Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Green/DYK/2013 DYK Blurbs

2013 DYK Blurbs: Transcluding 10 of 575 2013 DYK blurbs
 * ... that Mary Barra was named the next CEO of General Motors, which will make her the first female leader of a major automaker? (2013-12-31)
 * ... that Judith Pipher has been referred to as the "mother of infrared astronomy"? (2013-12-31)
 * ... that fashion blogger Chiara Ferragni has become a model for Guess? (2013-12-30)
 * ... that Ann Thwaytes paid for the Clock Tower (pictured) in Herne Bay, Kent, England, to be built in 1837? (2013-12-30)
 * ... that although Maya Angelou is best known for her autobiographies, she has also been successful as a poet? (2013-12-29)
 * ... that 2012 Spanish wheelchair tennis Paralympian Lola Ochoa Ribes first played the sport using her everyday wheelchair? (2013-12-27)
 * ... that Dorle Soria, a founder of Angel Records, helped promote Leonard Bernstein's 1943 debut with the New York Philharmonic? (2013-12-27)
 * ... that The X Factor winner Sam Bailey, who got the 2013 UK Christmas number one with a cover version of "Skyscraper", has the nickname "screwbo", a portmanteau of "screw" and "SuBo"? (2013-12-26)
 * ... that Leona Lewis recorded her first Christmas album, Christmas, with Love, on the recommendation of Simon Cowell? (2013-12-25)
 * ... that Leyla Güngör scored a goal against Spain in her first game as a member of the Turkey women's national football team? (2013-12-23)
 * ... that in 2012, painter Aleah Chapin became the first American woman to win the UK National Portrait Gallery's BP Portrait Award? (2013-12-23)
 * ... that Adrienne Augarde (pictured) suffered a fatal attack of appendicitis while her show was playing at the Majestic Theater in Chicago? (2013-12-23)
 * ... that in 1786, English kitchen maid Ruth Bowyer was sentenced to seven years penal transportation for the theft of five spoons? (2013-12-21)
 * ... that Matilda Hays started writing periodicals, often regarding women's issues, from about 1838? (2013-12-21)
 * ... that Deborah Sussman (pictured) designed the visual landscape for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles? (2013-12-21)
 * ... that the sale of Saying Grace has left an "irreplaceable hole" in the Norman Rockwell Museum's collection? (2013-12-19)
 * ... that Mary Hamilton Swindler was the first woman editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Archaeology (1932–46) since its inception in 1885? (2013-12-19)
 * ... that the female footballer Bilgin Defterli decided to go to Germany because she saw no chance to play football in Turkey due to the dissolution of women's football leagues in 2003? (2013-12-19)
 * ... that Meralda Warren and several children on Pitcairn Island wrote the first book published in both English and Pitkern, a South Pacific creole language? (2013-12-17)
 * ... that Gabriele Schnaut recorded alto parts in Bach cantatas in the 1970s, and appeared as Waltraute and Second Norne in the Jahrhundertring film in 1980, as Isolde in 1985, and as Turandot in 2002? (2013-12-17)
 * ... that the first mass protests against prostitution of children were led by ECPAT in the 1990s? (2013-12-16)
 * ... that Shirley Erena Murray hymns are published in more than 140 hymnals? (2013-12-14)
 * ... that Lilian Bland was the first woman to design and build her own aircraft, in 1910, but gave up flying when offered a motorcar instead? (2013-12-13)
 * ... that Welsh singer Bessie Jones was the first to record Noël Coward's earliest stage lyric, "Peter Pan", from the revue Tails Up!? (2013-12-12)
 * ... that Alice Mary Longfellow, daughter of the poet, was instrumental in founding the Harvard Annex, now Radcliffe College, which has a building (pictured) named in her honor? (2013-12-12)
 * ... that Virginia Mae Brown, the "'First Lady of Transportation", was the first woman chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission since its inception in 1887? (2013-12-11)
 * ... that It's a Girl: The Three Deadliest Words in the World is a documentary about female infanticide? (2013-12-10)
 * ... that, in 2009, Los Angeles police detectives investigating a 23-year-old murder found that the killer was a fellow detective? (2013-12-08)
 * ... that one reviewer described Katy Perry's 2013 ballad "By the Grace of God" as having a "humming, dark tension in which Perry and melody float like red balloons"? (2013-12-08)
 * ... that the Anthony House in Adams, Massachusetts, is the birthplace of women's rights advocate Susan B. Anthony? (2013-12-07)
 * ... that Ada Jafri (pictured) is the first Urdu poetess? (2013-12-06)
 * ... that the infant daughter of Emperor Xiaoming was emperor of Northern Wei for a single day? (2013-12-04)
 * ... that Tao Porchon-Lynch, who studied under Sri Aurobindo and Indra Devi, has been recognized as the world's oldest yoga teacher at age 95? (2013-12-02)
 * ... that 11-year-old Dayana Kirillova (pictured) is representing Russia in the 2013 Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev today? (2013-11-30)
 * ... that in 1979, Augusta "Gussie" Clark became the second African American woman to be elected to the Philadelphia City Council? (2013-11-30)
 * ... that Stolen Childhood was the first full-length book on the history of children enslaved during the American slave era? (2013-11-29)
 * ... that female infanticide in China has a history spanning 2000 years? (2013-11-29)
 * ... that more than 2,100 years after Lady Dai died, an autopsy revealed the cause of her death? (2013-11-28)
 * ... that Smilja Avramov contends that the 2013 Brussels Agreement violates the UN Charter and indirectly recognizes Kosovo as an independent state? (2013-11-26)
 * ... that Swedish comedian Nour El-Refai will host Melodifestivalen 2014? (2013-11-26)
 * ... that Kathleen Garman was shot by the wife of sculptor Jacob Epstein in 1923, had three children with him, and eventually married him in 1955? (2013-11-26)
 * ... that Geronima Pecson was the first woman senator of the Philippines? (2013-11-26)
 * ... that Emily Willingham, a biologist from Texas, was called "one of the sharpest science writers in the blogosphere" by Steve Silberman? (2013-11-26)
 * ... that Nina Kirsanova, one of the most important ballet dancers in Serbia, was also a lead principal dancer, choreographer, head of ballet, ballet teacher, nurse, archaeologist and actress? (2013-11-25)
 * ... that Lily Tirtasana Neo was born in Indonesia, graduated from an Irish medical school, and became an MP in Singapore in 1997? (2013-11-25)
 * ... that of 143 gorillas studied by Magdalena Bermejo in October 2002, only 13 were still alive four months later? (2013-11-23)
 * ... that after a two year absence from the sport, Ruth Wanjiru achieved third place in the 2012 Ottawa Marathon? (2013-11-22)
 * ... that Irish botanical artist Lydia Shackleton, who painted over 1500 studies, helpfully taped the pressed flower or leaf to her work for comparison with the painted subject (example pictured)? (2013-11-21)
 * ... that Gert Boyle is "one tough mother"? (2013-11-21)
 * ... that Mia Frye was the choreographer for the dance routine in the music video for the Los del Río hit song "Macarena"? (2013-11-20)
 * ... that Larisa Latynina is the Olympic medal leader in women's gymnastics? (2013-11-19)
 * ... that The Six Wives of Henry VIII inspired Lecia Cornwall to write historical novels? (2013-11-18)
 * ... that Dena Epstein "shattered myths" by proving that the banjo came from slave music? (2013-11-18)
 * ... that the Pakistan national women's cricket team have won nine Twenty20 International matches against Ireland? (2013-11-17)
 * ... that Elizabeth Timothy was the first female publisher of a newspaper in America? (2013-11-17)
 * ... that Swedish singer Regina Lund had a part in Once in a Lifetime, a comedy film about the Eurovision Song Contest? (2013-11-16)
 * ... that Alma Jodorowsky often performs with Burning Peacocks? (2013-11-16)
 * ... that singer Elisa Lindström (pictured) and her dansband Elisa's won the reality show Dansbandskampen in 2010? (2013-11-15)
 * ... that Miriam Roth grew up in a Hungarian-speaking town, studied at a German-speaking university, and wrote best-sellers in Hebrew? (2013-11-14)
 * ... that in the 35th year of her career, blues singer Julia Gerity lost much of her performance materials, including gowns and music, in a 1947 fire at Coney Island? (2013-11-14)
 * ... that Florence Fuller became a professional artist while still a teenager, and lived in South Africa, Australia, England, France, and India? (2013-11-13)
 * ... that in April 1968, Nell Truman and her sister Christine became the first winners of an open tennis event by winning the women's doubles title at the British Hard Court Championships? (2013-11-12)
 * ... that New Jersey Assemblywoman-elect Maria Rodriguez-Gregg plays for a local roller derby team? (2013-11-11)
 * ... that Kathy Ritvo, the first woman race horse trainer to win the Breeders' Cup Classic, is also the recipient of a heart transplant? (2013-11-11)
 * ... that Kamala Khan, also known as Ms. Marvel, is the first Muslim character to headline a comic book at Marvel Comics? (2013-11-11)
 * ... that Susan Gerbi worked with Joseph Gall to develop in situ hybridization for her Ph.D. research? (2013-11-10)
 * ... that Singaporean politician Penny Low, a Member of Parliament for the Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency, used to work at the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation? (2013-11-10)
 * ... that a photograph (pictured) taken by Elena Mrozovskaya at the 1903 Ball in the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was exhibited in the Hermitage Rooms in London 100 years later? (2013-11-09)
 * ... that in the few years after the formation of the exclusively female Sacred Twenty (pictured), military nursing tasks during World War I were still often done by untrained men? (2013-11-08)
 * ... that only two states, New Jersey and California, have laws criminalizing revenge porn? (2013-11-08)
 * ... that Pakistani woman Test cricketer Kiran Baluch's score of 242 runs in an innings is the highest in Women's Test cricket? (2013-11-07)
 * ... that award-winning production designer Eve Stewart described her experience as art director on Mike Leigh Naked as "a bit of a shock"? (2013-11-07)
 * ... that Carol Comeau was inaugurated into the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame in 2009? (2013-11-05)
 * ... that a young Mao Zedong lived at the home of Wang Renmei‎, who grew up to become a movie star nicknamed the "Wildcat of Shanghai"? (2013-11-04)
 * ... that Ticasuk Brown was the first Native American to have a school named after her in Fairbanks, Alaska? (2013-11-03)
 * ... that Nora Lilian Alcock was the Scottish government's first plant pathologist? (2013-11-03)
 * ... that British physiologist Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald attended Oxford before women were granted degrees and 75 years later received an honorary master's when she was 100 years old? (2013-11-03)
 * ... that South African cricketer Sunette Loubser began as an opening bowler, but switched to bowling off spin after breaking her ankle? (2013-10-31)
 * ... that Louisa Venable Kyle wrote a children's book on The Witch of Pungo? (2013-10-31)
 * ... that the Killing Us Softly documentary focuses on images of women in advertising, gender stereotypes and sexual objectification? (2013-10-31)
 * ... that the song "Nobody's Business", by Rihanna featuring Chris Brown, contains interpolation from Michael Jackson's 1987 single "The Way You Make Me Feel"? (2013-10-30)
 * ... that Kay Smith, Illinois Artist Laureate, continues to paint at 90 years of age? (2013-10-30)
 * ... that Bertha Parker Pallan (pictured) was one of the first female Native American archaeologists? (2013-10-30)
 * ... that Israeli swimmer Amit Ivry won medals in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar in October 2013? (2013-10-30)
 * ... that Sophia Dobson Collet helped Josephine Butler repeal the Contagious Diseases Acts in India? (2013-10-29)
 * ... that female physicist Elizabeth Laird came out of retirement during WWII to research radar? (2013-10-29)
 * ... that Anna Baetjer discovered the link between chromium exposure and cancer? (2013-10-29)
 * ... that royal midwife Mrs. Cannon collected exotic animals and curiosities such as Oliver Cromwell's nightcap? (2013-10-28)
 * ... that mathematician Grace Bates was the only woman allowed to study differential equations in her final year at college? (2013-10-28)
 * ... that Gerda Munsinger, the Mata Hari of the Cold War, caused Canada's first national sex scandal? (2013-10-28)
 * ... that the Ph.D dissertation of taphonomist Kay Behrensmeyer suggested that sauropods were terrestrial? (2013-10-27)
 * ... that the diary of Christian missionary Elizabeth Barrows Ussher is said to have described "unspeakable cruelty"? (2013-10-27)
 * ... that photographer Cecilia Glaisher compiled an illustrated book of ferns during the Victorian fern craze? (2013-10-27)
 * ... that Sannie Overly is the first woman to serve in a leadership position in the Kentucky House of Representatives? (2013-10-26)
 * ... that pianist Miku Nishimoto-Neubert, a prize winner of the Leipzig Bach Competition, has been described as "moving between capricious high spirits and a meditative inwardness"? (2013-10-26)
 * ... that pioneering petrographer Eleanora Knopf was the daughter of General Tasker H. Bliss? (2013-10-26)
 * ... that medical illustrator Audrey Arnott passed on techniques she learned from Max Brödel to other British illustrators? (2013-10-26)
 * ... that macromolecular crystallographer Martha L. Ludwig solved the first flavoprotein structure? (2013-10-25)
 * ... that Winston Churchill seemed "twenty years younger" when he stayed at La Pausa? (2013-10-25)
 * ... that philosopher Julia Gulliver was the only woman in a department of 200 men when she studied in Leipzig? (2013-10-25)
 * ... that Albrecht Dürer's paintings of his parents were reunited in 2012 after art historian Lotte Brand Philip identified the portrait of his mother, thought lost since the 17th century? (2013-10-24)
 * ... that after being voted as the German Wine Queen in 1995, Julia Klöckner (pictured) went on to lead the Christian Democratic Union party in her native state of Rhineland-Palatinate? (2013-10-24)
 * ... that ophthalmologist Antoinette Pirie investigated the effect of mustard gas on the cornea? (2013-10-24)
 * ... that mathematician Sibyl M. Rock (pictured) helped develop both analog and digital computers for use in mass spectrometry? (2013-10-23)
 * ... that Mary Grace Quackenbos was the first female United States Attorney? (2013-10-23)
 * ... that the first modern cochlear implant was developed by Austrian electrical engineer Ingeborg Hochmair? (2013-10-23)
 * ... that Nawab Faizunnesa was the first woman in south Asia to be awarded the title of "Nawab" by Queen Victoria, for her campaign for female education and other social issues? (2013-10-22)
 * ... that the first person to isolate Vitamin E, Gladys Anderson Emerson, taught history before starting her career in biochemistry? (2013-10-22)
 * ... that Blanche Wheeler Williams and Harriet Boyd Hawes discovered the ancient Minoan complex at Gournia in 1901? (2013-10-22)
 * ... that the Reich Bride Schools of Nazi Germany were intended to teach young women how to be "perfect Nazi brides"? (2013-10-21)
 * ... that Miss Gibraltar 2013, Maroua Kharbouch, held hands on stage with Miss Spain at the Miss World 2013 final despite recent political tensions between both countries? (2013-10-20)
 * ... that Swedish television presenter Carin Hjulström presented Melodifestivalen 1990? (2013-10-20)
 * ... that Valerie debut album included many reggaeton ballads with "clean lyrics" that "women can relate to"? (2013-10-16)
 * ... that though Lilis Suryani performed multiple patriotic songs, she also made veiled criticisms of President Sukarno? (2013-10-13)
 * ... that American professional soccer player Camille Levin helped Swedish club Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC win the 2013 Svenska Supercupen Women? (2013-10-13)
 * ... that Lady Mary and her sister Pansy had few childhood friends as they wore such out-of-date clothes? (2013-10-11)
 * ... that because American Christian missionary Hulda Stumpf protested against female genital mutilation in Kenya, she was killed and perhaps ritually cut in retribution? (2013-10-11)
 * ... that according to Sam Lansky from the website Idolator, Christina Aguilera's 2013 song "We Remain" is similar to works of Ryan Tedder? (2013-10-10)
 * ... that Maribel Domínguez is captain and all-time leading scorer of the Mexico women's national football team and plays for the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League? (2013-10-09)
 * ... that Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna wanted to have the documentary film The Punk Singer feature women as experts? (2013-10-07)
 * ... that the groom was not always a willing participant in a knobstick wedding? (2013-10-07)
 * ... that Gloria Long Anderson, a chemist and school administrator, was appointed by President Richard Nixon to serve on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's board? (2013-10-07)
 * ... that geneticist Florence Margaret Durham bred 6,983 guinea pigs for her study of whether daily doses of alcohol had hereditary effects? (2013-10-05)
 * ... that Keri Rosebraugh incorporates discarded wood, paper, and other re-purposed trash into her mixed media artworks? (2013-10-04)
 * ... that Salomée Halpir, a Lithuanian Catholic born in 1718, learned medicine from a doctor she married at age 14 and eventually became a physician to the harem of the Ottoman Empire's Sultan? (2013-10-01)
 * ... that Hungarian secretary of state Zoltán Illés said to fellow member of parliament Bernadett Szél, "just because you're pretty doesn't also mean you're smart"? (2013-10-01)
 * ... that Boynton Beach, Florida, was founded by Byrd S. Dewey, not Nathan Boynton, who was erroneously credited up to last year? (2013-09-30)
 * ... that despite starting her career in 2003, K-Mil has yet to release a studio album? (2013-09-29)
 * ... that Singaporean politician and People's Action Party member Lee Bee Wah is also the President of the Singapore Table Tennis Association? (2013-09-28)
 * ... that sisters Ada and Andrine Hegerberg scored one goal each when the Norwegian team won 2–1 against Canada in the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup? (2013-09-27)
 * ... that Josephine MacLeod, an American devotee of Swami Vivekananda considered the day she met the Swami for the first time as her "spiritual birthday"? (2013-09-26)
 * ... that Ukrainian model Valeria Lukyanova has been referred to as a "human Barbie"? (2013-09-24)
 * ... that Nina Davuluri (pictured) is the first Indian American to win the Miss America beauty pageant? (2013-09-24)
 * ... that an Arizona schoolteacher was fired in 1971 on allegations she claimed to be a witch and taught witchcraft to her students? (2013-09-24)
 * ... that the stoning of Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow drew outrage from the human rights group Amnesty International? (2013-09-23)
 * ... that Israeli golfer Laetitia Beck won her first Israeli Ladies Championship at the age of 12? (2013-09-23)
 * ... that Julia Grace Wales (pictured) devised the Wisconsin Plan, a proposal to end World War I entertained by President Wilson until the US entered the war? (2013-09-21)
 * ... that despite being a gambler, Lady Harrington was considered an epitome of virtue in a society notorious for loose morals, with her younger sister cuckolding her husband with 27 men? (2013-09-20)
 * ... that Durga Shakti Nagpal was suspended by the Uttar Pradesh government for demolishing an allegedly illegal wall of a mosque? (2013-09-20)
 * ... that Christina Aguilera portrayed Marilyn Monroe in the music video for "Tilt Ya Head Back"? (2013-09-19)
 * ... that Malin Diaz scored the game-winning goal during extra time for Sweden to win the 2012 UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship? (2013-09-18)
 * ... that after Yarden Gerbi dislocated a woman's shoulder, and choked her until she was unconscious, Gerbi received three marriage proposals? (2013-09-17)
 * ... that actress Shangguan Yunzhu (pictured) was said to have had an affair with Mao Zedong, for which she was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution, leading to her suicide? (2013-09-17)
 * ... that the German bioethicist Claire Lademacher, a visiting scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics (building pictured), is set to become a Princess of Luxembourg upon her marriage today? (2013-09-17)
 * ... that the first person convicted for genocidal rape was Pauline Nyiramasuhuko? (2013-09-17)
 * ... that though Rina Hasyim was working as a model, she made her film debut with the help of a travel agent? (2013-09-16)
 * ... that WASP pilot Dr. Dora Dougherty Strother was one of two women selected to train and fly the B-29 Superfortress in 1944 in order to prove it was safe for men to fly? (2013-09-16)
 * ... that Sister Christine (pictured) said that Swami Vivekananda's mere uttering of the word "India" stirred emotions of "love, passion, pride, longing, adoration, tragedy, chivalry, heimweh, and again love"? (2013-09-15)
 * ... that the theme of Nicki Minaj's song "High School" is adultery? (2013-09-13)
 * ... that Meral Tasbas (pictured) has participated in both the Swedish and the Turkish versions of the reality show The Bar? (2013-09-11)
 * ... that Florence Koehler was one of the best-known jewelers of the Arts and Crafts movement? (2013-09-11)
 * ... that Margaret of Burgundy (pictured), a princess as "plain as an owl", was twice envisaged to become Queen of France, but ended up married to a man she considered too beneath her in rank? (2013-09-09)
 * ... that Colombian singer Shakira has refused to re-release her debut album Magia, or her second, Peligro, because of their "immaturity"? (2013-09-09)
 * ... that Sybil Campbell, who was appointed a stipendiary magistrate in 1945, was the first woman to become a professional judge in the United Kingdom? (2013-09-07)
 * ... that American aid workers Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry's memoir, Prisoners of Hope, recounts them killing 150 flies a day during their 2001 imprisonment by the Taliban? (2013-09-07)
 * ... that the Michigan Wolverines women's soccer team is currently coached by former United States women's national team head coach Greg Ryan? (2013-09-07)
 * ... that the memoirs of American missionary Rose Lambert (pictured) document her experiences in Ottoman Turkey during the 1909 massacre of Armenians? (2013-09-06)
 * ... that Elaine West was in charge of the renovation of housing for Royal Air Force personnel before becoming the highest ranking female in the British Armed Forces and the first to hold a two-star rank? (2013-09-06)
 * ... that Mary Higham, who created an emporium on the High Street in Fremantle, hosted a meeting at her house that was the start of the City of Cockburn? (2013-09-05)
 * ... that when three of Whitney Houston's recorded songs on her first album became number-one singles, it was the first time three songs from a debut album reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100? (2013-09-05)
 * ... that 96-year-old Olivia Robertson is the High Priestess of the Fellowship of Isis? (2013-09-04)
 * ... that Chirlane McCray, who wrote the "groundbreaking" 1979 essay "I Am a Lesbian" for Essence, later married Bill de Blasio? (2013-09-04)
 * ... that Hawaiian chiefess Manono died fighting at Kuamoʻo alongside her husband Kekuaokalani in defense of Hawaiian religion after Kamehameha II abolished the kapu system in 1819? (2013-09-02)
 * ... that Anne Yvonne Gilbert`s controversial, fetish-themed cover of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's 1983 single "Relax" became "one of the most famous record sleeves of all time"? (2013-09-01)
 * ... that Diane Harper, who formerly worked on the clinical trials of the HPV vaccine, has since questioned the vaccine's safety and efficacy? (2013-09-01)
 * ... that freethinker Harriet Law was the only woman on the general council of the First International, and was praised by Eleanor Marx and Karl Marx? (2013-08-31)
 * ... that Fatimata Seye Sylla has spearheaded efforts to get Senegalese women and children Internet access? (2013-08-31)
 * ... that the book The Age of Miracles chronicles the fictional phenomenon of "slowing", in which one earth day takes longer to complete? (2013-08-28)
 * ... that writer Anuradha Ramanan is the granddaughter of Tamil actor R. Balasubramaniam? (2013-08-26)
 * ... that Tottenham Hotspur L.F.C. were originally called Broxbourne Ladies? (2013-08-25)
 * ... that Barking Abbey (pictured) former abbesses include three saints, three queens, two king's daughters, and the sister of Thomas Becket? (2013-08-24)
 * ... that former Alabama golfer Brooke Pancake was the first female golfer to be recognized as Academic All-America Team Member of the Year? (2013-08-23)
 * ... that director Shana Feste was a nanny for the daughter of Tobey Maguire and that he later produced her second film Country Strong? (2013-08-22)
 * ... that Princess Maria-Pia (pictured) and Prince Stefan of Liechtenstein have both served their principality as ambassadors to more than one country, including Austria, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland? (2013-08-22)
 * ... that Daniel and Lucy Lindley founded Inanda Seminary School to ensure that schoolboys in South Africa would not have to marry "naked girls"? (2013-08-22)
 * ... that Valerie Robertson won gold medals in swimming and athletics before having a highly successful wheelchair lawn bowling career? (2013-08-21)
 * ... that seven films have had multiple cast members nominated for a Citra Award for Best Supporting Actress? (2013-08-18)
 * ... that Swedish singer Linnea Henriksson (pictured) song "Enastående" was part of the soundtrack to the Swedish movie Once Upon a Time in Phuket? (2013-08-16)
 * ... that the main building at Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts in Kyoto belongs to one of the Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan? (2013-08-14)
 * ... that Elizabeth Press worked with Rodney Porter for 25 years, contributing significantly to his 1972 Nobel Prize? (2013-08-11)
 * ... that the first female professor at Glasgow University, Delphine Parrott, was especially good at vivisecting mice? (2013-08-07)
 * ... that the suffragist Hugh Franklin, in protest against police brutality, once attacked Winston Churchill with a whip? (2013-08-06)
 * ... that Bud VanDeWege coached the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team to its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 1990? (2013-08-05)
 * ... that Broadholme Priory was one of only two female houses of the Premonstratensian Order in England? (2013-08-05)
 * ... that The Midnight Zoo won the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award for Older Readers in 2011? (2013-08-04)
 * ... that The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou is the author's first collection of poetry, published after she read her poem at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993? (2013-08-04)
 * ... that Sonja Schlesin was slapped by her boss, Mohandas Gandhi, in South Africa? (2013-08-04)
 * ... that Charlene Downes, a fourteen-year-old teenager from Blackpool, United Kingdom, disappeared on 1 November 2003? (2013-08-04)
 * ... that Sarah Moore was the first female racing driver to win a mixed-gender, national-level series in the UK? (2013-08-03)
 * ... that the 19th-century physician Alice Vickery (pictured), the first qualified woman chemist and druggist in Britain, advocated free love and believed that marriage was "legal prostitution"? (2013-08-03)
 * ... that Vonnie DeLong holds the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball single-season record with 156 assists during the 1987–88 season? (2013-08-02)
 * ... that at the time of her much-heralded 1926 debut, 19-year-old Marion Talley (pictured) was the youngest prima donna to perform at the Metropolitan Opera? (2013-08-02)
 * ... that I Shall Not Be Moved, Maya Angelou's fifth book of poetry, has been described as "exquisitely simple worksong"? (2013-08-02)
 * ... that Trish Andrew, nicknamed the "human eraser", holds the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball career and single-season records in both rebounds and blocks? (2013-08-01)
 * ... that Jennifer Smith set the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball single-season scoring record with 659 points during the 2003–04 season? (2013-08-01)
 * ... that this year, House of Cards Frank and Claire Underwood were two of the first three Primetime Emmy Award-nominated web television leading roles and "Chapter 1'" was the first webisode to earn such a nomination? (2013-08-01)
 * ... that cryobiologist Audrey Smith scientific papers include "A Simple Method for Reanimating Ice-cold Rats and Mice" and "Resuscitation of Hamsters after Supercooling or Partial Crystallization"? (2013-08-01)
 * ... that Marte Dalelv, a Norwegian woman, received a prison sentence of sixteen months in Dubai after she reported a man to the police for rape? (2013-07-31)
 * ... that Hungarian and Romanian tennis champion and Wimbledon quarterfinalist Klára Somogyi suffered arthritis from hiding in a humid basement to avoid WWII bombings and later had to give up tennis? (2013-07-31)
 * ... that Carmel Borders led the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team to its first winning record during the 1975–76 season? (2013-07-31)
 * ... that Nelle Richmond Eberhart wrote the first opera commissioned for American radio? (2013-07-30)
 * ... that former Michigan Wolverines softball outfielder Kellyn Tate won the Women's Pro Softball League batting title in 1999 with a .320 batting average? (2013-07-30)
 * ... that Bronx-born folk artist Malcah Zeldis began painting in a kibbutz in Israel? (2013-07-29)
 * ... that Danish basketball player Anne Thorius holds the Michigan Wolverines career record with 537 assists? (2013-07-29)
 * ... that the first coach of the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team was the son of Polish movie actor Kurt Katch? (2013-07-28)
 * ... that Selli Engler, a pioneer of the lesbian movement in 1920s Germany, later wrote a play titled "Heil Hitler"? (2013-07-28)
 * ... that an ancestor of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, worked to create educational opportunities for women, and co-founded Leeds Girls' High School in 1876? (2013-07-27)
 * ... that Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Trish Roberts played in the inaugural Olympic women's basketball game and scored a record 51 points in her first game for the Tennessee Lady Vols? (2013-07-26)
 * ... that at the 2013 World Series of Poker, Marco Johnson, Loni Harwood and Matthew Ashton won their first World Series of Poker bracelets and Michael Gathy, Matt Perrins and Athanasios Polychronopoulos became multiple bracelet winners? (2013-07-26)
 * ... that Ágnes Keleti has won the most medals of all the Olympic female gymnasts for Hungary? (2013-07-26)
 * ... that Cheryl Burnett compiled a record of 319–136 (.700) and twice advanced to the Final Four in 15 years as head coach of the Southwest Missouri State women's basketball team? (2013-07-26)
 * ... that All-American second baseman Kelsey Kollen-Putz and husband J. J. Putz met while both were student-athletes at the University of Michigan? (2013-07-25)
 * ... that "Caged Bird", which refers to author Maya Angelou's first autobiography, is contained in Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?, her fourth volume of poetry? (2013-07-24)
 * ... that Nadia Comăneci (pictured) has won the most medals of all the Olympic female gymnasts for Romania? (2013-07-24)
 * ... that British journalist Kirsty Milne was awarded a Nieman Fellowship in Journalism at Harvard University? (2013-07-24)
 * ... that Betty Spindler ceramic hot dog is on display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum? (2013-07-24)
 * ... that Jamaican-born Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough was the first Michigan Wolverines women's basketball player to be drafted by an American professional team? (2013-07-23)
 * ... that Mona Røkke served as delegate to the United Nations General Assembly starting in 1987? (2013-07-23)
 * ... that current Indiana softball coach Michelle Gardner was the Big Ten Player of the Year in 1988 while playing for Michigan? (2013-07-23)
 * ... that Olympic female gymnasts for the Soviet Union won team gold medals in all nine Olympic Games that they competed in? (2013-07-23)
 * ... that Hannah Louise Shearer was on the staff of both Knight Rider and Star Trek: The Next Generation, but left each show before the second season? (2013-07-23)
 * ... that Traci Conrad-Fischer won two Big Ten batting titles and set the Michigan Wolverines softball career record with a .389 batting average? (2013-07-22)
 * ... that former Michigan Wolverines softball outfielder Patti Townsend was named MVP of the Women's Professional Softball League in 2000? (2013-07-22)
 * ... that the subjects of Marjorie Senechal books include quasicrystals, Albania, and silk? (2013-07-21)
 * ... that Swedish journalist Elisabet Höglund is a former national cycling champion? (2013-07-21)
 * ... that Michigan Wolverines softball player Sara Driesenga compiled a 31–9 record in 2013 and pitched a complete-game shutout in the 2013 Women's College World Series? (2013-07-20)
 * ... that current Ohio State softball coach Kelly Kovach Schoenly was twice named Big Ten Pitcher of the Year while playing for Michigan? (2013-07-20)
 * ... that Swedish singer Jasmine Kara (pictured) has performed in front of singers Beyoncé Knowles and Jay-Z? (2013-07-20)
 * ... that Sara Griffin was thrice named a first-team All-American and compiled a 106–19 record as a pitcher for the Michigan Wolverines softball team? (2013-07-19)
 * ... that the Magnificent Seven and Fierce Five are the only Olympic female gymnasts for the United States to have won the team gold medal? (2013-07-19)
 * ... that Jessica Merchant was captain of Michigan Wolverines softball's 2005 national championship team and National Pro Fastpitch Offensive Player of the Year in 2006? (2013-07-19)
 * ... that Alice Candy was only the second woman academic at Canterbury College, now the University of Canterbury? (2013-07-19)
 * ... that Samantha Findlay led the Michigan softball team to a national championship with a home run in the 10th inning of the championship game at the 2005 Women's College World Series? (2013-07-18)
 * ... that The Times of London described French ballet dancer Adèle Dumilâtre as "so ethereal ... that she almost looked transparent"? (2013-07-18)
 * ... that Jean Swank (pictured), who studied black holes and neutron stars, was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal? (2013-07-17)
 * ... that Haylie Wagner, a Michigan Wolverines softball player, was unanimously selected as the 2012 Big Ten Pitcher of the Year after compiling a 32–7 record and 1.53 ERA as a freshman? (2013-07-17)
 * ... that Australian Brigadier Simone Wilkie (pictured) was Assistant Chief of Staff to General David Petraeus during the Iraq War troop surge of 2007? (2013-07-16)
 * ... that Gloria Soluk was the first coach of the Michigan Wolverines softball team and the third coach of its women's basketball team? (2013-07-16)
 * ... that All-American second baseman Tiffany Haas did not commit an error in her last 60 games for the Michigan Wolverines softball team? (2013-07-15)
 * ... that former Michigan Wolverines softball player Amanda Chidester hit a grand slam to lead Team USA to a victory over Brazil in the 2012 World Cup of Softball? (2013-07-15)
 * ... that Michigan Wolverines softball's freshman shortstop Sierra Romero was named the 2013 Big Ten Player of the Year after compiling a .527 on-base percentage? (2013-07-14)
 * ... that Andrée Howard created over 30 ballets, mostly for Ballet Rambert and The Royal Ballet, of which little now remains? (2013-07-11)
 * ... that And Still I Rise, Maya Angelou's third volume of poetry, contains two of the author's most famous poems? (2013-07-11)
 * ... that the First Lady of Colombia symbolizes national unity, according to the Constitutional Court of Colombia? (2013-07-10)
 * ... that King Charles I created Alice Dudley a duchess for life partly in reparation for the Star Chamber having found her husband to be a bastard? (2013-07-10)
 * ... that in What's Your Raashee?, Priyanka Chopra became the first actress in the world to portray twelve distinct characters in one film? (2013-07-09)
 * ... that when house dress designer Nell Donnelly was kidnapped in 1931, she was reportedly rescued by gangsters and taken to a candy shop? (2013-07-08)
 * ... that Emilia Appelqvist was the captain of the Swedish team at the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup? (2013-07-08)
 * ... that American speed skater and Olympic hopeful Brittany Bowe previously played elite-level basketball, and at the age of two gave dribbling exhibitions at halftime of college games? (2013-07-08)
 * ... that although Beyoncé Knowles' song "Poison" wasn't released as a single, it peaked at number one on the South Korea Gaon International Chart? (2013-07-07)
 * ... that biochemist Nancy Chang (pictured) became interested in biology after reading James Watson's book on the discovery of the double helix? (2013-07-07)
 * ... that child star Miriam Battista (pictured) was often called upon to cry on camera? (2013-07-07)
 * ... that Elsie Spain was one of the last female leads of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company personally trained by W. S. Gilbert? (2013-07-03)
 * ... that Victoria's Secret model Elsa Hosk (pictured) was formerly a professional basketball player? (2013-07-03)
 * ... that Cuban actress Danay García turned from dancing to modeling because she wanted a "career for life"? (2013-07-03)
 * ... that Tahitian Queen Pōmare IV (pictured with her family) named her youngest daughter Victoria after the British Queen Victoria in hopes that Victoria would name some future daughter Pōmare? (2013-07-02)
 * ... that Sister Gargi, an American, wrote a highly regarded six-volume book on Swami Vivekananda? (2013-07-02)
 * ... that Joan Wilkinson was a silkwoman to Anne Boleyn and supplied bonnets and frontlets to Lady Lisle? (2013-07-02)
 * ... that Gustava Aigner made the first discovery of graptolites in the northern greywacke zone of the Alps, with her former fellow student, Ida Peltzmann, who named two species for her? (2013-07-02)
 * ... that several of Amy Tan's family members had roles in the film adaptation of her novel The Joy Luck Club, but she did not take part in choosing the cast? (2013-07-01)
 * ... that in the 13th century, the Benedictine nuns of Langley Priory claimed to belong to the Cistercian Order to avoid paying tax on their land? (2013-06-30)
 * ... that WikiLeaks's Sarah Harrison (pictured) accompanied Edward Snowden on his flight from Hong Kong to Moscow en route to political asylum? (2013-06-29)
 * ... that blind singer Annie Landouw may have inspired a main character in Armijn Pane's Belenggu? (2013-06-29)
 * ... that the poems in Maya Angelou's Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well are best if read aloud? (2013-06-28)
 * ... that Texas-based Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill (Austin location pictured) has trademarked the term "breastaurant"? (2013-06-28)
 * ... that Bibi Amtus Salam, an associate of Gandhi's, played a role in popularising Jinnah's title of Quaid-e-Azam? (2013-06-28)
 * ... that Justin Timberlake wrote "The Only Promise That Remains", a duet with country-music singer Reba McEntire, the day after the two met at the 2007 Grammy Awards? (2013-06-27)
 * ... that Rii Sen won a best actress award at Osian's Cinefan Film Festival for the movie Cosmic Sex? (2013-06-27)
 * ... that Mary Anne Whitby, who had reintroduced sericulture to England in the 1830s, carried out selective breeding experiments on her silkworms which were published by Darwin? (2013-06-27)
 * ... that some versions of the Ramayana narrate that the demon Ravana abducts an illusionary double of Sita, rather than the real one? (2013-06-26)
 * ... that Chinese courtesan Liu Rushi dressed up as a man in order to woo her husband Qian Qianyi? (2013-06-26)
 * ... that Kuwaiti electrochemist Faiza Al-Kharafi was the first woman to head a major university in the Middle East? (2013-06-24)
 * ... that Alicia Keys is credited as the sole writer of "Fallin? (2013-06-23)
 * ... that Egyptian actress Naglaa Fathi, who started her career at age 16, has acted in over 80 films? (2013-06-22)
 * ... that Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy and Melanie Domaschenz were part of the Gliders team that won the Osaka Cup for the fifth time in 2013? (2013-06-22)
 * ... that the 2012 World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Index found the United States to have achieved gender equality in education, but ranked it only 55th for political empowerment? (2013-06-22)
 * ... that although Lindsay Doran did not want to enter the profession of her father, the film industry, she eventually became the president of film studio United Artists? (2013-06-21)
 * ... that Prince Peter of Greece lost his dynastic rights by marrying a twice-divorced Russian commoner soon after Edward VIII abdicated the British throne to marry a twice-divorced U.S. commoner? (2013-06-21)
 * ... that songwriter and lyricist Elaine Laron once wrote a Kool-Aid jingle that was recorded by The Monkees? (2013-06-21)
 * ... that in 1991 there were 34,633 births and 44,886 abortions in Latvia? (2013-06-21)
 * ... that the daughter of New Zealander actress Sarah McLeod played her character's infant son in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King? (2013-06-20)
 * ... that Christopher O'Neill (pictured) declined a royal title upon marrying Princess Madeleine of Sweden? (2013-06-18)
 * ... that German-born Israeli Holocaust historian Leni Yahil, member of the editorial board of Yad Vashem Studies, advocated a balanced approach in Holocaust research? (2013-06-17)
 * ... that current Nashville actress Kourtney Hansen has appeared in music videos for Keith Urban, Luke Bryan as well as her new husband Jeremy McComb? (2013-06-17)
 * ... that Barbadian singer Rihanna admitted that "Cold Case Love" was inspired by her hard relationship with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown? (2013-06-17)
 * ... that despite not charting in Billboard magazine, the music video for "Chika Ideal" reached the Top 10 on Terra Networks' Top Music Video countdown? (2013-06-17)
 * ... that paleobotanist Shya Chitaley named an extinct plant species for Cleveland's bicentennial and also had an extinct plant species named for her? (2013-06-16)
 * ... that Singaporean theatre director Natalie Hennedige production company produced Nothing in 2007? (2013-06-16)
 * ... that María Gómez Carbonell, a Cuban stateswoman, was one of the first women to earn a Ph.D. from the University of Havana? (2013-06-15)
 * ... that Julia Sand, a pen pal of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur, might have had significant impact on his presidency? (2013-06-15)
 * ... that Beatriz Ferrer-Salat is the "most successful dressage rider" in Spanish history? (2013-06-15)
 * ... that Singaporean entertainer and singer Anna Belle Francis produced Dick Lee's Euranasia? (2013-06-15)
 * ... that Sue Sarafian Jehl (pictured), who served as Dwight Eisenhower's personal assistant, said the famous general believed women made efficient officers? (2013-06-14)
 * ... that midwife Ruby Dediya, the first woman elected to the Parliament of Nauru, was its only female member in history of the country until 2013? (2013-06-14)
 * ... that the chorus of Rihanna's song "What Now" contains background sounds that resemble "sonic bombs"? (2013-06-13)
 * ... that Penelope, Viscountess Cobham, is known as the "Quango Queen" due to her involvement in many quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations? (2013-06-13)
 * ... that Lina Ron was very aggressive and volatile in her radical political life when Chávez called her "uncontrollable", and she even called herself an "ugly part" of the revolution? (2013-06-13)
 * ... that Hansi Brand was involved in rescue efforts during the Holocaust? (2013-06-13)
 * ... that Colorado mining magnate Horace Tabor's wife, Baby Doe Tabor (pictured), went from being one of the best dressed women in the West to freezing to death in a mining shack? (2013-06-13)
 * ... that during the famine of 1943, the Women's Self-Defense Association organised hunger marches across Bengal? (2013-06-12)
 * ... that the Sugababes won their first Brit Award in 2003 for Best British Dance Act? (2013-06-11)
 * ... that recently-deceased Nora Ephron's last play and Tom Hanks' (pictured) Broadway theatre debut, Lucky Guy, is, along with The Assembled Parties, The Testament of Mary and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, a 67th Tony Awards Best Play nominee? (2013-06-10)
 * ... that Lauren Ward and Keala Settle are nominees for Best Featured Actress in a Musical at the 67th Tony Awards for performances in Matilda the Musical and Hands on a Hardbody, respectively? (2013-06-10)
 * ... that with their combined wealth estimated at $1.6 billion, Singaporean couple Ong Beng Seng and Christina Ong are among the richest people in Singapore? (2013-06-10)
 * ... that Indian classical singer Shanno Khurana was awarded Padma Shri in 1991, followed by the Padma Bhushan in 2006? (2013-06-08)
 * ... that Lotika Sarkar was the first Indian woman to graduate and to receive a Ph. D. degree in law from the Cambridge University? (2013-06-07)
 * ... that Sarla Behn and Mirabehn's work in Kumaon and Garhwal, respectively, played a key role in bringing focus on issues of environmental degradation and conservation in independent India? (2013-06-06)
 * ... that Michelle Nunn, CEO of Points of Light, the largest organization in the U.S. devoted to volunteer service, is considering running for the U.S. Senate, where her father once served? (2013-06-06)
 * ... that Clara Leach Adams-Ender was the first woman to receive her master's degree in military arts and sciences from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College? (2013-06-05)
 * ... that Ming Dynasty courtsan Xue Susu was an accomplished archer who gave public performances? (2013-06-03)
 * ... that the Dhambalin archaeological site, discovered in 2007 by Somali archaeologist Sada Mire, has the earliest known rock art pictures of sheep in Somalia? (2013-06-03)
 * ... that the lyrics of Kelly Rowland's song "Dirty Laundry" speak candidly about her envy of Beyoncé Knowles? (2013-06-02)
 * ... that the Coronation of Queen Victoria (illustrated) in 1838 was described by the writer Harriet Martineau, who was present, as "highly barbaric"? (2013-06-02)
 * ... that Amanda Vaill was an editor at Viking Press alongside Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis? (2013-06-02)
 * ... that Lilian Faithfull, the first women's hockey captain at Oxford University, was the first to suggest the Lady Blue for women competing in a game between Oxford and Cambridge? (2013-06-01)
 * ... that an unexpurgated journal of Queen Victoria records her delight that Prince Albert put on her stockings? (2013-05-31)
 * ... that Elena Piskun won two gold medals at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships? (2013-05-31)
 * ... that Berit Brænne first children's book, from 1958, is a story about a sailor's family who adopted children from different parts of the world? (2013-05-30)
 * ... that Margaret Bourke-White (pictured) was the first female photojournalist to work for Life magazine? (2013-05-29)
 * ... that the original members of the Sugababes performed "New Year" during their first gig in over ten years? (2013-05-29)
 * ... that Siri Engberg curated Lifelike, an "uncannily realistic" show that originated at the Walker Art Center (pictured) in Minneapolis? (2013-05-28)
 * ... that Leona Lewis can be heard "cooing impossibly high melodies over bouncing club beats" on "Outta My Head"? (2013-05-27)
 * ... that Turkey's first female sculptor was Mari Gerekmezyan, an ethnic Armenian? (2013-05-27)
 * ... that Arunima Sinha is the world's first female amputee to climb Mount Everest? (2013-05-27)
 * ... that the wedding of Lydia Kandou to a Muslim singer led to widespread debate in Indonesia about the acceptability of interfaith marriages? (2013-05-26)
 * ... that Iva Withers once played the leading roles in both Carousel and Oklahoma! on Broadway on the same day? (2013-05-26)
 * ... that the Hindu god Krishna is described as having eight chief queens (pictured with Krishna) – Rukmini, Satyabhama, Jambavati, Kalindi, Mitravinda, Nagnajiti, Bhadra and Lakshmana – and 16,000 other wives headed by Rohini? (2013-05-25)
 * ... that Samina Peak was named after Samina Baig, who at the age of 22 became the first Pakistani woman to climb Mount Everest? (2013-05-25)
 * ... that the release of "Love a Woman", a duet by Mary J. Blige and Beyoncé Knowles, was delayed due to Knowles' pregnancy? (2013-05-25)
 * ... that the ball used in women's Test cricket can be up to $13/16$ ounces (23.03 grams) lighter than that used in men's cricket? (2013-05-24)
 * ... that Raha Moharrak is the youngest Arab and the first Saudi woman to climb Mount Everest? (2013-05-24)
 * ... that Mariblanca Sabas Alomá, Cuban journalist and Minister without portfolio, considered lesbianism to be a social disease? (2013-05-23)
 * ... that despite not being Kanye West's "biggest fan", Leona Lewis attributes him as a source of inspiration for her Glassheart Tour? (2013-05-23)
 * ... that in 1832, Duchess Marie of Württemberg became the stepmother of her first-cousin, Prince Albert? (2013-05-23)
 * ... that women in Sierra Leone got the right to vote in 1930? (2013-05-22)
 * ... that  Alice Ball developed an injectable medicine that was the most effective treatment of leprosy before the 1940s? (2013-05-22)
 * ... that a great-grandniece of George Washington, Eugenia Washington, founded two lineage societies including the Daughters of the American Revolution? (2013-05-21)
 * ... that Rosario de Acuña Villanueva de la Iglesia (pictured) is cited as the "first woman playwright to have a theater closed down"? (2013-05-20)
 * ... that Indonesian "sex bomb" Meriam Bellina has been called "the fantasy girl come true for the movie-going public"? (2013-05-20)
 * ... that although both Mieke Wijaya and her daughter have been nominated for Citra Awards, only Mieke has won? (2013-05-19)
 * ... that in 1933 St. Louis blues singer Dorothea Trowbridge recorded "Grinding Blues", the lyrics of which are cited as an "open declaration of erotic desire"? (2013-05-19)
 * ... that King's Mead Priory was the only Benedictine Nunnery in Derbyshire? (2013-05-18)
 * ... that the World War II-era diary of British Empire Games gold medalist Doreen Cooper, who wrote daily messages to her missing husband, was published in 2012? (2013-05-18)
 * ... that technical analyst and author Anne-Marie Baiynd was interviewed for a book on the "World's Most Successful Traders"? (2013-05-18)
 * ... that Liu Hui, a Hui, is one of the few women among China's high-ranking officials? (2013-05-17)
 * ... that Maria Konopnicka poem Rota became so popular it was seen as unofficial anthem of Poland? (2013-05-16)
 * ... that María Jesús Alvarado Rivera was cited by the National Council of Women of Peru in 1969 as the "first modern champion of women's rights in Peru"? (2013-05-15)
 * ... that public health activist Gabriela Laperrière de Coni was the first woman to serve on the executive committee of the Argentine Socialist Party? (2013-05-15)
 * ... that Carolina Muzzilli (pictured) was the first woman to be made an official of Argentina's National Department of Employment? (2013-05-15)
 * ... that Bazy Tankersley bred over 2,800 Arabian horses in a career as a horse breeder that spanned over 70 years? (2013-05-15)
 * ... that Mariah Carey does not sing any lyrics until a third of the way through her new single "#Beautiful" as featured artist Miguel performs the first 90 seconds? (2013-05-13)
 * ... that Tang Qunying has been cited as one of the "best-known women activists in modern Chinese history"? (2013-05-11)
 * ... that Dian Sastrowardoyo received concurrent nominations for the Citra Award for Best Leading Actress? (2013-05-11)
 * ... that "Buenos Amigos" was a career-launching song for American singer Selena, who recorded it as a duet with Alvaro Torres in 1991? (2013-05-10)
 * ... that Sharon Kinne remains wanted for a crime for which she was tried three times in the 1960s? (2013-05-09)
 * ... that Lola Maverick Lloyd, the granddaughter of Samuel Maverick, co-founded the Campaign for World Government? (2013-05-09)
 * ... that Vilde Frang played the Carmen Fantasy by Pablo de Sarasate, with Mariss Jansons conducting the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, at age 13? (2013-05-08)
 * ... that geologist Sharon A. Hill has investigated and reported on recent claims about Bigfoot DNA evidence? (2013-05-08)
 * ... that film actress Paoli Dam (pictured) holds a post-graduate degree in chemistry and initially wanted to become a researcher of the subject? (2013-05-08)
 * ... that Beethoven improvised for an hour on piano to comfort Dorothea von Ertmann, his student and possible Immortal Beloved, over the death of her son? (2013-05-08)
 * ... that Ariya Jutanugarn, at age 11, was the youngest player ever to qualify for an LPGA Tour event? (2013-05-08)
 * ... that as a choreographer and dancer, Morleigh Steinberg presented her arms as noodles, but to much of the public she is known for being next to The Edge? (2013-05-06)
 * ... that Ones ranked as the 88th Top Latin Album of the 2000s decade? (2013-05-05)
 * ... that Maria van Oosterwijck included a specific species of butterfly in most of her major paintings? (2013-05-04)
 * ... that the choreography of George Balanchine combined with the dancing of prima ballerina Maria Tallchief (pictured) is credited with revolutionizing ballet? (2013-05-04)
 * ... that Lower Elwha Klallam elder Adeline Smith, who created the Klallam alphabet, contributed 12,000 words to the first Klallam language dictionary? (2013-05-04)
 * ... that Team Syachihoko is a sister group of Momoiro Clover Z and Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku and, having been formed in 2011, is the "youngest sister" of the three? (2013-05-03)
 * ... that Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane is remembered as the "mother of women's rights in Argentina"? (2013-05-02)
 * ... that Dorothy Kitson was one of the few women in Tudor England to nominate burgesses for Parliament? (2013-05-02)
 * ... that Wang Huiwu has a memorial in Wuzhen, extolling her contribution to the cause of women in 20th century China? (2013-05-01)
 * ... that Mary Cooper (fl. 1743–1761) printed, besides erotic fiction, the first English collection of nursery rhymes? (2013-05-01)
 * ... that Liu-Wang Liming, a Chinese feminist, was imprisoned after being accused of being a spy of the CIA in 1966? (2013-05-01)
 * ... that Japanese idol group Momoiro Clover Z (pictured) do not lip-synch in live performances even though their vocals are rendered unstable when coupled with dance moves? (2013-04-30)
 * ... that Lee Tai-Young was the first woman to study at Seoul National University? (2013-04-30)
 * ... that during the American Revolution Prudence Wright led a militia of pitchfork-bearing women to arrest her brothers? (2013-04-29)
 * ... that Joan Leche founded a school in Saffron Walden which Gabriel Harvey attended in the early 1560s, where according to Thomas Nashe he was a "desperate stabber with pen-knives"? (2013-04-29)
 * ... that an engraving by Dutchwoman Maria de Wilde (pictured) of her father meeting Peter the Great records "the beginning of the West European classical tradition in Russia"? (2013-04-28)
 * ... that in 1983, Anita Pratap became the first journalist to interview LTTE chief V. Prabhakaran? (2013-04-28)
 * ... that, playing in her fifth successive Women's Cricket World Cup, England's Charlotte Edwards was named in the team of the tournament? (2013-04-27)
 * ... that nuclear physicist Katharine Way co-edited a 1946 bestseller which included essays by Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein and Robert Oppenheimer, and sold over 100,000 copies? (2013-04-26)
 * ... that sheng nu is a pejorative term promoted by the Government of China to pressure unwed women into marriage in response to the gender imbalance caused by the one-child policy? (2013-04-25)
 * ... that Jennifer Gove is South Africa's leading run-scorer in women's Test cricket? (2013-04-25)
 * ... that the real life mother and daughter, Jyoti and Amruta Subhash, have played the same relationship in the 2009 Marathi film Gandha? (2013-04-24)
 * ... that Sophie Matisse reinterpretation of Pablo Picasso's Guernica was regarded as a strange idea for an artist whose great-grandfather, Henri Matisse, was known to be an artistic rival of Picasso? (2013-04-23)
 * ... that while Claude Raguet Hirst painting A Gentleman's Table was commissioned by a men's club, it offers a subtle critique of male culture? (2013-04-23)
 * ... that American basketball player Sugar Rodgers scored a record number of points (2,518) at Georgetown University? (2013-04-22)
 * ... that during its initial run of episodes, Glee fans lobbied for Idina Menzel to be cast as the biological mother of Lea Michele's character due to the strong resemblance between the two actresses? (2013-04-22)
 * ... that Leona Woods was the only woman present when the world's first nuclear reactor went critical? (2013-04-22)
 * ... that former Israeli Ambassador to Russia Anna Azari is married to a rabbi who leads a congregation in Tel Aviv? (2013-04-21)
 * ... that Marian Cruger Coffin, one of America's first female landscape architects, set up her own highly successful practice because male-dominated firms would not employ her? (2013-04-20)
 * ... that Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded led Good Girl Gone Bad to reach a 930% increase in sales? (2013-04-18)
 * ... that the Sugababes` song "Angels with Dirty Faces" was promoted through Cartoon Network's animated television series The Powerpuff Girls? (2013-04-18)
 * ... that former German secretary Margot Wölk background as Adolf Hitler's personal food taster was revealed on her 95th birthday? (2013-04-17)
 * ... that Annika Zeyen and Maria Kühn were both members of the wheelchair basketball team that was awarded Germany's highest sporting honour, the Silver Laurel Leaf? (2013-04-16)
 * ... that the release of Tunisian director Néjia Ben Mabrouk debut film Sama was delayed for six years because of a dispute with the production company? (2013-04-15)
 * ... that Emeli Sandé has written songs which have peaked at number one on the UK Singles, UK Dance and UK R&B charts? (2013-04-14)
 * ... that Julia Pierson is the first female Director of the United States Secret Service? (2013-04-14)
 * ... that Inheritance tells of Monika Hertwig's investigation into what her mother never told her? (2013-04-14)
 * ... that Lesley Yellowlees is the first female president of the Royal Society of Chemistry and is the subject of two portraits in the National Portrait Gallery? (2013-04-12)
 * ... that Mutya Buena's single "Just a Little Bit" contains Motown influences? (2013-04-12)
 * ... that Alec Douglas-Home described himself to portrait artist Juliet Pannett as having "the biggest head in London"? (2013-04-12)
 * ... that in June 1537 Elizabeth Bourchier servant received two shillings as a reward for bringing strawberries and cream to the future Queen Mary? (2013-04-11)
 * ... that Frédéric Chopin and Napoleon III were both in love with Maria Wodzińska? (2013-04-09)
 * ... that at the age of 49, Britt Dillmann was the oldest wheelchair basketball player at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London? (2013-04-09)
 * ... that Elizabeth Bacon has been identified as the Lady Nevell of My Ladye Nevells Booke, a manuscript of keyboard music by William Byrd? (2013-04-08)
 * ... that Elise Andrew has been called the Neil deGrasse Tyson of Facebook? (2013-04-08)
 * ... that "Change" was considered a contender for the UK Singles Chart Christmas number one, but only managed to reach number 13? (2013-04-08)
 * ... that ex-slave Mary Fields was forced to leave St. Peter's Mission Church and Cemetery (pictured in 1884) by the bishop? (2013-04-07)
 * ... that paintings by Finnish artist Ilona Harima were influenced by the cultures of India and Tibet but she never visited either country? (2013-04-07)
 * ... that Elizabeth, queen of Henry VII of England, bought a belt that had touched the Girdle of Thomas (legend illustrated) to help her pregnancy? (2013-04-07)
 * ... that the only sides that have beaten England in women's Test cricket are Australia and India? (2013-04-06)
 * ... that actors in Norway went on strike in 1941 after work permits for six actors, including Elisabeth Gording and Lillemor von Hanno (pictured), were revoked for refusal to perform on Nazi-controlled radio? (2013-04-05)
 * ... that Miss Calypso, a 1957 album by future poet and writer Maya Angelou, was reissued in 1995, probably as part of the "exotica-space age pop revival"? (2013-04-04)
 * ... that astrophysicist Joan Feynman (pictured), sister of noted physicist Richard Feynman, discovered that auroras are caused by the solar wind's magnetic field interacting with Earth's magnetosphere? (2013-04-04)
 * ... that Amanda Clement was the first woman paid to umpire a baseball game? (2013-04-04)
 * ... that Soho Pam liked to give her patrons a cuddle? (2013-04-02)
 * ... that one reviewer describes Rihanna's "Jump" as one of two tracks that "see sex wriggling everywhere" on the album Unapologetic? (2013-04-02)
 * ... that Polish girls (pictured) are getting wet and spanked today, but will have their revenge tomorrow? (2013-04-01)
 * ... that Christina Aguilera had sex for breakfast with slow jam and honey drip? (2013-04-01)
 * ... that Chrisye performed a new song, "Eternal Ballad", five years after his death? (2013-04-01)
 * ... that a Norwegian organization established a women's fart team? (2013-04-01)
 * ... that a view of the Rock of Gibraltar (pictured) has hung since the 18th century in a lady's art gallery in the Netherlands? (2013-03-31)
 * ... that Countess Wilhelmina von Hallwyl acquired such a large art collection, including European paintings and Asian porcelain, that its catalogue contained 50,000 entries spanning 79 printed volumes? (2013-03-30)
 * ... that South African model Reeva Steenkamp appeared in the reality TV show Tropika Island of Treasure which premiered two days after her death? (2013-03-30)
 * ... that teacher Mary Louise Graffam hid hundreds of Armenian girls from the Ottoman Empire during the Armenian Genocide? (2013-03-27)
 * ... that some women in the Arab Spring were dubbed the "Twitterati" for their influential Twitter accounts of the protests? (2013-03-26)
 * ... that Armenian journalist, writer, and translator Rita Vorperian can speak seven languages? (2013-03-26)
 * ... that Katharine Hepburn recruited Hilda Crosby Standish to be medical director of the first birth control clinic in Connecticut? (2013-03-25)
 * ... that Zelma Long is considered to be one of the female pioneers of wine production in the U.S. state of California? (2013-03-24)
 * ... that Margaret Michaelis-Sachs took photos of the Jewish market in Kraków which "carry the weight of history, offering a visual trace of a way of life that was destroyed by fascism"? (2013-03-24)
 * ... that Shanu Lahiri promoted graffiti art drives to beautify Kolkata? (2013-03-23)
 * ... that Margaret Snyder was the first director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)? (2013-03-23)
 * ... that actress Helen George, of the British television series Call the Midwife, was previously a backup singer for Elton John? (2013-03-23)
 * ... that Ruby Hurley opened the NAACP's first permanent office in the Deep South? (2013-03-22)
 * ... that philanthropist Dolores Zohrab Liebmann (pictured) was deeply affected by witnessing the arrest and then murder of her father Krikor Zohrab in the Armenian Genocide? (2013-03-22)
 * ... that choreographer Pauline Koner was inspired to dance after seeing Anna Pavlova perform The Dying Swan? (2013-03-21)
 * ... that Megan Schutt was the leading wicket-taker during the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup? (2013-03-21)
 * ... that Ivy Queen's Flashback (2005) "cements her status as the Queen of Reggaetón and Latin hip hop" according to an editor for Newsday? (2013-03-21)
 * ... that while Elizabeth Stafford family was in exile in Geneva in 1556, the Protestant reformer, John Calvin, stood godfather to her youngest brother, John Stafford? (2013-03-21)
 * ... that Meena Kandasamy was the youngest person ever to represent India as a writer-in-residence at the University of Iowa's International Writing Program in 2009? (2013-03-20)
 * ... that Greek journalist Helen Vlachos was placed under house arrest in October 1967 for calling the Minister of the Interior of the junta, Brigadier Stylianos Pattakos, a clown? (2013-03-20)
 * ... that Soosan Firooz has been described as Afghanistan's first female rapper? (2013-03-19)
 * ... that the research of Gertrude Van Wagenen (pictured) and John McLean Morris led to the development of the morning-after pill? (2013-03-19)
 * ... that the pioneering series of self-portraits by Bauhaus artist Gertrud Arndt have been described as "ranging from severe to absurd to playful"? (2013-03-19)
 * ... that Fanny Murray, a mistress of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, once reputedly ate a £20 note between two slices of bread? (2013-03-19)
 * ... that the Portrait of Olivia Boteler Porter was identified as being by 17th-century painter Anthony van Dyck after a photo of it was discovered on a website? (2013-03-16)
 * ... that Nicole Scherzinger's song "Boomerang" is about "not letting the haters keep you down"? (2013-03-16)
 * ... that "Whatever It Takes" was the first song to be written for Leona Lewis' debut studio album, Spirit? (2013-03-15)
 * ... that Sara Bard Field (pictured) traveled by automobile from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. in 1915 to deliver a petition with 500,000 signatures for women's suffrage to Woodrow Wilson? (2013-03-14)
 * ... that Norwegian female academic pioneers from the 19th century included Dagny Bang, Kristine Munch, Louise Isachsen, Helga Eng and Rikke Nissen? (2013-03-13)
 * ... that the 1987 novel The Firebrand, written by American author Marion Zimmer Bradley, depicts the Trojan War from the perspective of the prophet Kassandra, daughter of King Priam? (2013-03-12)
 * ... that the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team is currently coached by Kim Barnes Arico, a former two-time Big East Coach of the Year? (2013-03-12)
 * ... that Lada St. Edmund, a go-go dancer on the 1960s American television show Hullabaloo, later became the highest-paid stuntwoman in Hollywood history? (2013-03-12)
 * ... that Loretta Lynn (pictured), Mary Breckinridge, and Thelma Stovall are all Kentucky Women Remembered? (2013-03-12)
 * ... that suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt told guests she bought Juniper Ledge, her house near Briarcliff Manor, New York, to keep its berries from being made into gin? (2013-03-12)
 * ... that Martha Hackett appeared in thirteen episodes of Star Trek: Voyager as Seska, including two after her character died on screen? (2013-03-11)
 * ... that in Juliet H. Lewis Campbell novel Eros and Antieros the hero raises and marries the daughter of his unrequited love? (2013-03-11)
 * ... that basketball player Mareike Adermann tore her anterior cruciate ligaments four times in four years between the ages of 14 and 18? (2013-03-09)
 * ... that Dakshayani Velayudhan, the first dalit woman graduate in India and a member of the Cochin Legislative Council, was the only dalit woman member of the Constituent Assembly of India? (2013-03-09)
 * ... that a large sculpture (smaller version pictured) by Caroline Shawk Brooks was listed by customs officials not as a work of art, but as "110 lbs. of butter"? (2013-03-09)
 * ... that during her tenure Syeda Bilgrami Imam was the only female member of the National Commission for Minorities in India? (2013-03-08)
 * ... that British king William IV's daughter, Lady Mary Fox (pictured), wrote a feminist narrative about a mysterious land now known as Australia? (2013-03-08)
 * ... that Abbie Farwell Brown received permission from Lewis Carroll for her school newspaper to be named The Jabberwock? (2013-03-07)
 * ... that Texas-born singer Roberta Dodd Crawford was both a princess and a prisoner of the Nazis? (2013-03-06)
 * ... that while Betsy Blackwell was editor-in-chief of Mademoiselle, the magazine's circulation rose from 178,000 to nearly a million? (2013-03-06)
 * ... that the admirers of poet Mary Elizabeth McGrath Blake included Theodore Roosevelt and Oliver Wendell Holmes? (2013-03-05)
 * ... that Hilde Levi helped develop the radiocarbon dating equipment used to date the Grauballe Man? (2013-03-05)
 * ... that historian and Tufts University professor Christina Maranci conducts research in five languages including classical Armenian? (2013-03-04)
 * ... that Chen Be-yue nomination to Taiwan's constitutional court led to a proposal to bar public servants from holding permanent residency in foreign countries? (2013-03-04)
 * ... that Emily Graslie work on "The Brain Scoop" has been described as "articulate and hilarious" by Scientific American? (2013-03-02)
 * ... that Rihanna's song "Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary" features references to Marilyn Monroe and James Dean? (2013-02-27)
 * ... that para-alpine skier and blind sailor Carme García has trouble living in Vigo, Spain, because of the occasional lack of streets with sidewalks? (2013-02-27)
 * ... that Anna Hempstead Branch was called "the Browning of American poetry"? (2013-02-27)
 * ... that Annabel Breuer (pictured) won gold at the 2009 European Championships in wheelchair fencing and at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in wheelchair basketball? (2013-02-26)
 * ... that Leona Lewis said that her song "My Hands" was the "perfect fit" for the Final Fantasy XIII theme song? (2013-02-25)
 * ... that Charlotte Mary Sanford Barnes` play Octavia Bragaldi moves the Kentucky Tragedy from 1825 to 15th century Milan? (2013-02-25)
 * ... that Johanna Welin (pictured) emigrated from Sweden to Germany in order to play for the German women's national basketball team? (2013-02-24)
 * ... that "I Don't Give A" contains insight into a day in the life of Madonna? (2013-02-24)
 * ... that Quaker preacher and author Bathsheba Bowers believed she could not die, so she had to be carried away from an Indian attack? (2013-02-24)
 * ... that Tilly Edinger founded paleoneurology? (2013-02-23)
 * ... that Marie Fox (pictured), a foundling whose parentage remains a mystery, was adopted by a nobleman and became a princess, author and translator? (2013-02-23)
 * ... that Carman Barnes` scandalous novel Schoolgirl, published when she was only sixteen, led to her being expelled from school? (2013-02-23)
 * ... that Amanda Carter, the oldest member of the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, played for the team before Amber Merritt, its youngest, was born? (2013-02-23)
 * ... that Los Angeles Lakers executive Jeanie Buss (pictured) was named one of the Top 20 Most Influential Women in Sports by Sporting News? (2013-02-22)
 * ... that Hazel Pritchard, nicknamed the "Girl Bradman", faced the first ball in women's Test cricket? (2013-02-22)
 * ... that novelist Shirley Barker first book of poetry enraged poet Robert Frost? (2013-02-20)
 * ... that children's author Marjorie Hill Allee frequently collaborated with her husband, famed zoologist Warder Clyde Allee? (2013-02-20)
 * ... that the French queen Bertha of Holland (pictured) was left by her husband because she was "too fat", although he himself was too heavy to ride a horse? (2013-02-20)
 * ... that Saturday Night Live writer Marilyn Suzanne Miller got her start in television by calling James L. Brooks after seeing his name in the credits for The Mary Tyler Moore Show? (2013-02-19)
 * ... that Saturn Award-winning actress Justina Vail (pictured) is now a life coach, author and hypnotherapist? (2013-02-19)
 * ... that King James the Conqueror of Aragon (pictured) left his leper wife, Teresa Gil de Vidaure, in order to pursue an incestuous relationship? (2013-02-18)
 * ... that author and educator Jane Andrews was the first student to enroll at Antioch College? (2013-02-18)
 * ... that each of the five heroines (pictured) from Hindu epics, venerated as exemplary chaste women, is recorded to have "known" at least one man other than her husband? (2013-02-17)
 * ... that Blanche of France was made a nun at the age of seven in order to atone for her aunt Blanche's adultery? (2013-02-17)
 * ... that the oldest extant donor portrait by Norwich Greyfriars (pictured) is that of the 23-year-old German queen Beatrice of Falkenburg, widow of Richard of Cornwall? (2013-02-17)
 * ... that Sally Jewell, President Barack Obama's nominee for United States Secretary of the Interior, has climbed Vinson Massif, the tallest peak in Antartica? (2013-02-16)
 * ... that ETA bombing survivor, author and para-alpine skier Irene Villa was a member of the first Spanish women's disability ski club? (2013-02-16)
 * ... that during her underground imprisonment for adultery, Blanche of Burgundy gave birth and became queen of two kingdoms? (2013-02-16)
 * ... that Ynes Mexia collected 150,000 plant samples during a career that began at the age of 55? (2013-02-15)
 * ... that Chinese singer Yisa Yu participated three times in the Super Girl singing contest before reaching the top ten in 2009? (2013-02-15)
 * ... that Edina Müller (pictured) was part of a team that was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf, Germany's highest sporting honour, in 2012? (2013-02-15)
 * ... that Anna Litvinova, the winner of Miss Universe – Russia 2006 contest, died on 22 January 2013 in a hospital in Germany, after suffering from cancer for one year? (2013-02-15)
 * ... that Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews` story about Abraham Lincoln may be the most popular book ever published about the 16th President? (2013-02-14)
 * ... that Giuseppe Verdi's biographer Mary Jane Phillips-Matz once characterized the modern opera business as "monstropera"? (2013-02-14)
 * ... that 17-year-old Holy Roman Empress Maria Leopoldine (pictured) died giving birth to her cousin's child? (2013-02-14)
 * ... that mezzo-soprano singer Jaklin Çarkçı can speak six languages? (2013-02-13)
 * ... that in 2012, Fiona Apple (pictured) recorded "Dull Tool", her first original song written for a film soundtrack, for the comedy film This Is 40? (2013-02-12)
 * ... that Leona Lewis became a victim of internet hacking when her song "Don't Let Me Down", a collaboration with Justin Timberlake, was leaked? (2013-02-12)
 * ... that the widowed philanthropist Mary Hemenway (pictured), impressed with Frank Cushing's anthropological work among the Zuni, sponsored the Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition? (2013-02-10)
 * ... that Deepika Padukone made her cinematic debut through the Kannada film Aishwarya in 2006? (2013-02-10)
 * ... that country music singer Sheila Andrews` voice changed following an operation to remove a tumor from her thyroid? (2013-02-09)
 * ... that the history of Canadian women, a group which comprises half the population, has until recent years only accounted for a tiny fraction of the historiography? (2013-02-09)
 * ... that attorney Harriet Pilpel counted Betty Friedan, Mel Brooks, Stalin's daughter and Dr. Spock among her clients? (2013-02-08)
 * ... that the awards and nominations received by reggaeton rapper Ivy Queen include five for her song "Dime"? (2013-02-07)
 * ... that Lady Fanny (pictured) not only scandalously refused to deny her sexual escapades, but also advertised them in her 1751 memoirs? (2013-02-07)
 * ... that the Little Mix song "Change Your Life" was compared to "Never Ever" by All Saints? (2013-02-07)
 * ... that pioneering midwife Marie LaChapelle first delivered a baby when she was 15? (2013-02-06)
 * ... that during their honeymoon, Jennifer Lopez wrote the lyrics to "Alive" for the film Enough over a melody that her husband Cris Judd composed? (2013-02-06)
 * ... that American botanist Mary Katharine Brandegee earned her M.D. but never practiced medicine? (2013-02-05)
 * ... that Soviet botanist Nikolai Vavilov tried to lure Margaret Newton to work at Lenin Academy of Agricultural Sciences with an offer that included a camel caravan? (2013-02-05)
 * ... that on her way to winning Miss America 2013, Mallory Hagan performed a tap dance routine to James Brown's "Get Up Offa That Thing"? (2013-02-05)
 * ... that King Richard III disinherited his niece, Anne St. Leger, whose descendants provided DNA samples necessary for identification of his remains? (2013-02-05)
 * ... that Lady Courtney (pictured) hosted the first meeting of the committee from which the Save the Children Fund would develop? (2013-02-04)
 * ... that visually impaired para-alpine skier Anna Cohí began competing in the World Championships at age fifteen? (2013-02-04)
 * ... that one part of the Gorički zbornik, a Serbian medieval manuscript collection, was written by Jelena Balšić between 1441 and 1442? (2013-02-03)
 * ... that sports writer Jean Giambrone was the first woman to be awarded full press credentials at the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia? (2013-02-01)
 * ... that Christina Aguilera's song "Lotus Intro" was inspired by her passion for "chill-out" electronica music? (2013-01-30)
 * ... that during Takembeng protests in Cameroon, post-menopausal women strip naked in order to prevent police and military from breaking up the protests? (2013-01-29)
 * ... that The Hunter by Julia Leigh has been translated into nine languages? (2013-01-26)
 * ... that the Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green song "Make the World Move" features a "bonkers arrangement"? (2013-01-25)
 * ... that two years after her departure from the Sugababes, Siobhán Donaghy released her debut single "Overrated", which according to one critic is directed at the group's members? (2013-01-24)
 * ... that Helen Wright researched the history of telescopes? (2013-01-24)
 * ... that in 1933, Lady Simon received a damehood for her efforts to combat slavery and racial discrimination? (2013-01-24)
 * ... that Elaine Didier (pictured), director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum in Michigan, sewed her own wedding dress? (2013-01-24)
 * ... that during the Anlu protests of 1958–61 in Cameroon, women took over power in the Kom region and named their leader a queen? (2013-01-24)
 * ... that archeologist Anna Curtenius Roosevelt, the great-grandaughter of Theodore Roosevelt, described a pre-Columbian civilization in Brazil as having "outstanding indigenous cultural achievements"? (2013-01-23)
 * ... that Teresa Perales (pictured) is the most decorated Spanish paralympian in history? (2013-01-21)
 * ... that Sister Margaret McKenna and other activists were arrested for participating in a "die-in" on the lawn of The Pentagon? (2013-01-21)
 * ... that the Lesbian Herstory Archives hold the library of the New York City chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis? (2013-01-21)
 * ... that author Elizabeth Jordan edited the first two novels of Nobel Prize winner Sinclair Lewis? (2013-01-20)
 * ... that Heidi Range portrays a stripper in the music video for "Stronger"? (2013-01-19)
 * ... that Charlotte Higgins compared the depiction of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge in Paul Emsley's portrait to a character in The Twilight Saga? (2013-01-19)
 * ... that the twin sister of the anti-war activist Lady Parmoor was imprisoned for publishing a leaflet uncensored by the government? (2013-01-19)
 * ... that Young Women for Change is a women's rights non-profit organization in Afghanistan that has held the first anti-harassment march in Afghan history, in July 2012? (2013-01-18)
 * ... that the premise of the Fringe episode "Power Hungry" began with the idea of a computer virus being able to spread to humans? (2013-01-18)
 * ... that novelist Mary Angela Dickens, the oldest grandchild of Charles Dickens, died on the 136th anniversary of his birth? (2013-01-17)
 * ... that American singer-songwriter Kelis co-wrote the song "Waiting" for Cheryl Cole's second album Messy Little Raindrops? (2013-01-17)
 * ... that in 1964 historian Mary C. Wright became the first woman to be named as a full professor in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Yale University? (2013-01-16)
 * ... that in the early 1900s, Gabrielle Matthaei determined the role of temperature in photosynthesis, though the reaction does not bear her name today? (2013-01-16)
 * ... that crime reporter Dolores Guadalupe García Escamilla was accused of collaborating with the Gulf Cartel, a Mexican drug trafficking organization? (2013-01-16)
 * ... that opera singer Thérésa was "admired" by Napoleon III? (2013-01-15)
 * ... that after assassinating a former warlord, Shi Jianqiao (pictured) distributed pamphlets explaining her deed? (2013-01-15)
 * ... that lecturer Louise Matthaei was dismissed by the University of Cambridge because her father was German? (2013-01-14)
 * ... that soprano Rachel Nicholls, a performer of Wagner's Brünnhilde, sang in Bach's dialogue cantata Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen (Dearest Jesus, my desire) "a clear Lutheran analogy to a love duet"? (2013-01-13)
 * ... that the first Indonesian novel by a woman, Kalau Tak Untung, deals with an "inexorable fate" which all humans must face? (2013-01-13)
 * ... that Welsh actress Tara Bethan was babysat by Giant Haystacks? (2013-01-12)
 * ... that African-American civil rights leader Xernona Clayton convinced a Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan to denounce the Klan? (2013-01-11)
 * ... that Pritilata Waddedar led an attack on the Pahartali European Club, which displayed a sign saying "Dogs and Indians not allowed"? (2013-01-10)
 * ... that fashion magazine Marie Claire co-founder Marcelle Auclair also wrote biographies of socialist Jean Jaures and Catholic Saints Teresa of Avila and Bernadette of Lourdes? (2013-01-10)
 * ... that author Terry McMillan based a character in her book How Stella Got Her Groove Back on author Doris Jean Austin, her best friend? (2013-01-09)
 * ... that English cricketer Carol Valentine was a part of the first ever Women's Test match that was played between England and Australia? (2013-01-09)
 * ... that Christina Aguilera describes "Army of Me" as an "updated version" of her 2002 song "Fighter"? (2013-01-09)
 * ... that after Akari Hayami left Momoiro Clover, the girl group changed its name to Momoiro Clover Z? (2013-01-08)
 * ... that Sariamin Ismail was the first female novelist in Indonesia? (2013-01-07)
 * ... that Nyarroh, a female chief of the Barri region of Sierra Leone, hosted multiple negotiations between the British and Mende tribes in the 1880s and 1890s? (2013-01-07)
 * ... that in Even the Stars Look Lonesome, author Maya Angelou defends her controversial support of Clarence Thomas? (2013-01-07)
 * ... that long-time television journalist Belva Davis (pictured) recalls being chased out of the 1964 Republican National Convention by attendees who yelled racial slurs? (2013-01-07)
 * ... that French theatre actress and singer Suzanne Lagier made her début at age thirteen at the Théâtre des Variétés in 1846? (2013-01-06)
 * ... that the songs Jenni Rivera chose to cover on her album Joyas Prestadas were songs she listened to while working as a cashier? (2013-01-06)
 * ... that Adelina Domingues was the World's Oldest Person between May 2002 and August 2002? (2013-01-06)
 * ... that actress Jean Aylwin (pictured) inspired a new dress style "in crepe and lace"? (2013-01-04)
 * ... that Palestinian Christian Vera Baboun, Bethlehem's first female mayor, holds a master's degree in African-American literature? (2013-01-03)
 * ... that French disc jockey David Guetta co-wrote and co-produced Rihanna's song "Right Now"? (2013-01-02)
 * ... that Christina Aguilera wore a "cinched in corset" designed by The Blonds for her performance of "Let There Be Love" at the 2012 American Music Awards? (2013-01-02)
 * ... that Lady Henry Somerset scandalised 1870s society by revealing her husband's homosexuality, but was later voted the best choice to be the United Kingdom's first female prime minister? (2013-01-02)