Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Green/DYK/2017 DYK Blurbs

2017 DYK Blurbs: Transcluding 10 of 582 2017 DYK blurbs
 * ... that Itunu Hotonu, the first female admiral in Africa, joined the Nigerian Navy only because she was rejected by the army? (2017-12-31)
 * ... that Antoinette Montaigne left her position as city councillor in France to become a minister in the government of the Central African Republic? (2017-12-30)
 * ... that Chief Suah Koko fought several battles against the Liberian government before granting them her land? (2017-12-28)
 * ... that Ana Lucía Armijos, president of the Ecuadorian Monetary Board, went into hiding for a year after the Supreme Court of Ecuador called for her arrest in the case of a $200 million bank bailout? (2017-12-28)
 * ... that Mollie McGeown set up the first dialysis unit in Northern Ireland? (2017-12-27)
 * ... that Mozambican politician Ivone Soares escaped death in September 2016 when her would-be assassin's weapon jammed? (2017-12-27)
 * ... that Zambian writer Samba Yonga chose a career in journalism after she won a short story prize as a child? (2017-12-26)
 * ... that former international Ruth O'Reilly wrote an article criticising the IRFU for a lack of support during the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup held in Ireland? (2017-12-26)
 * ... that the children's book Wombat Divine was written in response to the publisher's request for "a typically Australian Christmas story"? (2017-12-25)
 * ... that Rosemary Biggs and her colleagues discovered the Christmas factor? (2017-12-25)
 * ... that Nicki McNelly, who spent most of her working life as an army wife, later became provost of an Episcopal cathedral? (2017-12-24)
 * ... that women's rights campaigner Mozn Hassan is subject to a travel ban and has had her assets frozen by the Egyptian government? (2017-12-24)
 * ... that E. Ann Hoefly was responsible for 180 United States Air Force medical facilities? (2017-12-23)
 * ... that the asteroid 11441 Anadiego was named after Ana Teresa Diego, an Argentine student activist who was forcibly disappeared? (2017-12-23)
 * ... that Victoria Yar Arol was one of 20–30 children of a Dinka tribal chief? (2017-12-22)
 * ... that a silverback gorilla sat on Hilary Swarts` head? (2017-12-22)
 * ... that Dandara Touré served only 34 days in the Council of Ministers of Mali due to the 2012 coup? (2017-12-21)
 * ... that Gambian politician Sirra Wally Ndow-Njie met with North Korean president of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong-nam in 2010? (2017-12-20)
 * ... that Ellie Miles captained Tunbridge Wells RFC's under-18 girls team after her father had captained and coached the men's team? (2017-12-20)
 * ... that Rachel Skinner "fell into engineering completely by chance" before being named as one of the Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering? (2017-12-19)
 * ... that in the 1960s, child psychiatrist Mildred Creak proposed that autism was caused by genetics rather than poor parenting? (2017-12-19)
 * ... that skin-to-skin contact (pictured) can help to augment low milk supply in breastfeeding women? (2017-12-19)
 * ... that North Korean footballer Sung Hyang-sim was the top scorer at the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship and named Most Valuable Player? (2017-12-18)
 * ... that Peter G. Davis wrote after a performance of Risurrezione that Fiora Contino (pictured) "may be the last conductor on earth with the music of Alfano and his generation in her bloodstream"? (2017-12-18)
 * ... that Eunice Silva organised a nationwide vote to determine the seven wonders of Cape Verde? (2017-12-18)
 * ... that Marjorie Hahn, a retired mathematics professor and international senior-level tennis player, approaches tennis games with the same plan that she uses for mathematical proofs? (2017-12-17)
 * ... that the Northern Ireland women's national football team captain Marissa Callaghan went to university in the United States on a football scholarship? (2017-12-17)
 * ... that Clotilde Niragira is secretary-general of the truth and reconciliation commission investigating the Burundian genocides? (2017-12-17)
 * ... that Chanju Samantha Mwale was the first female lawyer to join the Malawian Defence Force? (2017-12-16)
 * ... that before becoming director of the United States Census Bureau, Martha Farnsworth Riche earned a doctorate in French literature? (2017-12-15)
 * ... that Marijke Nel represented South Africa in rugby union and Canada in tennis? (2017-12-15)
 * ... that more than 2,100 years after Lady Gouyi (pictured) was ordered by the emperor to die, her mausoleum was robbed and more than 1,100 artifacts were stolen? (2017-12-15)
 * ... that 'Neile Alina 'Mantoa Fanana was the first female ombudsman of Lesotho? (2017-12-14)
 * ... that Magdalena Wolińska-Riedi was married by Pope Benedict XVI when he was a cardinal and had her childen baptized by him when he became Pope? (2017-12-14)
 * ... that Arlinda Locklear was the first Native American woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court? (2017-12-14)
 * ... that Indian independence activist Duvvuri Subbamma was married at the age of ten? (2017-12-13)
 * ... that Célia Posser issued the first private radio broadcast licenses in São Tomé and Príncipe? (2017-12-12)
 * ... that  Abadi Bano Begum, a prominent voice in the Indian independence movement, pawned her personal jewelry to educate her sons? (2017-12-12)
 * ... that it took Salma Ismail, the first Malaysian Malay woman to qualify as a doctor, 11 years to complete her medical studies? (2017-12-11)
 * ... that Nicole Grobert, professor of nanomaterials at the University of Oxford, was awarded a Royal Society Industry Fellowship in 2016, her third fellowship from the Royal Society? (2017-12-11)
 * ... that Femi Claudius Cole offers free health checks as she campaigns to become President of Sierra Leone? (2017-12-11)
 * ... that Ireland national rugby union team player Dr. Claire McLaughlin gained the nickname "McSwaplin" owing to her swapping medical shifts in order to play rugby? (2017-12-10)
 * ... that South African lawyer Sibongile Ndashe was arrested in Tanzania for advocating against an anti-gay law that limited treatment for HIV/AIDS? (2017-12-09)
 * ... that Sheila Hibben supplied author Rex Stout with menus for his fictional character Nero Wolfe? (2017-12-09)
 * ... that A. J. Foyt praised Arlene Hiss for "what a fine job [she'd] done" after racing against her? (2017-12-09)
 * ... that Regina Mañe Ela was the only female member of Severo Moto Nsá's Equatorial Guinean government-in-exile? (2017-12-08)
 * ... that Manka Dhingra's election to the Washington State Senate gave Democrats complete control of the state's government? (2017-12-08)
 * ... that Irish hockey umpire Carole Metchette was forced to retire from umpiring for being too old, despite having the highest fitness test results of any international umpire? (2017-12-08)
 * ... that Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah writes a blog on African women's sexuality entitled Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women? (2017-12-07)
 * ... that Mitzi Johanknecht, the new sheriff of King County, Washington, was the first female deputy to lead the county's SWAT team? (2017-12-07)
 * ... that Vi Lyles is the first African-American woman to be Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina? (2017-12-06)
 * ... that early Canadian broadcaster Claire Wallace was known for her reporting stunts, including climbing a Mexican volcano and joining a deep-sea diving expedition? (2017-12-06)
 * ... that Alice Ouédraogo runs the International Labour Organization's HIV/AIDS programme? (2017-12-06)
 * ... that Elizabeth Marshall was one of the first women to become a pharmacist in the United States? (2017-12-05)
 * ... that Nelly Mbangu co-founded an organisation for survivors of sexual and domestic violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo? (2017-12-04)
 * ... that Mary Munson Runge was the first female and first African-American president of the American Pharmacists Association? (2017-12-04)
 * ... that marine biologist Marie Darby, the first New Zealand woman to visit the Antarctic mainland, sailed to the Ross Sea on a tourist boat that ran aground on its first trip? (2017-12-04)
 * ... that Diana Beck performed brain surgery on Winnie-the-Pooh author A. A. Milne? (2017-12-04)
 * ... that Suzanne Jambo helped draft the Constitution of South Sudan? (2017-12-03)
 * ... that Jenny Morton discovered that sheep can recognise human faces? (2017-12-03)
 * ... that Olga FitzGeorge (pictured), a granddaughter of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, established a manicure and beauty salon on New Bond Street in London? (2017-12-02)
 * ... that Kenyan activist Josephine Kulea is said to have saved more than 1,000 girls from abuse and forced marriage? (2017-12-02)
 * ... that from 1888 to 1895, Elizabeth Chambers Morgan was the leading woman in the Chicago labor movement? (2017-12-02)
 * ... that in 1995, Nigerian activist Sokari Ekine set up the Black Sisters Network electronic mailing list? (2017-12-01)
 * ... that Colorado businesswoman and philanthropist Merle Chambers is one of the top ten political contributors in her state? (2017-12-01)
 * ... that Harimia Ahmed was the first female lawyer in the Comoros? (2017-12-01)
 * ... that the British paediatrician Tina Cooper assisted the Sierra Leone government in establishing a national immunisation programme? (2017-11-30)
 * ... that General Robert B. Abrams took "less than a second" to choose Laura J. Richardson as his deputy at United States Army Forces Command, despite never having worked with her? (2017-11-30)
 * ... that South African-born Irish international rugby player Ilse van Staden is a butcher? (2017-11-30)
 * ... that Mishkat al-Mumin advocacy for women's rights angered jihadist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi? (2017-11-29)
 * ... that Gillian Hanson was a world expert on treating the condition that ultimately killed her? (2017-11-29)
 * ... that website designer Akaliza Keza Gara had to borrow a laptop from her client for her first commission? (2017-11-29)
 * ... that "Hawaii's Songbird" Lena Machado had a "ha'i" in her voice? (2017-11-28)
 * ... that Fatou Kiné Camara (pictured) campaigns for wider access to abortions in Senegal, which has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Africa? (2017-11-28)
 * ... that mezzo-soprano Mechthild Georg, a voice teacher at the Musikhochschule Köln, performed music by C. P. E. Bach at the first Rheingau Musik Festival? (2017-11-27)
 * ... that Irene Ovonji-Odida advocated for the East African Community to broaden its scope beyond that of a trade bloc? (2017-11-27)
 * ... that Ourida Chouaki co-ordinated the 20 ans, barakat! ("20 years is enough!") campaign to reform the Algerian Family Code? (2017-11-26)
 * ... that Elizabeth M. Bryan wedding was attended by 25 sets of twins? (2017-11-26)
 * ... that Sheetal Pandey won her first election at the age of 63? (2017-11-25)
 * ... that Jeanne LaDuke worked alongside Natalie Wood as a child actor before becoming a professional mathematician? (2017-11-25)
 * ... that Estelle Cascarino represented France at the under-19 and under-20 levels in international tournaments in the same year? (2017-11-25)
 * ... that Jane Wynne taught her fellow paediatricians to identify signs of child abuse? (2017-11-24)
 * ... that Moroccan women's rights activist Fedwa Misk (pictured) named her online magazine Qandisha after a mythical jinn famous for her seductive powers? (2017-11-24)
 * ... that Japanese artist and poet Chō Kōran became a specialist in ink paintings in the "Four Gentlemen" genre? (2017-11-24)
 * ... that Lillian Bilocca threatened to picket British Prime Minister Harold Wilson's house if he did not impose stronger safety regulations on the fishing industry? (2017-11-23)
 * ... that Ireland national rugby hooker Cliodhna Moloney is also a banker? (2017-11-23)
 * ... that Tyler Toland became the Republic of Ireland's youngest women's senior international footballer in September 2017? (2017-11-22)
 * ... that Olive Scott was Britain's first dedicated paediatric cardiologist? (2017-11-22)
 * ... that Japanese singer Asuka Ōkura made her music debut as her record label contract was about to expire? (2017-11-22)
 * ... that Rama Pilot and Vijaya Kumari Ganti, both became members of the 13th Lok Sabha after winning by-elections prompted by the death of their respective husbands? (2017-11-21)
 * ... that Ethiopian women's rights activist Nahu Senay Girma given name means "something good is happening now" and is traditionally a masculine name? (2017-11-21)
 * ... that Games and Culture criticised Sheva Alomar for being the video game equivalent of Pocahontas? (2017-11-20)
 * ... that biologist Inez Whipple Wilder made contributions to the study of fingerprints and salamanders? (2017-11-20)
 * ... that Amy H. Herring led a study whose data showed many American women were reportedly virgins at the birth of their first child? (2017-11-20)
 * ... that the hospital in Southern Rhodesia where Theresa Robinson Buck worked was renamed in her honour after her death? (2017-11-19)
 * ... that Irish rugby referee Joy Neville was the first woman to be an assistant referee in a men's European Challenge Cup match? (2017-11-19)
 * ... that during her compulsory military service, Aya Koren played in an Israeli Air Force band with Yehuda Levi, her future co-star in Yossi & Jagger (2002)? (2017-11-19)
 * ... that Miroslava Breach, a Mexican investigative journalist known for exposing human rights violations and political corruption, was murdered in March 2017? (2017-11-18)
 * ... that Canadian abstract impressionist K.M. Graham began painting at the age of 50? (2017-11-18)
 * ... that the English neurologist Honor Smith was sent to Morocco by the WHO to investigate an outbreak of paralysis caused by contaminated cooking oil? (2017-11-18)
 * ... that the 2009 Sky Blue FC team that won the Women's Professional Soccer title employed three different head coaches during the season? (2017-11-18)
 * ... that Sushila Rani Patel taught actress Madhubala to speak, read, and write English? (2017-11-17)
 * ... that after being injured, Annabelle Lindsay relinquished a scholarship to play college basketball in the United States but has since been awarded another to play wheelchair basketball? (2017-11-17)
 * ... that Judith Kingston pioneered the use of chemotherapy to treat retinoblastoma, an eye cancer found in children? (2017-11-16)
 * ... that Helene Bechstein helped to teach Hitler table manners? (2017-11-16)
 * ... that Ahlem Belhadj led a march of thousands of women against President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali during the 2011 Tunisian Revolution? (2017-11-16)
 * ... that Michèle Dix, managing director of the proposed £27 billion Crossrail 2 project, said she would like to run a tea room when she retires? (2017-11-15)
 * ... that Serena Williams (pictured) has won the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year three times, first in 2003 and most recently in 2016? (2017-11-15)
 * ... that in her first senate speech, socialist politician Fatma Hikmet İşmen accused the Directorate of Religious Affairs of fueling discrimination against Alawites by Sunni Muslims? (2017-11-15)
 * ... that Jamaican sprinter Dominique Blake was accidentally awarded a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 4 × 400 m relay? (2017-11-14)
 * ... that Barbara A. Bailar resigned from the United States Census Bureau in 1988 to protest a decision not to adjust the 1990 results for systematic undercounting of minorities? (2017-11-14)
 * ... that Queen May Hnin Theindya of Pegu tried to save her husband Tarabya's life by tying her tresses with his? (2017-11-13)
 * ... that Seattle mayoral candidate Cary Moon qualified for the general election by a margin of 1,170 votes? (2017-11-13)
 * ... that the British physician Stephanie Amiel has specialised in type I diabetes since her time at Yale University in the 1980s? (2017-11-12)
 * ... that after playing with Lego as a child, Roma Agrawal designed both the tip and bottom of The Shard (pictured)? (2017-11-10, 2017-12-14)
 * ... that the J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World franchise was the "most-snubbed franchise" of all time at the Academy Awards, with 12 nominations and zero wins until its 2017 success? (2017-11-09)
 * ... that Minori Suzuki beat 8,000 others who auditioned for the role of Freyja Wion in the anime series Macross Delta? (2017-11-09)
 * ... that Anna Marguerite McCann, the first female American underwater archaeologist, published the earliest research on deep-sea shipwrecks? (2017-11-09)
 * ... that Manami Numakura cites becoming a fan of the Gundam franchise as a reason behind her becoming a voice actress? (2017-11-08)
 * ... that Lindsay Peat has represented Ireland internationally at association football, basketball, and rugby union? (2017-11-08)
 * ... that the book Bananas, Beaches and Bases argues that banana sales have a "gendered history"? (2017-11-08)
 * ... that the Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools worked to end school segregation in Little Rock, Arkansas? (2017-11-07)
 * ... that Shadia Bseiso from Jordan is the first female Arab wrestler to sign with WWE? (2017-11-07)
 * ... that Albert Sidney Johnston lies in repose atop his grave? (2017-11-06)
 * ... that the Malaysian High Court sentenced 22-year-old Frenchwoman Béatrice Saubin to death by hanging for smuggling 534 g of pure grade heroin? (2017-11-06)
 * ... that Patricia Moberly was once arrested for attacking Prime Minister Ted Heath's car with a placard? (2017-11-05)
 * ... that footballer Laura O'Sullivan made her international debut for Wales as a goalkeeper less than 18 months after converting to the position? (2017-11-05)
 * ... that Konomi Suzuki was inspired by the character Sheryl Nome from Macross Frontier to become a singer for anime? (2017-11-05)
 * ... that Kimmie Taylor of the Kurdish YPJ is the first British woman to travel to Syria to fight ISIS? (2017-11-04)
 * ... that Barbara Everitt Bryant was the first woman to direct the United States Census Bureau? (2017-11-03)
 * ... that Ines Rau is the first transgender woman to be a Playboy Playmate? (2017-11-02)
 * ... that rally driver Louise Cook sold her trophies on eBay to help her continue competing in the 2012 World Rally Championship after her funding dried up? (2017-11-01)
 * ... that Kia Steave-Dickerson, the design artist for four films by M. Night Shyamalan, originally considered a career in dry cleaning? (2017-11-01)
 * ... that Catie Munnings, winner of the 2016 FIA European Rally Championship Ladies' Trophy, was the first British driver to win a European rally title in 49 years? (2017-10-30)
 * ... that Cuban parliamentarian Teté Puebla is the first female general in the nation's history? (2017-10-29)
 * ... that Jean Ginsburg established one of the first clinics in Britain for menopausal women? (2017-10-29)
 * ... that computer science lecturer Cynthia B. Lee promoted the use of gender-neutral language across her department at Stanford University? (2017-10-28)
 * ... that Eleri Rees became a judge without ever practising as a barrister? (2017-10-27)
 * ... that the musicologist Beatrix Borchard researched female musicians such as Clara Schumann, Amalie Joachim, and Pauline Viardot, and worked for the Goethe-Institut in Portugal, Romania, and China? (2017-10-27)
 * ... that Ashley Hatch was named 2017 NWSL Rookie of the Year and helped the North Carolina Courage win the 2017 NWSL Shield, scoring seven goals in 24 games? (2017-10-25)
 * ... that Abbie Hutty hopes there really is life on Mars? (2017-10-25)
 * ... that Theresa Goell spent much of her life working on excavations at Nemrud Dagh in Turkey, but never discovered the tomb of Antiochus I of Commagene that she hoped to find there? (2017-10-24)
 * ... that although Arthur Schopenhauer had not invited her and initially refused to cooperate, Elisabet Ney nevertheless sculpted his portrait bust? (2017-10-23)
 * ... that Melahat Okuyan, a Turkish female microbiologist and AIDS activist, once proposed the establishment of male brothels for homosexuals and cross-dressers in order to improve public health? (2017-10-21)
 * ... that Agnes Robertson served in the Australian Senate until she was 79, and switched political parties at the age of 73? (2017-10-21)
 * ... that Elisabet Ney's Lady Macbeth (detail pictured), whose face resembles the artist's own, has been interpreted as a self-portrait and expression of personal grief? (2017-10-20)
 * ... that Averil Mansfield, a former president of the British Medical Association, was Britain's first female professor of surgery? (2017-10-20)
 * ... that Australian surgeon Helen Sexton came out of retirement to open a field hospital in France during World War I? (2017-10-19)
 * ... that Selna Kaplan led the first clinical trials of artificial growth hormone in the United States? (2017-10-18)
 * ... that mezzo-soprano Patricia Johnson appeared as Eboli at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and created the roles of a Nabokov Princess and a Henze Baroness? (2017-10-18)
 * ... that following her diagnosis of terminal lung cancer, the British Vogue health editor Deborah Hutton campaigned to raise awareness of the dangers of smoking for teenage girls? (2017-10-17)
 * ... that Canan Bayram (pictured) was the only member of Alliance 90/The Greens directly elected to the German parliament in the 2017 election? (2017-10-16)
 * ... that after nearly six decades of collecting Inuit sculptures and other art, Jacqui Shumiatcher gifted 1,310 pieces valued at CAD$3 million to the University of Regina? (2017-10-15)
 * ... that Fannie Eleanor Williams created blood storage techniques used in the first Australian blood bank? (2017-10-12)
 * ... that in 2014, Sarah Barrow won the first individual European gold medal for a female British diver in 87 years? (2017-10-11)
 * ... that Leaena Tambyah founded Singapore's first school for children with multiple disabilities in 1979? (2017-10-09)
 * ... that the Birka female Viking warrior has been described as a shield-maiden similar to Brienne of Tarth from Game of Thrones? (2017-10-09)
 * ... that Alison Van Eenennaam is working on a collaborative research project focused on the production of hornless dairy cattle through gene editing? (2017-10-07)
 * ... that a 1912 party hosted by Vine Colby made the news for its originality? (2017-10-06)
 * ... that Annie Nicolette Zadoks Josephus Jitta unusual name inspired a book? (2017-10-06)
 * ... that as UK secretary in the Economic Directorate of the Allied Control Council in post-war Berlin, Lorna Arnold slept with a revolver under her pillow? (2017-10-05)
 * ... that twin sisters Bertha and Bernice C. Downing became owners and publishers of the Santa Clara Journal when they were 17 years old? (2017-10-05)
 * ... that Lewis Carroll may have based Alice (pictured) on Alice? (2017-10-05)
 * ... that Judge Orfa Jean Shontz created an all female juvenile court with a homelike setting? (2017-10-04)
 * ... that when operatic soprano Cynthia Clarey voice lowered with age, she took up cabaret singing instead? (2017-10-04)
 * ... that Christine Murrell was the first woman elected to the British General Medical Council, but died before she could take her seat? (2017-10-04)
 * ... that Tajama Abraham survived Hurricane Hugo by hiding in a commercial refrigerator with her family? (2017-10-03)
 * ... that the lack of breakfast pushed Mab Copland Lineman to fight against a labor union? (2017-10-03)
 * ... that Jane Frances Winn was one of the first female journalists to cover women's golf events? (2017-10-02)
 * ... that Lydia Zvereva (pictured) was the first Russian woman to earn a pilot's license? (2017-10-01)
 * ... that Caroline B. Winslow opened the Homeopathic Free Dispensary, the first facility in Washington, D.C. where women doctors could practice side-by-side with their male colleagues? (2017-10-01)
 * ... that coloratura soprano Joan Carroll appeared as Alban Berg's Lulu more than 100 times, including the U.S. premiere at the Santa Fe Opera? (2017-09-30)
 * ... that American soprano Pamela Coburn appeared as Mozart's Countess in Vienna and New York, and as Ellen, the friend of Peter Grimes, in Munich and at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino? (2017-09-28)
 * ... that illustrator Ida Waugh met her life partner Amy Ella Blanchard when the latter was hired as a tutor for her younger brother, future painter Frederick Judd Waugh? (2017-09-28)
 * ... that Ursula K. Le Guin's 2006 novel Voices has been compared to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, which also prominently features the destruction of books? (2017-09-27)
 * ... that before working with Bob Crewe and Dusty Springfield, folk singer Norma Tanega performed at summer camps and a mental hospital? (2017-09-27)
 * ... that Ada Bell Maescher produced Night Life in Hollywood as a propaganda film to depict Hollywood as a model city populated by home-loving people? (2017-09-27)
 * ... that Shirley Pitts was trained by the Forty Elephants and became the "queen of shoplifters"? (2017-09-26)
 * ... that Maryam Mirzakhani won the Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize for women in mathematics a year before she won the Fields Medal for the same work? (2017-09-25)
 * ... that Dua Lipa said that her song "New Rules" talks about setting rules to keep "your distance from someone who's bad for you"? (2017-09-25)
 * ... that as part of her journalism degree, sportscaster Kelly Crull worked at KOMU-TV? (2017-09-25)
 * ... that in Women's One Day International cricket, India has the fourth highest number of victories? (2017-09-25)
 * ... that the 1896 novel The Courage of Her Convictions by Caroline Augusta Huling is the story of a woman who is artificially inseminated? (2017-09-25)
 * ... that, in 1895, Orelia Key Bell dedicated a collection of poems to her "Heavenly Muse" Ida Jane Ash, next to whom she is now buried in Atlanta? (2017-09-24)
 * ... that Nannie C. Dunsmoor, a Los Angeles pioneer woman physician practicing into her 80s, was the oldest United States active member of the Soroptimist Club? (2017-09-24)
 * ... that Lebanese singer Layal Abboud worked as a police officer before becoming a pop star? (2017-09-23)
 * ... that one year ago today Chapel Hill, North Carolina, police released an image of a suspect in the Faith Hedgepeth homicide based purely on DNA left at the crime scene? (2017-09-23)
 * ... that last month, Kirti Kumari, a sitting member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, died of an H1N1 infection? (2017-09-22)
 * ... that Anette Hosoi designed a robot snail that moved by rippling over artificial snail slime? (2017-09-22)
 * ... that Nancy Coonsman sculpted Victory, the war memorial erected in Cheppy, France, to honor the men from Missouri in the 35th Infantry Division killed during World War I? (2017-09-21)
 * ... that Steps achieved thirteen consecutive top-five singles in the United Kingdom? (2017-09-21)
 * ... that the house of Judith Ellen Foster, the "Iowa lawyer" of the temperance movement, was burnt down, presumably by her opponents? (2017-09-21)
 * ... that Irene Clennell was deported from the UK, despite having a British husband, because she had spent too long abroad? (2017-09-21)
 * ... that Paolo and Francesca, the second work "for Reader with Piano accompaniment" by pianist and composer Berenice Wyer, was performed in New York and Chicago? (2017-09-21)
 * ... that at age 16 years 204 days, Sneha Deepthi became the youngest cricketer ever to represent the India women's Twenty20 International team? (2017-09-20)
 * ... that Ivy Wedgwood retirement after 21 years in the Australian Senate was reported with the headline "Ivy is a housewife again"? (2017-09-20)
 * ... that as a high school student, Evin Demirhan supported her family of 13 by wrestling, and later became a bronze medalist in the 2017 World Wrestling Championships? (2017-09-20)
 * ... that the Swiss mezzo-soprano Elisabeth Glauser performed in the Jahrhundertring in Bayreuth, and created the role of Babette in Henze's The English Cat? (2017-09-20)
 * ... that although Tammy Kingery left her keys inside her South Carolina house when she disappeared from it three years ago today, the door was found locked from the outside? (2017-09-20)
 * ... that Una R. Winter reported in 1935 that there was very little interest in women's suffrage in Mexico? (2017-09-19)
 * ... that Theresa Meikle became the presiding judge of San Francisco County Superior Court in 1955, the first woman elected to such a position in any major American city? (2017-09-19)
 * ... that N. K. Jemisin's The Stone Sky has been favorably compared to works by famed science fiction authors Ursula K. Le Guin and William Gibson? (2017-09-19)
 * ... that the song cycles by Wilhelm Killmayer, written across five decades, set poems by authors from Sappho to Peter Härtling, with a focus on the late poems by Hölderlin? (2017-09-19)
 * ... that Sheryl Lee was originally given the role of Mary Alice Young on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives, but the producers decided to replace her with Brenda Strong? (2017-09-18)
 * ... that Elizabeth Wade White was accepted into the B.Litt. program at Oxford, despite not having an undergraduate degree? (2017-09-18)
 * ... that 19th-century concert singer Sarah Mundell Crane was the mother of silent movie actor Harry Ogden Crane? (2017-09-17)
 * ... that Kim Cobb used coral to profile El Niño over seven thousand years? (2017-09-17)
 * ... that librarian Jacqueline Noel gave Almond Roca candy its name? (2017-09-17)
 * ... that Eleonore von Grothaus, a writer and poetess, raised thirteen children, including seven from her husband's first marriage, and educated a future queen? (2017-09-17)
 * ... that Edith Kawelohea McKinzie was named a Living Treasure of Hawai'i after indexing early 19th-century Hawaiian-language newspapers and documenting the genealogy of the chiefs of Kahoolawe? (2017-09-17)
 * ... that by portraying Alex Parrish in Quantico, Priyanka Chopra became the first South Asian to headline an American network drama series? (2017-09-17)
 * ... that Reah Whitehead, the first female justice of the peace in Washington state, started her legal career as a stenographer? (2017-09-16)
 * ... that Cara Mund is the first contestant from North Dakota to win the Miss America pageant? (2017-09-16)
 * ... that between modelling for Victoria's Secret, Calvin Klein, and Prada, Lyndsey Scott (pictured) develops mobile apps for iOS? (2017-09-15)
 * ... that Ida Hall Roby was the first woman to graduate from the Illinois College of Pharmacy at Northwestern University? (2017-09-15)
 * ... that Caroline Stein appeared as Mozart's Queen of the Night at the Berlin State Opera, and sang his Mass in C minor and Alban Berg's Altenberg Lieder at The Proms? (2017-09-15)
 * ... that someone told Kate Brew Vaughn that her eggless, sugarless, and butterless World War I Victory Cake was "joyless", but then ate three pieces? (2017-09-14)
 * ... that Ida Hinman, author of a popular Washington, D.C. guidebook, died in poverty and her body was identified through a membership pin of the Daughters of the American Revolution? (2017-09-14)
 * ... that Katsura Hoshino acceded to her editor's demand to draw her D.Gray-man manga character Lenalee Lee with long hair, but then had her lose part of her hair in a fight? (2017-09-13)
 * ... that in 2014, Iva Honyestewa created the pootsaya, a combination of coil and sifter basket, "a rare innovation in Hopi basketry"? (2017-09-13)
 * ... that Una B. Herrick was called a "trailblazer" as she "made a place for women" at Montana State College? (2017-09-12)
 * ... that Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald helped found the first secret society in a women's college? (2017-09-11)
 * ... that sculptor Thea Tewi, known for her work in stone, was also one of the United States' top lingerie designers? (2017-09-10)
 * ... that American novelist Cynthia Propper Seton, who wrote about affluent, middle-aged wives and mothers dissatisfied with their lives, was often compared to Jane Austen? (2017-09-10)
 * ... that Michael Bolton and Diane Warren felt Barbra Streisand would be the perfect artist to sing "We're Not Makin' Love Anymore"? (2017-09-09)
 * ... that Gerhild Romberger, an award-winning contralto and professor of voice, was a soloist in Mahler's Second Symphony at the Rheingau Musik Festival? (2017-09-09)
 * ... that Helaine Olen and Harold Pollack wrote a book based on an index card? (2017-09-08)
 * ... that Fantasia's single "Sleeping with the One I Love" was described as "five minutes of slow-burning flame"? (2017-09-08)
 * ... that Adele Schulenburg Gleeson, an American sculptor active in Missouri and Connecticut, studied sculpture under George Julian Zolnay and Charles Grafly? (2017-09-08)
 * ... that when her husband was shot by police during a Quit India protest march, Tara Rani Srivastava bandaged his wounds with her sari and continued leading the march? (2017-09-07)
 * ... that a Buncombe County, North Carolina, deputy sheriff interrupted his convalescence from back surgery to investigate a body discovered 20 years ago today and crushed his sciatic nerve as a result? (2017-09-07)
 * ... that according to reviewers, soprano Simone Schneider of the Staatsoper Stuttgart "expresses Alcestis' agitation, nobility and joy with a moving simplicity" and "was a headstrong, vibrant Empress"? (2017-09-06)
 * ... that the Indian film editor Beena Paul made her feature film debut with Amma Ariyan (1986)? (2017-09-06)
 * ... that Danish historian Elisabeth Munksgaard was given a "fine finale" to her career with a costumed eleventh-century king? (2017-09-05)
 * ... that Adeline Palmier Wagoner wrote Madame Beaulieu: A Colonial Dame, a biography of her ancestor, a social leader in Cahokia? (2017-09-05)
 * ... that Geneve L. A. Shaffer, known as the "Skyscraper Girl", was the United States' first woman glider pilot? (2017-09-04)
 * ... that Manon Antoniazzi (pictured) gave Welsh lessons to Prince William, the son of the Prince of Wales? (2017-09-03)
 * ... that American socialite Isabel Pell joined the Maquis and rescued a contingent of American soldiers in France during World War II? (2017-09-02)
 * ... that Carol Smith appeared as Verdi's Eboli, Amneris and Azucena at the Opernhaus Zürich, and recorded his Mrs. Quickly in German? (2017-09-02)
 * ... that Lillie Rose Ernst, the first woman assistant superintendent of instruction in the St. Louis public school system, was the mentor of The Potters? (2017-09-01)
 * ... that when Helen Huntington Hull inherited Among the Sierra Nevada, California (pictured) by Albert Bierstadt, she had it glued directly to a wall of her mansion? (2017-09-01)
 * ... that Elisabeth Kulman, Gora in the premiere of Reimann's Medea at the Vienna State Opera, changed from soprano to mezzo, and from opera singer to concert singer? (2017-09-01)
 * ... that the Thirteenth Doctor, to be portrayed by Jodie Whittaker, will be the first female incarnation of the Doctor in the continuity of Doctor Who? (2017-08-31)
 * ... that E. Joy Johnson wrote The Foreman of the J.A.6. based on her experience owning a ranch in frontierland Wyoming? (2017-08-31)
 * ... that producer Mara Brock Akil was hesitant to cast Tia Mowry as Melanie Barnett due to the actress's wholesome image from Sister, Sister? (2017-08-30)
 * ... that after gunmen murdered her father in a pub (pictured), Irish politician Emma Rogan campaigned with the Loughinisland Justice Group to uncover their identities? (2017-08-30)
 * ... that in the 1920s, Dolly Rudeman was one of the most prolific designers of movie posters and programs for the Dutch cinema, and the only woman working in the field at the time? (2017-08-30)
 * ... that in 1975, Barbara May Cameron, a member of the Hunkpapa Lakota, co-founded the first gay Indian organization in San Francisco? (2017-08-30)
 * ... that Joseph and Amalie Joachim (pictured) received two songs from Johannes Brahms, one to begin their marriage, the other decades later to repair it? (2017-08-29)
 * ... that Amabel Anderson Arnold, a St. Louis lawyer and law professor, received degrees from both Benton College of Law and City College of Law and Finance within a five-day period? (2017-08-29)
 * ... that Maria Riccarda Wesseling appeared as Gluck's Orfeo in Paris and at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, and as Henze's Phaedra in Berlin? (2017-08-28)
 * ... that C. Louise Boehringer, the first female Superintendent of Schools in Yuma County, has often been called "the mother of the Arizona educational system"? (2017-08-28)
 * ... that the Sydney Metro Blues (pictured) are the 2017 Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League champions? (2017-08-26)
 * ... that Traci Hunter Abramson used her experience as a swim coach and a CIA employee to write Undercurrents, a novel about an Olympic-hopeful swimmer in witness protection? (2017-08-26)
 * ... that at the time of her death at age 105, Emma Clara Schweer was believed to be the oldest elected official in the United States? (2017-08-25)
 * ... that Caroline Risque (pictured) made the bronze busts of the four founders of Stix Baer & Fuller? (2017-08-25)
 * ... that Vera Nemirova staged Lulu at the Salzburg Festival and The Ring for the Frankfurt Opera? (2017-08-23)
 * ... that Priya Jhingan is the first woman to join the Indian Army as an officer? (2017-08-23)
 * ... that German poet Betty Paoli was a companion to Princess Maria Anna Schwarzenberg? (2017-08-22)
 * ... that Alma Lutz was the biographer of women's rights activists including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Emma Willard? (2017-08-22)
 * ... that "Neon Blue" is about coming out? (2017-08-21)
 * ... that chef María Marte has a tattoo of her first original dish, a caramelized hibiscus flower? (2017-08-21)
 * ... that award-winning soprano Christiane Karg appeared as Sophie at the Frankfurt Opera, the Semperoper and La Scala, and in Mahler's Second Symphony at the Rheingau Musik Festival? (2017-08-20)
 * ... that when the Minneapolis School Board decided to include North Germanic languages in the curriculum, Maren Michelet became the first teacher of Norwegian in a public high school in the US? (2017-08-19)
 * ... that L. Fidelia Woolley Gillette was one of the first women to be ordained as a Universalist minister in the United States, and the first woman ordained of any denomination in Canada? (2017-08-18)
 * ... that Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Wood has called Heather Booth "one of the nation's most influential organizers for progressive causes"? (2017-08-18)
 * ... that Ayn Rand found the title for her novel The Fountainhead, her first major success, in a thesaurus? (2017-08-17)
 * ... that Rano M. Shaiza helped further the Naga peace accord by brokering a meeting between her uncle, the founder of the Naga separatist movement, and the Prime Minister of India? (2017-08-14)
 * ... that Elizabeth Mounsey became the organist of St Peter upon Cornhill when she was 14 years old? (2017-08-14)
 * ... that Katharine Peabody Loring taught history with Alice James at the first correspondence school in the United States? (2017-08-13)
 * ... that four years ago today, Tiffany Daniels left her job at Pensacola State College early after telling her supervisor she would not be back for a few days, and has not been seen since? (2017-08-12)
 * ... that "5,6,7,8" is the third-highest selling and most streamed song of Steps' career, despite being one of their lowest charting? (2017-08-12)
 * ... that the Slovenian soprano Sabina Cvilak (pictured) was Puccini's Mimi in Washington, Wagner's Sieglinde in Wiesbaden, and performed Britten's War Requiem in London on the composer's centenary? (2017-08-10)
 * ... that following the death of Nicole van den Hurk, her stepbrother falsely confessed to killing her to get her body exhumed for DNA testing? (2017-08-09)
 * ... that Céleste Mogador may have been the inspiration for the title character in Georges Bizet's opera Carmen? (2017-08-08)
 * ... that Clementina Anstruther-Thomson and Vernon Lee openly lived together as a lesbian couple during the Victorian era? (2017-08-06)
 * ... that Ariana Grande said she wanted her "Baby I" music video to emulate the "breeziness" of early 1990s music videos by TLC and Will Smith? (2017-08-05)
 * ... that in a pioneering study, American pedagogue Florence E. Bamberger quantified the effects of book design on stimulating a child's interest in reading? (2017-08-03)
 * ... that Mitali Madhumita is the first female officer in the Indian Army to receive a gallantry award? (2017-08-01)
 * ... that Gertrude Förstel was Sophie when Der Rosenkavalier was first performed in Vienna, and sang in the premieres of Tiefland and Mahler's Eighth Symphony? (2017-07-30)
 * ... that Mithuben Petit, a woman freedom fighter during the British Raj, played a major part in the Salt March with Mahatma Gandhi? (2017-07-28)
 * ... that the hull of USS Albacore (launch pictured) had the Lyon Shape that was originally designed for airships by a woman? (2017-07-28)
 * ... that contralto Ruth Siewert appeared as Erda not only in Bayreuth, but also at La Scala, La Fenice, and La Monnaie? (2017-07-27)
 * ... that Grace Hutchins promoted a radical Christian pacifist movement in the United States? (2017-07-27)
 * ... that Hendrika B. Cantwell, one of the first physicians in the US to work for a child protection agency, came in contact with an estimated 30,000 cases of suspected child abuse and neglect? (2017-07-25)
 * ... that Robin Fontes is the highest-ranking female military officer to serve in Afghanistan since the American invasion of that country in 2001? (2017-07-24)
 * ... that Alice Tangerini is the only botanical illustrator ever hired by the Smithsonian Institution? (2017-07-24)
 * ... that Shanno Devi was the first woman speaker of a State Assembly in India? (2017-07-23)
 * ... that Paula Murrihy, who appeared in operatic title roles such as Dido, Carmen, Hänsel and the Rosenkavalier, sang Lieder with viola and piano for the Hessischer Rundfunk? (2017-07-23)
 * ... that Norah C. James` first book Sleeveless Errand was ruled obscene and ordered by the Bow Street Police Court to be destroyed? (2017-07-23)
 * ... that ProRodeo Hall of Fame barrel racer Charmayne James still managed to win the round when her horse Scamper's bridle fell off? (2017-07-23)
 * ... that Nicole Chevalier was awarded Der Faust for her performance of the four female characters in Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffman at the Komische Oper Berlin? (2017-07-22)
 * ... that the story of Hannah Norsa (pictured) has been described as "an archetypal tale of how stage stardom might lead to social transformation"? (2017-07-22)
 * ... that when Donald Trump accused Hillary Clinton of playing the woman card, she did and it garnered $2.4 million for her campaign? (2017-07-21)
 * ... that Sue Alexander tapped into her grief over her younger brother's death to write a children's book about a Bedouin girl dealing with the same issue? (2017-07-21)
 * ... that singer-songwriter Jo Carol Pierce attended high school with artists Joe Ely and Butch Hancock in Lubbock, Texas? (2017-07-21)
 * ... that the music video for Oh Land's "Cherry on Top" is intended to serve as the first of three short films directed by Duncan Winecoff? (2017-07-21)
 * ... that "Someday" became Mariah Carey's third consecutive number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100? (2017-07-19)
 * ... that Women Wage Peace held a 50-day hunger strike outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's formal residence in 2015? (2017-07-18)
 * ... that Ursula K. Le Guin's 1971 novel The Tombs of Atuan tells the coming-of-age story of a female character, a choice unusual to fantasy of the time? (2017-07-18)
 * ... that when Elissa P. Benedek was named president of the American Psychiatric Association in 1990, she was only the second woman to fill that post since the group's founding in 1844? (2017-07-18)
 * ... that Doris Frankel won an Emmy for her work on All My Children? (2017-07-18)
 * ... that when Brasheedah Elohim (pictured) signed with an Israeli women's basketball team in 2007, her unusual surname prompted local media to quip, "God has arrived in Israel"? (2017-07-18)
 * ... that Melanie Lewy had to sell some of her clothes to pay for her husband's funeral? (2017-07-17)
 * ... that mail artist Pauline Smith created the Adolf Hitler Fan Club? (2017-07-16)
 * ... that Canadian theoretical physicist Helen Freedhoff was doctoral advisor to Schrödinger's grandson? (2017-07-16)
 * ... that Dorothy Hazard, a preacher's wife, led a group of women in the defence of Bristol during the English Civil War? (2017-07-16)
 * ... that Constance Wood was the first to install a cyclotron in a hospital, but was teased by one of her patients with a rat? (2017-07-16)
 * ... that Bencie Woll was the first person to hold a professorship in sign language in the United Kingdom? (2017-07-15)
 * ... that award-winning film director Nujoom Al-Ghanem is also a poet? (2017-07-14)
 * ... that Ivan and Nina Efimov, known as the Adam and Eve of Russian puppetry, lived for six years largely on earnings from their traveling puppet show (pictured)? (2017-07-14)
 * ... that after lobbying to regulate the licensing of nurses in Colorado, Louie Croft Boyd applied for and became the first licensed nurse in the state? (2017-07-14)
 * ... that Lioba Braun, who became known appearing as Brangäne in Bayreuth in 1994, was the first soloist to record Reger's Die Weihe der Nacht? (2017-07-14)
 * ... that Kate Devlin is a computer scientist working in the field of sex robots and human-computer interaction? (2017-07-14)
 * ... that model Sofia Richie (pictured) played soccer until she broke her hip in a Segway accident? (2017-07-13)
 * ... that white reformist Northern women founded the Montgomery Industrial School for Girls (pictured) in Montgomery, Alabama, to educate black girls, who included Rosa Parks and Johnnie Carr? (2017-07-13)
 * ... that Dutch politician Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello was the first person to introduce protection of lesbian rights and anti-discrimination measures at an official UN conference? (2017-07-13)
 * ... that actress Siobhan Finneran said she wanted her Downton Abbey character "flung off the roof of the Abbey"? (2017-07-12)
 * ... that Juana Bordas says her parents were uncomfortable with the idea of her leaving home to go to college due to the "crab syndrome"? (2017-07-12)
 * ... that Joan Birkland won both the Colorado state tennis and golf championships in the same summer ... twice? (2017-07-11)
 * ... that Virginia Apuzzo was a nun until shortly after the Stonewall riots, when she left her convent and became a gay rights and AIDS activist? (2017-07-10)
 * ... that Maria Friesenhausen sang soprano solo with the NDR Chor in the 1950s and trained students of the University of Dortmund for an opera performance in 2001? (2017-07-10)
 * ... that Dara Hobbs appeared as Wagner's Isolde at many venues, including Theater Bonn, Stadttheater Minden, and Schloss Neuschwanstein? (2017-07-10)
 * ... that Spanish footballer Nahikari García signed for Real Sociedad when she was 16 years old? (2017-07-09)
 * ... that Truth Serum, Tove Lo's debut EP, is a concept record that describes her most intense love affair, from the happy beginning to trying to move on after the breakup? (2017-07-08)
 * ... that Janina Goss has been described as the "power behind the throne" in modern Polish politics? (2017-07-08)
 * ... that the novel The Princess of the Moon: A Confederate Fairy Story by Cora Semmes Ives (pictured) depicts a lunar invasion by Yankee carpetbagger balloonists? (2017-07-07)
 * ... that Claudia Barainsky performed operatic title roles including Daphne, Lulu, Medea, and Melusine? (2017-07-07)
 * ... that in 1972, Colorado engineering technician Janet Bonnema legally challenged the superstition that a woman who went underground into a tunnel or mine brought bad luck? (2017-07-06)
 * ... that Tui Manu'a Matelita, the Samoan queen of Manu'a, was described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a little slip" of a girl, "who sits all day in a pink gown, in a little white European house"? (2017-07-01)
 * ... that Jordyn Huitema scored her first goal for the Canadian women's national soccer team in an exhibition game against Costa Rica, and scored her second goal less than a minute later? (2017-07-01)
 * ... that table tennis player and model Soo Yeon Lee (pictured) has coached numerous celebrities and is a brand ambassador for a chain of table tennis bars? (2017-06-30)
 * ... that a Lebanese postage stamp featuring Anissa Rawda Najjar was issued in 2014, soon after her 100th birthday? (2017-06-30)
 * ... that Desideria Quintanar de Yáñez was reportedly inspired by a dream to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1880 in Mexico? (2017-06-29)
 * ... that South African singer and anti-apartheid activist Miriam Makeba (pictured) was followed by the CIA and the FBI after she married Black Panther Stokely Carmichael? (2017-06-27)
 * ... that Margit Neubauer appeared as Sesto in Handel's Giulio Cesare, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, at the start of her 39-year career at the Frankfurt Opera? (2017-06-26)
 * ... that Liu Qingyun has been described as "the most prolific woman playwright of the nineteenth century"? (2017-06-25)
 * ... that Helen Sandoz sometimes wrote editorials for the lesbian magazine The Ladder from the perspective of her cat? (2017-06-23)
 * ... that Öget Öktem Tanör, Turkey's first neuropsychologist, was charged with "terrorism propaganda" in 2017 for signing a petition? (2017-06-22)
 * ... that in 2003, Susan Baker became the first woman to hold a King Carl XVI Gustaf Professorship in Environmental Science? (2017-06-22)
 * ... that a recording of Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle with Cornelia Kallisch as Judith was nominated for a Grammy Award? (2017-06-22)
 * ... that the National Film Awards in various categories have been presented to the films Doghi (Other Social Issues), Vastupurush (Best Feature Film in Marathi), Devrai (Environment Conservation/Preservation), Samhita (Best Music Direction), Astu (Best Dialogue) and Kaasav (Best Feature Film), all by filmmaker duo Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar? (2017-06-20)
 * ... that Frieda Fraser and Edith Williams corresponded for 24 years before they were able to acquire a home to live together in 1941? (2017-06-20)
 * ... that May Bonfils Stanton built an exact replica of Marie Antoinette's Petit Trianon château (pictured) on her estate in Lakewood, Colorado? (2017-06-19)
 * ... that Jennie Anderson Froiseth, an anti-polygamy crusader during the 1800s, published a book about the experiences of women in polygamous marriages? (2017-06-18)
 * ... that letters written by Abigail Franks (pictured) to her son in England are peppered with family gossip, local politics, and observations on the state of Judaism in 18th-century colonial New York? (2017-06-16)
 * ... that a Munchausen by proxy expert says the murder of Dee Dee Blancharde, discovered two years ago today, is the first instance he knows of where the abused child killed the abusive parent? (2017-06-14)
 * ... that Joseph and Emma Nāwahī co-founded the Hawaiian-language newspaper Ke Aloha Aina to oppose the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to the United States? (2017-06-14)
 * ... that a play by Babette Hughes was performed in 1938 by six blind actresses? (2017-06-11)
 * ... that the title track of Barbra Streisand's Lazy Afternoon was suggested to her over dinner by Francis Ford Coppola? (2017-06-09)
 * ... that "Dutch" comic Josie Sadler (pictured) recorded her biggest Broadway hit for Victor, but it was never released? (2017-06-09)
 * ... that Alaska P. Davidson was the first female FBI special agent? (2017-06-08)
 * ... that Lady Hambro was nicknamed "the bulldozer" when she worked at Queen magazine in 1960s Swinging London? (2017-06-06)
 * ... that the billed personality of EastEnders character Babe Smith was swapped with that of Stan Carter? (2017-06-06)
 * ... that Taufa Vakatale was the first indigenous Fijian woman to serve as a secondary school principal, to be elected as a cabinet minister, and to be president of her political party? (2017-06-03)
 * ... that Ivy Josiah led opposition to domestic violence against women and children in Malaysia? (2017-06-01)
 * ... that Krebiozen, an expensive cancer treatment scam, was unmasked in 1963 by chemist Alma Levant Hayden (pictured)? (2017-06-01)
 * ... that Mary Florence Potts patented various styles of cold-handle clothes irons that were the most popular irons ever used? (2017-05-31)
 * ... that mezzo-soprano Eva Randová was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for her performance as the Kostelnička Buryjovka in Janáček's Jenůfa at the Royal Opera House? (2017-05-31)
 * ... that Wynee (pictured) was the first Native Hawaiian to travel outside the islands on a foreign vessel? (2017-05-30)
 * ... that Mary M. Crawford became Brooklyn's first female ambulance surgeon after the hospital forgot to exclude women from applying? (2017-05-30)
 * ... that the Native Hawaiian suffragist Wilhelmina Widemann Dowsett organized the first women's suffrage club in the Territory of Hawaii and believed women were superior to men? (2017-05-29)
 * ... that Rose C. Davison (pictured) represented Hawaii at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition as a symbol of "Kanaka civility" to counter the image of hula dancers? (2017-05-27)
 * ... that the soprano Margot Guilleaume recorded the part of Marzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio in a complete live recording without dialogue in 1948? (2017-05-27)
 * ... that the emotional journey of the protagonist in the 2004 Ursula K. Le Guin novel Gifts has been compared to that of Max in the 1963 children's picture book Where the Wild Things Are? (2017-05-27)
 * ... that Albertine Lapensée, described as Canada's first female ice hockey "superstar", was dogged by accusations of being a man? (2017-05-27)
 * ... that the prosecution of Theoris of Lemnos is the most detailed account of a witch trial to survive from Classical Greece? (2017-05-26)
 * ... that Mary Ann Harris Gay memoir Life in Dixie During the War directly inspired several of the scenes in the novel Gone with the Wind? (2017-05-26)
 * ... that Margot Shiner, who fled Nazi Germany as a teenager, was instrumental in establishing the medical subspecialty of paediatric gastroenterology? (2017-05-25)
 * ... that Rosalie Keliʻinoi, the first female legislator in the Territory of Hawaii, passed a bill which gave married women the right to sell their property without their husbands' permission? (2017-05-24)
 * ... that Clotilde Bressler-Gianoli played the titular character in Carmen in 1907 with "the allurement of sheer wickedness", and was accidentally stabbed on stage? (2017-05-24)
 * ... that Jeanette Antolin won three NCAA titles with the UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics team? (2017-05-23)
 * ... that Emma Ahuena Taylor, a supporter of women's suffrage, organized knitting units on behalf of Native Hawaiian soldiers fighting in World War I? (2017-05-23)
 * ... that Zahava Burack survived the Holocaust by hiding in a crawlspace beneath the home of a sympathetic Polish family for two and a half years? (2017-05-22)
 * ... that Linda Laubenstein was one of the first physicians in the United States to recognize the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s? (2017-05-20)
 * ... that Kong Tai Heong, the first Chinese woman to practice medicine in Hawaii, was credited by Ripley's Believe It or Not! as having delivered over 6,000 babies? (2017-05-19)
 * ... that the newly established Women's Super Rugby league will include Gloucester-Hartpury Women, Harlequins Ladies, Loughborough Students (Lightning), and Waterloo Ladies, but will exclude a team that has been in the top flight for 15 years? (2017-05-18)
 * ... that astronomer Sidney C. Wolff was the first woman to direct a major observatory in the United States? (2017-05-17)
 * ... that Deval Devi second and third husbands were responsible for the deaths of her first and second husbands, respectively? (2017-05-16)
 * ... that Japanese singer-songwriter Anly began playing songs by ear on her guitar when she was in third grade? (2017-05-15)
 * ... that several buildings by Ellamae Ellis League are listed in the National Register of Historic Places, including the home she built for herself? (2017-05-14)
 * ... that 90 years after Beatrice Alexander (pictured) founded the Alexander Doll Company, the company issued a doll in her likeness, priced at US$1,499.95? (2017-05-12)
 * ... that sociologist, feminist, and campaigner for lesbian and gay rights Mary Susan McIntosh was deported from the U.S. in 1960 for speaking out against the House Un-American Activities Committee? (2017-05-11)
 * ... that some critics noted that Demi Lovato's song "Fix a Heart" has references in its lyrics to the singer's past issues with self-harm? (2017-05-11)
 * ... that French singer-songwriter Indila, who has described herself as a "child of the world", is of Algerian, Cambodian, Egyptian, and Indian descent? (2017-05-10)
 * ... that Anne Penfold Street, one of Australia's leading mathematicians, earned bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry before switching to mathematics? (2017-05-10)
 * ... that Gail G. Shapiro was the first democratically elected president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology? (2017-05-08)
 * ... that the contralto Anna Erler-Schnaudt performed in the premiere of Mahler's Eighth Symphony in 1910? (2017-05-07)
 * ... that African-American mathematics professor Thyrsa Frazier Svager and her physics professor husband Aleksandar Svager lived on one salary to build a scholarship fund? (2017-05-06)
 * ... that The Formation World Tour by Beyoncé featured a 60 ft tall rotating LED cube as the stage's focal point, nicknamed the "Monolith" by designers? (2017-05-05)
 * ... that Annelies Van Parys has composed music for Muziektheater Transparant, including her first opera, Private Views, which premiered in 2015? (2017-05-04)
 * ... that Mia Borders has an arm tattoo of a saying by Che Guevara which means "Better to die standing than to live on your knees"? (2017-05-02)
 * ... that after Mitch McConnell said, "Nevertheless, she persisted" in reference to Elizabeth Warren's silencing during a U.S. Senate debate, more than 100 women in Minneapolis got tattoos (example pictured) of that meme? (2017-05-01)
 * ... that Myrtle Florence Broome and the Canadian epigrapher Amice Calverley traveled together throughout Egypt taking trains and often driving across the desert in a Jowett car they named Joey? (2017-04-30)
 * ... that after the Duluth lynchings, the African-American suffragist Nellie Griswold Francis initiated, drafted, and lobbied for a state anti-lynching bill that was signed into law in 1921? (2017-04-29)
 * ... that the linguistic research of Elena Georgieva showed that Bulgarian word order may change based on the emphasis a speaker wants to convey? (2017-04-28)
 * ... that civil rights activist Unita Blackwell (pictured) was the first African-American woman to be elected mayor in the state of Mississippi? (2017-04-26)
 * ... that the Australian cricketer Veronica Pyke was the second highest wicket-taker in the inaugural Women's Big Bash League season in 2015–16? (2017-04-25)
 * ... that Louise Nixon Sutton was the first African-American woman to be awarded a PhD in mathematics by New York University in 1962? (2017-04-24)
 * ... that Steps' fifth studio album, Tears on the Dancefloor, is their first album in 17 years to consist mostly of original material? (2017-04-21)
 * ... that the Australian teacher Lorna Hodgkinson (pictured) was the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Education at Harvard University? (2017-04-21)
 * ... that microbiologist Jane Gibson established through her 1954 discovery that selenium, a trace element, is essential for coliform bacterial growth? (2017-04-20)
 * ... that Ilse Hess, who was one of the first women to study at the University of Munich, remained a committed Nazi after World War II? (2017-04-20)
 * ... that Angata, a Christian Rapa Nui prophetess, led a 1914 rebellion on Easter Island, claiming God wanted her people to kill and eat the island's livestock? (2017-04-19)
 * ... that voice actress and singer Machico made a cameo as herself in the anime television series Seiyu's Life!? (2017-04-18)
 * Witch-hunt (article's talk page missing blurb) (2017-04-17)
 * ... that Ursula Zollenkopf, a contralto of the NWDR Chor, performed solo and choral parts in a posthumous Schoenberg opera premiere and in an Easter cantata by Bach? (2017-04-16)
 * ... that Queen Tamaeva V saved the Rimatara lorikeet (pictured) from extinction through a royal taboo that forbade her people from harming or exporting the birds? (2017-04-16)
 * ... that a career-threatening knee injury to Tasmanian Roar cricketer Erin Burns was successfully treated with stem cell injections by Sydney Swans' club doctor Nathan Gibbs? (2017-04-16)
 * ... that Helen King is the first police officer to head an Oxbridge college? (2017-04-15)
 * ... that Ellen Thayer Fisher paintings of flowers (example pictured) were widely distributed as chromolithographs by Boston publisher Louis Prang? (2017-04-15)
 * ... that in May 1951, four years before Rosa Parks, Lillie Mae Bradford was arrested for refusing to leave the white folks' section of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama? (2017-04-14)
 * ... that the Danish illustrator Lilian Brøgger has illustrated over a hundred books in a variety of unconventional styles? (2017-04-13)
 * ... that award-winning graphic novelist Miriam Katin only started creating comics at the age of 63? (2017-04-12)
 * ... that in March 1998, the Ontario Court of Justice ruled that being topless while one engages in a commercial purpose such as prostitution is illegal? (2017-04-10)
 * ... that prior to her major debut, singer Maon Kurosaki posed as a gravure model for the cover of a novel? (2017-04-10)
 * ... that Rose Cannabich was "a very beautiful and well-behaved girl", according to her piano teacher Mozart, who composed a piano sonata for her? (2017-04-08)
 * ... that María Parrado won the first season of The Voice Kids Spain? (2017-04-07)
 * ... that Barbara Bradby was the first woman to ride a bicycle at Oxford University, where her academic prowess inspired a limerick? (2017-04-07)
 * ... that two women captured in Boston under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 were rescued during the Abolition Riot of 1836? (2017-04-05)
 * ... that cricketer Georgia Redmayne 87-year-old grandfather vaulted the boundary fence and embraced her after she had become the first player to hit a WNCL century for Tasmanian Roar? (2017-04-04)
 * ... that mezzo-soprano Claudia Mahnke appeared as Dido in Les Troyens by Berlioz, and according to a reviewer, in the final 25 minutes convincingly ranged from hurt vulnerability to furious despair? (2017-04-04)
 * ... that in 1861, sex worker Ann Manley rescued part of the 6th Massachusetts Regiment after it was attacked by a mob in Baltimore? (2017-04-03)
 * ... that a woman can open a bottle? (2017-04-01)
 * ... that "sorcery for your vagina" can result in second-degree burns? (2017-04-01)
 * ... that Belgian mezzo-soprano Jeanne Deroubaix was a soloist in the premiere of Stravinsky's Threni, and performed with Boulez in his Le marteau sans maître at The Proms? (2017-03-31)
 * ... that Danish artist Lucie Ingemann (pictured), known for her large altarpieces depicting biblical figures, also created flower paintings with religious and mystical themes? (2017-03-30)
 * ... that Egyptologist Caroline Ransom Williams supervised the reception and installation of the Tomb of Perneb at the Metropolitan Museum of Art? (2017-03-30)
 * ... that the soprano Leonore Kirschstein appeared as Alice Ford, with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as Falstaff? (2017-03-29)
 * ... that in 2015, Neri Oxman architecture group and MIT's Glass Lab built the first 3D printer for optically transparent glass (pictured)? (2017-03-25)
 * ... that Zeynab Begum was one of the most influential princesses of Iran's Safavid dynasty? (2017-03-24)
 * ... that the American contralto Margarethe Bence appeared as Marcellina at the Salzburg Festival, as Erda in Bayreuth, and in a premiere at the Schwetzingen Festival? (2017-03-24)
 * ... that mezzo-soprano Tanja Ariane Baumgartner has portrayed such characters as Schoeck's Penthesilea, and Cassandre in Les Troyens? (2017-03-22)
 * ... that classical scholar Miriam T. Griffin believes that the Roman emperor Nero was hounded by fear, panic, and persecutory delusions at the end of his reign? (2017-03-22)
 * ... that the title of Edna O'Brien's book, The Little Red Chairs, refers to performance art commemorating the 11,541 victims of Radovan Karadžić? (2017-03-21)
 * ... that suffragist Jane Maria Strachey was born on a ship off the Cape of Good Hope in 1840? (2017-03-20)
 * ... that the first female British professor of Greek, Dorothy Tarrant, analysed Plato's style to conclude that he did not write the Socratic dialogue on beauty? (2017-03-19)
 * ... that civil rights activist Theodora Lacey helped lead the campaign which, in 1964, resulted in Teaneck, New Jersey, becoming the first town in the United States to vote for school integration? (2017-03-18)
 * ... that Susanna Elm's book Virgins of God draws on little-known sources such as the Letter to the Virgins Who Went to Jerusalem? (2017-03-18)
 * ... that Liza Ferschtman used seven different violins for her "tour de force" performance of the Rosary Sonatas? (2017-03-18)
 * ... that Roz Chast's graphic memoir Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, about her parents in their final years, was No. 1 New York Times Bestseller in 2014? (2017-03-18)
 * ... that Annora Brown was commissioned to paint 200 Albertan wildflowers, some of which are now extinct? (2017-03-18)
 * ... that in 1994, the fantasy novel The Kingdom of Kevin Malone by Suzy McKee Charnas won the Mythopoeic Society Award in the Children's Literature category? (2017-03-17)
 * ... that Susannah Fox, the U.S. government's chief health technology executive, cited the maker movement as a promising source of future healthcare innovation? (2017-03-17)
 * ... that Free Radio presenter Andy Goulding thought that "Scared of the Dark" by Steps should have been the United Kingdom's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017? (2017-03-17)
 * ... that Fulham Refuge was the "most distinctively feminine of the early convict prisons"? (2017-03-17)
 * ... that the voice of Hawaiian soprano Nani Alapai was compared to the music of the singing snails? (2017-03-16)
 * ... that the American Leonie Turpeau, the Nicaraguan Maymie de Mena, and the Jamaican Madame Aiken were the same person? (2017-03-16)
 * ... that Mary Ivy Burks has been called the "mother of Alabama wilderness"? (2017-03-16)
 * ... that Lutheran children's educator Magdalena Heymair was the first woman to have her works listed as heretical in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum? (2017-03-16)
 * ... that Denver, Colorado, philanthropist Helen Bonfils inherited US$14 million from her father and US$10 million from her mother? (2017-03-16)
 * ... that Japanese voice actress Miyu Tomita was a member of her school's manga research club? (2017-03-15)
 * ... that the mezzo-soprano Iris Vermillion, who became known for Mozart roles with Harnoncourt in 1988, received a prize for her portrayal of Schoeck's Penthesilea at the Semperoper 20 years later? (2017-03-15)
 * ... that 50 years after a mural by Fay E. Davis depicting Native Americans in battle was installed in the post office in Oglesby, Illinois, a janitor claimed it was pornographic? (2017-03-15)
 * ... that Petra Hřebíčková was named Best Actress in a Play at the 2008 Thalia Awards? (2017-03-14)
 * ... that Bonnie Burnard 1999 debut novel, A Good House, won the Scotiabank Giller Prize? (2017-03-14)
 * ... that the soprano Émilie Ambre was portrayed by artist Édouard Manet in the title role of Bizet's Carmen (pictured)? (2017-03-13)
 * ... that after the disappearance of Dora Bloch, Britain cut all diplomatic ties with Uganda? (2017-03-13)
 * ... that the molecular biologist Nessa Carey cites the slight figure of actress Audrey Hepburn (pictured) to illustrate the possible impacts of epigenetics? (2017-03-12)
 * ... that Joe Biden went door-to-door with Stephanie Hansen to help her win a recent special election to the Delaware Senate? (2017-03-11)
 * ... that "Better Place" was inspired by the engagement of Rachel Platten's sister? (2017-03-10)
 * ... that Mary Boggs and her first husband won the competition to create the United States post office mural in Newton, Mississippi? (2017-03-09)
 * ... that men and women from the Sidama people sing radically different songs about Queen Furra? (2017-03-09)
 * ... that Arachne used a crossword puzzle to protest police corruption in the investigation of the murder of Daniel Morgan? (2017-03-08)
 * ... that Rosemary Vrablic has been called "Trump's personal banker"? (2017-03-08)
 * ... that Mary Hogarth (pictured) is believed to be the inspiration for Charles Dickens' characters Rose in Oliver Twist and Little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop? (2017-03-08)
 * ... that the diary of Mary Hardy (pictured) provides a detailed record of an 18th-century English farming and brewing business? (2017-03-08)
 * ... that Marjorie G. Horning demonstrated that drugs and their metabolites can be transferred from a pregnant woman to her developing child? (2017-03-08)
 * ... that M2M were going to call themselves M&M until they realised the name was already being used by a type of candy? (2017-03-08)
 * ... that composer Jessica Curry has won a BAFTA award for her video game scores, and has also worked with a Poet Laureate? (2017-03-08)
 * ... that besides reporting on Aimee Semple McPherson's visit to Denver in 1921, Helen Marie Black arranged publicity stunts to show off the evangelist's preaching and faith healing skills? (2017-03-08)
 * ... that the soprano Erna Ellmenreich appeared in the premieres of Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss and of Hindemith's Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen, the latter causing a scandal? (2017-03-08)
 * ... that LDS Relief Society president Belle S. Spafford directed the Singing Mothers at the 1964 World's Fair? (2017-03-08)
 * ... that Alice Bowman, Mission Operations Manager of the New Horizons Pluto exploration mission, is also a bassist and clarinetist? (2017-03-08)
 * ... that economist Susan Dynarski, who advocates for simplifying the US Federal Student Aid application process, was the first member of her family to attend college? (2017-03-03)
 * ... that Joey Fischer was murdered after he refused to take US$500 to date his ex-girlfriend? (2017-03-03)
 * ... that the first recorded human cannonball act was an 1877 London performance by 14-year-old Rossa Matilda Richter (pictured)? (2017-03-01)
 * ... that Karolina Styczyńska (pictured) is the first non-Japanese individual to be awarded professional status by the Japan Shogi Association? (2017-03-01)
 * ... that Maria Luise Thurmair published the "love talks" she exchanged with her husband when he was a soldier in World War II, and wrote the lyrics for many hymns in the Gotteslob? (2017-02-28)
 * ... that to promote her song "Chained to the Rhythm", Katy Perry left disco balls playing the track in various cities? (2017-02-28)
 * ... that Maria Eugenia Bozzoli was one of the founders of anthropology in Costa Rica? (2017-02-27)
 * ... that Kathleen N. Straus served three consecutive eight-year terms on the Michigan State Board of Education, ending when she was age 93? (2017-02-27)
 * ... that the families of Tongan Princess Fusipala set up a rival court against her half-sister Queen Sālote Tupou III? (2017-02-24)
 * ... that when a full-page photograph of a naked Vivien Neves in The Times caused a sensation in 1971, it was being used to advertise a pharmaceutical company? (2017-02-24)
 * ... that Emma Kaili Metcalf Beckley Nakuina is often considered Hawaii's first female judge? (2017-02-24)
 * ... that the production team kept the ending of Blood-C a secret from the main cast, allowing them to record only three episodes at a time? (2017-02-24)
 * ... that author Bano Qudsia has been conferred with the Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) and the Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence) by the Government of Pakistan? (2017-02-23)
 * ... that in 1951, Constance Dallas became the first woman elected to Philadelphia City Council? (2017-02-22)
 * ... that Amy Burvall, co-creator of the historyteachers videos, originally wanted to be a spy? (2017-02-19)
 * ... that out of thirteen elections held in the Gundlupet Vidhan Sabha constituency, in the south-Indian state of Karnataka, seven have been won by K. S. Nagarathanamma and five by H. S. Mahadeva Prasad? (2017-02-18)
 * ... that Fantasia's song "I Made It" was described as sounding like a finale for the musical The Color Purple? (2017-02-17)
 * ... that Tamedia, the publishing company of the German language women's magazine Annabelle, banned it from reporting critical political news in 2013? (2017-02-17)
 * ... that German rapper Schwesta Ewa often sings about her former life as a prostitute? (2017-02-16)
 * ... that Anisa Mohammed (pictured) is the only cricketer to take five five-wicket hauls in women's One Day Internationals? (2017-02-16)
 * ... that Jean Tatlock had a romantic relationship with Robert Oppenheimer, introducing him to poetry and politics? (2017-02-16)
 * ... that "Get Enough" had a commercial release limited to 2,000 7" vinyl singles? (2017-02-16)
 * ... that over a 22-year period, Colorado cattle ranch owner Sue Anschutz-Rodgers increased her stock from 33 cows and a single bull to 1,700 head of cattle? (2017-02-15)
 * ... that the British anthropologist Karin Barber started her academic career at the University of Ife, where she was required to teach in Yoruba? (2017-02-15)
 * ... that the Kaʻahumanu Society, originally founded in 1864 by Hawaiian royalty Victoria Kamāmalu, Bernice Pauahi Bishop, and Liliuokalani, was rechartered by a lady-in-waiting in 1905? (2017-02-14)
 * ... that gospel street singer Flora Molton performed in downtown Washington, D.C., into her eighties? (2017-02-14)
 * ... that the British anthropologist Wendy James started her academic career at the University of Khartoum in Sudan? (2017-02-13)
 * ... that the lyrics of Tove Lo's song "Not on Drugs" compared falling in love to being under the influence of drugs? (2017-02-12)
 * ... that, objecting to World War I, Georgia O'Keeffe painted The Flag (pictured)? (2017-02-11)
 * ... that after the ballet dancer Franziska Romana Koch sang in the opera Alceste which was composed for her, its librettist celebrated her performance in a poem? (2017-02-11)
 * ... that 17th-century Polish poet Anna Stanisławska wrote about her life and three marriages as a series of 77 laments? (2017-02-11)
 * ... that Canadian artist Emily Carr felt unable to look at her painting The Indian Church (pictured) because she was embarrassed when people complimented her on her work? (2017-02-10)
 * ... that the Pompeii Lakshmi (pictured) is an Indian ivory statuette of the Hindu goddess, excavated at Pompeii? (2017-02-10)
 * ... that Sophie Molineux won the inaugural Betty Wilson Young Cricketer of the Year Award at the 2017 Allan Border Medal Ceremony? (2017-02-09)
 * ... that Pamela Cunningham Copeland (pictured) was honored by the Garden Club of America for her vision in preserving rare and endangered plants at Mount Cuba? (2017-02-09)
 * ... that King Razadarit once sent Queen Thuddhamaya in a golden litter to one of his top commanders, despite her objections? (2017-02-09)
 * ... that the character Komui Lee in the manga series D.Gray-man is based on the author's boss? (2017-02-07)
 * ... that Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, one of the first Nepali women to climb K2, was named after the first Nepali woman to climb Everest? (2017-02-06)
 * ... that in the late 1970s Beryl Rawson used computers to analyse the family life of Roman slaves? (2017-02-06)
 * ... that Amy Richlin teaches ancient sex? (2017-02-05)
 * ... that Czech-Israeli food technology researcher Zdenka Samish said that every fruit and vegetable can be made into jam? (2017-02-03)
 * ... that the bisexual journalist Edith Shackleton Heald was W. B. Yeats' mistress, and lived with the openly lesbian artist Gluck for 32 years? (2017-02-03)
 * ... that the East German actress Sonja Kehler, who was known for singing Brecht, taught acting in Denmark? (2017-02-02)
 * ... that Mary Jackson (pictured) became the first black female engineer at NASA after successfully petitioning the City of Hampton, Virginia, to allow her to attend required graduate courses at a whites-only school? (2017-02-02)
 * ... that Gwen Stefani and Justin Timberlake's song "What U Workin' With?" was first revealed through a surprise post on Timberlake's Instagram account? (2017-02-01)
 * ... that Vanda Hybnerová was named Best Actress in a Play at the 2004 Thalia Awards for her performance in Proof? (2017-02-01)
 * ... that after being granted a wildcard entry, Australian high diver Rhiannan Iffland went on to win the 2016 Cliff Diving World Series championship in her rookie year? (2017-02-01)
 * ... that Jean Davies, then a junior officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service, attended Winston Churchill's 69th birthday party along with President Franklin Roosevelt and Soviet Marshal Josef Stalin? (2017-01-31)
 * ... that King Razadarit's decision to keep the one-time flower seller Piya Yaza Dewi as his chief queen consort led to the suicide of his first wife, Queen Talamidaw? (2017-01-29)
 * ... that as CEO of Intel Israel, Maxine Fassberg encouraged women, Arabs, Druze, and Haredi Jews to enter the high-tech sector? (2017-01-29)
 * ... that Elizabeth Plankinton, known as the "municipal patroness" for her philanthropy, gifted a 9 ft high bronze George Washington sculpture to the citizens of Milwaukee? (2017-01-29)
 * ... that when Sarah Bavly arrived in Jerusalem to open a nutrition department in a new health center, she was forced to hide in the building for a week due to the outbreak of the 1929 Palestine riots? (2017-01-28)
 * ... that before starting her pioneering genetic studies of complex human diseases such as atherosclerosis, Nobuyo Maeda researched sea snake venoms? (2017-01-28)
 * ... that Carolyn B. Shelton became the first female governor in the United States when she spent a weekend as acting governor of Oregon in 1909? (2017-01-27)
 * ... that Turkish novelist and journalist Suat Derviş was the granddaughter of a slave? (2017-01-26)
 * ... that Grace Bochenek (pictured), an engineer and director of the U.S. National Energy Technology Laboratory, is the acting Secretary of Energy until the expected confirmation of Rick Perry? (2017-01-26)
 * ... that the science fiction novella Paradises Lost was adapted as an opera? (2017-01-25)
 * ... that after six decades subscribing to left-wing ideology, German-Israeli novelist Naomi Frankel (pictured) adopted right-wing ideology and moved to the West Bank? (2017-01-25)
 * ... that "lamprophrenia", a portmanteau of the Greek words lampron (bright) and phrenia (mind), was coined by Czech–Finnish musical artist Sonja Vectomov (pictured) as the title of her debut album? (2017-01-24)
 * ... that Lady Canning, India's first vicereine, has been described as one of the country's most memorable women botanical illustrators? (2017-01-24)
 * ... that Alice Brown, a professor of politics who advised the new Scottish Parliament on governance, went on to become the first Scottish Public Services Ombudsman? (2017-01-24)
 * ... that the Swedish release of M2M's debut album Shades of Purple was delayed by a legal dispute with another band named M2M? (2017-01-23)
 * ... that Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong divulged the Communist party's previously unknown history to American journalist Helen Foster Snow in 1937 for widespread publication? (2017-01-22)
 * ... that Girls' Generation was among the five South Korean acts that best represent K-pop during the past two decades, according to a 2015 poll by Korea Creative Content Agency? (2017-01-22)
 * ... that Derry City Ladies F.C. play football in the Northern Irish leagues while their men's team play in the Republic of Ireland's? (2017-01-22)
 * ... that in 2015, Alison Hughes was part of the first ever all-female officiating team in a Fed Cup final? (2017-01-21)
 * ... that after Agnes Fay Morgan conducted a nutritional study with foxes, she presented her data wearing a stole made from the fur of her subjects? (2017-01-21)
 * ... that Kamran Aziz is the first Turkish Cypriot female composer, as well as one of the first Turkish Cypriot female pharmacists? (2017-01-20)
 * ... that the classical pianist Yara Bernette was praised for her interpretation of Variations on a Theme from the Northeast of Brazil by the composer, Camargo Guarnieri? (2017-01-19)
 * ... that the OVC project supports the education of disadvantaged young people in Adigrat, Ethiopia? (2017-01-19)
 * ... that Gwen Stefani's unreleased song "Start a War" was compared to Sia Furler's solo work? (2017-01-18)
 * ... that M2M appeared on an episode of Dawson's Creek to promote their album The Big Room? (2017-01-17)
 * ... that Guendolen Plestcheeff was known as "Seattle's Grand, Grand Lady" and "the most elegant woman in Seattle"? (2017-01-17)
 * ... that Mildred Albert, nicknamed the "Mighty Atom", produced thousands of fashion shows during her career? (2017-01-16)
 * ... that epidemiologist Yasmin Altwaijri encourages other Saudi Arabian women to become scientists, arguing that this need not "cross the boundaries of our societal norms and customs"? (2017-01-15)
 * ... that Ululani Lewai Baker and Lanihau were the last female governors of the Kingdom of Hawaii? (2017-01-15)
 * ... that Salinee Tavaranan and her Border Green Energy Team installed solar panels and micro-hydro turbines at the Mae La refugee camp? (2017-01-15)
 * ... that Faith Spotted Eagle became the first Native American to receive a presidential electoral vote after Robert Satiacum Jr. cast a faithless vote for her during the 2016 United States election? (2017-01-15)
 * ... that Czech actress Simona Stašová was named Best Actress at the 2015 Seoul International Drama Awards? (2017-01-14)
 * ... that Elisheva Barak-Ussoskin rulings on labor law and labor relations were said to have furthered the rights of workers more than those of any other Israeli judge? (2017-01-13)
 * ... that Polish Jewish writer Rokhl Auerbakh worked overtly as the director of a soup kitchen and covertly as a member of a secret group that chronicled daily life in the Warsaw Ghetto? (2017-01-12)
 * ... that Mildred Barker was awarded the National Heritage Fellowship in 1983 for her work in preserving Shaker music? (2017-01-12)
 * ... that Amy Satterthwaite (pictured) is the only bowler to take a six-wicket haul in a women's Twenty20 International cricket match? (2017-01-12)
 * ... that Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini was noted by The Huffington Post as the first book by a celebrity to cover their perspective of Scientology as a former member? (2017-01-11)
 * ... that the casket of volunteer American Civil War nurse Mary Lucy Dosh was escorted by both Union and Confederate troops? (2017-01-11)
 * ... that cancer biologist Lubna Tahtamouni earned her PhD abroad and encouraged students from underprivileged regions of her native Jordan to do the same? (2017-01-11)
 * ... that the estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, which includes 9557 acre inherited from her aunt ʻAkahi, funds the Kamehameha Schools? (2017-01-10)
 * ... that Mexican performers Marco Pérez, Sofía Espinosa, Noé Hernández, and Adriana Paz received the Ariel Award for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress, respectively, at the 2016 ceremony? (2017-01-10)
 * ... that Bronx High School of Science graduate Naomi Amir is credited as "the founder of modern child neurology in Israel"? (2017-01-10)
 * ... that mathematician Moon Duchin was inspired to break gender barriers in mathematics by a book on baseball player Jackie Robinson's struggles against racism? (2017-01-10)
 * ... that the 1967 book Filipson by Frida Alexandr is the only first-hand description of life in that early 20th-century Brazilian Jewish farming colony written by a woman who lived there? (2017-01-10)
 * ... that Madonna secured the lead in Evita after writing a four-page letter to director Alan Parker stating that she would be fully committed to the role? (2017-01-10)
 * ... that the artist and author Marion Coutts created a Cult of dogmatic cats? (2017-01-09)
 * ... that Lucy Finch founded the first hospice in Malawi, a country where about a million people are living with HIV/AIDS? (2017-01-09)
 * ... that British and Chinese officials in Beijing cooperated in trying to solve the murder of Pamela Werner, which happened 80 years ago today? (2017-01-08)
 * ... that the art historian Rosemary Barrow specialised in the work of the once-neglected Victorian painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema? (2017-01-07)
 * ... that Jennifer Lawrence was reported to be the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016? (2017-01-07)
 * ... that Betty Campbell was the first black head teacher in Wales? (2017-01-06)
 * ... that on her appointment in February 2016, 22-year-old Shamma Al Mazrui became the youngest government minister in the world? (2017-01-05)
 * ... that Irish immigrant, anarchist, strike organiser, and New York surgeon Gertrude Kelly is commemorated by a children's park in Chelsea, Manhattan? (2017-01-05)
 * ... that rapper Liv released the song "Sorry Mrs. Carter" as an "open letter" to Beyoncé? (2017-01-04)
 * ... that 14 Muslim female athletes won medals at the 2016 Olympic Games? (2017-01-03)
 * ... that although Susan Reeve Lyon could not own property while a married woman, she was able to run her own apothecary shop as a widow? (2017-01-02)
 * ... that the Welsh singer-songwriter Charlotte Church criticised director Diane Martel's music video for the song "Lolita", calling it "an objectionable little number"? (2017-01-02)
 * ... that Jessamyn Rodriguez founded a social enterprise teaching bread-making and job skills to low-income minority women and immigrants? (2017-01-02)
 * ... that Protiva Mukherjee was the only female minister in the 1969 United Front government of West Bengal? (2017-01-01)
 * ... that Nancy Sottos helped create the first polymeric self-healing material, announced in Nature in 2001? (2017-01-01)
 * ... that the Jōmon Venus (pictured) was the first Jōmon period artifact to be designated a National Treasure of Japan? (2017-01-01)