Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Green/DYK/2014 DYK Blurbs

2014 DYK Blurbs:

... that Iota Sigma Pi's National Honorary Member award has gone to chemists Marie Curie, Gerty Cori, and Dorothy Hodgkin? (2014-12-31)
... that the beat for Neon Jungle's "Braveheart" was found after the group "raided" their producer's laptop? (2014-12-29)
... that the Marriage Charter of Empress Theophanu gave the Byzantine princess Theophanu joint imperial authority with Holy Roman Emperor Otto II? (2014-12-28)
... that Shikha Pandey is the first cricketer to have played both state level cricket for Goa and international level cricket for India? (2014-12-27)
... that the Ohio State Buckeyes field hockey team has won three Big Ten Conference championships and one conference tournament title? (2014-12-27)
... that the world renowned Scottish fly tyer Megan Boyd, known for her exquisite and effective salmon flies, was not an angler? (2014-12-27)
... that with her song "Royals", Lorde became the youngest artist to chart at No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 26 years? (2014-12-27)
... that Kylie Minogue was initially contracted to play Charlene Robinson in Neighbours for one week? (2014-12-27)
... that Libby Lane is the first woman to be appointed a bishop by the Church of England? (2014-12-25)
... that Maryat Lee's company Eco Theater developed plays from oral histories, using unpaid actors in productions often followed by discussions? (2014-12-23)

... that British botanist Dorothea Pertz also trained as a masseuse? (2014-12-23)
... that Ellie Greenwood beat the record for the 100-mile Western States Endurance Run by 50 minutes? (2014-12-21)
... that Ziegfeld girl Dolores (pictured) has been described as the first celebrity clothes model? (2014-12-20)
... that Ros Pesman was the first female Challis Professor of History at the University of Sydney? (2014-12-19)
... that Michelle Garvey's body was identified after an amateur sleuth submitted a suggestion to police thirty-one years after her death? (2014-12-18)
... that the only female MP of the Finnish far-right Patriotic People's Movement, Hilja Riipinen, was also a women's rights and temperance advocate? (2014-12-18)
... that the publisher claimed that demand for Zoe Sugg's debut novel Girl Online was so high that every bookshop started selling it before its official release date? (2014-12-16)
... that controversy still exists over whether Adah Robinson or Bruce Goff deserves the primary credit for designing Boston Avenue Methodist Church (pictured) in Tulsa, Oklahoma? (2014-12-13)
... that Kate Chopin chose to publish "A Pair of Silk Stockings" in Vogue because of its "fearless and truthful" depiction of women and their lives? (2014-12-12)
... that one scholar suggests Louisa May Alcott wrote the sensationalist novella Behind a Mask to subvert the fantasy of the perfect "little woman"? (2014-12-11)
... that the husband of Lady Anna Mackenzie ran the castle where she was later imprisoned when her second husband invaded Scotland? (2014-12-10)
... that Emma Sulkowicz has protested Columbia University's handling of her sexual assault case by carrying her mattress around campus? (2014-12-09)
... that Canadian botanist, combat ambulance driver, and political activist Julia Wilmotte Henshaw (pictured) urged women voters to support conscription, yet was also anti-suffrage? (2014-12-09)
... that poet Jackie HillPerry has started branching out into hip hop music, releasing her debut album in November 2014? (2014-12-08)
... that Euphemia Lamb (pictured) had more of a sex life "than the rest of us put together" according to John Maynard Keynes? (2014-12-07)
... that Nikki Lane was inspired to write country music after she broke up with a country musician? (2014-12-06)
... that the Lyceum and Lawn Tennis Club established Cuba's first free public library? (2014-12-06)
... that Charlotte Brontë's nom de plume for Jane Eyre uses the name of the "head of all female book collectors in Europe"? (2014-12-05)
... that Núria Albó, author and mayor of La Garriga, is a Creu de Sant Jordi laureate? (2014-12-03)
... that none of the artist Kate Lechmere's paintings have survived? (2014-12-03)
... that Max Carey (pictured) dropped out of seminary to play baseball? (2014-12-01)
... that TV Guide referred to Ezri Dax on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as "Ally McTrill", a reference to the television series Ally McBeal? (2014-11-29)
... that Dareka no Manazashi, the 6-minute 40-second Japanese anime film directed by Makoto Shinkai, was screened alongside his other film, The Garden of Words? (2014-11-29)
... that the character Miranda Sings, played by Colleen Ballinger (pictured), is ranked No. 7 among YouTube comedy channels? (2014-11-28)
... that the Clinton administration abandoned plans to nominate Alicia Munnell to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors following protest by ten Republican Senators? (2014-11-28)
... that studio potter Carol McNicoll designed costumes for Brian Eno of Roxy Music? (2014-11-27)
... that Christina Stead challenged Finola Moorhead to write a book with no male characters? (2014-11-26)
... that food critic Phyllis Richman was once called "the most feared woman in Washington"? (2014-11-25)
... that Singaporean swimmer Samantha Yeo was twelve years old when she competed at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games? (2014-11-23)
... that the Maryland Terrapins field hockey team has won a record 56 games in the NCAA tournament? (2014-11-22)
... that Swedish radio presenter Carolina Norén (pictured) took over the job of hosting the chart show Svensktoppen from Annika Jankell in 2007? (2014-11-20)
... that Thérèse de Dillmont's Encyclopedia of Needlework included product placement for Jean Dollfus's company in Mulhouse? (2014-11-18)
... that Secretary of State-elect of Rhode Island Nellie Gorbea is the first Hispanic to win statewide office in New England? (2014-11-17)
... that U.S. Air Force tanker pilots were struck dumb when they radioed in to speak with a United Arab Emirates mission during air refueling and heard a female voice answer? (2014-11-17)
... that the Rutgers Scarlet Knights field hockey program has played in four different conferences since 1988? (2014-11-16)
... that actress Bianca Kronlöf was a travelling reporter for the Sveriges Radio and TV charity show Musikhjälpen in 2013? (2014-11-16)
... that Maude Delap was the first person to breed jellyfish in captivity? (2014-11-14)
... that Amy Robertson is the only head coach in the 15-year history of the Indiana Hoosiers field hockey program? (2014-11-13)
... that Gertrude Guillaume-Schack founded the German Cultural Association in 1880 to fight state-regulated prostitution? (2014-11-13)
... that journalist Hanna Stjärne (pictured) was announced as the new CEO of Sveriges Television in September 2014 and will take the post within six months? (2014-11-11)
... that Florence Nagle and Norah Wilmot were among the first women licensed as racehorse trainers in Britain, after Nagle won a Court of Appeal ruling in 1966? (2014-11-11)
... that Matilda Cullen Knowles is considered the founder of modern studies of Irish lichens? (2014-11-10)
... that Welcome to the Jungle contains a cover of a Banks song not officially sanctioned by her? (2014-11-09)
... that Barney Burman, Joel Harlow and Mindy Hall won an Academy Award for makeup in 2009 for Star Trek, the first Oscar in the history of the franchise? (2014-11-09)
... that Elsie Dalyell was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire after travelling across Europe with the Royal Army Medical Corps to provide aid during World War I? (2014-11-08)
... that Big Girls Don't Cry is a nonfiction book that argues that "the women's liberation movement found thrilling new life" as a result of the 2008 U.S. presidential election? (2014-11-08)
... that Deborah Luster produced over 25,000 images focusing on tintype and crime? (2014-11-07)
... that Betty May testified under oath that her husband ritually sacrificed a cat and drank its blood? (2014-11-07)
... that Australian physician Claudia Burton Bradley was one of the first diabetics to be treated with insulin? (2014-11-06)
... that Grace Boelke, a physician, was employed by the lingerie manufacturer Berlei to ensure their garments were anatomically correct? (2014-11-05)
... that among P. S. Krøyer's paintings of his wife Marie is a double self-portrait (pictured) in which they painted each other? (2014-11-02)
... that Momoko Kuroda is known for her "haiku pilgrimages", some of which spanned decades? (2014-11-02)
... that the Iowa Hawkeyes field hockey team was the first from a Midwestern university to win the NCAA Championship? (2014-11-02)
... that Swiss feminist Meta von Salis was horrified when someone suggested she marry her friend Friedrich Nietzsche? (2014-11-01)
... that while serving as chair of the US Atomic Energy Commission, Dixy Lee Ray was chauffeured to and from her office along with her Scottish deerhound and miniature poodle? (2014-11-01)
... that visitors to the Florentine villa of Theodosia Trollope found the atmosphere less intense than that at the nearby home of Elizabeth Barrett Browning? (2014-10-31)
... that Romeyn Beck Hough's American Woods is a set of over 1,000 paper-thin wood slices collected from 354 different tree species? (2014-10-31)
... that Caitlin Doughty (pictured), whose web series Ask a Mortician humorously explores death, wrote the 2014 bestseller Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory? (2014-10-31)
... that Belinda Nash researched the history of the Witch of Pungo for decades? (2014-10-31)
... that sources relate that while her pagan husband was away, Bilihildis sailed to Mainz and started an abbey? (2014-10-30)
... that security considerations forbade the judge performing Priscilla Duffield's marriage from knowing the surnames of the bride and groom? (2014-10-27)
... that one of Lilian Shelley's jobs at The Cave of the Golden Calf was to feed Madame Strindberg's monkey each evening at the Savoy Hotel? (2014-10-27)
... that Emily Sartain was the first woman in Europe and the United States to practice the art of mezzotint engraving? (2014-10-25)
... that the model Dolores was a "happy prisoner" of the sculptor Jacob Epstein? (2014-10-25)
... that The GNOME Project's Free and Open Source Software Outreach Program for Women started because no women were among the 181 applicants to a student mentorship program in 2006? (2014-10-23)
... that after moving to Los Angeles with her data discovery business, Melisa Wallack started "meeting a lot of writers" and decided to become a screenwriter herself? (2014-10-22)
... that Lindita Arapi's first book of poetry, Am Meer, nachts ("By the sea, at night") was the first such work written by an Albanian poetess in German? (2014-10-22)
... that Gertrude Melville was nicknamed the "grand old lady of the Labor Party" despite serving only one term in parliament? (2014-10-22)
... that Kate Vaughan (pictured), who developed the skirt dance, was considered the greatest dancer of her time? (2014-10-21)
... that in 1920 Louise Pearce tested a cure for the fatal epidemic of African sleeping sickness in the Belgian Congo? (2014-10-20)
... that The Fine Young Capitalists produced a series of videos about the achievements of female game developers at the request of 4chan members? (2014-10-19)
... that MacArthur Fellow Tami Bond, known for her study of black carbon, became interested in engineering after her car broke down? (2014-10-19)
... that the Swedish actress Görel Crona (pictured) played an ex-prostitute in the television series Varuhuset? (2014-10-18)
... that actress Florence Pernel (pictured) portrayed Nicolas Sarkozy's second wife Cécilia in the 2011 film La Conquête? (2014-10-16)
Sophie (musician) (article's talk page missing blurb) (2014-10-15)
... that Karolina Lassbo (pictured), creator of A Glamour Princess Blog, competed in the Miss Sweden beauty pageant in 2006? (2014-10-14)
... that Hoylande Young was the first woman division head at the Argonne National Laboratory? (2014-10-14)
... that Miss Corner's Historical Library raised many questions? (2014-10-12)
... that the National Council of Women of Australia made Margaret Windeyer an honorary life president in 1918, though she had never been a member of the council's executive board? (2014-10-11)
... that Margaret McLean (pictured) was president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Victoria for almost a decade, and was appointed an honorary vice-president after her retirement? (2014-10-08)
... that the diarist Teresa Wilms Montt attempted suicide before escaping from a convent? (2014-10-07)
... that the founder and executive director of KMG Ethiopia is credited with almost single-handedly eradicating the practice of female genital mutilation in Ethiopia? (2014-10-07)
... that after Athena Farrokhzad hosted a show on Sveriges Radio, the Moderate Party's Gunnar Axén claimed to have thrown out his TV so he could stop paying the license fee (which also supports radio)? (2014-10-06)
... that Jella Haase won the Bavarian Film Award for Best young actress in 2012 for her roles in Lollipop Monster and Kriegerin? (2014-10-05)
... that the 1828 self-portrait Beauty Revealed, by Sarah Goodridge (pictured), has been considered to "erase" her body by drawing attention to her breasts? (2014-10-05)
... that the Swedish film director Anna Odell staged a suicide attempt and psychosis for her film Okänd, kvinna 2009–349701? (2014-10-05)
... that Susann Müller was top scorer at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship, and further elected to the All-Star team of the tournament? (2014-10-03)
... that Jean Gordon, the first woman elected to the Yukon Territorial Council, said she decided to run because "I couldn't keep my mouth shut"? (2014-10-03)
... that the 19th-century feminist Henrietta Müller persuaded employers to hire women by "cannily pointing out that this would save money since women were paid less than men"? (2014-10-02)
... that Project Guardian was launched after a survey showed that 90% of incidents of sexual harassment on London's public transport went unreported? (2014-10-01)
... that the violinist Mela Tenenbaum recorded in the US works that Dmitri Klebanov had composed for her in Ukraine, including Japanese Silhouettes for soprano, viola d'amore and ensemble? (2014-09-30)
... that the Filipino journalist Betty Go-Belmonte co-founded the newspapers Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star, and Pilipino Star Ngayon? (2014-09-30)
... that Gabriela Eibenová (pictured) flew from Prague to Frankfurt to fill in for a soprano in Bach's Mass in B minor in St. Martin, Idstein, a year ago? (2014-09-29)
... that in addition to appearing in TV shows such as Star Trek: The Next Generation and Space: Above and Beyond, Lanei Chapman was a kindergarten teacher? (2014-09-28)
... that Madonna's 2004 concert tour was chronicled in a documentary film? (2014-09-28)
... that Bertha Lamme Feicht was both the first woman to ever receive a degree in engineering from Ohio State University and to be employed by Westinghouse Electric as an engineer? (2014-09-28)
... that the Canadian actress Charlotte Le Bon worked as a model for almost a decade in New York, Tokyo and Paris, but "really hated it"? (2014-09-27)
... that the cover of the 1890s feminist periodical Shafts depicted a woman shooting an arrow labelled "Wisdom", "Justice", and "Truth"? (2014-09-26)
... that the Swedish playwright Martina Montelius (pictured) hosted an episode of the popular radio show Sommar that was described as "controlled madness and seductive"? (2014-09-26)
... that the popular science writers Elizabeth and Mary Kirby crowdsourced their first joint book in 1848? (2014-09-26)
... that the Swiss politician Josi Meier once declared, "Women belong in the house ... in the House of Representatives!"? (2014-09-25)
... that despite having only two players in a three-on-three basketball game, the 2011 USA Women's U18 3x3 Team took a game to overtime, almost winning a medal? (2014-09-24)
... that Pile chose her stage name after the pile that is on towels? (2014-09-24)
... that Sandra Bullock is the first person to win both a Razzie and an Oscar on the same weekend? (2014-09-23)
... that the trans woman activist Miss Major (pictured) was meeting with her girlfriend at the Stonewall Inn during the police raid that precipitated the Stonewall riot? (2014-09-23)
... that although the New Zealand activist Frances Ann Stewart considered herself a "pioneer" for women, she believed that not all women should receive the right to vote? (2014-09-23)
... that Beyoncé's perfume Rise was inspired by a Maya Angelou poem? (2014-09-22)
... that Randi Blehr co-founded and chaired the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights, and was married to a Norwegian Prime Minister? (2014-09-22)
... that the artist Kate Downie recently interviewed the Forth Road Bridge? (2014-09-22)
... that a critic from The Atlantic wrote that "Jealous" was one of the most notable songs in Beyoncé's music catalog? (2014-09-21)
... that at the outbreak of World War II, British fashion designer Elspeth Champcommunal and her partner Jane Heap fled from Germany to London via Switzerland? (2014-09-21)
... that many of the women interviewed for Aspergirls were diagnosed with Asperger syndrome only after their children had received that diagnosis? (2014-09-20)
... that Irene Morales (pictured) was orphaned and twice widowed prior to joining the Chilean Army in 1879, aged 13? (2014-09-18)
... that the costume historian Anne Hollander claimed that clothes reveal more than they conceal? (2014-09-18)
... that Fu Shanxiang is known as the first female Zhuangyuan because she took first place in the 1853 imperial civil service exams for women given by the rebel Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? (2014-09-17)
... that Sally Hemings was an enslaved woman of mixed race owned by President Thomas Jefferson, and had a long-term relationship and six children with him? (2014-09-16)
... that the artist Rhoda Holmes Nicholls (self-portrait pictured) and her husband Burr divorced after her work was accepted at the Paris Salon but his painting was rejected? (2014-09-16)
... that the demoness Trijata is described as the ideal of a true friend by Indologist Camille Bulcke? (2014-09-14)
... that Margaret Fritsch was the first woman to be licensed as an architect in Oregon? (2014-09-12)
... that every woman who undergoes an abortion in Iceland is required to receive counselling and education about contraception? (2014-09-12)
... that ten rappers from Houston make cameo appearances in the music video for Beyoncé's "No Angel"? (2014-09-09)
... that Dylan Penn—daughter of Sean Penn and Robin Wright—declined a $150,000 offer to pose for a Playboy cover, but later appeared nude behind a US$6000 Fendi bag on a treats! cover? (2014-09-09)
... that the experimental filmmaker Tessa Hughes-Freeland's films include Baby Doll, Dirty and Nymphomania? (2014-09-08)
... that Maureen Baker created 250 outfits for Princess Anne, including her 1973 wedding dress? (2014-09-08)
... that Launching the Boat. Skagen, Will He Round the Point? (pictured), Sunlight in the Blue Room, Summer Evening at Skagen Beach – The Artist and his Wife, Midsummer Eve Bonfire on Skagen Beach, and The North Sea in Stormy Weather are all paintings by the Skagen Painters? (2014-09-07)
... that Modesta Avila (pictured) was the first convicted felon and first state prisoner from Orange County, California? (2014-09-05)
... that the song "I'm Not Your Hero" by Tegan and Sara is based on Sara's life as a teenager unable to identify with the lives of pop-culture figures, as well as her political views and sexuality? (2014-09-05)
... that Emma Irene Åström, the first woman to graduate from a Finnish university, once said, "There is no point in calling me a pioneer, because I have never consciously been one"? (2014-09-05)
... that because the children's writer Lucy Lyttelton Cameron was so delicate, she did not have to wear a backboard as a child like her sister did? (2014-09-03)
... that Kitty Chiller is the first woman named an Australian Chef de Mission, and in that capacity will represent that nation at the 2016 Summer Olympics? (2014-09-03)
... that the developer Zoe Quinn considered delaying the release of Depression Quest following the death of Robin Williams? (2014-09-02)
... that Susan Leeman was the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences in physiology and pharmacology? (2014-09-01)
... that English biochemist Ida Maclean was the first woman on staff at the Manchester University chemistry department, and the first to be admitted to the London Chemical Society? (2014-08-31)
... that in 1921, Harriet Dunlop Prenter became one of the first women to run as a candidate in a Canadian federal election? (2014-08-31)
... that missing woman Holly Bobo is the cousin of country singer Whitney Duncan? (2014-08-30)
... that one of Lena Nyadbi's (pictured) works, Dayiwul Lirlmim, can be seen from the Eiffel Tower? (2014-08-30)
... that German para-alpine skier Anna-Lena Forster (pictured) won a silver medal at the 2014 Winter Paralympics by being one of the only two athletes to complete a race? (2014-08-27)
... that Anna Rüling, "the first lesbian activist" and one of the first women to publicly declare her homosexuality, believed that lesbians were more suited to careers than straight women? (2014-08-26)
... that Barbara Rosenblat decided that her Orange Is the New Black character Miss Rosa has a Hispanic accent? (2014-08-25)
... that Taylor Swift's single "Shake It Off" is dedicated to her haters? (2014-08-24)
... that filmmaker Michelle Parkerson has been called "a visionary risk-taker"? (2014-08-24)
... that Josefina de la Torre, closely associated with the Generation of '27, was a columnist for the film magazine Primer Plano? (2014-08-23)
... that German actress Olga Limburg starred alongside Heinz Rühmann in 49 films? (2014-08-22)
... that Marina Frolova-Walker has delivered lectures on music at venues ranging from Carnegie Hall to factories in Kazakhstan? (2014-08-22)
... that the murder of 14-year-old schoolgirl Leigh Leigh inspired a theatrical play that was later adapted into a feature film? (2014-08-21)
... that Romanian opera singer and film actress Maria Forescu died in the Buchenwald concentration camp? (2014-08-21)
... that cyclist Floortje Mackaij began her career as a speed skater? (2014-08-18)
... that American actress and theater director Jessie Bonstelle gave her first public performance at two years old? (2014-08-17)
... that Anna Schaffelhuber (pictured) won all five gold medals in para-alpine skier sitting events at the 2014 Winter Paralympics? (2014-08-17)
... that mother of four Heather Turland won the marathon at the 1998 Commonwealth Games at age 38, despite having first run the distance only two years earlier? (2014-08-15)
... that more than 300 complaints were received about British slopestyle snowboarder Aimee Fuller's commentary on her own event at the 2014 Winter Olympics? (2014-08-14)
... that before Lyca Gairanod won The Voice Kids, she helped her mother find recyclable materials to sell to support their family? (2014-08-13)
... that Lis Rhodes's 1975 work Light Music was called "an iconic work of expanded cinema" by the Tate Modern? (2014-08-13)
... that Klesie Kelly, soprano and academic voice teacher in Cologne, recorded love songs for voices and instrumental soloists with tenor Ian Partridge? (2014-08-10)
... that the proportion of rowers at the 2011 Boat Race who were British was the highest for a decade? (2014-08-09)
... that Megan Fletcher won the 70 kg women's judo at the 2014 Commonwealth Games despite needing to have her face taped up during the semifinal? (2014-08-09)
... that Big Brother: Power Trip contestant Pauline Bennett has been featured on four UK top 75 hits? (2014-08-08)
... that I-Kiribati boxer Taoriba Biniati had never fought against a woman or in a ring before taking part at the 2014 Commonwealth Games? (2014-08-07)
... that Xenia Field helped to establish the first bail hostel in Britain? (2014-08-06)
... that the Orcadian Sea Mither confines the nuckelavee? (2014-08-06)
... that when the Weimar-era German magazine Frauenliebe was relaunched as Garçonne, the French title was thought to be "more modish"? (2014-08-05)
... that Arnait Video Productions, the Inuit women's filmmaking collective, received nine Genie Awards nominations for their first feature, Before Tomorrow? (2014-08-05)
... that soprano Ada Cherry Kearton was married to wildlife photographer Cherry Kearton and recounted their travels in her autobiography On Safari? (2014-08-05)
... that Christine Jones helped London police officers to recognise mental health crises as medical emergencies? (2014-08-03)
... that Melanie Hawtin was Canadian national champion in wheelchair racing, but made the national team in wheelchair basketball in 2014? (2014-08-02)
... that after the 1986 Boat Race, the Cambridge stroke said he was "just stirring the tea while the others did the work"? (2014-08-01)
... that in her international debut season, visually impaired cyclist Sophie Thornhill won two gold medals with one guide and another two with a different guide? (2014-08-01)
... that Paige was scared of professional wrestling as a child, but went on to win the WWE Divas Championship at age 21? (2014-08-01)
... that Devasena represents Heaven while her co-wife Valli (both pictured with their husband) represents the earth? (2014-08-01)
... that in 1922 Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason became the first woman elected to the Icelandic parliament? (2014-07-31)
... that Amanda Yan, who won a gold medal at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship, was also a national shot put champion? (2014-07-30)
... that Natalie Nakase was the first female head coach in Japan's top professional men's basketball league? (2014-07-29)
... that Hilda Käkikoski was one of the first women elected to the Finnish parliament? (2014-07-27)
... that pianist Anna Kravtchenko, trained in Ukraine and Italy by the same teacher, won the Busoni competition at the age of 16? (2014-07-26)
... that Teresa Magbanua was the only woman to command combat troops in the Visayan region during the Philippine Revolution? (2014-07-25)
... that Alice Teodorescu "has made herself known as a provocative and fearless liberal debater"? (2014-07-25)
... that the Brazilian singer Lourdinha Bittencourt, a member of the Trio de Ouro, had been a foundling? (2014-07-24)
... that Denmark's Kvinden & Samfundet (Woman & Society), published since 1885, claims to be the world's oldest women's magazine? (2014-07-24)
... that Fanny Lú's album Lágrimas Cálidas mixes pop music with Caribbean rhythms? (2014-07-23)
... that Arinn Young was the youngest player on the Canadian team that won the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship? (2014-07-23)
... that the 2008 Boat Race featured the oldest ever competitor, a 36-year-old? (2014-07-21)
... that Swedish director Brita von Horn (pictured) was the first to stage a Chekhov play in Sweden? (2014-07-21)
... that The Mighty Kacy was the first woman to reach the finals of American Ninja Warrior? (2014-07-20)
... that performance artist Milo Moiré claims her naked works are inspired by the script theory of cognitive psychology? (2014-07-18)
... that Elsa Collin (pictured) was the first woman at any Swedish university to be part of a student spex show? (2014-07-18)
... that although possibly illiterate, Dinah Nuthead was one of the first licensed women printers in the Thirteen Colonies? (2014-07-18)
... that with her 1906 ascent of Pinnacle Peak (22,735 ft or 6,930 m) in the Himalaya, Fanny Bullock Workman (pictured) set an altitude record for women that stood until 1934? (2014-07-17)
... that the Anna Crusis Women's Choir is the oldest feminist choir in the United States? (2014-07-17)
... that Utamaro was known for his depictions of Japanese beauties (pictured)? (2014-07-16)
... that cyclist Ellen van Dijk (pictured) was the best rider of the Specialized–lululemon team's 2013 season, finishing 3rd in the UCI World Ranking? (2014-07-16)
... that Frances McConnell-Mills' father, a doctor, refused to pay for her medical school tuition because he thought medicine was "too hard a life for a woman"? (2014-07-15)
... that The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour, a tour by Beyoncé, was so called after her husband, Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter? (2014-07-14)
... that critics called Kylie Minogue's 2004 single "Red Blooded Woman" similar to the works of American music artists Justin Timberlake and Timbaland? (2014-07-13)
... that the 1991 Argentine quota law, which sets minimum quotas of female candidacies to legislatures, was emulated by eleven other Latin American countries? (2014-07-13)
... that the LIFE magazine called Veloz and Yolanda "the greatest dance couple in America"? (2014-07-12)
... that the Oxford crew in the 2010 Boat Race included the Winklevoss twins, who had competed at the previous Olympics? (2014-07-12)
... that after the 2006 Boat Race, the Cambridge coach complained that his team had to "row with a boat full of water"? (2014-07-11)
... that German wheelchair basketball player Laura Fürst helped win the national collegiate championship for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks, and also made the Dean's List? (2014-07-11)
... that actress Pom Klementieff trained three hours per day, for two months, to fight Josh Brolin? (2014-07-10)
... that financier James Goldsmith said he hoped that investigative journalist Barbara Conway would "choke on her own vomit"? (2014-07-10)
... that quirky dogs and plural wugs helped Jean Berko Gleason show that young children extract linguistic rules from what they hear, rather than just memorizing words? (2014-07-09)
... that Amy Allison's debut album The Maudlin Years was included on Elvis Costello's list of "500 Essential Albums" in Vanity Fair? (2014-07-09)
... that Simone Kues was a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto? (2014-07-07)
... that as a swimmer, Darda Sales won gold at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney and silver at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, then joined Canada's national wheelchair basketball team in 2014? (2014-07-07)
... that the music video for Kylie Minogue's 2004 single "Chocolate" features a 40-second ballet routine which took the singer four days to rehearse? (2014-07-07)
... that in 2009, the Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea became the first all-female mariachi band to be nominated for a Grammy Award and the first to win one? (2014-07-06)
... that author and science journalist Faye Flam (pictured) has also published in Parade under the name Higgs the Science Cat? (2014-07-06)
... that on the music chart week ending November 30, 2013, Wrapped in Red was the only non-Universal Music Group release to chart inside the Billboard 200's top ten? (2014-07-05)
... that it is thought that South African activist Nokutela Dube (pictured) lost her marriage and her place in history because she could not have children? (2014-07-05)
... that Maud Wagner (pictured) was the first known female tattoo artist in the United States? (2014-07-04)
... that Canada's Janet McLachlan led all wheelchair basketball players in scores and rebounds at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London? (2014-07-04)
... that the video for Lady Gaga's "G.U.Y." was shot at Hearst Castle? (2014-07-04)
... that Tim Frick coached the Canadian women's wheelchair basketball team to three consecutive Paralympic gold medals and four consecutive World Wheelchair Basketball Championships? (2014-07-02)
... that the 2013 album Paramore topped the charts in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States? (2014-07-02)
... that when Dascha Polanco (pictured) was cast on Orange Is the New Black, it was her first full-time job as an actress? (2014-07-02)
... that in the trials following the rapes during the Sierra Leone Civil War, forced marriage was found to be a crime against humanity? (2014-07-01)
... that Pat McDonagh designed costumes for The Beatles, leather catsuits for Diana Rigg as Emma Peel in The Avengers, and the "Mrs Obama coat"? (2014-07-01)
... that the women's suffrage journal Jus Suffragii drew criticism during World War I for launching "an active pacifist campaign"? (2014-07-01)
... that Carrie Underwood's 2012 single "Two Black Cadillacs" was certified Platinum by the RIAA, signifying US sales of at least 1 million units? (2014-06-30)
... that Colombian-American Orange Is the New Black actress Diane Guerrero's parents and older brother were deported to Colombia when she was 14 years old? (2014-06-29)
... that although deaconess Margaret Rodgers could not be ordained as a priest because of her gender, she was cited as "one of the most powerful people in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney"? (2014-06-28)
... that Ivy Parker was the first woman to receive a PhD in chemistry from the University of Texas? (2014-06-28)
... that American band Paramore's "Ain't It Fun" became their first song to reach the top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100? (2014-06-28)
... that Mekayla Diehl forgave the attacker who molested her as a child, and was the first woman of Native American descent to win Miss Indiana USA? (2014-06-27)
... that art dealer Grace Nicholson designed the building that now houses the USC Pacific Asia Museum? (2014-06-27)
... that Florence Stoney was the UK's first female radiologist and one of the first women doctors hired by the War Office in World War I? (2014-06-27)
... that wheelchair athlete Elaine Allard scaled Kala Patthar in the Himalayas? (2014-06-27)
... that at the time, King William IV's public mourning of his son-in-law, the husband of his illegitimate daughter Lady Augusta FitzClarence, was considered scandalous? (2014-06-26)
... that Lady Harriet Cavendish's marriage to Granville Leveson-Gower was arranged by her aunt, who had been his lover for seventeen years? (2014-06-26)
... that Lili Bosse, the mayor of Beverly Hills, California, was sworn in by actor Sidney Poitier? (2014-06-24)
... that Kiki Byrne designed the golden bikini worn by Margaret Nolan in the title sequence of the James Bond film Goldfinger? (2014-06-24)
... that CCM Magazine called the debut album by Christian pop singer V. Rose an "upbeat pop production set to spiritually-grounded lyrics"? (2014-06-23)
... that Susan Anderson was one of the first women to practice medicine in Colorado? (2014-06-23)
... that Georgette Heyer intended her novel My Lord John to be the first in a trilogy featuring the House of Lancaster? (2014-06-23)
... that the cervix, which in adult women is much smaller than the rest of the uterus, is twice as large during childhood as the body of the uterus? (2014-06-23)
... that the setting for Anne Rice's novel The Wolves of Midwinter is based on the Madewood Plantation House, where she once attended a Christmas dinner? (2014-06-22)
... that Miss USA 2014 Nia Sanchez is a fourth degree black belt in taekwondo, and once worked at Hong Kong Disneyland? (2014-06-22)
... that Nancy M. Hill, one of the first women physicians in the United States, founded a society to provide shelter and support for unwed mothers and their babies in Dubuque, Iowa? (2014-06-22)
... that Katy Perry is the first artist to spend 69 consecutive weeks in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100? (2014-06-22)
... that the Cambridge boat sank during the 1978 University Boat Race? (2014-06-21)
... that in 1931, African-American obstetrician Ionia Rollin Whipper opened Washington, D.C.'s first home for unwed mothers that was not racially segregated? (2014-06-21)
... that "Turn Up the Radio" is Madonna's 43rd number-one single on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, the most for any artist? (2014-06-19)
... that Cambridge threatened to boycott the 1983 University Boat Race after Boris Rankov was included in the Oxford crew for the sixth time? (2014-06-19)
... that golfer Lucy Li set records as the youngest U.S. Women's Amateur Championship qualifier at age 10 in 2013 and the youngest U.S. Women's Open Championship qualifier at age 11 in 2014? (2014-06-19)
... that Kakan Hermansson (pictured) held an art exhibition during the "West Pride", an LGBT festival in Gothenburg in 2014? (2014-06-19)
... that Bissau-Guinean Zinha Vaz was arrested and detained after an argument with President Kumba Ialá, who offered her the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs months later? (2014-06-18)
... that when Virginia Grayson won $20,000 in the Dobell Prize for drawing, she said she would use the money to get her "ute fixed"? (2014-06-18)
... that Cambridge had a female cox for the first time in its history in the 1985 University Boat Race? (2014-06-18)
... that former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's memoir Hard Choices is so titled because that is how she frames the foreign policy situations encountered during her tenure? (2014-06-18)
... that the 1984 University Boat Race was postponed by a day after Cambridge hit a barge and sank during the warm-up? (2014-06-17)
... that Janet Greig and her sister Jane, both doctors, were founding members of Melbourne's Queen Victoria Hospital and inductees of the Victorian Honour Roll of Women? (2014-06-17)
... that Ofcom received 260 complaints about Lady Gaga's live performance of "Do What U Want" on the United Kingdom's The X Factor? (2014-06-17)
... that Adele Schopenhauer, sister of German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, was not only a noted author, but also a talented papercut artist (papercut self-portrait pictured)? (2014-06-17)
... that Catalan singer Silvia Perez Cruz's (pictured) songs have been described as a blend of music genres including fado, jazz improvisation, and flamenco? (2014-06-16)
... that bacteriologist Sara Branham Matthews was considered to be one of the "grand ladies of microbiology"? (2014-06-15)
... that "Yasss Bish" is a bounce and drill song with a trap beat? (2014-06-13)
... that when twin fetuses lock together during childbirth, the first twin is sometimes decapitated to save the second? (2014-06-13)
... that Justina Ford (pictured) was the only African American woman to be licensed as a physician in Denver for nearly 50 years? (2014-06-12)
... that around 100 years ago, the steaming process in Lancashire cotton mills made workers fear for their health? (2014-06-11)
... that despite being Australian artists of a war, neither Jessie Traill (pictured) nor Iso Rae were Australian war artists? (2014-06-11)
... that Cassandra Pickett Durham was the first woman to earn a medical degree in the U.S. state of Georgia? (2014-06-10)
... that Templeton Thompson combines her interests in horses and country music in songs such as "When I Get This Pony Rode"? (2014-06-09)
... that in the last ten years, Lisa Kewley has won a Hubble postdoctoral fellowship, the Annie J. Cannon Award, the Newton Lacy Pierce Prize, and been elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science? (2014-06-09)
... that while Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 was poorly received critically in comparison to Close Range: Wyoming Stories, one of the short stories in the collection won the 2004 Aga Khan Prize for Fiction? (2014-06-09)
... that Soraya Post (pictured) was the first Romani in Swedish history to top the ballot for a political party at the European Parliament elections in 2014? (2014-06-08)
... that German silent film actress Hedda Vernon was 28 years old when she played the role of a 15-year-old girl in a film? (2014-06-08)
... that Jean Bellette is the only woman to have won the Sulman Prize more than once? (2014-06-07)
... that astronomer Adelaide Ames joined the Harvard College Observatory as a research assistant because she could not find any jobs in journalism? (2014-06-07)
... that biology teacher Blanche Evans Dean wrote several books about Alabama's natural history after becoming frustrated with the lack of books on the subject? (2014-06-06)
... that during the 17th century many couples performed "erotic" acts near The Iron Lady (pictured), and it was thrown into the river twice for being an object of pagan veneration? (2014-06-05)
... that the Prosecutor General of Crimea, Natalia Poklonskaya, is barred from entering European Union countries? (2014-06-05)
... that Iggy Azalea's "Black Widow", co-written by Katy Perry, was originally intended to be a duet with both singers? (2014-06-05)
... that Jean D'Costa's novels for children have narrative in Standard English and dialogue in Jamaican Creole? (2014-06-04)
... that film star Xu Lai (pictured), who worked as a secret agent during World War II, died in prison following political persecution by Madame Mao? (2014-06-02)
... that Princess Marie Amelie of Baden (pictured), the wife of a Scottish duke, attended the 1856 baptism of Napoléon, Prince Imperial? (2014-06-01)
... that the accumulation of blood in the uterus can occur as a complication of surgery or the result of congenital abnormalities? (2014-06-01)
... that Lilian Helen Alexander was one of the first five women to study medicine at the University of Melbourne and the first female student admitted to an Australian residential college? (2014-05-30)
... that Fay Crocker is the oldest golfer to win a major championship on the LPGA Tour? (2014-05-30)
... that Jane Pauley, Margaret Mead, and Gloria Steinem were Supersisters? (2014-05-29)
... that Liebe Sokol Diamond, who was born without several fingers, became an orthopedic surgeon specializing in children's hand deformities? (2014-05-29)
... that business author Liane Davey uses the label "bobblehead" for a team that underperforms due to excess conformity? (2014-05-28)
... that Josephine Gomon was recruited to work for the Ford Motor Company during World War II by Henry Ford himself? (2014-05-27)
... that Margaret Sanger called Greenwich Village activist Henrietta Rodman a "Feminist of Feminists"? (2014-05-27)
... that marine zoologist Daphne Gail Fautin, described as the world authority on sea anemones (pictured), lives and works in landlocked Lawrence, Kansas? (2014-05-27)
... that Julia Archibald Holmes, a suffragist and friend of Susan B. Anthony, was also the first woman to climb Pikes Peak? (2014-05-26)
... that Joany Badenhorst, the first female snowboarder to represent Australia at the Winter Paralympics, was forced to withdraw after injuring herself in training on the morning of her event? (2014-05-24)
... that the German feminist newspaper Courage was named after the main character of Mother Courage and Her Children? (2014-05-24)
... that approximately one in 80,000 females is born without a cervix? (2014-05-22)
... that four women who received lab-grown vagina transplants recently reported normal function during sexual intercourse? (2014-05-20)
... that Alice Davis Menken's experience working with her synagogue sisterhood's settlement house led to her lifelong interest in assisting female Jewish immigrant juvenile delinquents? (2014-05-20)
... that chemist Madeleine M. Joullié developed indanediones, used by the U.S. Secret Service to detect fingerprints? (2014-05-19)
... that rapper Rich Homie Quan is featured on Mariah Carey's song "Thirsty"? (2014-05-18)
... that Theodora Cowan is regarded as the first Australian-born woman sculptor? (2014-05-18)
... that Anne Nicol Gaylor started a medical fund that has raised money to help pay for nearly 19,000 abortions? (2014-05-18)
... that during World War I, Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland, converted her London house into a hospital? (2014-05-17)
... that Ofelia Rodríguez Acosta is one Cuba's most famous social reformers? (2014-05-17)
... that after originating the role of Lady Sangazure in The Sorcerer, Mrs Howard Paul walked out of the cast of H.M.S. Pinafore when her part was reduced? (2014-05-16)
... that J. J. Abrams cast the unknown Daisy Ridley over Academy Award-winner Lupita Nyong'o in Star Wars Episode VII? (2014-05-15)
... that the upcoming television series, Agent Carter, was inspired by a short film, also titled Agent Carter? (2014-05-14)
... that the Three Virtues bothered Christine de Pisan until she got out of bed and wrote The Treasure of the City of Ladies (pictured)? (2014-05-13)
... that most cases of fusion of the labia minora do not require treatment since they resolve naturally? (2014-05-13)
... that artist Chizuko Judy Sugita de Queiroz was chosen as Nisei Week Queen in 1953? (2014-05-13)
... that the syndicalist Léa Roback opened the first Marxist book store in Montreal? (2014-05-12)
... that Doris Huestis Speirs, after whom an annual prize bestowed by the Society of Canadian Ornithologists is named, exhibited her paintings with the Group of Seven and the Canadian Group of Painters? (2014-05-12)
... that to avenge the execution of her son, Mother Lü beheaded her son's killer, sacrificed his head on her son's tomb, and became the first female rebel leader in Chinese history? (2014-05-11)
... that an imperforate hymen is the most common congenital cause of vaginal obstruction? (2014-05-11)
... that Teri Gender Bender has incorporated raw meat into her performances and has been compared to both Björk and Siouxsie Sioux? (2014-05-10)
... that early members of the Ladies' Scottish Climbing Club would often take off their long skirts to climb in knickerbockers? (2014-05-10)
... that Devika Rani (pictured), the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, is credited as having sung Bollywood's first English song? (2014-05-10)
... that according to tradition, American spy Anna Strong signalled members of the Culper Ring during the American Revolutionary War with her petticoat? (2014-05-10)
... that Maia Makhateli felt it was hard to be paired with her brother, David Makhateli, while dancing the ballet, Romeo and Juliet? (2014-05-09)
... that the Lesbian Tide has been called the United States' first national lesbian newspaper? (2014-05-09)
... that Betty Bone Schiess is one of the Philadelphia Eleven, leaders in the movement to allow the ordination of women in the Episcopal Church? (2014-05-09)
... that the life story of actress and television presenter Štěpánka Haničincová was the subject of a 2003 documentary? (2014-05-07)
... that readers of Focus: A Journal for Lesbians could pay extra to buy the magazine in a brown wrapper? (2014-05-06)
... that Tharanga Goonetilleke is the first Sri Lankan woman to attend the Julliard School, one of the world's leading music schools? (2014-05-05)
... that Josephine Brown and Susan Paul were the first African American women biographers? (2014-05-05)
... that Vera Bogdanovskaia (pictured) was killed in 1896 while trying to make H-C≡P, a chemical not successfully synthesized until 1961? (2014-05-04)
... that electronic musician Peaches is featured on the remix of Natalia Kills' song "Trouble"? (2014-05-04)
... that Vika Lusibaea, only the second woman ever to sit in the National Parliament of Solomon Islands, was elected to replace her husband Jimmy "Rasta", a former warlord convicted of assault? (2014-05-02)
... that Ida Brun (pictured) captivated Europe with her mimoplastic art? (2014-05-02)
... that during the Nazi era, Hedwig Bollhagen took over a Jewish workshop under "questionable circumstances" to make quality ceramics (example pictured)? (2014-05-02)
... that the music video for the song "Adore You" appears to simulate a sex tape? (2014-05-02)
... that Pappa Umanath was not allowed by prison authorities to attend her mother's funeral because she refused to quit the Communist Party of India? (2014-05-01)
... that writer-director Sophie Barthes made the film Cold Souls after having a dream about Woody Allen's soul? (2014-04-30)
... that Ljiljana Raičević established the first shelter in Montenegro for victims of domestic violence? (2014-04-30)
... that Abbi Jacobson plays a fictionalized version of herself on the Comedy Central series Broad City? (2014-04-30)
... that Australian actress Yael Stone's Boston accent on Orange Is the New Black has been called "the most amazing accent on television"? (2014-04-28)
... that Swedish soprano Malin Byström was called "a svelte blonde beauty with the figure of a dancer" when singing the title role in Thaïs in 2012? (2014-04-28)
... that actress Danielle Brooks has been cast as the first black woman on the HBO series Girls? (2014-04-27)
... that according to a national report, the conviction rate of rape in Germany has declined, from 20% in the 1980s to 13% by 2000? (2014-04-26)
... that E. Gail de Planque was the first woman and first health physicist to become a Commissioner at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission? (2014-04-26)
... that in 1957, painter Mary Potter swapped houses on the east coast of England with composer Benjamin Britten? (2014-04-24)
... that Lyndsie Holland played the Gilbert and Sullivan contralto roles with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company? (2014-04-24)
... that La India's recordings of "Ese Hombre" and "Dicen Que Soy", on her album Dicen Que Soy, have been described as "anthems for female salsa lovers"? (2014-04-24)
... that Irene Greif is a founder of computer-supported cooperative work? (2014-04-23)
... that Dr. Edith Claypole died of typhoid while working on immunizations for WWI troops, even though she had been immunized herself? (2014-04-23)
... that Daisy Voog was the first woman to summit the Eiger via the mountain's north face? (2014-04-22)
... that Cambridge won the 2004 University Boat Race by six lengths after Oxford's bowman was unseated following a clash of blades? (2014-04-21)
... that New Zealand actress Morgana O'Reilly had her husband film her first audition for a role on Neighbours in their garden? (2014-04-21)
... that Fay Fuller (pictured) was the first woman to climb Mount Rainier? (2014-04-21)
... that the Welsh climber Emmeline Lewis Lloyd, who made the first climb of Aiguille du Moine, retired in 1873? (2014-04-21)
... that Ada Hitchins's measurements of atomic mass from uranium ores (pictured) provided the first experimental evidence for the existence of isotopes? (2014-04-21)
... that after working on the Manhattan Project, Myrtle Bachelder went on to develop methods for the purification of the rare elements tellurium and indium? (2014-04-20)
... that 19th-century female climber Jeanne Immink (pictured) once wrote, "I challenge the male mountaineers to follow in my steps"? (2014-04-20)
... that soprano Kristīne Opolais made two Met Opera debuts, as Puccini's Cio-Cio-San and Mimi, within a day? (2014-04-19)
... that Dr. Agnes Bluhm wrote that the "female psyche" is predisposed towards working for "racial hygiene"? (2014-04-19)
... that the 2007 University Boat Race featured the most non-British rowers in the race's history? (2014-04-18)
... that Charlotte Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch served as Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria from 1841 to 1846 after being selected for the post by Robert Peel? (2014-04-18)
... that the 2005 University Boat Race featured eight Olympic rowers? (2014-04-17)
... that rape during the Armenian Genocide was described as being part of a plan for "the virtually complete extermination of the Armenians"? (2014-04-17)
... that Heike Friedrich played over 200 games of basketball with the national team before switching to wheelchair basketball? (2014-04-17)
... that wheelchair basketballer Marina Mohnen edged out Olympic gold medallists Britta Heidemann, Marion Rodewald and Oksana Chusovitina to become Cologne's Sportswoman of the Year? (2014-04-16)
... that in 1853, Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Argyll helped draft a letter addressing women in the United States which called for the abolition of slavery? (2014-04-15)
... that Anna Murià was a founding member of the Union Group of Catalan Writers? (2014-04-15)
... that Ana María Martínez Sagi, a Spanish national champion in javelin, was a journalist for the Durruti Column? (2014-04-15)
... that Sophie Ellis-Bextor's 2001 cover of "Take Me Home" by Cher received criticism from the latter for having "overtly sexual" new lyrics? (2014-04-14)
... that despite its single release being cancelled, "Blow" by Beyoncé debuted on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs at number 48? (2014-04-14)
... that in 1901 Beatrice Tomasson (pictured) and her teammates became the first to climb Marmolada, which was then considered "the longest and most difficult climb in the Alps"? (2014-04-14)
... that Zofia Daszyńska-Golińska (pictured) taught at Warsaw's Flying University before she became a Polish senator? (2014-04-13)
... that Annegret Brießmann was ranked in the top ten in the world in her class in the shot put and discus, and won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in wheelchair basketball? (2014-04-13)
... that Indian-born Israeli Sarah Avraham converted to Judaism and moved to Israel after the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and became a Kickboxing World Champion? (2014-04-12)
... that Iranian student activist Maryam Shafipour spent seven months in pre-trial detention, including more than two months in solitary confinement, before being sentenced to seven years in prison? (2014-04-12)
... that Yuhui Choe replaced the injured Natalia Osipova at short notice in the lead role in Sleeping Beauty for The Royal Ballet and "appeared radiantly unfazed by the challenge"? (2014-04-11)
... that Belgian politician Isabelle Blume was awarded the International Stalin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples in 1953? (2014-04-11)
... that soprano Carmen Reppel performed several parts in the Jahrhundertring, Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle staged by Chéreau, and sang in Siegfried Wagner's Schwarzschwanenreich? (2014-04-11)
... that at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 15-year-old swimmer Sarah Hardcastle became the youngest ever British female to win an Olympic medal? (2014-04-10)
... that mountaineer Loulou Boulaz was given honorary membership in the Swiss Alpine Club before the club allowed women to become members? (2014-04-09)
... that Kangana Ranaut was awarded the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying a substance-abusing supermodel in Fashion? (2014-04-09)
... that Hissa Hilal, the first woman to reach the final of reality TV poetry contest Million's Poet, won one round with a poem criticizing fatwas? (2014-04-09)
... that American artist Adelia Armstrong Lutz most liked to paint flowers, especially hollyhocks? (2014-04-09)
... that Isabella Charlet-Straton climbed Mont Blanc four times, including the first winter ascent in 1876? (2014-04-08)
... that Emma Thompson (pictured) garnered dual Academy Award nominations in 1993 for performances in The Remains of the Day and In the Name of the Father? (2014-04-08)
... that American singer Lady Gaga is performing the final seven concerts at the historic Roseland Ballroom in New York City? (2014-04-07)
... that Lily Bristow made the second-ever ascent of Grépon, and did so without a guide? (2014-04-06)
... that German wheelchair basketball player Gesche Schünemann (pictured) was sidelined for three months to repair the tendons of her little finger? (2014-04-06)
... that American Arielle Gold was the second-youngest snowboarder to win a world championship? (2014-04-06)
... that Mary Grannan did not receive any royalties for her first three books because she was a CBC Radio employee? (2014-04-05)
... that Bernice Coppieters of the Ballets de Monte Carlo is Jean-Christophe Maillot's muse? (2014-04-05)
... that Danish women's rights activist Astrid Stampe Feddersen (pictured) took part in the fight against prostitution and fought for greater equality between men and women, including unmarried women? (2014-04-05)
... that biochemist Sofia Simmonds, despite her scientific accomplishments, was not promoted to full professor at Yale until nearly 30 years after she started there? (2014-04-04)
... that Skrillex collaborator Sirah's debut release was produced by DJ Hoppa? (2014-04-04)
... that Mom & Me & Mom, the seventh autobiography by Maya Angelou (pictured with U.S. President Barack Obama), appeared shortly before Mother's Day last year? (2014-04-04)
... that Yulia Makhalina and Ulyana Lopatkina are part of "the basketball team", a group of tall and slender Kirov/Mariinsky ballerinas? (2014-04-02)
... that the music video for Mariah Carey's new single "You're Mine (Eternal)" was shot at El Yunque National Forest (pictured) in Puerto Rico? (2014-04-02)
... that Ludmila Pagliero is the first South American to receive the title of étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet? (2014-04-02)
... THAT FEMINIST HULK SMASH GENDER BINARY AND ONLY MAKE CAPITALIZATION EXCEPTION FOR bell hooks? (2014-04-01)
... that Emily Lakdawalla of The Planetary Society has identified places where Martian drones can land on Earth? (2014-04-01)
... that Amy Garnett is English rugby's most-capped female hooker? (2014-04-01)
... that Margaret Jackson was the first woman to be published in the Alpine Journal under her own name? (2014-03-31)
... that June Lascelles was an Australian microbiologist who taught and researched into bacteria at Oxford and UCLA? (2014-03-31)
... that Jade Etherington (pictured) and Caroline Powell are the most successful female British Winter Paralympians of all time? (2014-03-31)
... that soprano Hannelore Bode appeared in the Bayreuth centenary Jahrhundertring as both Sieglinde and Gutrune? (2014-03-31)
... that soon after starting her career at the Met, Gwendolyn Killebrew appeared as a valkyrie in Wagner's Die Walküre in a live broadcast alongside Birgit Nilsson in the title role? (2014-03-31)
... that soprano Norma Sharp performed Mozart's Countess at her debut at La Scala and the voice of the forest bird in Bayreuth? (2014-03-30)
... that Paralympian silver medallist Mellissa Dunn now leads her own firm of lawyers? (2014-03-30)
... that Rachel Mahon played the music of Star Wars in "five-inch stiletto heels and blue sequined spandex"? (2014-03-29)
... that between animal experiments, research physiologist Maria Carmela Lico (pictured) read novels by Argentinian writer Julio Cortázar? (2014-03-29)
... that members of the Ladies' Alpine Club toasted the Alpine Club at their annual dinner, despite not being permitted to join it? (2014-03-29)
... that Catherine Clarke Fenselau was the first trained mass spectrometrist on the faculty of an American medical school? (2014-03-29)
... that Sue Nott was the first American woman to climb the Eiger's north face in winter? (2014-03-28)
... that the first novel written on the West Coast of the United States may have been that by "Ruth Rover" (title page pictured)? (2014-03-28)
... that Australia's first Playboy centerfold, Karen Pini, also hosted the weekly lotto draw for twelve years? (2014-03-28)
... that Swedish fashion model Filippa Lagerbäck has hosted the Italian version of Candid Camera on RAI? (2014-03-28)
... that before she died of cancer, art curator Karin Higa was writing her doctoral dissertation entitled Little Tokyo, Los Angeles: Japanese American Art and Visual Culture, 1919–1941? (2014-03-27)
... that Kirsty Martin was the first Australian to win the Prix Benois de la Danse? (2014-03-26)
... that Hamburg Ballet's principal Hélène Bouchet wore a gypsy dress when she danced in Mougins, with her sister on violin? (2014-03-26)
... that Caroline von Briest (pictured) offers in narrative poems "insight into matters of the human, particularly the feminine, heart"? (2014-03-26)
... that soprano Nadine Secunde was praised for "formidable acting skills" in the title role of Dmitri Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk? (2014-03-25)
... that Kiesza gave away 4,500 CDs to Canadian troops serving in Afghanistan? (2014-03-25)
... that Israeli-American artist Dorit Cypis moved to Minneapolis because she "wasn't interested in and [was] disoriented" by the consumerism she experienced in Los Angeles? (2014-03-25)
... that mountaineers Anna and Ellen Pigeon made their most famous traverse in the Swiss Alps by mistake? (2014-03-25)
... that reported cases of rape in Belgium increased by 20% in just two years, from 2009 to 2011? (2014-03-24)
... that aged 15 and never having seen a live opera, Alessandra Marianelli placed second in the Cascinalirica singing competition and made her professional opera debut the following year? (2014-03-24)
... that teenager Rywka Lipszyc's diary of her life in the Łódź Ghetto (pictured) during the Holocaust in Poland was published 70 years after it was written? (2014-03-23)
... that Mary Birdsall bought the newspaper that popularized bloomers? (2014-03-23)
... that Hilda Rix Nicholas painted Desolation when her husband was shot dead 38 days after they were married? (2014-03-23)
... that Charlotte von Kalb (pictured) was generally judged unfavourably by women but she "fascinated nearly all the men she ever knew"? (2014-03-23)
... that Adeyinka Gladys Falusi of Nigeria is a L'Oréal-UNESCO laureate for her molecular genetics research into hereditary blood disorders such as sickle-cell disease and alpha-thalassemia? (2014-03-23)
... that chemist Pauline Gracia Beery Mack was the first woman to win the Silver Snoopy award? (2014-03-22)
... that in her seventies, María Nieves was dancing the tango in the West End in 2010? (2014-03-22)
... that Mary Lura Sherrill is one of three women from the same research group who have independently won the Garvan Medal for women in chemistry? (2014-03-22)
... that after the son of novelist Ida Boy-Ed (pictured) was killed early in World War One, she wrote, "A mother is only dust on the road to victory"? (2014-03-22)
... that Mary Ellen Best (self-portrait pictured) painted scenes of domestic Victorian life, contrary to the common paintings of her day? (2014-03-21)
... that Kathryn Hach-Darrow (pictured) flew her small plane over 7,000 miles (11,000 km), promoting water purification equipment? (2014-03-21)
... that Julie Makani won the Royal Society Pfizer Award for her research into sickle cell disease in Tanzania? (2014-03-21)
... that Margit Oelsner-Baumatz was the first female rabbi ordained in Argentina? (2014-03-20)
... that in her quest to find a cure for leprosy, nurse Kate Marsden (pictured) travelled some 11,000 miles (18,000 km) across Russia? (2014-03-20)
... that Beryl Platt helped design and test three WWII fighter planes: the Hurricane, the Typhoon, and the Tempest V? (2014-03-20)
... that Professor Karimat El-Sayed learnt how to balance her scientific ambitions and her family life from Kathleen Lonsdale? (2014-03-19)
... that Hilda Vaughan's novella A Thing of Nought was such a commercial success that it went out of print within four days of publication? (2014-03-19)
... that pathologist Frieda Robscheit-Robbins did not share her male research partner's 1934 Nobel Prize, but he shared the prize money with her? (2014-03-19)
... that Tatjana Gsovsky (pictured), ballet mistress at opera houses in East Berlin, Buenos Aires and West Berlin, first choreographed ballets by Henze and Nono? (2014-03-18)
... that political editor Marie Simonsen has voiced concern that many women may avoid public debate because they are more likely to experience grave cyberbullying than men are? (2014-03-18)
... that the international success of Colombian singer songwriter Shakira's English-language debut album Laundry Service led to a critic deeming her the "biggest female crossover artist since Jennifer Lopez"? (2014-03-18)
... that Mary Wigman said that Dore Hoyer was "Europe's last great modern dancer"? (2014-03-18)
... that The Lily newspaper was "published by a committee of ladies" in 1849? (2014-03-17)
... that soprano Lucy Crowe, performing Janáček's Cunning Little Vixen at the Glyndebourne Festival, was described as "a powerhouse of foxy ingenuity"? (2014-03-17)
... that Akiko Kobayashi got the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science for creating a material that is both organic and metallic? (2014-03-17)
... that Lydia Bradey was the first woman to climb to the summit of Mount Everest without using bottled oxygen? (2014-03-16)
... that "Drive" by Miley Cyrus was noted by a reviewer for its "wobbling beat"? (2014-03-16)
... that Penelope Spencer created dances and choruses for the Glastonbury Festival in 1921? (2014-03-15)
... that literature theoretician Paulina Lebl-Albala was co-founder and president of the Yugoslav Association of University-Educated Women? (2014-03-15)
... that Marte Wexelsen Goksøyr, who has Down's syndrome, wore a T-shirt saying "Endangered" in the Parliament of Norway to protest against Norwegian mothers being offered early ultrasonography? (2014-03-15)
... that Gloria Mestre was the Prima ballerina assoluta at the San Carlo Opera House in Naples? (2014-03-15)
... that Antonina Roxa was one of the first Falkland Islanders, a skilled gaucho and midwife who became a landowner in Stanley in the Falkland Islands? (2014-03-15)
... that Simone Osborne, "one of Canada's most sought-after sopranos", busked on Toronto's streets to afford singing lessons? (2014-03-14)
... that Mahmona Khan was one of two Norwegian representatives at the first Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship? (2014-03-14)
... that Charity Bick was the youngest ever recipient of the George Medal? (2014-03-14)
... that the Women's Premiership is currently comprised of Bristol Ladies, Darlington Mowden Park Sharks, Lichfield Ladies, Richmond Women, Saracens Women, Wasps Ladies, Worcester Ladies and Aylesford Bulls Ladies, after having defeated Thurrock T-Birds in a playoff? (2014-03-13)
... that Leila Schneps (pictured), mathematician, researcher, and author of Math on Trial also writes mathematically-themed murder mysteries under the pen-name Catherine Shaw? (2014-03-13)
... that San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim plays bass guitar, and her favorite song is by the Wu-Tang Clan? (2014-03-13)
... that the Duchess of Devonshire, who in 1909 founded the Derbyshire branch of the Red Cross, later served as Viceregal consort of Canada from 1916 to 1921? (2014-03-13)
... that, after losing a child, journalist and author Mrs. C. S. Peel abandoned writing to sell hats, but started up again after ill health forced her to close her shop? (2014-03-13)
... that Swan Lake was shown live in 100 French cinemas, with Steffi Scherzer, a dancer of the Berlin State Opera for 28 years, in the double role of Odette/Odile? (2014-03-12)
... that Laura Knight's Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech Ring (detail pictured) was compared to Rosie the Riveter and brought its subject instant fame? (2014-03-12)
... that Rajani Pandit, regarded as Maharashtra's first female private detective, reportedly worked undercover as domestic help for six months while solving a case? (2014-03-12)
... that Millie Knight, the youngest ever British Paralympic athlete, was the flagbearer at the 2014 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony? (2014-03-12)
... that Marie Meurdrac's 1656 book on Useful and Easy Chemistry, for the Benefit of Ladies had ten editions in three languages? (2014-03-12)
... that screenwriter Olivia Hetreed gained access to Tracy Chevalier's novel Girl with a Pearl Earring shortly before its publication because they shared the same agent? (2014-03-11)
... that Megan Rapinoe (pictured) is the first soccer player, male or female, to score a rare Goal Olimpico at the Olympic Games? (2014-03-11)
... that car-owning Mrs Edward Kennard wrote The Motor Maniac, which was said to be exasperating for readers who did not own an automobile? (2014-03-11)
... that in reviewing Jane Ridley's biography of "Bertie", A. N. Wilson wrote that "royal biography will never be the same again"? (2014-03-11)
... that Henriette Schønberg Erken's Big Cookbook sold more than 200,000 copies, and her Small Cookbook sold about 100,000 copies? (2014-03-11)
... that before it was added to the National Register of Historic Places, Edith Marion Patch's house nearly went up in flames? (2014-03-11)
... that Edith Humphrey is thought to be the first British woman to obtain a doctorate in chemistry, in 1901? (2014-03-11)
... that Vivian Wing-Wah Yam was the youngest member to be elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences? (2014-03-10)
... that Karin Rehnqvist composed Puksånger & lockrop for singers Susanne Rosenberg and Lena Willemark, in which a section of kulning (cattle calling) "represents a rebellion"? (2014-03-10)
... that Maria Komissarova was the first-ever woman to win a World Cup medal for Russia in the ski cross? (2014-03-10)
... that Angela Stent is on the advisory committee of Women in International Security, an organization dedicated to promoting women's careers in the field of national security? (2014-03-10)
... that Romantic period writer Sophie Tieck was overshadowed by her brother? (2014-03-09)
... that Nalini Anantharaman won a Mathematical Physics prize for her work on quantum chaos, Schrödinger equations and quantum unique ergodicity? (2014-03-09)
... that long after suffering serial forced displacement as a child in Johannesburg, Emma Mashinini became a Commissioner for Restitution of Land Rights? (2014-03-09)
... that Eleonora de Cisneros (pictured), an American opera singer, promoted the sale of Liberty bonds more than any other person during World War I? (2014-03-09)
... that Agnes Abuom is the first woman and the first African to be moderator of the World Council of Churches Central Committee? (2014-03-09)
... that Soerip went from "Miss" to "Grandmother" in between films? (2014-03-08)
... that cell biologist Rachael Dunlop and her colleagues discovered how an amino acid produced by blue-green algae might trigger the onset of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease)? (2014-03-08)
... that after the last Paralympics, Oleksandra Kononova became the Ukrainian sports personality of the year? (2014-03-08)
... that screenwriter Mary Agnes Donoghue was fired from the 1988 film Beaches by the director Garry Marshall and rehired after less than a month? (2014-03-08)
... that runner Marie Dollinger represented Germany in three Olympic Games, broke Olympic records and set a world record, but never won an Olympic medal? (2014-03-08)
... that a painting by Lucy Madox Brown (pictured as a child) was described by Dante Gabriel Rossetti as a "perfect picture"? (2014-03-08)
... that Jennie Augusta Brownscombe (1850–1936), painter of the The First Thanksgiving, was a "New Woman" painter and considered "one of America's best artists"? (2014-03-08)
... that Helen Fraser was the first woman to be adopted as an official party candidate for parliament from Scotland? (2014-03-08)
... that Spanish artist Glòria Muñoz uses the chapel of an abandoned convent as her studio? (2014-03-08)
... that Australian artist Dorrit Black was influenced by the Modernist and Cubist art movements because of her studies in London and Paris? (2014-03-08)
... that Cordelia E. Cook, the first woman to receive the Bronze Star Medal, was also awarded the Purple Heart? (2014-03-08)
... that both expressionist dancer Clotilde von Derp and her husband (pictured) were known for their transvestite costumes? (2014-03-08)
... that Chen Yumei (pictured) retired from acting soon after being crowned the "Movie Queen"? (2014-03-08)
... that in England, women found guilty of high treason, petty treason and heresy, were burnt at the stake, sometimes alive? (2014-03-08)
... that Birgit Keil, prima ballerina of the Stuttgart Ballet under John Cranko, inspired international choreographers such as Kenneth MacMillan, John Neumeier and Heinz Spoerli? (2014-03-08)
... that Alfreda Markowska, a Polska Roma, was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta for saving Jewish and Roma children from death in the Holocaust and the Porajmos during World War II? (2014-03-07)
... that Rani Mukerji (pictured) is the only Bollywood actress to win both the Filmfare Award for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in the same year? (2014-03-06)
... that the Italian improv performer Teresa Bandettini was given her portrait (pictured) by Angelica Kauffman in 1794? (2014-03-05)
... that Jennie Patrick, a woman who was told she did not belong at the University in Berkeley in the 1970s, received the Outstanding Women in Science and Engineering Award in 1980? (2014-03-05)
... that Debbi reached the top of the Czech charts with her debut album? (2014-03-05)
... that Chinese journalist Yang Gang committed suicide after being forced to persecute her colleagues, but the details are disputed? (2014-03-04)
... that Rosina Galli (pictured) was the prima ballerina at La Scala Theatre Ballet before she became the première danseuse at the Metropolitan Opera House? (2014-03-04)
... that in reply to The Woman Who Did, a novel about a New Woman, Mrs. Lovett Cameron wrote The Man Who Didn't? (2014-03-04)
... that artist Edith R. Wyle, grandmother of actor Noah Wyle, founded the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles? (2014-03-04)
... that two-time Olympic gold medalist Carli Lloyd is the only player to score the game-winning goal in two consecutive Olympic gold medal soccer matches? (2014-03-04)
... that in 2008, the Romanian ballet mistress Mijaela Tesleoanu was one of only two non-Cubans on the payroll of the Cuban National Ballet? (2014-03-03)
... that Barbara Brandon-Croft was the first African American female cartoonist to get a national syndication for Where I'm Coming From? (2014-03-03)
... that Wilhelmina FitzClarence, Countess of Munster (pictured), a granddaughter of King William IV, published a collection of ghost stories in 1896? (2014-03-02)
... that Enid Blyton's books were banned by the BBC for being "second-rate" and without merit? (2014-03-02)
... that Aasa Helgesen was elected the first female mayor in Norway after an election where she didn't know she was on the ballot? (2014-03-02)
... that Thokozile Masipa, the presiding judge assigned to the Oscar Pistorius murder trial, worked as a crime reporter for The Sowetan newspaper before her law career? (2014-03-01)
... that the Dutch East India Company attempted to eliminate the njai by importing orphaned girls from the Netherlands? (2014-03-01)
... that the Hertha Feist dance school was moved by the Nazis to smaller premises? (2014-03-01)
... that in her song "Glory and Gore", Lorde compares celebrity culture to gladiatorial combat? (2014-03-01)
... that Konstanze Vernon, prima ballerina in Munich remembered as Giselle, created and directed an academy in memory of her ballet partner Heinz Bosl? (2014-02-28)
... that Clara Breed (pictured), a San Diego librarian, is known for the "Dear Miss Breed" letters she exchanged with Japanese American children held in internment camps during World War II? (2014-02-28)
... that Australian inventor Myra Juliet Farrell dreamed of solutions to practical problems and wrote them in mirror writing on the wall while sleepwalking? (2014-02-27)
... that Josephine Silone Yates (pictured) was the first black woman to head a college science department in the United States? (2014-02-27)
... that in 2011, Johann Lamont became the first person to be elected as overall leader of the Scottish Labour Party? (2014-02-26)
... that Zimbabwe's gold-winning women's field hockey team from the 1980 Olympics were promised an ox each by the Prime Minister's wife, but got packages of meat instead? (2014-02-25)
... that the music video for Kylie Minogue's 2010 single "All the Lovers" was intended as homage to the singer's gay audience? (2014-02-25)
... that Lynne Owens is the first woman to become Chief Constable of Surrey Police? (2014-02-24)
... that "Flatline", a song by Mutya Keisha Siobhan, was co-written by British artist Dev Hynes? (2014-02-24)
... that Vivienne Cassie Cooper is New Zealand's "leading expert" on the microscopic algae diatom? (2014-02-23)
... that Czech Olympic snowboarder Ester Ledecká is the granddaughter of two-time Olympic medallist Jan Klapáč? (2014-02-22)
... that singer Kanako Momota performs a "shrimp jump" during live shows? (2014-02-21)
... that Helen C. White's (pictured) graduate students called her "the Purple Goddess" partly due to her predominantly purple wardrobe and exceptional height? (2014-02-18)
... that the film rights to the biography Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story were announced a week after the book was released? (2014-02-18)
... that Sydney Leroux (pictured) represented Canada before deciding to play for the United States women's national soccer team? (2014-02-16)
... that Fernanda Lima (pictured), the muse of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, is in a television show named Amor & Sexo? (2014-02-16)
... that as of January 2014, Desfado by fado singer Ana Moura has not dropped from the Portuguese Albums Chart Top 20 since its release in November 2012? (2014-02-16)
... that short track speed skater Jessica Smith qualified for the 2014 Olympics despite not training with the national team? (2014-02-15)
... that Yoko Kondo was the Japan women's ice hockey team's oldest player in the 2014 Winter Olympics, and the only one with prior Olympic experience? (2014-02-14)
... that "Weird Al" Yankovic offered to guest star in an episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic after a co-executive producer found him showcasing fan works with his music on Twitter? (2014-02-14)
... that collections left by naturalists Frederick Lukis and his daughter Louisa, wife of Sark's feudal ruler William Thomas Collings, are the most significant natural history collections displayed by the museums of Guernsey? (2014-02-13)
... that Broadway actress Joan McCracken was one of the models for Truman Capote's fictional Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's? (2014-02-12)
... that Arianna Huffington said she thought journalist Georgina Henry was a "kindred spirit"? (2014-02-12)
... that YinzCam, a Pittsburgh-based company providing official mobile apps for more than 30 professional sports franchises, was created by Carnegie Mellon University Professor Priya Narasimhan? (2014-02-11)
... that ski jumper Eva Ganster (pictured) pre-jumped at the 1994 Olympics, twenty years before ski jumping became an Olympic sport for women this year? (2014-02-11)
... that ballet dancer Sally Gilmour was "acclaimed in the 1940s as second only to Margot Fonteyn among British ballerinas"? (2014-02-10)
... that 2014 Olympian Emily Scott was preparing to apply for food stamps when a USA Today article about her brought in over $48,000 in donations, allowing her to continue training? (2014-02-10)
... that Katy Perry's song "Double Rainbow" shares its title with a 2010 viral video? (2014-02-09)
... that anthropologist Nina Jablonski was inspired to study science by a National Geographic program on palaeontologist Louis Leakey? (2014-02-08)
... that artist Andrea Polli used a nephelometer to visualize airborne particulates in her art installation Particle Falls (pictured)? (2014-02-08)
... that Eva Rydberg has performed at the Paris Olympia? (2014-02-07)
... that Lorde says her song "Ribs" was inspired by "this big party I had when my parents went away"? (2014-02-06)
... that Mathilde, Abbess of Essen, is pictured with her brother Otto on the donor portrait of the Cross of Otto and Mathilde? (2014-02-06)
... that although Crown Duel's fictional setting of Sartorias-deles is most like New Zealand, its customs and fashions were inspired by the court of Louis XIV? (2014-02-05)
... that Emma Knyckare was locked inside a glasshouse in Gothenburg in 2013 to host the aid show Musikhjälpen, along with Sarah Dawn Finer and Kodjo Akolor? (2014-02-04)
... that Sasheer Zamata is the first female black Saturday Night Live cast member hired since the addition of Maya Rudolph? (2014-02-03)
... that American astronomer Pamela L. Gay has directed citizen science projects enabling people to help map the surface of the Moon through an online mapping interface? (2014-02-02)
... that Sussie Eriksson shows along with Siw Malmkvist and Lasse Berghagen in the group Creme Fraiche? (2014-01-31)
... that the Countess of Derby (pictured) was ostracised for leaving her husband and was unable to return to respectable society until after he became embroiled in his own affair with Elizabeth Farren? (2014-01-31)
... that following a corruption scandal in Turkey, PM Erdoğan reshuffled his cabinet appointing ten ministers, among them nine new – Ala, Çavuşoğlu, Elvan, Güllüce, Işık, İslam, İşler, Kılıç and Zeybekci? (2014-01-31)
... that rape during the Rwandan Genocide led to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda defining rape as an act of genocide? (2014-01-30)
... that Ethel Sands was "one of the leading artist hostesses of her time"? (2014-01-30)
... that Asia Bibi is the first woman in Pakistan to be sentenced to death on charges of blasphemy? (2014-01-30)
... that women's football forward Seyhan Gündüz was capped 32 times internationally, scoring 12 goals, a rate of 0.375 a match? (2014-01-28)
... that Swedish soprano Erika Sunnegårdh, who has sung at the Metropolitan Opera, said that her voice was "like a wild horse"? (2014-01-27)
... that Linda Nolan was labelled "Naughty Nolan" due to her posing in risqué publicity photos? (2014-01-24)
... that Kitty Jutbring (pictured) won VeckoRevyn's competition "Plus Size Model of the Year" in 1999? (2014-01-24)
... that Marie Jansen reportedly earned a half a million dollars in musical theatre, but after declaring bankruptcy was unable to pay her weekly seven dollar lodging bill while working as a seamstress? (2014-01-23)
... that Juliana R. Force brought about the first public showing of American folk art in the United States? (2014-01-23)
... that 2014 Olympic speed skater Anna Ringsred used to be afraid of racing, calling competition "scary and nerve-racking"? (2014-01-22)
... that Djoewariah began her career as a victim of human trafficking and closed it as a queen? (2014-01-21)
... that the crimes of Linda Taylor became the basis for Ronald Reagan's mythical "welfare queen" during his 1976 presidential campaign? (2014-01-20)
... that Polish writer Irena Jurgielewiczowa was also an underground teacher and a resistance fighter in WWII? (2014-01-20)
... that Bonnie McKee has co-written eight number one singles, five of which were sung by Katy Perry? (2014-01-19)
... that former Chilean Environment Minister Adriana Hoffmann identified 106 new species of cacti? (2014-01-19)
... that as a young girl, Margaret George became interested in Cleopatra because they both had dark hair, and later wrote a best-selling novel about her? (2014-01-18)
... that Sana Mir has captained the Pakistan women's cricket team in 33 Twenty20 Internationals, and is the team's leading wicket-taker? (2014-01-18)
... that journalist Judith Newman wrote a New York Times article asking Wikipedians to help craft an entry about her? (2014-01-18)
... that Janice Eberly was the first female National President of Future Farmers of America and then Chief Economist for the U.S. Treasury Department? (2014-01-18)
... that Marie Collings, a wealthy pirate's daughter, purchased an island and became its hereditary ruler but never visited it? (2014-01-17)
... that West Indian Twenty20 cricketer Deandra Dottin was the first woman to score a century in a women's Twenty20 International? (2014-01-17)
... that a suit by Dorothy Proctor led to the revelation that hundreds of Canadian prisoners had been subjects of scientific experiments? (2014-01-17)
... that Elsa the Snow Queen, a protagonist in Walt Disney's Frozen, was originally written as a villain? (2014-01-16)
... that female infanticide in India has a history spanning centuries? (2014-01-15)
... that Mary E. Clarke (pictured) was the first woman to achieve the rank of major general in the United States Army? (2014-01-14)
... that during his 1755 birthday party attended by five hundred people, John Spencer secretly married Georgiana Poyntz in an upstairs bedroom? (2014-01-14)
... that, according to co-writer Nelly, "4x4", from Miley Cyrus's album Bangerz, was "about having fun"? (2014-01-14)
... that even Nazi occupiers bowed to Dame Sibyl Hathaway, the feudal ruler of the island of Sark, who was later described as a "benevolent dictator" and a "lady of unusual personality"? (2014-01-13)
... that the Fermanagh Mallards were thrown out of the Women's Premier League after failing to travel to Belfast for an association football match? (2014-01-12)
... that singer Rebecca Simonsson (pictured) and the other members of the music group Sunblock, all glamour models, have been called "the sexiest thing since The Pussycat Dolls"? (2014-01-11)
... that Batool Fatima has played 76 One Day International cricket matches, the most by a Pakistani woman player? (2014-01-10)
... that June Newton chose the pseudonym "Alice Springs" for her photography work by blindly stabbing a pin into a map of Australia and landing on the town of the same name? (2014-01-10)
... that Hallelujah! The Welcome Table (2004) is author and poet Maya Angelou's first cookbook? (2014-01-10)
... that blind poet María Josefa Mujía was Bolivia's first woman writer after its independence? (2014-01-09)
... that Adrian Piper, a black, female conceptual artist, has said that she was kicked out of the art world for her race and gender? (2014-01-09)
... that Chinese athlete Wu Shujiao set an East Asian Games record in 100 metres hurdles when she won gold in the 2013 Games in Tianjin? (2014-01-08)
... that after being won by Colombians in its first four years, the Bogotá Women's Race has been won by Africans ever since? (2014-01-08)
... that Nigerian feminist writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is sampled on Beyoncé Knowles' new album Beyoncé? (2014-01-07)
... that Begum Akhtar Riazuddin, the first woman to write modern Urdu travelogues, was one of the 1000 PeaceWomen nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005? (2014-01-07)
... that Arzu Karabulut currently plays for both German and Turkish football teams? (2014-01-07)
... that Jane Aitken was the first woman to print an English-language Bible in the United States? (2014-01-06)
... that Estelle Ramey's name was formalized so that she could go to school? (2014-01-05)
... that after the Titanic sank, Sophie Radford de Meissner (pictured), a former lady-in-waiting in the Russian court, requested an audience with the U.S. President to deliver a message from one of the victims? (2014-01-04)
... that a speech delivered by Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was sampled and used by American singer Beyoncé Knowles in a song called "Flawless"? (2014-01-04)
... that the Downton Abbey law allows for equal succession of female heirs to hereditary titles and peerages? (2014-01-03)
... that Marie-Hélène Lefaucheux orchestrated her husband's release from a concentration camp after he was captured by the Gestapo? (2014-01-02)
... that octogenarian poet Joyce La Mers donated $500,000 to Light Quarterly, the US's only literary magazine devoted to light verse? (2014-01-02)
... that when Julia Louis-Dreyfus (pictured) won an Emmy for playing Selina Meyer, she became the first actress to win Primetime Emmy Awards for three different regular cast roles? (2014-01-01)
... that Bridget Holmes emptied the chamber pots of four kings of England? (2014-01-01)