LGBTQ rhythmic gymnast at the 2020 Olympics? (2022-03-19)
... that when Lviv-born Maria Moscisca (pictured) performed the title role of Verdi's La traviata at the San Francisco Opera in 1913, a review described her as "the impersonation of grace and refinement"? (2022-03-19)
... that in a weeklong contest during World War II, trained farm girls (pictured) were found to produce more enriched uranium than professional physicists? (2022-03-19)
... that magazine Women's World was the first to publish photographs of Ottoman Muslim women? (2022-03-18)
... that in 1958, Virginia Ali and her husband Ben Ali founded Ben's Chili Bowl, a landmark Washington, D.C. restaurant where Martin Luther King Jr., Jesse Jackson, and Stokely Carmichael would often eat? (2022-03-18)
... that on the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, Peninah Musyimi, from the slums of Nairobi (pictured), was given the "I am Powerful" award? (2022-03-18)
... that British singer Hope Tala turned down an opportunity to pursue a master's degree at the University of Cambridge in favour of pursuing a career in music? (2022-03-17)
... that Indian politician Pushpaben Mehta was the first speaker of the Saurashtra Legislative Assembly? (2022-03-16)
... that Helene Hathaway Britton (pictured), the first woman to own a Major League Baseball team, was unsuccessfully pressured by other club owners to sell the team? (2022-03-16)
... that in 2022, Frida Westman was the first Swedish ski jumper to compete at an Olympic Games since 1994, when her father competed? (2022-03-16)
... that Australian writer Gertrude Hart (pictured) was a co-founder of the Old Derelicts' Club, which later became the Society of Australian Authors? (2022-03-15)
... that Verena Conzett (pictured) found commercial success when she offered serial novels together with accident insurance? (2022-03-14)
... that women's-rights activist Khairunnisa Ash'ari was appointed to the Legislative Council of Brunei as its youngest member? (2022-03-14)
... that author Harriet Connor Brown testified to the United States Congress in 1921 and 1922 to eliminate funding for the Chemical Warfare Service? (2022-03-14)
... that before she became a Mexican federal deputy, Celeste Sánchez Romero was a dental researcher with more than 40 published articles? (2022-03-14)
... that Anna Korsun, a composer who studied in Kyiv and Munich, and teaches in Amsterdam, was awarded a scholarship at the Villa Massimo in Rome in 2018? (2022-03-14)
... that Jennifer Bates led thousands of Amazon warehouse workers to petition a vote for a union in Bessemer, Alabama? (2022-03-13)
... that Joan G. Robinson felt that through writing the novel When Marnie Was There, she "faced the truth and found understanding" about her emotionally distant relationship with her mother? (2022-03-12)
... that Selling Mother's Milk is a book which discusses the 18th-century practice of some parents in France giving their children to wet nurses for a year or more? (2022-03-12)
... that Jaz Brisack, leader of the movement to unionize Starbucks, was the first woman Rhodes Scholar at the University of Mississippi? (2022-03-12)
... that Helen Steven shared the Gandhi International Peace Award for her opposition to the nuclear submarine base in Scotland? (2022-03-12)
... that Dianna Agron auditioned for Glee using a high voice because she interpreted her character as a perfectionist who would not want a deep voice, something for which Agron had been teased at school? (2022-03-12)
... that Tatiana Saunders is now goalkeeper for the equal pay team Lewes Football Club Women after playing for U.S., Icelandic and French teams? (2022-03-11)
... that Asma Al Thani (pictured), who directs the Qatar Olympic Committee's communications, has climbed the eighth-highest mountain and skied to the North Pole? (2022-03-11)
... that operatic soprano Elena Tsallagova has been described as a natural actress who can make even looking around a corner interesting? (2022-03-09)
... that South African nurse Stella Madzimbamuto filed an appeal in 1968 with the Privy Council of the United Kingdom that resulted in the Rhodesian government being declared illegal? (2022-03-08)
... that British animal-welfare activist Shirley McGreal founded the International Primate Protection League, after seeing trafficked monkeys in cages at an airport in Thailand? (2022-03-08)
... that Matilda Allison, blinded aged seven, "devoted her time instructing the blind" throughout America, thanks to a "wonderful education"? (2022-03-08)
... that the popular artist's model Margaret Lemon tried to bite Anthony van Dyck's thumb off? (2022-03-08)
... that Julie Croteau is credited as being the first woman to play National Collegiate Athletic Association men's college baseball? (2022-03-08)
... that three former top-ranking Central Intelligence Agency officials appeared on ABC News Nightline to condemn the agency's treatment of Janine Brookner? (2022-03-08)
... that, between the ages of six and ten, Dorthe Emilie Røssell helped smuggle weapons and propaganda for the Danish resistance movement in her doll's pram? (2022-03-08)
... that Antonette Wemyss Gorman (pictured), the first woman to fill a combat role in the Caribbean, was promoted to rear admiral and is Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force? (2022-03-08)
... that Encanto's Isabela Madrigal was animated to be aware that she is "always on stage"? (2022-03-06)
... that after her father received hospice care, Connecticut state legislator Claudia Powers introduced bills to include hospice under Medicare? (2022-03-06)
... that Pranati Nayak was the second Indian female artistic gymnast to compete at the Olympic Games? (2022-03-05)
... that Hina Suguta, who voices Marin Kitagawa in My Dress-Up Darling, worked as a nursery teacher before starting her voice acting career? (2022-03-05)
... that Children's Fantasy Literature is the first work to address the genre's 500-year history in depth? (2022-03-04)
... that Kobe and Vanessa Bryant (pictured) were founding donors of the National Museum of African American History and Culture? (2022-03-03)
... that Doja Cat's "Streets" peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 because of a viral mashup on TikTok that combined it with a 1959 song by Paul Anka? (2022-03-03)
... that members of The Links, an elite organization of upper-class Black women, include Betty Shabazz, Marian Wright Edelman (pictured), and Kamala Harris? (2022-02-28)
... that Bianca Baptiste was Tottenham Hotspur's top goal scorer during their promotion—and then they dropped her from the team? (2022-02-27)
... that Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque (pictured) assisted in the founding of Malawi's first dental school in 2019? (2022-02-26)
... that Demi Lovato started an Internet feud with a frozen yogurt shop—and lost? (2022-02-25)
... that ski jumper Joséphine Pagnier (pictured), who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics, won two medals at the Winter Youth Olympics two years ago? (2022-02-24)
... that playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer is said to "deal with serious, existential questions in seriously hilarious ways"? (2022-02-24)
... that freestyle skier Kirsty Muir was the youngest Team GB competitor at the 2022 Winter Olympics? (2022-02-23)
... that Alexandra Tegleva, a nursemaid to Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, helped uncover a woman who impersonated Anastasia after the royal family were executed? (2022-02-21)
... that when American-born skier Katie Vesterstein chose to compete for Estonia, she had only visited the country once, and did not speak the language? (2022-02-20)
... that pioneering Daily News camerawoman Evelyn Straus had her clothes custom-made to carry her film and flashbulbs? (2022-02-20)
... that Anita Kiki Gbeho (pictured) is still working for the United Nations in Somalia, even though her boss was lucky to escape assassination? (2022-02-19)
... that the 2012 Olympic women's soccer semifinal between the Canadian and the American national soccer teams was called "the greatest knockout match in major-tournament football" since 1982? (2022-02-18)
... that Utah & Ether's five-year, 30-country graffiti-tagging tour ended when a single dad got Ether in a headlock? (2022-02-17)
... that American psychoanalyst Helen Block Lewis was one of the first researchers to study the difference between shame and guilt? (2022-02-16)
... that Nicole Kidman (pictured) is the first Australian to win the Academy Award for Best Actress? (2022-02-15)
... that Finnish linguist Eeva Leinonen was one of four women to be inaugurated as heads of Irish universities in 2021, the others being Maggie Cusack, Linda Doyle and Kerstin Mey? (2022-02-14)
... that Saint Juliana Olshanska is said to have appeared to Archimandrite Peter Mogila to reproach him for the lack of respect paid to her relics? (2022-02-12)
... that Professor of Engineering and the Arts Linda Doyle in 2021 became the first female provost (head) of Trinity College Dublin since its 1592 foundation by Elizabeth I? (2022-02-11)
... that Lihie Raz was the first Israeli to medal at the European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships? (2022-02-11)
... that at age 12, Shaylee Mansfield became the first deaf actor to be credited alongside the voice actors for a signed performance in an animated production? (2022-02-10)
... that Swiss archaeologist Marguerite Gautier-van Berchem created a service for the International Committee of the Red Cross to help prisoners of war from the French colonies during World War II? (2022-02-10)
... that the Princess of Xiaohe, a 3,800-year-old mummy, was so well preserved that her eyelashes are still intact? (2022-02-09)
... that when she was around ten years old, Maud Holland was married to Hugh Courtenay, with the approval of Pope Urban V? (2022-02-09)
... that Bahraini businesswoman Yara Salman founded a beauty salon, a medical center, an entertainment complex, and a restaurant in the past decade? (2022-02-08)
... that in the jewellery of the Berber cultures, a silver amulet of a hand (example pictured) was believed by both Muslims and Jews to protect against the evil eye? (2022-02-08)
... that during the Venezuelan general strike of 2002–2003, all but one of Venezuelan chocolatier María Fernanda Di Giacobbe's ten businesses went bankrupt? (2022-02-07)
... that Isabel Leighton (pictured), an actress and writer, created a chair in hematology at Yale University in honor of her husband? (2022-02-07)
... that Rebeca Andrade is the first Brazilian female gymnast to win a medal at the Olympic Games? (2022-02-06)
... that New York's Wieting Opera House burnt down and was rebuilt on three separate occasions by its proprietors, John Wieting and Mary Elizabeth Wieting? (2022-02-06)
... that in the 1980s, Amanda Villepastour, now an ethnomusicologist at Cardiff University, was the keyboardist in Australian new wave band Eurogliders? (2022-02-06)
... that there is disagreement about whether Lots of Mommies, in which a girl is raised by four mothers, should be considered to be an LGBTQ picture book? (2022-02-05)
... that when her local cafe was in lockdown, Kate Baer wrote her bestselling poems in her van in the cafe car park? (2022-02-05)
... that child actress and singer Sylvia Froos was noted for her ability to mimic the vocal styles of famous celebrity performers? (2022-02-04)
... that Mothica (pictured) credits TikTok for the success of her career as a musician? (2022-02-04)
... that when Maria Keller was eight years old, she founded a nonprofit that would later go on to collect and distribute more than three million books to underprivileged children? (2022-02-04)
... that author Theresa Pulszky escaped from the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 by pretending to be the companion of a German couple? (2022-02-02)
... that Genevieve Beacom became the first woman to pitch in the Australian Baseball League when she made her debut for the Melbourne Aces in 2022? (2022-02-02)
... that a work by Bettie Freshwater Pool was proposed to be the official state song of North Carolina? (2022-02-02)
... that Madame "Toto" Bannard Cogley not only co-founded Dublin's Gate Theatre, but also supplied most of the initial membership? (2022-02-01)
... that Encanto's Mirabel is the first Disney heroine to wear glasses? (2022-01-30)
... that Elena Guseva's training as a choral conductor helped her analyse the score when playing Polina in Prokofiev's The Gambler at the Vienna State Opera? (2022-01-30)
... that Smithsonian archivists are rediscovering the work of photography pioneer Louisa Bernie Gallaher (pictured) after they were misattributed to her boss? (2022-01-29)
... that Kate Foster is the British ambassador to Somalia, but there are no consular services at the embassy in Mogadishu? (2022-01-28)
... that fashion model Vivienne Rohner, named after fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, opened one of Westwood's shows during her first season as a model? (2022-01-27)
... that beauty queen Veronica Volkersz (pictured) was the first woman to pilot an operational jet fighter? (2022-01-27)
... that Mary Healy, an international speaker on faith healing in the Catholic Church, only became interested in the subject during her 2014 sabbatical? (2022-01-27)
... that Beate Ulbricht was subjected to harassment by the East German government because her adoptive parents, Walter and Lotte Ulbricht, did not approve of her marriage? (2022-01-27)
... that Lewis Hamilton's physiotherapist, Angela Cullen (pictured), once cycled from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, to northern Colombia? (2022-01-25)
... that Preet Chandi, the first known woman of colour to walk solo to the South Pole, contacted friends to be bridesmaids during her expedition? (2022-01-24)
... that Bobbie Gentry defined her composition "Ode to Billie Joe" as a "study in unconscious cruelty"? (2022-01-24)
... that after Goo Hara's mother abandoned her and Goo died young, South Korean law was changed to prevent such parents from claiming inheritance? (2022-01-24)
... that Amanda Asay was the longest-serving member of the Canadian women's baseball team when she died at 33, having played on the team for sixteen years? (2022-01-24)
... that between 1878 and 1898, American inventor Maria E. Beasley patented a footwarmer, an improved life raft, several barrel-making machines and an anti-derailment device for trains? (2022-01-23)
... that British philatelist Alma Lee specialised in the "standing Helvetia" stamps of Switzerland? (2022-01-23)
... that Alice of Friday the 13th became a catalyst for the slasher film trope of unexpectedly killing off the main surviving protagonist in the sequel? (2022-01-23)
... that The Outdoor Circle opposed a 2009 visit to Hawaii by the Wienermobile, believing its presence in the state was illegal? (2022-01-22)
... that when George Ross went bankrupt in 1867, his wife Sibella Ross started a school to sustain their large family? (2022-01-22)
... that Crackhead Barney picked a dead rat up off the street before confronting the National Guard at the inauguration of Joe Biden? (2022-01-22)
... that U.S. Virgin Islands suffragist Ella Gifft smuggled rum during Prohibition by hiding it in her underwear? (2022-01-21)
... that Paraguayan diplomat Elisa Ruiz Díaz (pictured) helped develop her country's constitution? (2022-01-21)
... that when Christy Schwundeck was shot in a job centre in Germany, she had nine cents in her wallet? (2022-01-21)
... that in her 2021 book White Evangelical Racism, professor of religion Anthea Butler called American evangelicalism a pro-Trump, "nationalistic political movement"? (2022-01-21)
... that Elfrida von Nardroff won $220,500 ($2.1 million today) on the game show Twenty-One in 1958, the highest winnings of any contestant? (2022-01-20)
... that Chappell Roan was signed to Atlantic Records at 17 years old? (2022-01-20)
... that the landscapes in the manga series Star Red were drawn from photographs taken by NASA during the Viking 1 Mars exploration mission? (2022-01-19)
... that in 1976, Karen Ferguson founded the Pension Rights Center, a nonprofit pensioner advocacy organization, with encouragement and monetary support from Ralph Nader? (2022-01-19)
... that Rita Humphries-Lewin, a former chair of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, entered the industry as a secretary? (2022-01-18)
... that dyeing the threads for a weaving by Mary Zicafoose (pictured) may involve wrapping, tying, and untying as many as 80,000 ikat ties? (2022-01-18)
... that Beverly Russell's 1992 book Women of Design: Contemporary American Interiors was the first survey of female interior designers? (2022-01-18)
... that when Helena Braun visited New York "just for the trip", she sang the role of Brünnhilde in Wagner's Die Walküre at the Metropolitan Opera with four hours' notice? (2022-01-17)
... that in 1960, Zoe Progl became the first woman to escape over the wall of HM Prison Holloway? (2022-01-16)
... that record-setting airplane spinner Catherine Cavagnaro is also a professional mathematician? (2022-01-16)
... that Anne Emerman refused to allow Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity to convert a building in the Bronx into a homeless shelter without installing an elevator? (2022-01-16)
... that Ala Stanford established the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium to fight racism in medicine, vaccinating nearly 4,000 people? (2022-01-16)
... that a cactus (pictured) is named after Gertrude Webster, who helped found the Desert Botanical Garden in Arizona? (2022-01-15)
... that the novel Mama Dear by Christine Haidegger (pictured) details her childhood in post–World War II Austria? (2022-01-15)
... that West Virginia nursing professor Christine Elizabeth Abrahamsen wrote science-fiction and Gothic novels under the pseudonyms Christabel and Kathleen Westcott? (2022-01-15)
... that Alison H. Clarkson, the majority leader of the Vermont Senate, worked as a theatrical producer and on New York Theatre Workshop's board? (2022-01-15)
... that Margaret A. Mahoney, who in 1949 became the majority leader of the Ohio Senate, is still the only woman to hold the top leadership role? (2022-01-13)
... that American medical pioneer Isabella Coler Herb designed the Herb–Mueller apparatus to help doctors and dentists administer ether to patients? (2022-01-13)
... that when elected as mayor, Venezuelan politician Gloria Lizárraga de Capriles did not have her own office and worked from a shopping mall? (2022-01-13)
... that American nurse Florence Church Bullard (pictured) gave her French Croix de Guerre medal with a bronze star to the Sisters of Saint Marys, believing that her heroic deeds were a reflection of their teachings? (2022-01-13)
... that 1920s actress Susie Sutton created her own vaudeville troupe and toured her company throughout the TOBA circuit? (2022-01-12)
... that composers Charles Ives, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, and Elliott Carter attended Scriabin conferences held at Katherine Ruth Heyman's loft? (2022-01-12)
... that actress Ethelyn Gibson was the first person to star in and produce a serial film that had sound? (2022-01-12)
... that the Gujarati poem "Shav Vahini Ganga" criticises the Indian government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic? (2022-01-11)
... that Play features Katy Perry interacting with a giant toilet and a giant face mask? (2022-01-11)
... that artist Marie Herndl was arrested after trying to meet with President Theodore Roosevelt about her art? (2022-01-11)
... that the British University of Nottingham has named a building at their Jubilee Campus after Chinese Communist Party politician Xu Yafen? (2022-01-10)
... that Alicia Girón García was the first woman to become the director of the Biblioteca Nacional de España? (2022-01-10)
... that the first black female candidate for a major party's U.S. presidential nomination, Shirley Chisholm (campaign poster pictured), is largely credited for paving the way for future candidates Barack Obama and Kamala Harris? (2022-01-09)
... that while preparing for War Horse, theatre set designer Rae Smith spent weeks pretending to be a First World War British Army captain? (2022-01-09)
... that Papuan anthropologist Marlina Flassy is the first woman to be appointed a dean at Cenderawasih University? (2022-01-09)
... that Titane, the first feature film of French actress Agathe Rousselle, won the Palme d'Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival? (2022-01-09)
... that a recent New York Times article recommended four educational charities: the Wikimedia Foundation, Khan Academy, Children International and Catherine Omanyo's school? (2022-01-08)
... that Johanna Quaas (pictured), the world's oldest competitive gymnast, did a tandem skydive from about 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) in 2016, dedicating it to Queen Elizabeth II? (2022-01-07)
... that after offering to be an extra in The Walking Dead, Zoe Colletti was cast as a main character in its spin-off Fear the Walking Dead? (2022-01-06)
... that the 2021 Seattle City Council 3rd district recall election was the first recall held in the city since 1975? (2022-01-06)
... that Rebecca Odes played bass guitar for Love Child before going on to create Gurl.com? (2022-01-05)
... that actress Miya Cech was praised for "do[ing] what [she] can with nothing" in the ill-regarded The Darkest Minds? (2022-01-05)
... that lesbians in Nazi Germany, unlike gay men, did not face systematic persecution? (2022-01-05)
... that Bobbi Kristina Brown died less than four years after her mother Whitney Houston died in similar circumstances? (2022-01-05)
... that a woman in Texas attempted to have Tiger Flowers removed from the library collection at her daughter's school? (2022-01-04)
... that communist propagandist Jian Xianfo gave birth to her son in an earthwork during the Long March? (2022-01-04)
... that Claudia Watkins, the only "lady judge" in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in 1969, thought it was "no big deal"? (2022-01-04)
... that Sandy Heribert was inspired to become a journalist after seeing coverage of the Gulf War when she was nine years old? (2022-01-03)
... that artist Heather Doram won Antigua and Barbuda's national competition to design a new national costume? (2022-01-03)
... that children copied British champion 60m hurdler Yasmin Miller (pictured) while she was training in her local park during the COVID-19 lockdown? (2022-01-02)
... that Xie Fei, one of the thirty women participating in the Long March, was imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution? (2022-01-01)
... that twenty-a-day cigarette smoker Trudi Thomson suffered from bulimia and rheumatoid arthritis before she became a successful runner? (2022-01-01)
... that Lou Swarz became famous for her "One Woman Show" involving monologue performances as various characters, including Phillis Wheatley and Sojourner Truth? (2022-01-01)