Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Green/DYK/2023 DYK Blurbs

2023 DYK Blurbs:

... that teacher Mary Creighton Bailey was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her services in the improvement of education in Germany shortly after World War II? (2023-12-30)
... that Sophie von Maltzan led the making of a submarine that was walked through the streets of Dublin? (2023-12-29)
... that an Indian maharajah asked Eugenie Grosup (pictured) to marry him after she received a deportation notice to leave India and return to Nazi-occupied Europe? (2023-12-28)
... that the Latin princess Ioveta was about four years old when her mother, Queen Morphia, surrendered her to the Turks as debt payment security? (2023-12-27)
... that in 1977, Appalachian folk singer Phyllis Boyens performed at a Christmas benefit concert to support Kentucky coal miners who had been on strike for 17 months? (2023-12-25)
... that Maryam Eslamdoust was the first Iranian-born woman to hold public office in Great Britain? (2023-12-24)
... that having worked as a secretary for 67 years, secret millionaire Sylvia Bloom retired at the age of 96 and willed US$8.2 million to sponsor underprivileged students? (2023-12-23)
... that Anna Burke was the second woman to give birth while a member of the Australian House of Representatives? (2023-12-23)
... that Ged Kearney represented Batman in the Parliament of Australia from 2018 to 2019? (2023-12-22)
... that Hoàng Thị Minh Hồng's environmental activism inspired Barack Obama? (2023-12-21)

... that voice actress Yurie Igoma considers Mickey Mouse to be her mentor? (2023-12-20)
... that Emelia Quinn argues that "monstrous vegans" have recurred in literature since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein? (2023-12-20)
... that Tjarda Struik is the Netherlands' first female mayor to be nearly blind, and a TikTok influencer? (2023-12-19)
... that Civana Kuhlmann overcame four surgeries during her college soccer career to make her professional debut in 2023? (2023-12-19)
... that the New York Post called Paige Lorenze the "female Pete Davidson"? (2023-12-17)
... that Yurie Funato, a voice actress and former singer, was bullied in high school for her high-pitched voice? (2023-12-16)
... that in a village in Wales, hares were traditionally nicknamed "St Monacella's lambs"? (2023-12-16)
... that near the end of her life, feminist and educator Nadezhda Stasova (pictured) wrote that Russian women "still have not learned to stop being men's slaves"? (2023-12-15)
... that before embarking on a music career, Matilda Cole appeared in three of her father's films? (2023-12-15)
... that Isabella Correa was one of the few Jewish women poets active in the Netherlands before the 19th century? (2023-12-14)
... that Swiss-born peace activist Henriette Ith chose to marry an anarchist to regain Swiss citizenship? (2023-12-14)
... that Molly Burman resumed releasing music three years later after finding that "Happy Things" had accrued a million streams on Spotify? (2023-12-13)
... that a year after becoming the first woman president of the Canadian Political Science Association, Caroline Andrew moderated the first Canadian leaders' debate on women's issues? (2023-12-13)
... that Tsvetana Jermanova survived imprisonment in two forced labour camps in communist Bulgaria? (2023-12-12)
... that in the 2009 documentary concert special Roots to Riches, Regine Velasquez reunited and performed with her former talent show rival Eva Castillo? (2023-12-12)
... that Hannah Davis authored highly cited articles on long COVID while battling the disease herself? (2023-12-12)
... that Annie Rauwerda's stew cooked for more than 60 days and had around 300 contributors? (2023-12-11)
... that Turkish international soccer player Rojin Polat was named member of the "2021 All Schools Merit Girls Team" in New South Wales, Australia? (2023-12-09)
... that Canadian singer Tate McRae is a trained ballet dancer and started her musical career by accident? (2023-12-09)
... that the Bishop of Brooklyn was "appalled" that the music video for "Feather", in which Sabrina Carpenter kills several men, was filmed in a church? (2023-12-09)
... that little has been known of the exact whereabouts of Iranian communist leader Ashraf Dehghani since she escaped prison in 1973? (2023-12-08)
... that Femke Bol broke the 41-year-old indoor world record for the 400 metres with a time of 49.26 seconds in 2023? (2023-12-07)
... that Andrea Carla Michaels, who has written more than 80 crosswords for The New York Times, is known as the "Pizza Lady" in San Francisco? (2023-12-06)
... that actress Louise Franklin replaced the main dancing role in 1945's Pillow to Post after Dorothy Dandridge was injured in a car accident? (2023-12-05)
... that Lore Maria Peschel-Gutzeit once advocated for a "right to vote from birth"? (2023-12-05)
... that Ding Xuesong was the first female ambassador of the People's Republic of China? (2023-12-05)
... that at the end of her Weekends with Adele shows, Adele vanishes? (2023-12-04)
... that Palestinian hikaye is a unique form of folk culture performed by older women in winter? (2023-12-04)
... that in 2023, Tshering Tshomo was the only woman elected to serve in the National Council of Bhutan? (2023-12-03)
... that Julie Cliff revealed that an outbreak of konzo in Mozambique was caused by cyanide in insufficiently processed cassava? (2023-12-01)
... that Ursula K. Le Guin's short story "The Day Before the Revolution", which won Nebula and Locus Awards in 1975, was praised for its depiction of a "revolutionary icon as a curmudgeonly old woman"? (2023-11-30)
... that Margarita Ortega left her husband to fight in the Mexican Revolution? (2023-11-28)
... that rural women in Burundi greet each other with an intricate musical ritual called akazehe? (2023-11-28)
... that Mariah Carey does not know Jennifer Lopez? (2023-11-27)
... that Romanian-born Helen O'Brien escaped advancing Russians on the King's horse, opened Eve, and worked as a spy for MI5 and MI6? (2023-11-27)
... that in high school, tennis player Sara Daavettila went an entire season without losing a game? (2023-11-26)
... that Mona Williams (pictured) said her degree from Stanford University was called a "wanky Yankee" degree when she arrived in New Zealand? (2023-11-26)
... that after learning to write with Inuktitut syllabics to help Catholic missionaries learn her language, Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk wrote one of the first Inuktitut-language novels? (2023-11-26)
... that Lady Six Monkey was the only one of her four siblings not to be sacrificed? (2023-11-25)
... that Manaka Matsukubo, the youngest player to start in the NWSL Challenge Cup, was named most valuable player of this year's final? (2023-11-24)
... that Lea Ackermann (pictured), a German nun of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa, fought against forced prostitution and sex tourism in East Africa? (2023-11-23)
... that The Washington Post called Butts: A Backstory "cheeky"? (2023-11-23)
... that Martha Poma worked as a textile artisan in El Alto before being elected to the Bolivian senate? (2023-11-22)
... that Turkish carom billiards champion Güzin Müjde Karakaşlı grew up playing volleyball for about 12 years? (2023-11-22)
... that the novel Minor Detail is based on a true story of a 1949 gang rape and murder of a young Arab Bedouin-Palestinian girl by Israeli soldiers? (2023-11-20)
... that Susan Murabana created Africa's first permanent planetarium? (2023-11-18)
... that Stella Alexander, the first female mayor of Issaquah, was nicknamed "Madame Mussolini" by her detractors? (2023-11-18)
... that Hilda Hilst impersonated a journalist to meet Marlon Brando, and asked him about Franz Kafka's works? (2023-11-18)
... that soprano Rachel Yakar, who received international attention in 1977 as Poppea with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, was also described as an "ideal" Mélisande and "a Mozartian at heart and in style"? (2023-11-17)
... that Swiss athlete Clara Thalmann arrived in Barcelona to compete the People's Olympiad but ended up fighting in the Spanish Civil War? (2023-11-17)
... that professor Ruth Ann Davis made the largest ever single contribution to Potomac State College of West Virginia University to support nursing scholarships in memory of her mother? (2023-11-14)
... that Broadway actress Isabelle Urquhart (pictured) started a fashion trend when she decided to reveal her figure on stage by not wearing petticoats? (2023-11-13)
... that Dianne Lee had her name changed from Melody to avoid seeming like a reggae act? (2023-11-13)
... that Amrita Shah found that the introduction of television to India led to more women aspiring to become independent? (2023-11-12)
... that the song "Lacy" is about a girl whom Olivia Rodrigo finds "sexy" and describes as a "Bardot reincarnate"? (2023-11-11)
... that last month, Delanie Sheehan scored her first professional goal during Gotham FC's first NWSL postseason win? (2023-11-11)
... that The Butchering Art describes how Joseph Lister's successful surgery on Queen Victoria led to the widespread adoption of his antiseptic techniques? (2023-11-09)
... that when Sarah Jane Baker was released after 30 years, she was the United Kingdom's longest serving transgender prisoner? (2023-11-08)
... that Lillian V. Holdeman Moore identified a spike in hydrogen-gas-producing bacteria in Skylab astronauts? (2023-11-07)
... that the music video for Olivia Rodrigo's song "Get Him Back!" was shot on an iPhone 15 Pro? (2023-11-07)
... that Spanish mystic Marina de Escobar founded a convent but never joined one? (2023-11-06)
... that one legend claimed that Hö'elün conceived the boy who would become Genghis Khan when she was impregnated by a ray of light? (2023-11-05)
... that when she was elected to the New Zealand parliament, Catherine Wedd defeated her former coworker at a marketing company? (2023-11-04)
... that Hanthawaddy royal Saw Maha-Rit was executed for leaving behind his wife Princess Tala Mi Kyaw on the battlefield? (2023-11-03)
... that Julia Allison has been described as one of the first influencers? (2023-11-02)
... that a song from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was performed by four-year-old Mai Fujisawa, daughter of the film's composer Joe Hisaishi? (2023-11-01)
... that Chen Xiaocui (pictured) helped to translate Sherlock Holmes into Chinese when she was still a child? (2023-11-01)
... that Premana Premadi is the first Indonesian female astronomer to have an asteroid named in her honor? (2023-10-30)
... that Tommy Villiers, the guitarist for "Feel It", has been a member of five different bands? (2023-10-29)
... that Isabelle Cals, who turned to singing after a degree in Chinese, appeared as Wagner's Kundry in a production of Parsifal at the Stadttheater Minden? (2023-10-28)
... that Gracie Graves and the Kids from Room 402 was criticized for conveying "a sort of smug superiority of adults"? (2023-10-28)
... that Adele's song "My Little Love" features voice notes of her nine-year-old son? (2023-10-27)
... that Ellie Dixon's "Big Lizard Energy" imagines herself as a 320-foot (98 m) dinosaur? (2023-10-26)
... that Mary Jo Shelly (pictured) used her background in modern dance and physical education to train women in the military during two wars? (2023-10-24)
... that the book series The Serrano Legacy by Elizabeth Moon features protagonists that are daughters or aunts? (2023-10-23)
... that Jennifer Mills has written Jennifer Mills News, a weekly newspaper about herself, for 21 years? (2023-10-23)
... that Blessed Seraphina Sforza was implicated in a murder plot at the age of twelve? (2023-10-22)
... that Julie Mehretu's Mural, installed at 200 West Street in New York City, was painted using 215 different colors? (2023-10-22)
... that Songs and Flowers of the Wasatch represented a shift in Mormon history toward a "socially-accepted American cultural and religious heritage", according to historian Jennifer Reeder? (2023-10-21)
... that Julia Marden was the first known person to create a Wampanoag twined turkey-feather mantle since European contact 400 years earlier? (2023-10-21)
... that the Amazonas de Yaxunah, a Mayan softball team from Yucatán, play barefoot while wearing the huipil, a traditional indigenous dress? (2023-10-20)
... that RinRin Doll first modeled for the brand Angelic Pretty at Pacific Media Expo after her friend, the organizer for the event, submitted an application for her without her knowledge? (2023-10-18)
... that the music video for Olivia Rodrigo's "Bad Idea Right?" features appearances by her "favorite girlz"? (2023-10-18)
... that footballer Sara Mérida played for Espanyol Femení, was a physiotherapist for the club, and ultimately helped coach her former team to promotion in 2022? (2023-10-17)
... that English missionary Reverend Thomas Sparshott co-wrote a book in Swahili, and his daughter Margaret Elwyn Sparshott (pictured) was responsible as matron for 22 hospitals in World War I? (2023-10-17)
... that Sarah Cox brought the first breach of promise suit in Australia, during which she was represented by her future husband William Wentworth? (2023-10-15)
... that Sheryl Cooper (pictured) and her daughter Calico beheaded Sheryl's husband in front of a live audience? (2023-10-14)
... that the hotel The Redbury New York did not accept men for 95 years? (2023-10-14)
... that Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour caused the horror film The Exorcist: Believer to move its release date one week earlier from Friday, October 13, 2023? (2023-10-13)
... that Rebecca Struthers has a PhD in horology? (2023-10-13)
... that Kenya Grace shot her first music video after becoming a finalist in a competition? (2023-10-13)
... that Yank pin-ups (example pictured) were distributed to American military personnel during World War II to promote morale? (2023-10-10)
... that the mixtape Froge.mp3 took its title from a nickname that Piri & Tommy gave each other? (2023-10-10)
... that after their 2020 tour was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Spiritbox received $10,000 from Shinedown's Brent Smith, a stranger, to cover losses? (2023-10-09)
... that when Jessica Berman was named the deputy commissioner of the National Lacrosse League, she became the first woman to hold that position in a men's professional sports league? (2023-10-08)
... that Angeline Quinto became the first Filipino singer to release a soundtrack album for a television series that featured a single artist? (2023-10-08)
... that Death Valley Girls have been described as "doom-boogie psych-pop"? (2023-10-07)
... that during her 2023 season, Aryna Sabalenka became the first woman since Serena Williams in 2016 to reach the semifinals at all four majors in a season? (2023-10-07)
... that wampum artist Elizabeth James-Perry also works on ecological restoration projects, including the reintroduction of native plant life? (2023-10-05)
... that Danish-Portuguese publisher Snu Abecassis was the first to publish both Pippi Longstocking and Solzhenitsyn in Portugal? (2023-10-04)
... that while serving in the Bolivian parliament, legislator Emeliana Aiza took night courses to receive her high school baccalaureate? (2023-10-04)
... that writer Profira Sadoveanu and her novelist father Mihail once had to take turns defending their home against attacks by the Iron Guard? (2023-10-03)
... that across her first three albums, Alessia Cara co-wrote 43 songs ranging in themes from teenage, her insecurities about writing music alone, to the five stages of grief? (2023-10-02)
... that Finnish-American model Selene Mahri (pictured) married three millionaires and is credited with inventing the saying "Marriage is a question of give and take. You give. I take"? (2023-10-01)
... that Annalee Newitz chose to set their debut novel Autonomous in the Canadian prairies because it was "the kind of place that often gets forgotten"? (2023-10-01)
... that Olga Onuch is believed to be the first professor of Ukrainian politics in the English-speaking world? (2023-09-30)
... that soprano Vera Curtis was the first singer trained exclusively in the United States to perform with the Metropolitan Opera? (2023-09-29)
... that Nunuk Nuraini was described as a hero for developing the mi goreng flavor of Indomie instant noodles? (2023-09-29)
... that Himmatul Aliyah was born in Tangerang and represents Jakarta in Indonesia's House of Representatives, while Himmatul Alyah was born in Jakarta and represented Tangerang? (2023-09-29)
... that EastEnders producers decided to kill off Chantelle Atkins at the conclusion of a domestic-abuse plot after learning of the high statistic of women killed by a partner? (2023-09-29)
... that fans of Taylor Swift solved 33 million puzzles in less than a day to find out 1989 (Taylor's Version)'s "vault" tracks? (2023-09-27)
... that according to Rolling Stone, Lauren Jenkins blended music and acting for No Saint "in ways not currently common practice" in country music? (2023-09-26)
... that when Valerie Cowie was appointed a senior lecturer, one of her referees wrote that his "only reservation is that the post ... does not adequately do justice to her high academic status"? (2023-09-25)
... that Charlotte Haining was an International Jury Member for the selection of Finland's 2020 Eurovision Song Contest entry? (2023-09-25)
... that Naomi Klein and Naomi Wolf are Doppelgangers? (2023-09-24)
... that prominent Florida State University benefactor Ruby Diamond (pictured) had the middle name Pearl? (2023-09-22)
... that even though Mother Mary Corona received no formal teacher training, she was the president of Alverno Teachers College? (2023-09-21)
... that artist Joan Brigham is best known for her work with steam? (2023-09-21)
... that Mary Burt Messer was researching and writing about the sociology of divorce as early as 1924? (2023-09-20)
... that clown Julia Masli (pictured) found success by shaking hands with audience members using her feet? (2023-09-20)
... that "Updown", the first solo single released by Piri and Tommy Villiers after their breakup, was about Piri having cowgirl sex with Villiers? (2023-09-19)
... that Moran Zer Katzenstein led a women's march inspired by The Handmaid's Tale in protest of Israeli judicial reform? (2023-09-19)
... that in 2018, breast surgeon Liz O'Riordan arrived for her breast cancer treatment dressed as Mrs Incredible? (2023-09-18)
... that although she never finished her dissertation, the fieldwork of Soviet ethnologist Evdokia Kozhevnikova (pictured) provides a valuable record of the culture and the language of the Georgian province of Svaneti? (2023-09-17)
... that a pregnant Meghan Trainor, who considered her child a present, wore bows during the promotion for her album A Very Trainor Christmas? (2023-09-17)
... that Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers formed Wet Leg on a Ferris wheel? (2023-09-16)
... that Angeline Quinto (pictured) has recorded songs for at least 35 films and television soundtracks in the Philippines? (2023-09-16)
... that the mayor of Antrim, Adrian Watson, said that he was overlooked for not being a "Cameron Cutie"? (2023-09-15)
... that after Irish post office clerk Maureen Flavin Sweeney reported worsening weather conditions, Dwight D. Eisenhower agreed to postpone D-Day by 24 hours? (2023-09-14)
... that when Erice van Leuven's brothers posted a video of her mountain biking as a 10-year-old, she received four offers of sponsorship? (2023-09-14)
... that the assassination of Shinzo Abe motivated a former believer of the Unification Church, Sayuri Ogawa, to become a prominent anti-cult activist? (2023-09-13)
... that CBS News and Stations president Wendy McMahon helped bring local evening news back to the network's Detroit station after 20 years? (2023-09-12)
... that Loud LDN co-founder Maisi came joint last in the 2022 Maldon mud race, behind a naked runner who had been forced to start after everyone else? (2023-09-12)
... that a photograph of Frances "The Shape" Vorne wearing a swimsuit made from remnants of a captured Nazi parachute (pictured) was one of the most sought-after pin-ups of World War II?|Frances Vorne.jpg (2023-09-12)
... that Eternal Blue, a metalcore album, was inspired in part by 1980s pop music? (2023-09-12)
... that frescoes, sarcophagi, urns, and trousseaux found in the tombs of Etruscan women (bust pictured) show the important roles they played in society? (2023-09-11)
... that Towa Tei's "Sometime Samurai" remained unfinished for eight years until Australian singer Kylie Minogue re-recorded the song in 2004? (2023-09-11)
... that advice columnist Nancy Brown crowdfunded the reforestation of a clearcut during the Great Depression? (2023-09-11)
... that Megan Abbott was inspired by Donald Trump's comments about menstrual blood while writing Give Me Your Hand? (2023-09-11)
... that despite being the first women's football team in Northern Ireland to sign players on professional contracts, Cliftonville Ladies F.C. were not the first club to register them? (2023-09-11)
... that one reviewer for Women Philosophers in the Long Nineteenth Century was let down by the book's lack of poetry? (2023-09-10)
... that Japanese voice actress Akiho Suzumoto can recite 70 digits of pi from memory? (2023-09-10)
... that Daniela Ceballos worked with the Football Federation of Chile to supervise safety protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic while playing football herself? (2023-09-09)
... that Quechua senator Carmen García helped pass reforms to education in Bolivia that incorporated indigenous and traditional knowledge? (2023-09-06)
... that Helene Ollendorff Curth was first to introduce a set of criteria for associating some rashes as possible indicators for internal cancers? (2023-09-05)
... that Nicola Griffith's novella Spear examines how the Roman conquest made Britain an ethnically diverse society? (2023-09-04)
... that Regina Purtell took such great care of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders that the press called her the Florence Nightingale of the Spanish–American War? (2023-09-03)
... that Patricia Mancilla pushed to have restrictions on abortion in Bolivia expunged from the legal code – even after leaders in her own party came out against it? (2023-09-03)
... that the murderer of Yadira Arroyo was reportedly found mentally unfit to stand trial three times? (2023-09-03)
... that Scholastic requested Maggie Tokuda-Hall remove the phrase "virulent racism" from the Author's Note in Love in the Library, a children's book about Japanese-American internment camps? (2023-09-02)
... that Sienna Shaw of the slasher film Terrifier 2 was envisioned by Damien Leone as symbolizing an Old Testament angel? (2023-09-01)
... that Xochitl Gomez was aged 13 when she first auditioned for the 18-year-old America Chavez in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness? (2023-08-31)
... that future Loud LDN member Parthenope left her 200-year-old violin on a train? (2023-08-31)
... that King Seonjo considered necromancy for Crown Princess Gonghoe's funeral because her remains were lost during the 1592 Japanese invasion of Korea? (2023-08-31)
... that former New Jersey first lady Lucinda Florio restored the Italianate gardens at Drumthwacket? (2023-08-30)
... that goalkeeper Daniela Solera had the most touches of any Costa Ricanv player in their opening match of the 2023 World Cup, saving all but two of Spain's 46 shots? (2023-08-30)
... that dramatic soprano Berit Lindholm (pictured) was said to have been called "that damn primary school teacher" by the director of the Royal Swedish Opera, and used it in the title of her memoir? (2023-08-30)
... that Ashiq Peri was the first prominent female folk poet in Azerbaijan? (2023-08-30)
... that after breaking up, Piri and Tommy Villiers released a song about wanting to be treated nicely in a relationship? (2023-08-29)
... that Thelma Bates's colleagues tried to discourage her from establishing the first palliative care team at a British hospital, saying it would ruin her career? (2023-08-28)
... that a 1940s pin-up photograph (shown) of dancer and actress Martha Holliday reportedly "created a near-panic in the United States Senate"? (2023-08-27)
... that social media influencer Alix Earle's first video on TikTok featured her and her friends showcasing outfits they had made out of trash bags? (2023-08-27)
... that the hometown newspaper of soccer player Olivia Wingate named her "Female Athlete of the Decade" for the 2010s? (2023-08-26)
... that Mae Stephens described Meghan Trainor as her "role model music mother" after they collaborated on "Mr Right"? (2023-08-26)
... that when Felicia Schroeder signed to play soccer for the University of South Carolina, the school did not have a sign-language interpreter available for her? (2023-08-26)
... that despite being legally available in most cases, abortion in Taiwan is still criminalized under the penal code? (2023-08-26)
... that Gustav Klimt did not finish painting Johanna Staude's mouth in her portrait (pictured)? (2023-08-25)
... that Shaparak Khorsandi asked for her book to be removed from the Jhalak Prize longlist, which she considered to be "a sticker for being brown"? (2023-08-24)
... that Pany Yathotou is the first woman vice president of Laos? (2023-08-24)
... that sisters Alyssa and Gisele Thompson are the first high school students to sign a name, image, and likeness deal with Nike? (2023-08-24)
... that Yokcushlu (pictured) was taken hostage on HMS Beagle and named after a basket? (2023-08-23)
... that Sue Marx won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film for Young at Heart, about a romance between two octogenarians? (2023-08-23)
... that Travis Scott expressed interest in collaborating with Beyoncé eight years before creating "Delresto (Echoes)" with her? (2023-08-23)
... that Ann Corcoran has claimed that refugees are a Muslim plot to colonize the United States? (2023-08-23)
... that in early 2023 Angela Ferrell-Zabala became the first executive director for the US gun control advocacy organization Moms Demand Action? (2023-08-22)
... that Tweet Kimball lived in a castle, herded grand-champion cattle, and preserved a petrified forest? (2023-08-21)
... that the Blackburnian warbler (example pictured) is named after Anna Blackburne, who provided specimens to Thomas Pennant? (2023-08-21)
... that the Paramore song "Running Out of Time" is based on singer Hayley Williams's friendship with Taylor Swift? (2023-08-20)
... that Margaret C. Roberts was encouraged to study medicine by LDS Church leader Brigham Young to reduce mortality rates during childbirth? (2023-08-20)
... that Bonnie Elliott devised the concept for a campaign to promote female representation in cinematography? (2023-08-20)
... that in between snowboarding runs at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Jenise Spiteri ate a bao that she forgot was in her pocket? (2023-08-19)
... that footballer Kameron Simmonds, who plays for Jamaica, only took up the sport after a gymnastics injury? (2023-08-18)
... that former German chancellor Angela Merkel's grandfather likely fought against Germany in World War I? (2023-08-17)
... that the music video for the song "Justify My Love" was banned from appearing on MTV, MuchMusic, and Musique Plus for its sexual imagery? (2023-08-16)
... that before Emine Arslan became a world kickboxing champion she was a child worker who smoked two packets of cigarettes a day? (2023-08-16)
... that Wu Xiaoyan, persecuted because of her adoptive father Wu Han, committed suicide 13 days before the end of the Cultural Revolution? (2023-08-15)
... that the stop-motion lyric video of Kylie Minogue's "Skirt" was created using more than 1,000 still photos of her posing in a hotel room? (2023-08-15)
... that Mckenna Grace (pictured) has portrayed younger versions of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Tonya Harding, and Captain Marvel? (2023-08-15)
... that historian Anne Balay wrote two books on oral histories from LGBT steelworkers and truck drivers? (2023-08-15)
... that comedian Pamela Stephenson was pleased that her 1987 book How to be a Complete Bitch was described as "sexist, violent and crude"? (2023-08-14)
... that, commenting on her support for the egalitarian Greek Republic as a Phanariote dame, Roxani Soutzos (pictured) said it was "[b]etter to be a servant in Greece liberated than a princess in Greece enslaved"? (2023-08-13)
... that Brian Kalbas helped recruit the player who would replace him in the number-one spot on his college tennis team? (2023-08-13)
... that the Battlestar Galactica character Laura Roslin has been compared to Machiavelli's Lucretia and Virgil's Dido? (2023-08-12)
... that as an undergraduate, battery engineer Celina Mikolajczak discovered a supernova? (2023-08-12)
... that Misuzu Yamada worked as a nursery teacher before starting her voice-acting career? (2023-08-11)
... that Gladys Quander Tancil interpreted the lives of her enslaved ancestors at George Washington's Mount Vernon for more than twenty years? (2023-08-09)
... that Elisabeth Anderson Sierra, nicknamed the "milk goddess", holds the Guinness World Record for the largest individual donation of breast milk? (2023-08-09)
... that Soledad Rosas was falsely charged with eco-terrorism in Italy? (2023-08-08)
... that Igor Stravinsky said of his cousin and first wife, Yekaterina Nosenko (pictured), that they were "closer than lovers sometimes are"? (2023-08-07)
... that Fanya Baron resisted her prison guards and had to be carried to the place of her execution? (2023-08-07)
... that before becoming the first woman president of the American College of Sports Medicine, Barbara L. Drinkwater had an undefeated season as a women's college basketball coach? (2023-08-07)
... that Indian singer Sudakshina Sarma sang in Assamese as Mahatma Gandhi's ashes were immersed in the Brahmaputra River? (2023-08-05)
... that in 1912, Emily Dorothea Pavy became the first recipient of the Catherine Helen Spence Scholarship? (2023-08-04)
... that when discussing her album Guts, Olivia Rodrigo said she "grew 10 years between the ages of 18 and 20"? (2023-08-03)
... that 20,000 Species of Bees, the first feature film by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (pictured), won numerous awards at film festivals? (2023-08-03)
... that Sundari paintings (example pictured) were a popular type of erotic art in 19th-century British India? (2023-08-02)
... that three songs from Kyla's album Not Your Ordinary Girl were nominated in the same category at the 2005 Awit Awards? (2023-08-02)
... that Catalina Estrada (pictured) and two of her thirteen siblings played as forwards on the same men's football team? (2023-08-01)
... that Vera Brodsky Lawrence (pictured) hated being called the "queen of ragtime" despite being a catalyst for the revival of Scott Joplin's music? (2023-07-31)
... that independent India's first female pilot, Usha Sundaram, holds the record for the fastest flight between England and India in a piston-engine aircraft? (2023-07-31)
... that footballer Alexandra Pinell scored the Costa Rica U20 team's only goal at the FIFA tournament hosted by their country? (2023-07-31)
... that Heba Saadia, the first Palestinian referee at a World Cup, only took up the profession when she noticed there were no women among a group of referees she saw training? (2023-07-30)
... that Gladys Ingle was a wing walker who successfully moved from the wing of one airplane to the wing of another in mid-air (example pictured) more than 300 times? (2023-07-30)
... that German cyclist Antonia Niedermaier won a stage on her first UCI Women's World Tour event, then crashed out of the event the next day? (2023-07-29)
... that Melanie Golding's theory that changeling folklore was an attempt to explain postpartum psychosis inspired her horror novel Little Darlings? (2023-07-28)
... that New Zealand footballer Grace Wisnewski's bottom-ranked team upset the defending league champions when she scored what an A-League statistician called an "acrobatic" 99th-minute equalising goal? (2023-07-28)
... that Israeli journalist Ayala Hasson is the first woman to head Channel 1's news division? (2023-07-28)
... that in August 2021 Sheika Scott became the youngest player to score in the Costa Rican Women's Premier Division, at just 14 years old? (2023-07-27)
... that Emi Wong, the Hong Kong YouTuber with the most subscribers, used a carpet sweeper to do lunges and bottles of laundry detergent to do squats? (2023-07-27)
... that after Spanish footballer Elene Lete had to leave Spain's under-20 football team with an injury in 2022, she returned to join the senior World Cup squad in 2023? (2023-07-26)
... that the portrayal of a transgender child by Sofía Otero (pictured) made her the youngest actor to win the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance? (2023-07-24)
... that at age 14, footballer Lara Esponda was the youngest goalkeeper to debut in the top division of women's football in Argentina? (2023-07-24)
... that Michaela Foster, a New Zealand footballer playing in the 2023 World Cup, is known for her mana? (2023-07-23)
... that Carol Thomas began her football career at the age of 11, while the sport was still banned for women? (2023-07-22)
... that the visual design of Overwatch character Widowmaker was inspired by World of Warcraft character Sylvanas Windrunner? (2023-07-20)
... that Katherine Henderson led efforts to reverse the gender pay gap in Canadian curling? (2023-07-20)
... that Dark Archives reveals that most books bound in human skin were made by respected doctors? (2023-07-20)
... that Chimnabai Clock Tower (pictured) was named after a queen of Baroda State? (2023-07-20)
... that Patricia Davies and Jean Argles, two sisters who signed the Official Secrets Act as World War II codebreakers, did not find out about each other's top-secret work until the 1960s? (2023-07-19)
... that Patricia Banks-Edmiston was prevented from becoming a flight attendant during the 1950s because she was black? (2023-07-19)
... that 2023 Ecuadorian presidential candidate Luisa González was pepper-sprayed by the National Police while on her way to register her candidacy? (2023-07-19)
... that Piri & Tommy's Froge.tour included pole dancing? (2023-07-19)
... that A Little Sound began uploading music to her YouTube channel when she was eleven years old? (2023-07-19)
... that Russian indie artist polnalyubvi bought her first guitar with money earned from busking with her violin? (2023-07-18)
... that curator Nina Tonga is the first Pasifika person to be a contemporary art curator at Te Papa, the national museum of New Zealand? (2023-07-18)
... that Jazzy's "Giving Me" made her the first Irish solo female act to top the Irish Singles Chart since Julie-Anne Dineen in 2009 with "Do You Believe"? (2023-07-18)
... that Dolly Johnson (pictured), who had once been a slave of 17th U.S. president Andrew Johnson, opened her own bakery business in 1881? (2023-07-18)
... that cocalera activist Ancelma Perlacios, the first Afro-Bolivian to be elected to the Senate, was her organization's secretary of defense of the coca leaf? (2023-07-18)
... that Palmire Dumont, a pioneer of LGBT nightlife in "Gay Paree", was among the first members of the French Bulldog-Owners Club (her dog pictured) and met other bulldog owners in her lesbian bar? (2023-07-17)
... that when the German-Irish historian Marie Sophie Hingst was revealed to be faking descent from Holocaust survivors, the media of different countries disagreed on how to report on it? (2023-07-17)
... that Ida Mett was expelled from a Russian anarchist group for mourning her deceased father by lighting a Yahrzeit candle? (2023-07-17)
... that Piri & Tommy's "Beachin" was an attempt at imitating the Isley Brothers? (2023-07-17)
... that the final stage of the 2023 Tour Féminin des Pyrénées was cancelled for safety reasons? (2023-07-17)
... that Princess Rallou Karatza's theater in Bucharest, now upheld as a pioneering institution of modern Greek drama, was described in one Wallachian chronicle as a "temple" for devil-worship? (2023-07-16)
... that Michele Beevors explores the complicated relationships between humans and the natural world through hand-knitted skeletons? (2023-07-16)
... that Austrian online streamer Keekihime became fluent in Japanese from live-streaming daily on the Japanese video website Nico Douga? (2023-07-15)
... that Elena Mikhnenko was born in Pawiak, a prison in Warsaw where her mother had been detained for allegedly plotting an anti-Polish uprising? (2023-07-15)
... that when Carla Monroe's vocals were used in MK's "17", she was working in a prison? (2023-07-15)
... that Ann Tahincioğlu was 49 years old when she competed in Turkey's first all-women car race, the "Volkswagen Polo Ladies Cup"? (2023-07-15)
... that an Armenian Apostolic Church lawsuit over the Zeytun Gospels led Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh to write a history of its separated canon tables? (2023-07-14)
... that during World War II, pilot G. E. Clements (pictured) was removed from training for secret missions associated with the Manhattan Project when senior officers realized she was a woman? (2023-07-13)
... that Astrid Lindgren can be read in 100 languages? (2023-07-13)
... that Lady with a Fan (pictured) by Gustav Klimt set a record for the highest price achieved at auction for a work of art in Europe? (2023-07-12)
... that, in her second season in the SDHL, ice hockey defenseman Ebba Berglund scored no points but accrued 20 penalty minutes? (2023-07-12)
... that the book Racecraft argues that the concept of human races was developed to justify racism? (2023-07-10)
... that "Clown" is an answer song in which Mariah Carey responds to Eminem's comments about their relationship in "Superman"? (2023-07-10)
... that bshp's cover of "Kissing You" was streamed more than 3,000,000 times on Spotify after it appeared on Love Island? (2023-07-10)
... that while Eliza Stephens worked as governess for Mary Eleanor Bowes, she supported Andrew Robinson Stoney's schemes to seduce her employer? (2023-07-09)
... that before Ashley Jade debuted on the UK Singles Chart, she had played the lead in the BAFTA Award-winning short film About a Girl? (2023-07-09)
... that Piri's self-produced music video for "Soft Spot" features her performing against her bedroom wall to projected "trippy liquid visuals" she found on YouTube? (2023-07-08)
... that Seda Kaçan became Turkey's first race-winning female driver? (2023-07-08)
... that Edna Thomas portrayed Lady Macbeth in Orson Welles's "Voodoo" Macbeth? (2023-07-07)
... that although her character goes through writer's block while writing "The Rose Song", Olivia Rodrigo wrote its first version chords in 20 minutes? (2023-07-06)
... that Haley and Hanna Cavinder (pictured) made over US$1 million in student athlete compensation in the year after the National Collegiate Athletic Association legalized the monetization of personality rights? (2023-07-06)
... that Wanda Warska was nicknamed the "First Lady of Polish Jazz"? (2023-07-05)
... that Catherine de Parthenay (pictured), a 16th-century Huguenot leader, was a member of "a highly successful network of information" during the French Wars of Religion? (2023-07-05)
... that the First Lady Bake-Off was inspired by a political gaffe by Hillary Clinton and predicted five out of seven elections? (2023-07-04)
... that two lion cubs that Anne Mills Archbold (pictured) brought to America as pets on the Lusitania became exhibits at the Bronx Zoo? (2023-07-03)
... that due to her leftist beliefs, journalist Ana Amado was told not to come to work by her public television employer while her husband was on the death list of the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance? (2023-07-03)
... that María Pérez was signed to FC Barcelona Femení's B team in 2020 but started for the first team by the end of the season? (2023-07-02)
... that Loud LDN members once occupied five places in a single edition of the UK Singles Chart? (2023-07-02)
... that Austro-Hungarian actress Gisela Werbezirk claimed to receive up to 20 prank calls a day about her married name, Gisela Werbezirk Piffl? (2023-07-02)
... that the song "Dance the Night" killed a viral meme about Dua Lipa's hip twist, as news about the song replaced it in online search results? (2023-07-02)
... that international opera singer Soňa Červená (pictured) won the Alfréd Radok Award for Best Actress when she was 83 years old? (2023-06-29)
... that future Loud LDN member Willow Kayne went into music after temporarily losing her sight? (2023-06-28)
... that as a young adult, lesbian novelist Lee Winter disliked the poor quality of lesbian fiction, preferring autobiographies by lesbian people? (2023-06-27)
... that Valentina Bodrug-Lungu has declared that Moldova's political climate does not encourage female participation, despite having a woman president? (2023-06-26)
... that Charli XCX retitled "Unlock It" after it went viral on TikTok? (2023-06-26)
... that while being considered for the post of ambassador to Paraguay, Lidia Patty brushed off her lack of diplomatic training because she had "indigenous, native, peasant diplomacy"? (2023-06-23)
... that after coming second to Kim Hamilton in floor exercise at two NCAA Gymnastics Championships, Corrinne Wright tied with her the next year after tumbling to music from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (2023-06-22)
... that Evelyn Pruitt was the highest-ranking woman scientist in the United States Navy when she retired in 1973? (2023-06-21)
... that Come On Over is the best-selling country album and the best-selling album by a female artist? (2023-06-21)
... that Landrada of Austrasia "was regarded, even as a child, as a model of Christian perfection"? (2023-06-20)
... that Consequence selected Carly Rae Jepsen's "Talking to Yourself" as song of the week and declared her music speaks for the "delightfully unhinged"? (2023-06-19)
... that Narita Viliamu Tahega has won 38 medals in international weightlifting competitions, the most in the history of Niue athletics? (2023-06-19)
... that the Toronto Star estimated that Meron Estefanos may have helped save 16,000 refugees with her phone? (2023-06-19)
... that after Mollie Steimer was convicted for sedition, she refused to join a prison escape attempt as she did not want to dishonor the workers who had paid her bail? (2023-06-18)
... that Elizabeth Wilkins chose to work at the Federal Trade Commission on the hope that the agency is now positioned to address economic injustice? (2023-06-18)
... that after women's suffrage in Switzerland was approved in a referendum in 1971, the tabloid Blick sported a cover with a naked blonde and the headline "Thank you for the Roses"? (2023-06-18)
... that some prisoners in Peru get tattoos of Sarita Colonia for alleged protection? (2023-06-17)
... that the song "Labour" started a TikTok trend of women sharing their experiences with sexism? (2023-06-17)
... that the photograph Kandake of the Sudanese Revolution symbolised the determination of the Sudanese people as they called for political change? (2023-06-17)
... that a report led by academic Cathy Nutbrown concluded that qualifications for vocational courses in childcare and early education were laxer than in animal welfare? (2023-06-17)
... that war correspondent Jurate Kazickas financed her plane ticket to Vietnam in 1967 with a US$500 win on the game show Password? (2023-06-16)
... that during the filming of Adele One Night Only, a male attendee blindfolded his partner of seven years and proposed to her? (2023-06-16)
... that Elfie Caroline Huntington (pictured) took photos of turn-of-the-century Utah's darker side such as drunks and fights, while her husband Joseph Daniel Bagley was a portrait photographer? (2023-06-15)
... that Elena from the video game series Street Fighter uses a capoeira fighting style, for which the development team used travel videos as reference material as they had no experience with the style? (2023-06-15)
... that as an Easter egg, the color of Sarah Bryant's earring changes depending on the fighting stage in which the player is engaged? (2023-06-14)
... that an Adele song titled "Oh My God" is about the joys of hooking up? (2023-06-13)
... that when Kaz Ayabe pitched his video game Boku no Natsuyasumi to Sony, he said that illustrator Mineko Ueda was interested in the project even though they had never actually met? (2023-06-13)
... that both siblings of number-one NCAA Division I tennis player Fiona Crawley (pictured) also played college tennis? (2023-06-13)
... that Alice Ilgenfritz Jones was one of "Two Women of the West" from Iowa who wrote the 1893 feminist utopian novel Unveiling a Parallel? (2023-06-13)
... that the beat goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on? (2023-06-12)
... that Debra Lew Harder is the fifth person to host the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts since they began in 1931? (2023-06-10)
... that Zainab Salbi is the co-founder of Women for Women International and has authored multiple books? (2023-06-09)
... that United States Marine Corps captain Katie Higgins flew nearly 400 combat hours in seven countries before performing with the Blue Angels in an airplane named "Fat Albert"? (2023-06-09)
... that Karen Hanghøj, the 2023 winner of the William Smith Medal for applied geology, became the first female director of the British Geological Survey 183 years after it was founded? (2023-06-09)
... that a university student sought counseling from his pastor after attending a guest lecture on sexuality by lesbian and former novice Joanne Marrow? (2023-06-08)
... that Belén Barenys and Berta Prieto's short film was picked up by Filmin after they suggested the idea on Instagram? (2023-06-06)
... that Abigail Fillmore spearheaded the creation of the White House Library after reportedly being appalled at the fact that there was no library? (2023-06-06)
... that Lucy Greenish was the first woman in New Zealand to become a registered architect? (2023-06-05)
... that Caroline Breese Hall and her father, who were both pediatricians, once wrote the same book? (2023-06-05)
... that in Strauss's Elektra, Aile Asszonyi was said to be convincing as a woman close to madness? (2023-06-05)
... that Louise Willingale is developing ZEUS, which is projected to be the most powerful laser in the United States? (2023-06-04)
... that Leonie ter Braak made her film debut in The Marriage Escape, the film of Dutch origin with the most cinema ticket sales in 2020? (2023-06-04)
... that the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels' first female fighter jet demonstration pilot, Amanda Lee (pictured), uses the call sign "Stalin"? (2023-06-03)
... that Thinzar Shunlei Yi (pictured) hid in the Burmese jungle for a month and joined a rebel militia following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état? (2023-05-31)
... that chef Lata Tondon once set a Guinness World Record with a cooking marathon lasting 87 hours 45 minutes? (2023-05-30)
... that actress Eula Morgan performed opera in her 1940s film roles, such as Madame Rinaldi in The Great American Broadcast? (2023-05-30)
... that Lamia Al-Gailani Werr helped rebuild the Iraq Museum after it was looted in the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq? (2023-05-29)
... that before becoming a legislator, Bettina Petzold-Mähr played volleyball for Liechtenstein when they defeated Lichtenstein? (2023-05-27)
... that a giant sculpture of melting whipped cream with a cherry on top transmitted a live feed of passers-by in Trafalgar Square, London? (2023-05-26)
... that the show Protection Court continued to air episodes during an investigation launched by the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission alleging that litigants were filmed without their consent? (2023-05-26)
... that Katharina von Schnurbein is the European Commission's first coordinator on combatting antisemitism, having served in the role since 2015? (2023-05-26)
... that a book about Mormon polygamy claims that polygamy was an early form of feminism? (2023-05-25)
... that Crying Ladies and Donsol, films starring Angel Aquino, were Philippine submissions for Best International Feature Film at the 77th and 80th Academy Awards, respectively? (2023-05-24)
... that several composers wrote coloratura arias specifically for the voice of Italian opera singer Maria Giustina Turcotti? (2023-05-23)
... that Asia Abdelmajid, a pioneering Sudanese actress, was killed in crossfire during the 2023 Sudan conflict? (2023-05-23)
... that Sheila P. Burke was once known as the 101st U.S. senator? (2023-05-22)
... that the art of Irma Blank, of "drawing languages without words" and including sounds, was recognised in the 1970s but fell into obscurity until a rediscovery in the 2010s? (2023-05-21)
... that Dafne Navarro was the first trampoline gymnast to represent Mexico at the Olympics? (2023-05-21)
... that the coffin of Elizabeth Siddal (pictured) was exhumed at her widower's request to retrieve a book of poetry? (2023-05-20)
... that Marisa Anderson organized and participated in multiple cross-country walks to raise awareness for various political causes? (2023-05-19)
... that the 2019 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball recruiting class (pictured) is known as the Freshies after the name of the group chat they created before their freshman year? (2023-05-18)
... that the Los Angeles Sparks have the most wins and highest winning percentage in WNBA history? (2023-05-17)
... that Ruth Northway is the United Kingdom's first professor of learning disability nursing? (2023-05-16)
... that Angel Aquino received two nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the 2014 Gawad Urian Awards? (2023-05-16)
... that according to scholarship published in 2023, Maria de Knuijt, rather than her husband, was actually the main patron of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer (work pictured)? (2023-05-15)
... that Emily Donelson stopped serving as First Lady of the United States due to illness? (2023-05-14)
... that Celine-Marie Pascale's work focuses on how race and class impact the way "business practices and government policies create, normalize and entrench economic struggles" to benefit the wealthy? (2023-05-14)
... that most blue bloods in college basketball coincidentally wear shades of blue in their uniforms? (2023-05-14)
... that the incorruptibility of Wihtburh's body was considered a miracle? (2023-05-12)
... that Wanda Szuman, a pioneer of special education in Poland, was also active in underground education? (2023-05-12)
... that in her first year with San Diego State, basketball player Tina Hutchinson set NCAA freshman scoring records and led the Aztecs to their first NCAA tournament? (2023-05-10)
... that Cathy Whims has opened several restaurants in Portland, Oregon, including the Nostrana, which has been described as "Portland's capital of the Negroni"? (2023-05-10)
... that the musicians piri, venbee, Issey Cross, and Charlotte Plank are all part of the female and non-binary collective Loud LDN? (2023-05-09)
... that despite her physical disability, Sara Gadalla Gubara (pictured) came third in a 50 km (31 mi) mixed-sex national swimming event in 1972? (2023-05-09)
... that Barbara Kennedy was the first player to lead NCAA Division I women's basketball in scoring? (2023-05-09)
... that Marie Meyer's aerobatic stunts included standing on the upper wing of a biplane while it looped-the-loop (pictured)? (2023-05-08)
... that after seeing a broken car, A.B. Quintanilla proclaimed his desire to make the song "La Carcacha" about it? (2023-05-08)
... that the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game was the first to feature two teams from the Pac-12 Conference? (2023-05-08)
... that Martine Froger was elected to the National Assembly of France without the support of the national leadership of her party? (2023-05-07)
... that before winning The X Factor: The Band as part of RLY, Luena Martinez had released two singles as part of an anti-bullying campaign? (2023-05-07)
... that Helene Lecher's presentation at the Women at the Hague conference, which Mary Heaton Vorse described as the "most moving speech of all the Congress", urged for peace? (2023-05-06)
... that the destroyed plinth of Gürdal Duyar's nude sculpture Güzel İstanbul contained reliefs of a fig, a pomegranate, a honeysuckle and a bee to represent different aspects of Istanbul? (2023-05-06)
... that during her coronation, Caroline of Ansbach's dress was reportedly so covered in jewels that she required a pulley to lift her skirt for her to kneel? (2023-05-06)
... that Caity Baser followed up her 2022 singles "Friendly Sex", "X & Y", and "Kiss You" with "Friendly Sex (Angrier)", "X & Y (What I Didn't Say)", and "Kiss You, Pt. 2", respectively? (2023-05-06)
... that witch-hunts in India are still prevalent? (2023-05-05)
... that Mari Shimizu is nicknamed the "mother of voice actors" in Japan? (2023-05-05)
... that an earlier title going viral on TikTok prompted Meghan Trainor to take it back to doo-wop, which made them look again? (2023-05-04)
... that Filipina actress Angel Aquino has been described as a "perennial villainess" for portraying several antagonistic roles on television? (2023-05-04)
... that before joining the girl group XG, Japanese singer Amy Harvey won the most awards when she participated in a modeling contest? (2023-05-04)
... that Wanda Wesołowska has named 40 genera and 572 species of animals? (2023-05-03)
... that a fantasy novel by Irish poet and author Sarah Maria Griffin was sent to around 200,000 ticket-holders of the music festival Tomorrowland? (2023-05-03)
... that Mary Taft said in 1799 that stopping women from "bring[ing] souls to Christ" would, one day, be unbelievable? (2023-05-03)
... that for several decades, Soviet actress Maria Vladimirovna Mironova acted out scenes of a quarrelling couple on stage with her real-life husband? (2023-05-03)
... that Uncle Waffles learned how to DJ during the COVID-19 lockdowns, and then retired from being an Eswatini TV presenter once her music career took off? (2023-05-02)
... that quantum materials researcher Tina Brower-Thomas's attempts at chemistry as a youth led to her concoctions eating holes into her coat? (2023-05-01)
... that Rufina Bazlova has used traditional embroidery to depict protests in Belarus? (2023-05-01)
... that Džuvljarke written by Vera Kurtić includes interviews with members of the LGBT community in Serbia and concludes that Romani lesbian women are often "invisible"? (2023-05-01)
... that after becoming one of the Mongolian Armed Forces' first female recruits, Bolor Ganbold is now its first female brigadier general? (2023-05-01)
... that goalkeeper Sophie Whitehouse, who has lived in England, Africa and the US, has been chosen to play soccer for the Republic of Ireland? (2023-04-30)
... that Ice Spice is Princess Diana? (2023-04-30)
... that 47-year-old Turkish para-karateka Oya Ekici won the bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships? (2023-04-30)
... that Joanna Cherry showed a printed copy of an Internet meme featuring Lily Hoshikawa during a UK parliamentary committee meeting? (2023-04-30)
... that although it was a centennial project, the Canterbury Pioneer Women's Memorial (pictured) in New Zealand was opened 90 years after the region's organised settlement began? (2023-04-29)
... that Anne Cooke Reid founded the first Black summer theater in the United States? (2023-04-29)
... that one can change from doing 'sad girl music' to dissing your favorite rapper? (2023-04-28)
... that Mira, a Hong Kong YouTuber, was asked by the Korea Tourism Organization to be a spokeswoman for Michelin-starred restaurants one year after she started her channel? (2023-04-28)
... that Mira Bellwether's husband had already read her zine, Fucking Trans Women, years before he met her? (2023-04-28)
... that the Ladies Musical Club brought Sergei Rachmaninoff, Marian Anderson, and Pablo Casals to perform in Seattle? (2023-04-28)
... that Burmese princess Myat Phaya Gyi was impregnated by a servant, gave up her royal privileges, and lived a life of poverty? (2023-04-27)
... that Carlisle miser Margery Jackson, who chose to live like a pauper, possessed a fine court mantua (pictured)? (2023-04-27)
... that Trinidad Arroyo was allowed to vote in a Spanish election 17 years before women were granted suffrage? (2023-04-26)
... that Ilona Tóth testified that she had injected a man with gasoline? (2023-04-26)
... that soprano Carolina White performed the title role in the United States premiere of Il segreto di Susanna at the Metropolitan Opera in 1911? (2023-04-26)
... that police investigating the murder of Una Crown initially thought that she had died in an accidental fire? (2023-04-25)
... that Aubri Esters was among the winners of a hackathon focusing on ways to reduce drug addiction and drug-related deaths? (2023-04-25)
... that Clara Stauffer was the only woman on the Allied Control Council's list of 104 wanted Nazis in Spain? (2023-04-24)
... that Maria Stromberger was sent to Auschwitz at her own request? (2023-04-22)
... that Saulteaux linguist Margaret Cote was the first person in Saskatchewan to teach a First Nations language in a public school? (2023-04-21)
... that Li Fu Lee (pictured), the first Chinese woman to attend MIT, studied electrical engineering, which—according to The Boston Globe—its undergraduates at the time said was its hardest major? (2023-04-21)
... that Rosa Smester Marrero said that without women, men would live the life of a turnip? (2023-04-20)
... that Letitia Christian Tyler (pictured) was the first United States first lady to die in the role? (2023-04-19)
... that after losing her eyesight to toxoplasmosis, Rhina Aguirre dedicated herself to disability rights and was elected to the Bolivian Senate in 2009? (2023-04-17)
... that the men's winner of the 2022 New York City Marathon was almost hit by a vehicle during the race? (2023-04-17)
... that a pregnant Sally Buchanan was said to have carried bullets in her apron and distributed whiskey while singing during the Battle of Buchanan's Station? (2023-04-16)
... that Erich Korngold's Die tote Stadt had simultaneous premieres in Cologne and Hamburg in 1920, one with Johanna Geisler and her husband Otto Klemperer? (2023-04-16)
... that Armenian-Turkish soprano Sibil Pektorosoğlu released her first album after singing in a church choir for almost twenty years? (2023-04-15)
... that Rachel Belden Brooks was an African-American pioneer who was awarded $1,000 when she sued the estate of her previous enslaver? (2023-04-15)
... that Meyers and Elle Leonard donated US$500,000 toward the renovation of the site of their first date? (2023-04-15)
... that Mary Shadow, the first unmarried woman in the Tennessee House of Representatives, received fourteen marriage proposals after her election? (2023-04-14)
... that beekeeper Erika Thompson uses her bare hands to scoop up bees? (2023-04-11)
... that M.I.A. originally wanted to name her newest album after her son but instead named it Mata? (2023-04-10)
... that Grove Road Cemetery once had two chapels (pictured) by architect Thomas Charles Sorby, and contains self-made men George Dawson, Richard Ellis and David Simpson, banker John Smith, bandleader Daniel Schwarz, newspaperman Robert Ackrill, kayaker Fridel Meyer, and miser John Turner? (2023-04-09)
... that Melanie Martinez's song, "Death", was her first chart hit in more than a decade? (2023-04-09)
... that Brennley Brown was a finalist on The Voice when she was only 15 years old? (2023-04-09)
... that the children of papercutting artist Claire von Greyerz received some of their education together with Napoleon III? (2023-04-05)
... that a Lady Gaga song became popular 11 years after its release, when videos showing Jenna Ortega, as Wednesday Addams, dancing to the song became viral on TikTok? (2023-04-05)
... that a special case was instrumental to harpist Steffy Goldner's professional career and legacy? (2023-04-04)
... that 22-year-old singer Milena Warthon has created a new genre, pop andino, by fusing pop and Andean music? (2023-04-03)
... that Indian activist Birubala Rabha (pictured) has rescued more than thirty women from being persecuted as witches in the last decade? (2023-04-02)
... that Edith of Wilton was criticized for not working after her death? (2023-04-01)
... that Ruth Scott Miller, the first female music critic for the Chicago Tribune, said she was hired to "write for the masses and not for 'four or five thousand freak music lovers'"? (2023-03-31)
... that in the 2022 film Saint Omer, Guslagie Malanda plays a character based on convicted murderer Fabienne Kabou, while Kayije Kagame plays a stand-in for director Alice Diop? (2023-03-31)
... that pianist Fujita Haruko, one of the first 19 female students enrolled at the University of Tokyo, was taught by Leo Sirota, who was once called the "god of piano" (both pictured)? (2023-03-31)
... that the title of the livestreaming concert Freedom came from Regine Velasquez's desire to have freedom of singing anything she wants? (2023-03-31)
... that as part of its strategy of political renovation, National Convergence nominated a librarian to contest one of Bolivia's most competitive legislative districts? (2023-03-31)
... that out of 84 people running for governor seats in Bolivia in 2021, Mirtha Arce was one of just seven women and was the first in the Tarija Department to ever do so? (2023-03-30)
... that a woman who died from Alzheimer's was memorialized by her granddaughter through posthumous vocals in a song? (2023-03-29)
... that Kong Dongmei, the granddaughter of Mao Zedong, and her husband have an estimated net worth of 5 billion yuan (US$815 million)? (2023-03-29)
... that all three of Jane Severance's books for young readers include lesbian characters, including her first book, which was the first picture book to include such characters? (2023-03-28)
... that after publishing a fictional account of women who survived a Nazi concentration camp by sewing dresses, Lucy Adlington was contacted by descendants of actual dressmakers? (2023-03-27)
... that Sharon Cuneta and Regine Velasquez's concert Iconic has been referred to as a venture of two unrivaled names in the music scene of the Philippines? (2023-03-27)
... that the concert series Regine at the Theater was conceived two years earlier but was delayed after singer Regine Velasquez suffered acid reflux? (2023-03-26)
... that the "updown" singer piri funded her music career by setting up an OnlyFans account? (2023-03-26)
... that Frances Cleveland (pictured) was the first United States first lady to have dedicated journalists write about her activities? (2023-03-26)
... that Bertha McNeill challenged policies of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom that excluded Black women from full membership in the organization? (2023-03-26)
... that on the opening night of her concert R3.0, singer Regine Velasquez also released a triple album of the same name? (2023-03-25)
... that Alexandra Hunt, a former stripper, opened an OnlyFans account in response to an Internet troll during her campaign for a seat in the United States House of Representatives? (2023-03-25)
... that some song choices by Regine Velasquez (pictured) in her concert series Solo were viral hits from TikTok? (2023-03-24)
... that the Brisbane Lions' AFL women's team in the AFL Women's season seven became the first AFLW team to score more than 200 points across the first three rounds of a season? (2023-03-24)
... that as a member of the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies, Shirley Franco presented a bill that would penalize street harassment with up to eight hours in jail and a 500-boliviano fine? (2023-03-22)
... that Frances Helen Prideaux's skill convinced Sir William Gull that women were intellectually capable of being doctors? (2023-03-22)
... that to attend the 1915 Women at the Hague Congress, Eugénie Hamer and the Belgian delegates drove, were frisked, walked two hours, and took a train? (2023-03-22)
... that Cora Slocomb di Brazza designed the peace flag adopted by the International Council of Women, and her mother Abby Day Slocomb designed the Connecticut state flag? (2023-03-22)
... that the 2015 campaign Woman to Woman included a "Pink Bus" that was mocked by critics as sexist and patronising? (2023-03-21)
... that the doll company American Girl published The Care and Keeping of You, a book explaining puberty, after receiving thousands of letters from children asking about it? (2023-03-21)
... that soccer player Danielle Marcano scored four goals in back-to-back games that helped to send the University of Tennessee to the NCAA tournament quarterfinals for the first time in history? (2023-03-21)
... that Satoko Kishimoto is the first elected female mayor of Suginami, Tokyo? (2023-03-20)
... that Helene Scheu-Riesz created the first German translation of Alice Through the Looking-Glass but struggled with Lewis Carroll's made-up words? (2023-03-20)
... that the post-apocalyptic novel The Mercy Journals was inspired by the Gombe Chimpanzee War, the Rwandan genocide, and the Bible? (2023-03-19)
... that Gloria Cameron was the first native Jamaican in the UK to appear on the British television programme This Is Your Life? (2023-03-19)
... that The Scout Mindset, a book about being able to change one's mind, took five years to be published partly because author Julia Galef changed her mind about what to write? (2023-03-18)
... that people sometimes wonder whether the contortionist Sofie Dossi has a spine? (2023-03-18)
... that Meghan Trainor announced her song "Mother" while 21 weeks pregnant? (2023-03-18)
... that when the 18-year-old New York City Ballet dancer Mira Nadon performed her first major role, The New York Times called her performance a promise to the future? (2023-03-18)
... that physicist Sabine Hossenfelder's book Existential Physics discusses whether free will, the multiverse, the existence of God, and the meaning of life are topics that science can answer? (2023-03-18)
... that NASA astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar (pictured) flew on five space missions and has spent more than 50 days in space? (2023-03-18)
... that excavations led by archaeologist Judith Marquet-Krause disproved that the Book of Joshua was a factual account of the city of Ai? (2023-03-17)
... that Japanese pianist Nagaoka Nobuko, a child prodigy called an "absolute genius", was killed in the final American firebombing of Tokyo? (2023-03-16)
... that New York City's Barbizon Hotel hosted its first male guests on Valentine's Day in 1981 after operating as a women-only hotel for more than five decades? (2023-03-16)
... that Taylor Swift-lookalike Ashley Leechin went viral for doing laundry? (2023-03-16)
... that Dutch designer Sabine Marcelis was a semi-professional snowboarder in New Zealand before she decided to pursue a career in the arts? (2023-03-15)
... that at the Grand Slams in tennis, Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková (pictured) are on a 24-match winning streak? (2023-03-15)
... that French astrochemist Christine Joblin co-created a webcomic to popularize her research on the origins of cosmic dust? (2023-03-15)
... that Cara De Silva described a cookbook compiled by a woman in Terezin concentration camp as a record of "psychological resistance”? (2023-03-15)
... that Japanese Breakfast released versions of their song "Be Sweet" in both Korean and Simlish? (2023-03-15)
... that Fionula Brennan's experiments with cytokines led to new therapies to treat rheumatoid arthritis? (2023-03-14)
... that the propaganda poster "Women of Britain Say 'Go!'" (pictured) was part of an attempt to ignore pre-war advances by women and reinforce gender stereotypes? (2023-03-13)
... that Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to people with disabilities by the Queen, but received her award from the King? (2023-03-13)
... that Charlie Jane Anders wrote preferred pronouns into her science fiction novel Victories Greater Than Death because she thought that alien gender would be unclear to humans? (2023-03-12)
... that Chickaboom!, by country musician Tami Neilson, was nominated for both Canadian and New Zealand music awards? (2023-03-12)
... that the support of conservationist Kae Miller (pictured) for people recovering from mental illnesses resulted in the establishment of Te Rae Kaihau Park in Wellington, New Zealand? (2023-03-11)
... that Ida Ospelt-Amann led the revival of dialect poetry in Liechtenstein and was awarded the Golden Cross of Merit? (2023-03-11)
... that Shirley Kurata is said to have "subverted and reclaimed Asian-centric tropes" through her "outrageous" costume designs for movie villain Jobu Tupaki? (2023-03-10)
... that Josiane Lima won Brazil's first Paralympic rowing medal? (2023-03-10)
... that Shiroi Heya no Futari is regarded as the first work of yuri, a genre of manga and other media focused on female-female romance, despite not being the first manga to depict romance between women? (2023-03-08)
... that New Zealand activist Pania Newton (depicted) gave up a legal career to become an activist and spokesperson for the preservation of her ancestral lands at Ihumātao? (2023-03-08)
... that National Treasure: Edge of History lead Lisette Olivera was dissuaded from an acting career as a child but studied dance, vocals and music? (2023-03-08)
... that one of Beverly Robertson's biggest accomplishments as CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber was attracting the Ford Motor Company's US$5.6 billion Blue Oval City complex to Memphis, Tennessee? (2023-03-08)
... that the singer Luci van Org followed up her mainstream success from the 1990s by starting a "Latin–disco–pop–country crossover" band? (2023-03-06)
... that the rebooted design of Glimmer from She-Ra was partly inspired by the showrunner's love of Dungeons & Dragons? (2023-03-06)
... that Rose Freistater was "too fat" to be a teacher in New York City? (2023-03-04)
... that during the first tour to the Soviet Union by any American ballet company, Lupe Serrano (pictured) danced the first encore in the American Ballet Theatre's history? (2023-03-04)
... that Gloria Orwoba raised awareness about period poverty by appearing in the Senate of Kenya in apparently blood-stained trousers? (2023-03-04)
... that the first secular school in Catalonia was founded by the anarcha-feminist Teresa Mañé? (2023-03-03)
... that Kloe was a headliner at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in 2014, despite not being old enough to attend most shows there? (2023-03-01)
... that nursing educator Helen Turner Watson was one of the first African-American women to become a commissioned officer in the United States Navy? (2023-02-28)
... that the conservationist Martha Isabel Ruiz Corzo sings when she speaks? (2023-02-27)
... that on the day of her Silver concert, singer Regine Velasquez (pictured) suffered from a viral infection and temporarily lost her voice? (2023-02-26)
... that Kurnianingrat helped historian George McTurnan Kahin smuggle speeches by leaders of the Indonesian revolution from the Dutch? (2023-02-21)
... that Jane Dempsey Douglass became the first woman to head a worldwide communion of churches in 1990? (2023-02-21)
... that Mimi Kilgore gifted Willem de Kooning a frog that had been run over by a car? (2023-02-19)
... that American folklorist Esther Shephard collected tall tales from logging camps in the state of Washington to complete her 1924 book about Paul Bunyan? (2023-02-19)
... that African-American journalist Erna P. Harris (pictured) was called a "fearless critic" of the internment of Japanese Americans by the US government during World War II? (2023-02-18)
... that Eva Siracká remained the president of the League Against Cancer, citing the reign of Elizabeth II as the reason? (2023-02-17)
... that in 2022, Briton Charlotte Payne broke the world record for a hammer throw by a deaf woman by almost 5 metres (16 ft)? (2023-02-17)
... that popular Korean folk singer Wang Su-bok was given birthday gifts by both Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il? (2023-02-14)
... that Mary Arthur McElroy (pictured) was never given official recognition as First Lady of the United States out of respect for Nell Arthur, the deceased wife of then-president Chester A. Arthur? (2023-02-14)
... that the painting God Giving Birth was inspired by Monica Sjöö's inner visions while giving birth? (2023-02-14)
... that conservator Carolyn Price Horton helped to direct a "Mud Angel army" that rescued books after the Arno flooded museums and libraries in Florence, Italy, in 1966? (2023-02-13)
... that Sylvia Plath criticized her own award-winning poem for its "old crystal-brittle and sugar-faceted voice"? (2023-02-11)
... that a bloodied fingerprint on newspaper was the central piece of evidence in the murder of Vivianne Ruiz? (2023-02-11)
... that "Step Chickens" on TikTok replace their profile pictures with an image (shown) of Melissa Ong, whom they call "Mother Hen"? (2023-02-10)
... that the last meal the Luttra Woman (skull pictured) had was raspberries? (2023-02-09)
... that Enriqueta Medellín, a Mexican surgeon, has an ecological center and environmental prize named after her in the state of Aguascalientes? (2023-02-08)
... that Perla Batalla was once a backup singer for Leonard Cohen, who encouraged her to write her own songs? (2023-02-06)
... that SZA said her label insisted on scrapping a song from her second album, even though they had used it to promote the album? (2023-02-04)
... that Margaret Cooper wrote that the Women's Royal Indian Naval Service was providing "the experience of a lifetime" to the young women she recruited during the Second World War? (2023-02-04)
... that Eudoro Galindo, who was nearly elected Vice President of Bolivia, was also a three-time national fencing champion and a two-time Bolivarian Games bronze medallist? (2023-02-04)
... that during its run of screenings at the Whitney Museum, the 1979 film Asparagus was shown rear-projected onto a set that appears in the film itself? (2023-02-04)
... that Henrietta Bruckman founded the first fraternal organization for Jewish women in the United States? (2023-02-03)
... that Laura Bergt was said to have gained millions of acres of land for Native Alaskans by Eskimo-kissing Vice President Spiro Agnew (pictured)? (2023-01-27)
... that as a last-minute substitute in a premiere performance at Oper Frankfurt, Elena Manistina sang from the side while the assistant director mimed onstage? (2023-01-27)
... that the Daughters of the American Revolution opposed Marjorie Lynch's nomination to a government post due to her birth in Britain? (2023-01-26)
... that Kuchipudi exponent Maddali Usha Gayatri choreographed a 12-hour ballet that was performed by a troupe involving 12 of her disciples? (2023-01-25)
... that before pursuing a career in music, Lauren Jenkins was the host of a wrestling television show? (2023-01-25)
... that health economist Selma Mushkin estimated in the early 1970s that up to 50 percent of poor children in Washington, D.C., were affected by lead poisoning? (2023-01-24)
... that when visiting Britain during World War II, naval officer Kalyani Sen (pictured) reported that Indian women were breaking down prejudices against men and women working together by joining the military? (2023-01-24)
... that Kakusan-ni was the founding abbess of a Buddhist convent that was a refuge for women running away from their husbands? (2023-01-24)
... that Jessica Martin has played both a punk werewolf and the voice of the Queen in Doctor Who? (2023-01-24)
... that American first lady Lou Henry Hoover secretly sent money to families in need during the Great Depression? (2023-01-23)
... that Sandra Dombrowski was the first female to referee an IIHF World Women's Championship gold-medal game? (2023-01-22)
... that Isabel Cooper painted live snakes while holding them in her hand? (2023-01-22)
... that Sears heiress Edith Rosenwald Stern organized a women's broom brigade against political corruption in New Orleans? (2023-01-22)
... that Mabel Freer (pictured) was deported from Australia because she could not speak Italian? (2023-01-21)
... that Elisabeth Waterhouse founded the National Chamber Music Course summer school in 1974 and has managed it since? (2023-01-21)
... that British architect Diane Haigh transformed one historic building into an art gallery and another into a hospice? (2023-01-20)
... that Ariana Orrego was the first Peruvian gymnast to compete at the Olympic Games? (2023-01-20)
... that before Sarah Elmaleh voiced the player character in the video game Anthem, developed by BioWare, she voiced characters in a mod of an earlier BioWare game? (2023-01-19)
... that Nina de Creeft Ward worked on art that resembles corpses of extinct and endangered species to show "how people have caused a scourge to the balance of nature"? (2023-01-19)
... that the Kill Bill films inspired SZA to write a song about murdering her ex-boyfriend? (2023-01-18)
... that Park Ji-hyun helped to expose an online sex-crime ring and later became the interim co-chair of the Democratic Party of Korea at the age of 26? (2023-01-17)
... that Antoinette Tidjani Alou (pictured) wrote a work of autofiction that traces the journey of a Jamaican woman who moved to Niger for love? (2023-01-17)
... that Sybil Thorndike was known as Britain's leading tragedienne? (2023-01-16)
... that campaigning by climate activist Kimiko Hirata halted plans to build 17 new coal-fired power plants following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan? (2023-01-15)
... that American educator Janet Sorg Stoltzfus (pictured) established the first foreign school in northern Yemen? (2023-01-14)
... that Paramount Chief Matilda Lansana Minah V has backed a 30-percent quota for the representation of women in the parliament of Sierra Leone? (2023-01-13)
... that writer Eliza Bland Smith Erskine Norton married two different men who both lost an arm in battle? (2023-01-13)
... that soprano Galina Pisarenko studied economics, English, and Norwegian at the same time she was studying to become a professional opera singer? (2023-01-12)
... that classical dances of Gaddam Padmaja Reddy, recipient of India's highest award for performing arts, explore contemporary social issues such as female foeticide and HIV/AIDS? (2023-01-12)
... that when baker Ruby Tandoh (pictured) publicly came out, she mocked critics who suggested that she had romanced a male contest judge? (2023-01-11)
... that Patty Loveless's musical career rebounded after she underwent surgery to repair a blood vessel on her vocal cords? (2023-01-11)
... that after Mary Gardiner Horsford died, her husband married her sister Phoebe? (2023-01-10)
... that diplomat Lê Thị Tuyết Mai (pictured) studied at three different universities in three different countries? (2023-01-10)
... that Lady Gaga said she was in a dark state of mind when writing the song "Free Woman" but got over it after completing the song? (2023-01-09)
... that Meghan Trainor wrote her song "Bad for Me" with strangers? (2023-01-09)
... that Anna Maria Bowes escaped from her governess Elizabeth Parish by crawling over a plank to cross a narrow street? (2023-01-07)
... that U.S. first lady Bess Truman was humiliated by a champagne bottle? (2023-01-07)
... that Akshata Murty, the wife of British prime minister Rishi Sunak, reportedly has more personal wealth than King Charles III? (2023-01-07)
... that Sarah Mardini worked as a humanitarian for refugees and now could be sentenced to 25 years in prison? (2023-01-06)
... that at age 10, Sophia Lucia surpassed the world record for consecutive pirouettes by 19 turns? (2023-01-05)
... that Sao Sanda (pictured), the last princess of Yawnghwe, is one of only two living princesses to have attended the 1947 Panglong Conference? (2023-01-05)
... that Wilhelmine Key (pictured) studied wasps as a child, and as an adult she kept them as pets? (2023-01-03)
... that Michelle Lyons has personally witnessed nearly 300 executions? (2023-01-03)
... that the parliamentary sign-language interpreter could not make out what South African MP Joan Fubbs tried to say in her tribute to President Cyril Ramaphosa? (2023-01-02)
... that Minnesota legislator Claudia Meier cosponsored a bill freeing women from having to take their husbands' last names, and then took her husband's last name? (2023-01-01)
... that Vanita Jagdeo Borade has been called the "snake woman" for having rescued more than 50,000 snakes? (2023-05-11)
... that Vanita Jagdeo Borade has been called the "Snake Woman" for having rescued more than 50,000 snakes? (2022-05-11)