Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Green/DYK/2018 DYK Blurbs

2018 DYK Blurbs: Transcluding 10 of 521 2018 DYK blurbs
 * ... that the 1923 World Congress of Jewish Women in Vienna unanimously resolved to support the settlement of Jews in Palestine? (2018-12-31)
 * ... that when golfer Annie Park won her first career LPGA Tour tournament in 2018, she was ranked 236th in the world? (2018-12-30)
 * ... that hall of fame barrel racer Wanda Harper Bush rode her horse 3 mi to catch the bus for school? (2018-12-29)
 * ... that Pat Marsh was described as "the first lady of British ice hockey"? (2018-12-28)
 * ... that in 1909 Mamie Garvin Fields became one of the first African-American public school teachers in Charleston County, South Carolina? (2018-12-28)
 * ... that Mary Jane Odell was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame in 1979, the year before her appointment as Secretary of State of Iowa? (2018-12-27)
 * ... that Dorothée Munyaneza, who moved to London as a girl because of the Rwandan genocide, has choreographed two works about her experiences? (2018-12-27)
 * ... that professor Dawn Mabalon (pictured) is credited with helping to get Little Manila, Stockton, listed as one of America's Most Endangered Places? (2018-12-27)
 * ... that "Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt" ("Call it causelessly merry") was one of about 40 poems by Mascha Kaléko set to music on a 2011 album? (2018-12-26)
 * ... that Clare Faulds, the first woman admitted to the Manx bar, later served as the Vicar General of Sodor and Man? (2018-12-26)
 * ... that the Penney-Missouri Awards for women's page journalism were described as the "Pulitzer Prize of feature writing"? (2018-12-25)
 * ... that Lisa Buckwitz and Mariama Jamanka, who were nicknamed the "Berlin Bob", won the two-woman bobsleigh event at the 2018 Winter Olympics? (2018-12-25)
 * ... that a bracelet lost by Josephine Heffernan during the First World War was found in 2002, and returned to her family in 2017? (2018-12-25)
 * ... that "Cozy Little Christmas" is Katy Perry's second Christmas song after "Every Day Is a Holiday"? (2018-12-25)
 * ... that Rosalie Housman composed Pieces of Jade for violin, viola, flute, gong, harp, and soprano? (2018-12-24)
 * ... that Clémentine Touré coached the Ivory Coast women's national football team in their first matches outside Africa at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup? (2018-12-24)
 * ... that Ant-Man and the Wasp was the first Marvel Cinematic Universe film to feature a female character in its title? (2018-12-24)
 * ... that Joe Nguyen and My-Linh Thai were the first two Vietnamese American legislators to be elected to the Washington State Legislature? (2018-12-23)
 * ... that Heather Spears practiced drawing premature and critically-ill infants at night in a neonatal intensive care unit? (2018-12-23)
 * ... that computational biologist Bette Korber describes her development of a mosaic antigen vaccine against HIV as creating "little Frankenstein proteins"? (2018-12-23)
 * ... that while regent of Kebumen, Indonesia, Rustriningsih would answer phone calls from her constituents during a TV programme? (2018-12-22)
 * ... that Rolling Stone called Meghan Trainor 2014's "Most Unlikely Pop Star"? (2018-12-22)
 * ... that two portraits of 17th-century midwife Jacquemijntje Garniers by her son, the Dutch painter Gabriël Metsu, sold in London and Paris more than 200 years later? (2018-12-22)
 * ... that in 1959, Lois Graham became the first woman in the United States to earn a PhD in mechanical engineering? (2018-12-21)
 * ... that Eliza Hamilton Dunlop was the first Australian poet to try to transliterate Aboriginal songs? (2018-12-21)
 * ... that Daniel Goldhagen threatened to sue Ruth Bettina Birn for libel for her critique of his work Hitler's Willing Executioners? (2018-12-20)
 * ... that Karabo Mathang-Tshabuse is South Africa's first female FIFA-accredited soccer agent? (2018-12-20)
 * ... that at age 62, Alice Harrell Strickland was elected the first woman mayor in the U.S. state of Georgia on a platform to rid her town of "demon rum"? (2018-12-20)
 * ... that anime musician Yuiko Ōhara was selected as a brand ambassador of Japan's Baseball Challenge League? (2018-12-19)
 * ... that Yohana Yembise is the first female minister in the Government of Indonesia to come from Papua? (2018-12-19)
 * ... that in 1901, Charlotte Reeve Conover led the Young Women's League in taking over publication for a day of the Dayton Daily News? (2018-12-19)
 * ... that Adruti Laxmibai introduced free education for girls in the Indian state of Odisha? (2018-12-19)
 * ... that singer-songwriter Sharon Dyall translated the song lyrics from the Disney film Frozen into Swedish? (2018-12-18)
 * ... that in the five years since the disappearance of Heather Elvis, there have been several trials related to the case but her whereabouts are still unknown? (2018-12-18)
 * ... that Brazilian musicologist Helza Cameu was the first to write about many types of indigenous instruments in Portuguese? (2018-12-17)
 * ... that Aurelia Henry Reinhardt was the longest serving president in the history of Mills College? (2018-12-17)
 * ... that Roz Young column appeared opposite the editorial page in the Dayton Daily News at a time when most women writers were relegated to the women's pages? (2018-12-16)
 * ... that Journal Herald columnist Marj Heyduck was photographed in a different hat for each of her daily columns, totaling more than 2,500 different hats? (2018-12-16)
 * ... that architect Agnes Ballard (pictured) once said she designed "apartments, residences and hot dog stands"? (2018-12-15)
 * ... that President Donald Trump's comment that "it's a very scary time for young men in America" inspired a viral protest song? (2018-12-15)
 * ... that Kate McComb did not decide to become a professional stage actress until she was 52 years old? (2018-12-14)
 * ... that Erin Zwiener ran for the Texas House of Representatives after her incumbent representative blocked her on Facebook? (2018-12-14)
 * ... that before becoming a writer for Saturday Night Live, actress Alison Gates said "my dream job would be writing instead of performing"? (2018-12-14)
 * ... that Meghan Trainor's 2019 album Treat Myself has been characterized as "filled with self-love anthems"? (2018-12-13)
 * ... that Susanna Dinnage is expected to become the first female chief executive of the English Premier League early next year? (2018-12-13)
 * ... that Native American poet Jennifer Foerster co-directs a program fostering arts education for women and girls of the Muscogee Nation? (2018-12-13)
 * ... that Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is set to become the first Ecuadorian-born member of the United States Congress? (2018-12-12)
 * ... that in 2018, Sara Cox became the first woman to referee a Premiership Rugby match? (2018-12-11)
 * ... that Robert and Kathleen Ridder helped the Gophers get the first ice rink for women (pictured) in college hockey? (2018-12-11)
 * ... that Cecil Cowles made her debut as a pianist when she was eight years old? (2018-12-11)
 * ... that US Representative-elect Sharice Davids is a former mixed martial arts fighter? (2018-12-10)
 * ... that while raising two young children, Li Minhua (pictured) became the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at MIT? (2018-12-10)
 * ... that Angela Brower performed her signature role as Octavian at the Colombian premiere of Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier? (2018-12-10)
 * ... that 16-year-old artistic gymnast Ana Padurariu won silver on beam at her first senior world championships, becoming the second-ever Canadian world medalist on the apparatus? (2018-12-09)
 * ... that the perpetrator of the 2018 Tallahassee shooting identified with the involuntary celibate community and denounced interracial dating? (2018-12-09)
 * ... that Zhang Yonglian, who spent 20 years doing classified research for the Chinese government, founded a laboratory to study sperm? (2018-12-08)
 * ... that Wang Enduo survived breast cancer to become an academician of both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences? (2018-12-07)
 * ... that Tracy LaQuey Parker received more than 5,000 emails over two days in 1997 because of spoofing? (2018-12-07)
 * ... that Hillary Clinton is not with I'm with Her? (2018-12-07)
 * ... that the mezzo-soprano Sophie Koch became known internationally when she appeared as Rosina in Rossini's The Barber of Seville at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden? (2018-12-06)
 * ... that Siti Qomariyah was Amat Antono's deputy, successor, and predecessor as regent of Pekalongan, Indonesia? (2018-12-06)
 * ... that Lady Juliana was the physician in charge of King Akbar's royal harem? (2018-12-06)
 * ... that Dorothy Vredenburgh Bush was the first woman to call roll for the Democratic National Convention, doing so for 12 straight conventions? (2018-12-06)
 * ... that a book chapter by Clara Lanza about the women clerks of New York was published as a souvenir of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair? (2018-12-06)
 * ... that the publisher of the first picture book with lesbian characters wanted to change the names of Megan and Shannon, lest readers believe that "only women with Irish heritage were lesbians"? (2018-12-05)
 * ... that this month, the armour and explosives researcher Penelope Endersby became the first female chief executive of the Met Office? (2018-12-05)
 * ... that over the course of 45 years of conservation work by ornithologist Helen Hays (pictured), the tern population of Great Gull Island increased tenfold? (2018-12-05)
 * ... that based on her discoveries, Chen Saijuan developed treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia, turning it into a highly curable disease? (2018-12-05)
 * ... that Benal Nevzat İstar Arıman was elected in 1935 into the Grand National Assembly of Turkey as one of its first women members? (2018-12-05)
 * ... that the English poet Robyn Bolam published her first poem at the age of 15 in an anthology titled Next Wave Poets 1? (2018-12-04)
 * ... that Carly Rae Jepsen teased "Party for One" by posting a picture of herself? (2018-12-04)
 * ... that in 2008, a team led by French astrophysicist Anne-Marie Lagrange directly imaged Beta Pictoris b, an exoplanet, confirming predictions of a massive planet existing around the star Beta Pictoris? (2018-12-04)
 * ... that American businesswoman and suffragist Anna Shelton was driven to eschew traditional women's roles because of a bigamy scandal involving her sister's husband, a Fort Worth mayor? (2018-12-04)
 * ... that Molly Morgan became the mistress of a ship captain so that she could escape from the colony where she lived? (2018-12-03)
 * ... that Patti Smith's title for her second memoir, M Train, refers to a "mind train", the train of thought that "goes to any station it wants"? (2018-12-03)
 * ... that in 1910, Indian obstetrician and gynaecologist Dossibai Patell became the first female member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England? (2018-12-02)
 * ... that Renate Behle (pictured) made her operatic debut in 1968 and appeared as Sara in the premiere of Giorgio Battistelli's Lot at the Staatsoper Hannover in 2017? (2018-12-01)
 * ... that Japanese singer Eir Aoi initially did not show her mouth in physical release images as she wanted to have a "mysterious aura" and emphasize her "powerful" eyes? (2018-11-30)
 * ... that Ankita Bhakat ' s archery team, who entered the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships seeded ninth, won India's fourth overall world youth championships title? (2018-11-30)
 * ... that neuroscientist Yang Dan and her team discovered that mice either enter a dream state or eat more in response to activation of certain brain neurons? (2018-11-29)
 * ... that bryologist Margaret Sibella Brown was awarded an honorary master of arts degree from Acadia University at the age of 84? (2018-11-29)
 * ... that Lula Mysz-Gmeiner (pictured), a contralto and influential voice teacher from Transylvania, performed lieder written for her by Max Reger and other prominent contemporaries? (2018-11-28)
 * ... that Yang Dan was awarded the TWAS Prize for synthesizing bioactive natural compounds? (2018-11-25)
 * ... that during the University of London's General Examination for Women of 1869, a matron was in attendance in case the candidates became over-excited? (2018-11-25)
 * ... that historical novelist Elizabeth Byrd was the editor of a salacious confession magazine in the 1950s? (2018-11-25)
 * ... that trail runner Aurélia Truel gave up on playing handball because she was too short? (2018-11-25)
 * ... that Ratna Ani Lestari and her husband, the regent of Jembrana, were the first married couple to lead two adjacent Indonesian regencies? (2018-11-24)
 * ... that Iris Kadrić played international football for Sweden under-17s, before switching to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina? (2018-11-22)
 * ... that in 1975, Margaret Guilfoyle became the first woman in the history of the Australian parliament to hold a cabinet-level ministerial portfolio? (2018-11-20)
 * ... that neuroendocrinologist Catherine Woolley found evidence of brain plasticity using a technique described in 1873? (2018-11-17)
 * ... that the first woman voted in as head of state says she would not have got her job if women in Iceland had not walked away from theirs? (2018-11-16)
 * ... that Joan L. Mitchell co-invented JPEG? (2018-11-16)
 * ... that according to Lea Hernandez, editor of webcomic subscription service Girlamatic, she originally wanted to call the website "ModernGirls" but the name was already taken by a porn site? (2018-11-16)
 * ... that Zamira Hajiyeva spent £16.3 million at the London department store Harrods (pictured) over a ten-year period? (2018-11-15)
 * ... that racist graffiti on mathematician Chawne Kimber college campus, along with George Carlin's seven dirty words, inspired her to politicize her quilting? (2018-11-15)
 * ... that Tania Tetlow is the first female president of Loyola University New Orleans? (2018-11-14)
 * ... that Liamani Segura, who sang the US national anthem before 1,300 high school basketball fans at age six, taught herself by watching music videos on YouTube? (2018-11-14)
 * ... that the Dutch playwright Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken wrote very popular classicist tragedies, and sent an ode in French to George Washington, for which he thanked her? (2018-11-13)
 * ... that former First Lady of Slovenia Barbara Miklič Türk met her husband and former Slovenian president Danilo Türk while working as a librarian at the United Nations? (2018-11-13)
 * ... that Barbara P. McCarthy disagreed with philologist Rudolf Helm about whether or not Lucian originated a particular form of satiric dialog? (2018-11-12)
 * ... that Leslie Joy Whitehead, a Canadian woman, enlisted in the Serbian Army as a man so that she might get closer to the front lines in World War I? (2018-11-11)
 * ... that Anne Ratna Mustika, her husband, and her uncle all served as regents of Purwakarta, Indonesia? (2018-11-10)
 * ... that as an adult, Marcy Tigner sold more than two million albums featuring her natural child-like voice? (2018-11-09)
 * ... that Frisian poet Cynthia Lenige died in 1780 at age 24, her work being published two years after her death? (2018-11-08)
 * ... that drag racer Roberta Leighton was the first woman licensed by the National Hot Rod Association to race in a Gas class? (2018-11-07)
 * ... that in 1997, the annual Children's Book Award for children's fiction was renamed in honor of Josette Frank? (2018-11-06)
 * ... that historian Catherine Kerrison (pictured) thinks beauty is still important for any woman in the public eye? (2018-11-06)
 * ... that Victorian cook Avis Crocombe (pictured, right) prepared "dead man's leg" for the servants' hall at Audley End House? (2018-11-05)
 * ... that women brewsters were the primary producers of beer before commercialization of the industry? (2018-11-03)
 * ... that on her hundredth birthday, British soprano Carrie Tubb was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Music? (2018-11-03)
 * ... that the Day of the Dead was commemorated by Betsabeé Romero in Mexico City in 2016 with an installation of 103 trajineras (example pictured) decorated as memorial offerings? (2018-11-02)
 * ... that John Lennon and Yoko Ono were heckled for not riding in a hot air balloon? (2018-11-02)
 * ... that Mary Paton Ramsay argued for the influence of medieval mysticism on the poetry of John Donne? (2018-11-01)
 * ... that Victoria Lederberg was a SimCity mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, before becoming a state supreme court justice? (2018-10-30)
 * ... that in 1934, the Austrian biochemist Regina Kapeller-Adler (pictured) developed an innovative test for early pregnancy based on the presence of histidine in urine? (2018-10-30)
 * ... that in 2018, storyboard artist Domee Shi became the first woman to direct a Pixar short film? (2018-10-30)
 * ... that Renee Powell was the first female golfer to compete in a British men's tournament? (2018-10-29)
 * ... that the Georgian hearth goddess Lamaria was venerated exclusively by women, either in private rituals within the home or in private shrines outside the boundaries of villages? (2018-10-28)
 * ... that Israeli songwriter Rachel Shapira first hit song was set to music without her knowledge? (2018-10-27)
 * ... that Canadian national basketball player Élodie Tessier is 3 ft tall? (2018-10-25)
 * ... that Jean Yancey was known in Denver as "the mother of all businesswomen", having helped more than 1,000 women launch their own startups? (2018-10-25)
 * ... that Denise Mueller-Korenek is the only woman to hold the world record for paced bicycle land speed since its establishment in 1899? (2018-10-24)
 * ... that Mary Pitman Ailau and her brother Henry Hoʻolulu Pitman (pictured) were educated at a Hilo school with other biracial students of Hawaiian descent? (2018-10-23)
 * ... that in 2017, Sofía Gómez broke the CMAS Constant Weight Bi-Fins freediving world record, and then broke her own record two days later? (2018-10-22)
 * ... that during World War II, Huang Qingyun published the only Chinese children's magazine in Hong Kong and China, and corresponded with her readers to help them cope with life in wartime? (2018-10-22)
 * ... that the company set up by horticulturist Theodosia Burr Shepherd is considered the foundation of the California seed industry? (2018-10-21)
 * ... that Japanese musician May'n (pictured) adopted her stage name because she wanted her fans to consider her their "main" singer? (2018-10-21)
 * ... that German wheelchair basketball player Barbara Gross plays for the University of Alabama team, which includes two other Germans? (2018-10-21)
 * ... that Karolin Margret Natasa is the first Dayak woman to serve as a regional head in Indonesia? (2018-10-20)
 * ... that the shooting of Oscar Grant motivated Angie Thomas to write a short story that became the basis for her debut novel, The Hate U Give? (2018-10-19)
 * ... that Abhilasha Kumari, the first female Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court in India, served for only 13 days? (2018-10-19)
 * ... that in 2017, Renee Rabinowitz successfully sued El Al after the airline forced her to move at the request of a Haredi Jewish man who refused to sit beside her? (2018-10-18)
 * ... that in 1981, Elnora M. Gilfoyle became the first occupational therapist to receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree? (2018-10-17)
 * ... that the regent of Karawang, Indonesia, claims to have been named after a car? (2018-10-17)
 * ... that Ana María Campos, who died 190 years ago today, is celebrated (monument pictured) as a heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence? (2018-10-17)
 * ... that former ballerina Miranda Esmonde-White claims that people can practice "aging backwards" through eccentric exercise? (2018-10-16)
 * ... that Mary Jane Reoch rode 12 mi to the hospital on her racing bike to give birth to her daughter? (2018-10-16)
 * ... that Venezuelan political activist Rafaela Requesens was a flamenco dancer for fifteen years from the age of six? (2018-10-15)
 * ... that in 1903, the 25-year-old daughter of an illiterate Irish immigrant became the first woman to stand for the Australian House of Representatives? (2018-10-14)
 * ... that at the age of 13, Madeleine Thompson (pictured) was the youngest wheelchair basketball player ever to represent Great Britain? (2018-10-12)
 * ... that American missionary Clarissa Chapman Armstrong led Bible study meetings for Queen Kalama in Hawaii while her husband served as Minister of Public Instruction under King Kamehameha III? (2018-10-12)
 * ... that Türkan Rado was the first female professor of law in Turkey? (2018-10-11)
 * ... that photographer Evgenia Arbugaeva won the trust of a Siberian mammoth-tusk hunter by stitching up his injured hand? (2018-10-11)
 * ... that architect Rose Connor found in 1958 that only one percent of registered architects in the U.S. were female, and seven states had no female architects at all? (2018-10-09)
 * ... that in 2015, Maya Krishna Rao became the first artist to return the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award? (2018-10-09)
 * ... that Eleonore Trefftz was the second woman to become a scientific member of the Max Planck Society? (2018-10-08)
 * ... that in 1833, Ursula Newell Emerson drew some of the earliest surviving manuscript maps of Hawaii for instructional use? (2018-10-07)
 * ... that Almeda Eliza Hitchcock became the first female lawyer in the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1888? (2018-10-04)
 * ... that Wilma Mankiller faced sexism during her campaign for Deputy Chief of the Cherokee Nation, despite Cherokee society being traditionally matrilineal? (2018-10-03)
 * ... that in 1889, the Edinburgh College of Medicine for Women was established in direct competition with Sophia Jex-Blake's School of Medicine for Women? (2018-10-03)
 * ... that one of the two temples visited most often by the Buddha was built by Visakha, a wealthy aristocratic woman who was considered his chief female lay disciple? (2018-10-02)
 * ... that Neeru Chadha is the first Indian woman to be elected as a judge to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea? (2018-10-01)
 * ... that heavy metal vocalist Jill Janus performed at the World Trade Center the night before the September 11 attacks? (2018-10-01)
 * ... that Afro-Cuban poetry reciter Eusebia Cosme performed only in Spanish, but packed American venues such as Carnegie Hall? (2018-09-30)
 * ... that Adrienne Maree Brown writes for Bitch? (2018-09-30)
 * ... that the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship saw the best-ever performance by Team Great Britain, which won the men's competition and was runner-up in the women's? (2018-09-30)
 * ... that Olivia Giacobetti (pictured) popularized the use of figs in perfumery? (2018-09-28)
 * ... that Oakland mayoral candidate Cat Brooks performs in a one-woman show inspired by the death of Natasha McKenna in police custody? (2018-09-27)
 * ... that Manshuk Mametova was the first Kazakh woman to become a Hero of the Soviet Union, after she refused to follow the rest of her unit in retreating from battle in Nevel? (2018-09-26)
 * ... that Honoka Inoue and her mother Kikuko provided the voices of a daughter and mother in the original net animation Pokémon Generations? (2018-09-25)
 * ... that sociologist Ashley Mears conducted an ethnography of the fashion industry while working as a model in New York and London? (2018-09-24)
 * ... that singer Elise Barensfeld is a possible dedicatee of Ludwig van Beethoven's Für Elise? (2018-09-23)
 * ... that in 1944, educator Bazoline Estelle Usher (pictured) became the first African American to have an office at Atlanta City Hall? (2018-09-23)
 * ... that Israa al-Ghomgham could become the first Saudi woman to be beheaded as punishment for defending human rights? (2018-09-22)
 * ... that Helen Woodrow Bones (pictured), US President Woodrow Wilson's first cousin, became a "surrogate First Lady" for 16 months between the death of his first wife and his second marriage? (2018-09-20)
 * ... that Dorothy Papadakos, the first female organist at New York's Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, wrote a musical portraying Roman life in ancient Pompeii when it was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius? (2018-09-20)
 * ... that the murder of Deborah Linsley on a train in 1988 hastened the speed with which British Rail abolished the use of the type of compartment coach in which she died? (2018-09-18)
 * ... that attorney Kristin Cooper, the current First Lady of North Carolina, has performed in several plays with her daughters? (2018-09-18)
 * ... that Kaʻiminaʻauao, a younger sibling of Hawaii's Queen Liliʻuokalani, died in an epidemic that killed more than 10,000 people, mostly Native Hawaiians? (2018-09-17)
 * ... that with the USC Trojans, beach volleyball player Sara Hughes won 103 consecutive matches and 2 NCAA Championships? (2018-09-16)
 * ... that a record reward was raised by the local Crime Stoppers in the month-long search for missing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, who was found dead in a cornfield? (2018-09-16)
 * ... that in 2018, Diede de Groot became the first woman in wheelchair tennis to win both the women's singles and doubles events at Wimbledon? (2018-09-16)
 * ... that "Love Men Holic" by Shiena Nishizawa is a love song that uses ramen-related puns in its lyrics? (2018-09-15)
 * ... that Mexican senator Delfina Gómez Álvarez entered politics at the urging of a former mayor who later ran for the Senate alongside her? (2018-09-14)
 * ... that in 2017, Lorena Cuéllar Cisneros joined eight other Mexican senators in switching parties after a dispute over commission seats, more than doubling the Labor Party's ranks? (2018-09-13)
 * ... that five years ago today, Tiffany Whitton left her handbag and flip-flops behind when she ran out of a Walmart at 2 a.m., and has not been seen since? (2018-09-13)
 * ... that Vanessa Delgado 112-day term in the California State Senate will be the shortest tenure since 1903? (2018-09-12)
 * ... that in 2001, HIV/AIDS campaigner Minoo Mohraz defied a media ban by using the word "condom" on Iranian national television? (2018-09-12)
 * ... that editorial cartoonist Etta Hulme began her artistic career at Walt Disney animation studio under Ward Kimball? (2018-09-11)
 * ... that Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau (pictured) was the last surviving royal student from the Chiefs' Children's School, a select school for the nobles and rulers of the Kingdom of Hawaii? (2018-09-11)
 * ... that mezzo-soprano Sybille Specht appeared as La Belle in a chamber opera by Philip Glass at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz? (2018-09-10)
 * ... that American missionary Mary Sophia Hyde Rice taught Sanford B. Dole, who later became Hawaii only president? (2018-09-10)
 * ... that police investigating the 1988 murder of 8-year-old April Tinsley believed that the murderer also left threatening notes with used condoms on girls' bicycles in 2004? (2018-09-09)
 * ... that Margaret Storkan made seven trips to the developing world on the hospital ship SS Hope where she was the only dermatologist? (2018-09-07)
 * ... that the 19th-century writer Athalia Schwartz addressed the conditions and lives of prostitutes in England, the Netherlands, and Belgium? (2018-09-06)
 * ... that Mary Blair Moody became the first woman to earn an MD from Buffalo Medical College? (2018-09-05)
 * ... that Slovene-American Katka Zupančič wrote children's poetry about the austerity of immigrant life? (2018-09-05)
 * ... that there are no rules against reverse rotational lifts, in which the woman lifts the man, as competition elements in ice dance? (2018-09-05)
 * ... that clothes created by Matilda Etches in the 1940s were the first modern fashion items to be honoured as key acquisitions by London's Victoria and Albert Museum? (2018-09-03)
 * ... that Japanese erotic film star Mitsu Dan writes fiction for literary magazines? (2018-09-02)
 * ... that Keanolani was the illegitimate daughter of King Kamehameha V, who died in 1872 without naming an heir to the throne? (2018-09-01)
 * ... that voice actress Aya Hirano played the lead role in the multi-award-winning anime series The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya? (2018-08-31)
 * ... that Japanese singer Reona was a cosplayer before starting her music career? (2018-08-29)
 * ... that as a high school basketball player, Lometa Odom set the Texas single-game scoring record of 78 points in 1951? (2018-08-28)
 * ... that the Carpenters received hate mail because they combined a soft ballad with a loud electric guitar? (2018-08-27)
 * ... that during Governor Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign, political aide Carol Rasco took over Arkansas's "daily business"? (2018-08-27)
 * ... that Margot Fonteyn (pictured) was The Royal Ballet's prima ballerina for 45 years, before retiring to become a cattle rancher in Panama? (2018-08-26)
 * ... that a story by Argentine mathematician Magdalena Mouján about a Basque family that travels back in time to their homeland was blocked by the Franco regime? (2018-08-26)
 * ... that Ina Hartwig, formerly on the editorial staff of Frankfurter Rundschau, published a biography of Ingeborg Bachmann in 2017? (2018-08-26)
 * ... that the writer İsmet Kür's father and sister were writers, and her daughter is also a writer? (2018-08-23)
 * ... that Lydia May Ames, one of Cleveland's earliest women artists, is sometimes considered its first impressionist painter? (2018-08-23)
 * ... that a solar-powered device for extracting water from the air, co-designed by Evelyn Wang, has been compared to the moisture vaporators in Star Wars? (2018-08-23, 2019-08-23)
 * ... that voice actress Rie Murakawa accolades include the Best Funny Radio and Best Comfort Radio awards in 2016? (2018-08-22)
 * ... that Mimi Mondal is the first writer from India to be nominated for a Hugo Award? (2018-08-21)
 * ... that video artist Joan Braderman superimposed herself onto scenes from the television series Dynasty to critique the characters, plots, and themes? (2018-08-20)
 * ... that opera singer Catherine-Nicole Lemaure was imprisoned overnight for refusing to perform? (2018-08-20)
 * ... that Mindy Alper, the visual artist featured in Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405, helped Mary Stuart Masterson prepare for her role as a mentally ill woman in the 1993 film Benny & Joon? (2018-08-18)
 * ... that Jenny Sabin`s installation Lumen is knitted from solar active yarns that absorb light energy during the day and release it at night? (2018-08-18)
 * ... that John F. Kennedy suggested the State of Washington replace its unofficial motto "Alki with "For You and Me, a Destiny", a lyric from "Washington, My Home", the state song? (2018-08-17)
 * ... that American rapper Gizzle worked as a ghostwriter for other hip hop artists before releasing her debut mixtape in 2017? (2018-08-17)
 * ... that Madonna's (pictured) 1991 song "Rescue Me" made the highest debut for a song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart since the Beatles' "Let It Be" 21 years earlier? (2018-08-16)
 * ... that the publisher of Life with My Sister Madonna, a tell-all book by the singer's younger brother, sold it to retailers without revealing the title or the subject matter in order to create a media stir? (2018-08-16)
 * ... that air conditioning refrigerant HFO-1234yf, developed by a team led by Barbara Haviland Minor, is believed to be used in 50% of new vehicles produced in 2018, to help counter global warming? (2018-08-16)
 * ... that ethnic Croat journalist Štefica Galić has been called the "Schindler of Ljubuški" for helping save an estimated two-thirds of the town's Bosniaks during the Croat–Bosniak War? (2018-08-15)
 * ... that as CEO of Denver Health, Dr. Patricia A. Gabow streamlined operations, improved patient care, and cut excessive spending using a system based on the Toyota Production System? (2018-08-15)
 * ... that Mary Fenton, the first Anglo-Indian actress of the Parsi, Gujarati, and Urdu theatre, was introduced to acting by her husband, Kavasji Palanji Khatau? (2018-08-14)
 * ... that Marie Lehmann, one of the Rhinemaidens (pictured) at the first Bayreuth Festival in 1876, sang the soprano solo in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony for the groundbreaking of the Bayreuth Festival Theatre? (2018-08-13)
 * ... that Chinese spy Zheng Pingru (pictured), who was executed after an assassination attempt on a Japanese collaborator, is believed to have inspired the novella Lust, Caution, and its film adaptation? (2018-08-12)
 * ... that Grace Macurdy shaped the field of classics by pulling together both material and textual evidence as sources in her studies of individual women? (2018-08-12)
 * ... that the research of 2017 Spinoza Prize winner Eveline Crone has led the Netherlands to extend its juvenile detention age limit from 18 to 23? (2018-08-10)
 * ... that Teuira Henry (pictured) reconstructed her English missionary grandfather's lost manuscript describing Tahitian history by using his notes? (2018-08-09)
 * ... that the Argentinian mezzo-soprano Alicia Nafé appeared in her signature role as Bizet's Carmen alongside Plácido Domingo in San Francisco, and at the Metropolitan Opera with Domingo as conductor? (2018-08-09)
 * ... that Erinea Garcia Gallegos, one of the first college-educated Hispanic women in Colorado, was appointed postmistress of the city of San Luis by President Franklin D. Roosevelt? (2018-08-08)
 * ... that the YouTube channel ContraPoints releases humorous, left-leaning educational videos responding to the arguments of the growing community of right-wing YouTubers? (2018-08-07)
 * ... that the mezzo-soprano Carla Henius performed in the premiere of Luigi Nono's Intolleranza 1960 at La Fenice, and had a composition by Dieter Schnebel written for her voice? (2018-08-07)
 * ... that followers of the second-century Carpocratian Christian leader Marcellina venerated Greek philosophers alongside Jesus? (2018-08-06)
 * ... that Malala Yousafzai's 2013 autobiography I Am Malala was banned in 152,000 private schools in Pakistan? (2018-08-06)
 * ... that Carrie Goldberg, who is representing two women accusing Harvey Weinstein of sexual abuse, once served as a case manager for Holocaust victims? (2018-08-06)
 * ... that Kelly M. Quintanilla, the first person in her family to attend a university, became the first female president of Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi? (2018-08-04)
 * ... that Sara Hershkowitz, who usually appears on the opera stage as the Queen of the Night and Zerbinetta, parodied Donald Trump in Ligeti's Mysteries of the Macabre at the Lowlands Festival? (2018-08-02)
 * ... that Catherine Gayer, who was a coloratura soprano for four decades at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, premiered Nono's Intolleranza 1960 in Venice, and Reimann's Melusine at the Schwetzingen Festival? (2018-08-01)
 * ... that before she became a star in Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, Dee Booher first professional match was against a 700 lb bear? (2018-07-31)
 * ... that Kateryna Kasper appeared at the Los Angeles Opera as Belinda in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, staged by Barrie Kosky, and in Frankfurt as Antonida in Glinka's Iwan Sussanin, staged by Harry Kupfer? (2018-07-30)
 * ... that the song "Saving Light" was released as part of "Make Trance #1 Again", an initiative that encouraged fans to purchase the song on Beatport to support an anti-bullying charity? (2018-07-29)
 * ... that the fatal shooting of her son inspired Lucy McBath to advocate for gun control and ultimately run for the United States Congress? (2018-07-29)
 * ... that when Minna Lammert, Lilli Lehmann and her sister Marie rehearsed as the Rhinemaidens for the first performance of Das Rheingold in Bayreuth, Wagner thanked them "with tears of joy"? (2018-07-25)
 * ... that 8-year-old Hailey Dawson (pictured) wants to throw out the first pitch in all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums using her 3D-printed robotic hand? (2018-07-25)
 * ... that the same day her husband was murdered, 55-year-old Byzantine Empress Zoë Porphyrogenita (pictured) married her young lover and had him crowned emperor the next day? (2018-07-24)
 * ... that Petra Schmidt has performed operatic title roles such as Dvořák's Rusalka and Ponchielli's La Gioconda at the Musiktheater im Revier? (2018-07-24)
 * ... that despite earning the second-highest score in the 2018 U.S. Championships at junior level, Alysa Liu was too young to compete at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships? (2018-07-24)
 * ... that mezzo-soprano Patricia Payne made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Ponchielli's La Gioconda, and took part in the first performance of Britten's Peter Grimes in New Zealand? (2018-07-21)
 * ... that more than 500 people were arrested at the Women Disobey protest in Washington, D.C. in June, including U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal and actress Susan Sarandon? (2018-07-20)
 * ... that Tuluhan Tekelioğlu made a documentary film on organ transplantation while her father was undergoing and recovering from bypass surgery in a hospital in Antalya? (2018-07-20)
 * ... that the puppets of Rene Strange (pictured) puppets included Annie Pride of the Rockies, Mr Bertram, and Samoa the Hula Hula Girl? (2018-07-20)
 * ... that Sarah Louvion, playing principal flute with the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, recorded 20th-century French music with solo flute by André Jolivet, Jacques Ibert, and others? (2018-07-19)
 * ... that mezzo-soprano Sara Sheffield is the first female feature vocalist in the history of the "the President's Own" United States Marine Band? (2018-07-16)
 * ... that Martha Erika Alonso stopped using her husband's last name in public during her campaign for Governor of Puebla? (2018-07-16)
 * ... that Li Lin, her husband, and her father (pictured together with her mother) were all academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences? (2018-07-16)
 * ... that Theodora was dragged from a monastery and forced to become Empress of the Byzantine Empire against her will? (2018-07-13)
 * ... that Dutch psychiatrist Tina Strobos (pictured), who rescued over 100 Jewish refugees during World War II, said that her grandmother was the only person she knew who scared the Gestapo? (2018-07-12)
 * ... that French mezzo-soprano Isabelle Druet is a fan of reggae? (2018-07-10)
 * ... that of thrice-married composer Alma Mahler (pictured), Tom Lehrer crooned, "Alma, tell us!/ All modern women are jealous/ Which of your magical wands/ got you Gustav and Walter and Franz"? (2018-07-10)
 * ... that Mexican-American human rights activist Alicia Cuarón became a Franciscan nun in her fifties? (2018-07-09)
 * ... that Cornelia Wulkopf made her operatic debut in the centenary production of Wagner's Ring Cycle at the Bayreuth Festival and recorded the alto part in Bach's Mass in B minor with Sergiu Celibidache? (2018-07-08)
 * ... that Claire Ptak baked the lemon and elderflower wedding cake for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle? (2018-07-07)
 * ... that Tammie Jo Shults (pictured), captain of Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, was one of the first female fighter pilots in the US Navy? (2018-07-06)
 * ... that Britta Stallmeister, the Forest Bird in Bayreuth in 2001, appeared as Germa in a new chamber opera at the Schlachthof Wiesbaden in 2018? (2018-07-06)
 * ... that 98 years ago, biologist Edith Roberts founded the first ecological laboratory in the US, inspiring landscape architect Elsa Rehmann to use native plant communities in garden design? (2018-07-05)
 * ... that Carmen y Laura, sisters who formed a duo for mostly Tejano music, learned to harmonize by singing together while doing chores in separate rooms? (2018-07-05)
 * ... that Mary Walker overcame a tragedy and a serious injury to win the 2012 World Barrel Racing Championship? (2018-07-04)
 * ... that New Jersey musician 070 Shake was featured in a Vogue essay on rising queer stars in rap music? (2018-07-04)
 * ... that international windsurfing champion Lena Erdil is the daughter of a Turkish father and a German mother, who met each other while windsurfing? (2018-07-03)
 * ... that Andrea L. Thompson served in the United States Army for 28 years before becoming National Security Advisor to the Vice President? (2018-07-03)
 * ... that Ofir Ben Shitrit was suspended from her religious girls' high school after singing on The Voice Israel? (2018-07-02)
 * ... that Carmen Casco de Lara Castro, founder of one of the first human rights organizations in Latin America, was arrested, denied a passport, and monitored by the Stroessner regime? (2018-07-02)
 * ... that more than 400 female Red Guards were shot after being captured during the 1918 Finnish Civil War, with some being raped before execution? (2018-07-01)
 * ... that Princess Vera Gedroits (pictured)—good author but indifferent poet, lesbian but married a man—was a Russian military surgeon who pioneered battlefield laparotomy? (2018-06-30)
 * ... that soprano Maria Bengtsson (pictured) was described as the quintessential Strauss interpreter following her recent debut in the title role of Arabella? (2018-06-28)
 * ... that if elected, Democratic candidate Deb Haaland would be the first Native American woman to become a member of the United States House of Representatives? (2018-06-28)
 * ... that funding for Celia Brackenridge research into child protection in football was ended because the sport "was not ready for a gay former lacrosse international rummaging through its dirty linen"? (2018-06-28)
 * ... that Croatian theater director Saša Broz trademarked the name and signatures of her grandfather, Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito? (2018-06-25)
 * ... that the London firm of Mary Hayley arranged the shipment of tea involved in the Boston Tea Party? (2018-06-23)
 * ... that Giulia Bongiorno, a defense lawyer in both the Giulio Andreotti trials and the Amanda Knox trial, is now the Italian Minister of Public Administration? (2018-06-23)
 * ... that Irish author Sally Rooney has been described as "Salinger for the Snapchat generation"? (2018-06-22)
 * ... that Eunice Lam, called the "prodigal daughter" of Hong Kong, was the sister-in-law of Bruce Lee? (2018-06-22)
 * ... that Mormon novelist Mette Ivie Harrison attributes part of her success in writing to her autism, which forces her to closely analyze human behavior? (2018-06-21)
 * ... that after she was fired by fascists for being a Jew, agronomist Elza Polak ran a network of gardens to feed the Yugoslav Partisan resistance movement during World War II? (2018-06-21)
 * ... that actress Edna Loftus freed her fiancé from an asylum after his mother had him committed? (2018-06-21)
 * ... that Jill S. Tietjen tries to supply more role models for women in engineering and technology by regularly nominating candidates for awards and halls of fame? (2018-06-20)
 * ... that US Navy Rear Admiral Alma M. Grocki (pictured) played a key role in the creation of breast insignia for the engineering duty officer role? (2018-06-19)
 * ... that Gujarati folk singer Diwaliben Bhil was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India? (2018-06-18)
 * ... that junior Turkish aerobic gymnast Ayşe Begüm Onbaşı is nicknamed "Medal Monster" due to the many medals she has won? (2018-06-18)
 * ... that Virginia Fraser, the Long-Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Colorado, created a bingo game that teaches nursing home residents about their rights? (2018-06-17)
 * ... that Dutch Arabist Petra Stienen was awarded the Aletta Jacobs Prize by the University of Groningen for "using her work to represent and transmit the voices of women who would otherwise not be heard"? (2018-06-17)
 * ... that Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa feminist group New Wave Feminists was removed as a partner of the 2017 Women's March after organizers discovered the group was pro-life? (2018-06-17)
 * ... that Roza Papo, who nearly lost an eye in an air raid in 1942 after refusing to take shelter, later became the first woman general in the Balkans? (2018-06-16, 2019-06-16)
 * ... that mezzo-soprano Hedwig Fassbender, who also appeared in soprano roles such as Wagner's Isolde, has been an influential voice teacher in Frankfurt? (2018-06-14)
 * ... that Deborah Bial uses Lego to test whether students are ready for college? (2018-06-13)
 * ... that soprano Christina Gerstberger recorded the role of Lisida in E. T. A. Hoffmann's Liebe und Eifersucht in a performance at the Ludwigsburg Festival? (2018-06-13)
 * ... that Iva Despić-Simonović, court sculptor to King Alexander and Queen Maria of Yugoslavia, had to buy a cow to support her family during the Second World War and hid it in her atelier? (2018-06-12)
 * ... that despite being a Serb, Tatjana Ljujić-Mijatović stayed in Serb-besieged Sarajevo and became the only woman member of the wartime Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina? (2018-06-11)
 * ... that eccentric dancer Betty Knox, of Wilson, Keppel and Betty, later became a war correspondent and reported on the Nuremberg trials? (2018-06-10)
 * ... that Japanese voice actress Haruka Tomatsu appeared as herself in the television series Koe Girl!? (2018-06-09)
 * ... that African-American civil rights activist Pauline Short Robinson broke the color barrier at the Denver Public Library? (2018-06-08)
 * ... that despite writing extensively about women's rights and being the first Croatian author to feature a feminist character, Jagoda Truhelka remains best known for her children's literature? (2018-06-08)
 * ... that Juliet Appiah is the first Ghanaian police officer to be awarded a FIFA refereeing badge? (2018-06-07)
 * ... that Güzide Alçu and her two teammates were referred to the disciplinary board for displaying V signs that were interpreted by the Turkish Football Federation as insulting? (2018-06-06)
 * ... that Milena Mrazović (pictured), Bosnia-Herzegovina's first journalist, was branded an "unbearable, quarrelsome, scheming woman" for refusing to do the government's bidding in her newspaper? (2018-06-04)
 * ... that having won a world title in 2016 at the age of 68, professional barrel racer Mary Burger became the oldest rodeo world champion? (2018-06-04)
 * ... that the first name of Lucy Heartfilia, the Fairy Tail manga and anime series' main female protagonist, was inspired by the Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"? (2018-06-04)
 * ... that Maribel Parra de Mestre is the first female vice admiral of Venezuela? (2018-06-03)
 * ... that Croatian oceanographer Mira Zore-Armanda had difficulty gaining passage on research vessels because she was a woman? (2018-06-02)
 * ... that in 1957, violinist Wanda Wiłkomirska and pianist Jadwiga Szamotulska recorded classical music for children, including concertos by Viotti and Accolay? (2018-06-02)
 * ... that 23-year-old Japanese voice actress and singer Yurika Endō is retiring for health reasons after her solo concert today? (2018-06-01)
 * ... that Saudi women are organising an anti male-guardianship campaign? (2018-06-01)
 * ... that Maurine Whipple Mormon epic The Giant Joshua was the most-borrowed book in the Salt Lake City Public Library in 1989? (2018-05-31)
 * ... that Madeleine Moreau is the only French athlete to win an Olympic medal in diving? (2018-05-31)
 * ... that World War II servicewoman Mary Greyeyes (pictured, left) was incorrectly labeled as an "unidentified Indian princess" in a famous Canadian Women's Army Corps publicity photo? (2018-05-30)
 * ... that an opera was composed for mezzo-soprano Birgit Remmert – Iokaste by Stefan Heucke – in which the mother and wife of Oedipus is the only role? (2018-05-27)
 * ... that Teodora Krajewska, one of the first female physicians in Bosnia-Herzegovina, rode a pony to visit her patients in remote mountain villages? (2018-05-26)
 * ... that the Turkish-Cypriot women's footballer Zehra Borazancı has played international football tennis for her country? (2018-05-25)
 * ... that in 2005, the Northern Irish artist Rita Duffy made a proposal to tow an iceberg from Greenland to Belfast? (2018-05-25)
 * ... that Ursula K. Le Guin wrote "Old Music and the Slave Women", set on a fictional planet, after visiting a plantation in South Carolina that had once used slave labor? (2018-05-25)
 * ... that Puerto Rican actress Sol Miranda created a one-woman show about her immigrant experience in Peekskill, New York? (2018-05-24)
 * ... that a bobblehead of Sister Jean, the chaplain for the Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team, sold for more than $300 on eBay? (2018-05-24)
 * ... that after a future philologist older brother reportedly shot their missionary mother, their reverend father said he would not let the facts be known? (2018-05-24)
 * ... that Katharina Magiera, a member of the Frankfurt Opera, has appeared as Lisa, a former SS officer in Auschwitz, in Weinberg's opera The Passenger? (2018-05-23)
 * ... that Japanese voice actress Inori Minase, who won the Best Lead Actress Award at the 10th Seiyu Awards in 2015, is releasing her second album today? (2018-05-23)
 * ... that Corinne Foxx changed her surname from Bishop as her father, Jamie Foxx, had done? (2018-05-22)
 * ... that Birgit Arrhenius revealed that a Torslunda plate helmeted figure, thought to represent Odin, had its eye deliberately struck out, consistent with the associated legend? (2018-05-22)
 * ... that a coroner's inquest into the death of Ms Dhu found that she suffered "unprofessional and inhumane" treatment by police and "deficient" treatment by hospital staff? (2018-05-20)
 * ... that Anne Beaumanoir (pictured) and her parents were recognised as Righteous Among the Nations for saving two Jewish children in France during the Second World War? (2018-05-18)
 * ... that a 19-year-old female student, Wu Shuqing, formed, trained, and capably led her own women's militia in the Xinhai Revolution of 1911? (2018-05-17)
 * ... that in 1953, US Navy pharmacist Katherine Keating was an official witness for a prisoner of war exchange aboard the hospital ship USS Haven? (2018-05-17)
 * ... that "legendary" Chinese actress Wang Danfeng‎ (pictured) was invited to attend the inauguration of US President Ronald Reagan? (2018-05-16)
 * ... that as a child, Nagi Yanagi became interested in music after playing with an electronic keyboard her neighbor originally intended to throw away? (2018-05-15)
 * ... that Mrs. David Wright's Guard was formed by female patriots in the American Revolutionary War to guard a crossing on the Nashua River? (2018-05-15)
 * ... that members of the Krom Klone (pictured), the all-female bodyguard of the King of Siam, had to take a vow of chastity, though an exception was made for marrying the king? (2018-05-14)
 * ... that while posted to London during the First World War, journalist Beatrice Nasmyth had her brother smuggle her articles back to Canada to avoid censorship? (2018-05-14)
 * ... that the Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion, formed by the Soviet Union in the Second World War, was named after a Polish woman who fought against Russia? (2018-05-13)
 * ... that Leslie Webster spent her entire career at the British Museum? (2018-05-12)
 * ... that Erica Schwartz (pictured) provided health protection guidance for the US military's response to Hurricane Katrina, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the West Africa Ebola outbreak? (2018-05-12)
 * ... that Wendy Watson Nelson taught nursing students that "the family's ability to change depends upon their ability to alter their perception of the problem"? (2018-05-11)
 * ... that the pianist Margarita Höhenrieder has premiered works dedicated to her by Harald Genzmer, including a concerto for piano, trumpet, and strings? (2018-05-11)
 * ... that Croatia's first female general joined the army by mistake? (2018-05-11)
 * ... that fashion model Nikki Sievwright captured a wanted man by searching a woman's knickers? (2018-05-10)
 * ... that the Portuguese international footballers Matilde Fidalgo and Bernardo Silva are cousins? (2018-05-10)
 * ... that Ruby Boye (pictured) was Australia's only female coastwatcher? (2018-05-09)
 * ... that the Turkish international Dilara Özlem Sucuoğlu started to play football in Germany at the age of five inspired by her father, a football coach? (2018-05-09)
 * ... that Blanche McVeigh home workshop had a Sturges printing press so heavy that the floor needed to be shored up to support it? (2018-05-09)
 * ... that mezzo-soprano Melinda Paulsen was the first to record songs by Nadia Boulanger and Ethel Smyth? (2018-05-08)
 * ... that Mabel St Clair Stobart became the first woman to be promoted to the rank of major in any national army? (2018-05-08)
 * ... that Henriette Feuerbach (pictured) wrote a book for women and promoted the art of her stepson, the painter Anselm Feuerbach? (2018-05-08)
 * ... that Louise Antonini disguised herself as a man to serve in the French Navy and Napoleon's army for a total of 25 years? (2018-05-07)
 * ... that Gaboimilla, a mythical Chilean queen, is said to have allowed men into her kingdom only for procreation? (2018-05-07)
 * ... that in the only church dedicated to Saint Wendreda, the roof is decorated with 118 oaken angels? (2018-05-06)
 * ... that Charlotte Serber worked at the secret Project Y during World War II, but after the war could not get a security clearance to work as a librarian at Berkeley? (2018-05-06)
 * ... that Pulitzer Prize-nominated film critic Ann Hornaday was once an assistant to Gloria Steinem? (2018-05-06)
 * ... that the US Air Force Association's highest award for nursing is named in honor of Juanita Redmond Hipps? (2018-05-05)
 * ... that Oleta Crain, one of only three black women officers in training in the U.S. Army in 1943, was not allowed to sleep in the same barracks or take a shower at the same time as the white women? (2018-05-03)
 * ... that ballerina Joan Benesh married the man who suggested a better way of notating her dances? (2018-05-03)
 * ... that Greta Arwidsson, Sweden's first female professor of Scandinavian and Comparative Archaeology, turned to the subject while excavating the Valsgärde boat graves in school? (2018-05-03)
 * ... that Nicole Girard-Mangin, the first woman doctor to serve in the French army, was initially paid at the same rate as a nurse? (2018-05-01)
 * ... that the duties of Mollie Lentaigne, a nurse during the Second World War, included drawing the experimental surgery (example pictured) being performed on members of the Guinea Pig Club? (2018-05-01)
 * ... that Mary A. Monroe was the first woman to serve as president of the Washington Education Association? (2018-05-01)
 * ... that Both Lives Matter ran an advertising campaign in 2017 with billboards featuring the headline "100,000 people are alive today because of our laws on abortion. Why change that?" (2018-05-01)
 * ... that Hungarian mathematician Márta Svéd earned her Ph.D. at age 75? (2018-04-30)
 * ... that Astrid Medina farms coffee at over 1800 m? (2018-04-30)
 * ... that for the production of 47 Ronin, costume designer Penny Rose oversaw the creation of 998 costumes and 400 suits of armour? (2018-04-29)
 * ... that a children's book illustrated by Gerald Kelley parodies another children's book written by Charlotte Pence about her pet rabbit Marlon Bundo (pictured) by portraying him as gay? (2018-04-29)
 * ... that Mariya Tsukanova was the only woman in the Soviet–Japanese War to be awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union? (2018-04-29)
 * ... that Franz Schubert dedicated compositions to Cathinka Buchwieser (pictured), a soprano who appeared in Vienna as Mozart's Sesto and Elvira, and as Ferdinando Paer's Achille and Leonora? (2018-04-29)
 * ... that Berthe Fraser, a French Resistance agent, helped more than 100 Allied airmen and other agents escape during the Second World War? (2018-04-29)
 * ... that Elizabeth Paston first husband died in battle fighting for the House of York, and her second husband was beheaded for treason against it? (2018-04-28)
 * ... that in 1851, the German soprano Anna Bochkoltz-Falconi appeared at La Scala in Milan in Pergolesi's Lo frate 'nnamorato? (2018-04-28)
 * ... that African singer-songwriter and rapper Sampa the Great has performed as a supporting act for Joey Bada$, as well as Kendrick Lamar and Thundercat? (2018-04-27)
 * ... that when Ukrainian pianist Milana Chernyavska recorded Nikolai Rakov's violin sonatas with David Frühwirth, a review called her "a full partner in the proceedings, delicate and brutal as required"? (2018-04-27)
 * ... that Katherine Oppenheimer, the wife of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, was a cousin of German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel? (2018-04-26)
 * ... that part of the University of Texas at Arlington campus used to be the site of a home for unwed mothers and orphans? (2018-04-26)
 * ... that 98-year-old midwife Sulagitti Narasamma received the Padma Shri award for performing more than 15,000 traditional deliveries free of charge over 70 years? (2018-04-25)
 * ... that Rachel Brown, professor of baroque flute at the Royal College of Music, recorded Private Passion? (2018-04-25)
 * ... that Elisabeth Speiser was the first to record Sandrina in Haydn's opera L'infedeltà delusa, and recorded Debussy's Ariettes oubliées? (2018-04-25)
 * ... that Amanda Swimmer was one of the first individuals to propose different uses and names for traditional Cherokee pottery? (2018-04-25)
 * ... that Sarah Frey (pictured) is the United States' most prolific pumpkin grower? (2018-04-24)
 * ... that a letter by Maria Perkins, a literate slave, is the only record of her existence? (2018-04-24)
 * ... that Patricia Lovett created a medieval-style book of hours (pictured) for the BBC production of Wolf Hall? (2018-04-23)
 * ... that Princess Minkhaung Medaw of Prome was twice married off by her brothers, becoming queen of Hanthawaddy and later of Mrauk U? (2018-04-23)
 * ... that soprano Margarete Luise Schick, who performed roles such as Gluck's Iphigenie and Mozart's Zerlina with noted diction and acting, sang for the coronation of Leopold II? (2018-04-23)
 * ... that Romanian singer Corina portrays a female punk burlesque character in the music video for her 2010 single "No Sleepin'"? (2018-04-22)
 * ... that while Mary E. Woolley Chamberlain was mayor of Kanab, Utah, she passed an ordinance prohibiting the use of slingshots in town? (2018-04-22)
 * ... that the Ayahs' Home in London provided a refuge for Indian and Chinese nannies who had been "ill-treated, dismissed from service or simply abandoned"? (2018-04-22)
 * ... that a coat designed by Andrea Galer and worn by the character of Withnail in the British cult film Withnail and I was included in a charity auction to raise funds for a school in Swaziland? (2018-04-22)
 * ... that Jeb Bush was the campaign manager for Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's first Congressional campaign? (2018-04-21)
 * ... that singer Rihanna's Fenty Beauty cosmetics line was named one of Time magazine's best inventions of 2017? (2018-04-20)
 * ... that Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane was praised by critics for its portrayal of strong and healthy sibling relationships? (2018-04-19)
 * ... that Carolyn McAskie was the first Canadian to lead a United Nations peacekeeping mission, post-Cold War? (2018-04-16)
 * ... that Laura Kamhuber (pictured) rendition of "I Will Always Love You" at The Voice Kids Germany is the most-watched YouTube video by an Austrian artist? (2018-04-09)
 * ... that at age 16, sport shooter Manu Bhaker became the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup? (2018-04-07)
 * ... that Laura Barney Harding once declared she was Katharine Hepburn's husband? (2018-04-05)
 * ... that Canadian soprano Kirsten MacKinnon, a winner of the Met Auditions, appeared as Fiordiligi at the Glyndebourne Festival, and as Meyerbeer's Inès at the Frankfurt Opera, staged as a space mission? (2018-03-31)
 * ... that Susan O'Malley was the first female president of an NBA franchise? (2018-03-30)
 * ... that the English radiographer Ethel Armstrong has worked for the National Health Service since the day it was founded in 1948? (2018-03-30)
 * ... that Gujarati poet Panna Naik was inspired to write by Anne Sexton's Love Poetry? (2018-03-28)
 * ... that Welsh sisters Jessie Ace and Margaret Wright (pictured) used their shawls as a rope to rescue lifeboat crew who had fallen overboard during the rescue of a German barque in 1883? (2018-03-28)
 * ... that Emily Riehl, former bassist for the band Unstraight, wrote about "unstraightening" in her research as a professional mathematician? (2018-03-28)
 * ... that when the English surgeon Frances Ivens joined the military hospital at Royaumont in France during the First World War, she had no experience in treating men? (2018-03-27)
 * ... that Mary Nomura, a singer who was sent to the Manzanar concentration camp as an orphaned teenager, became known as the "songbird of Manzanar"? (2018-03-26)
 * ... that Elsa Cavelti, who appeared in dramatic roles at the Opernhaus Zürich and taught voice at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt, was Wagner's Brangäne at La Scala? (2018-03-25)
 * ... that the Thai Buddhist temple Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen organizes blood donations every three months? (2018-03-23)
 * ... that philologist Caroline Brady wrote about the words used for weapons and warriors in the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf? (2018-03-23)
 * ... that in October 2017, Alhambra Nievas became the first woman to referee a men's international rugby union match in Europe? (2018-03-22)
 * ... that Doreen Simmons was awarded Japan's Order of the Rising Sun for her sumo television commentaries? (2018-03-21)
 * ... that Allanah Harper was responsible for introducing W. H. Auden, T. S. Eliot, and Virginia Woolf to the French people? (2018-03-21)
 * ... that despite odds estimated at 17 trillion to one, Evelyn Adams won two multi-million dollar lottery jackpots in the span of four months? (2018-03-19)
 * ... that in 1998, Dottie Lamm, former First Lady of Colorado, ran for a US Senate seat against the same man who had defeated her husband in the Democratic primary for the same seat six years earlier? (2018-03-19)
 * ... that Captain Marvel is expected to be Marvel Studios' first female-led film? (2018-03-19)
 * ... that oceanographer and former Florida State University dean Nancy Marcus was also a magician and ventriloquist? (2018-03-18)
 * ... that Arthur and Morley Cowles Ballantine, co-publishers of The Durango Herald, sometimes wrote opposing editorials, as when he endorsed Nixon and she Humphrey for president in 1968? (2018-03-17)
 * ... that female urinals available today (example pictured) are typically used in a "skiing" position? (2018-03-17)
 * ... that Zofia Posmysz (pictured), Auschwitz inmate No. 7566, wrote an audio play on her memories, which became the basis for her 1962 novel Passenger, a 1963 film, and a 1968 opera? (2018-03-16)
 * ... that Tillie Walden's graphic novel Spinning, a memoir of her adolescent career as a competitive figure skater, was originally her thesis for the Center for Cartoon Studies? (2018-03-16)
 * ... that Elizabeth Kane wrote a book sympathetic to Mormon polygamists while simultaneously objecting to how polygamy subjugated women? (2018-03-15)
 * ... that Camilla Nylund (pictured) appeared as the Countess in Capriccio by Richard Strauss at the Frankfurt Opera, staged by Brigitte Fassbaender, who set the opera in Occupied France? (2018-03-14)
 * ... that the Pugwashite, Patricia Lindop, worked with Nobel Prize winner Joseph Rotblat on the effects of radiation on living organisms? (2018-03-13)
 * ... that Virginia Woolf was conceived despite her mother Julia Stephen and father doing "what they could to prevent me", since "contraception was a very imperfect art" in the 19th century? (2018-03-13)
 * ... that the appearance of Ash Lynx, the main character in the manga Banana Fish, is based on tennis player Stefan Edberg and actor River Phoenix? (2018-03-12)
 * ... that Rie Takahashi decided to pursue a voice acting career after noticing that many male characters were voiced by females? (2018-03-11)
 * ... that at the inquest into the death of Catherine Lynch (pictured), the presiding coroner described her as "one of a class who were a nuisance to themselves, their husbands and everybody else"? (2018-03-11)
 * ... that in 1896, Arthur Schuster illustrated his lectures on the newly-discovered X-rays with images of his daughter Norah Schuster (hands pictured) that required a 10-minute exposure? (2018-03-10)
 * ... that pianist Katharina Sellheim and two other women played piano trios by Beethoven, Waterhouse, and Mendelssohn at the Beethovenfest? (2018-03-10)
 * ... that British suffragettes (pictured) had to stand in the gutter to sell their newspaper Votes for Women, or risk being arrested for obstructing the pavement? (2018-03-08)
 * ... that Mary Ann Kerwin, co-founder of La Leche League, said that when breastfeeding in the US in the 1950s, "we would practically smother our babies with blankets to avoid showing any breast"? (2018-03-08)
 * ... that Emma Jane Gay, known for her photographs of the Nez Perce people in the late 19th century, is identified as the first American lesbian photographer? (2018-03-08)
 * ... that an illiterate Thai nun became a highly revered spiritual leader in her community, and more than 250,000 people attended her funeral? (2018-03-08)
 * ... that Catherine Rückwardt, who was Generalmusikdirektorin at the Staatstheater Mainz for a decade and one of only four women in such a position in Germany, conducted a recording of the First Symphony by Hans Rott? (2018-03-08)
 * ... that Annalisa Crannell brings chopsticks to art galleries as a tool for finding vanishing points? (2018-03-08)
 * ... that Camilla Gray attempts to stage an exhibition of Russian art in Britain were hindered by Soviet antipathy to abstract art? (2018-03-06)
 * ... that Alysia Rissling was the pilot for the first ever all-woman team in an official four-man bobsleigh race after the event became gender neutral? (2018-03-05)
 * ... that Susan Goldberg was the first woman editor-in-chief of National Geographic magazine? (2018-03-04)
 * ... that Kiyono Yasuno furthered her interest in voice acting at a young age by watching videos of dubs being recorded? (2018-03-03)
 * ... that the disappearance of Suzanne Lyall from the SUNY Albany campus 20 years ago led to changes in federal and state laws on how campus police departments handle major investigations? (2018-03-03)
 * ... that the lyric soprano Anny Felbermayer, who performed 54 roles at the Vienna State Opera, created the role of Xanthe in Die Liebe der Danae by Richard Strauss at the 1952 Salzburg Festival? (2018-03-01)
 * ... that the recognition of Marițica Bibescu (pictured) as Princess-consort of Wallachia involved "complicated maneuvers", including the ousting of an Ecumenical Patriarch? (2018-02-28)
 * ... that African-American civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer (pictured) was brutally beaten on the orders of police in Mississippi for standing up against racial segregation? (2018-02-27)
 * ... that 16-year-old Hailie Deegan is the only full-time female driver in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West? (2018-02-26)
 * ... that because she felt she lacked acting experience, Japanese voice actress Tomori Kusunoki initially auditioned as a singer? (2018-02-24)
 * ... that after the shooting of Trayvon Martin, Seattle author Ijeoma Oluo started writing about her social concerns on a blog that she had previously devoted to food? (2018-02-24)
 * ... that Evelyn Terhune, a member of the U.S. fencing team at the 1960 Summer Olympics, took up the sport on a dare? (2018-02-23)
 * ... that Susanna Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe (pictured) was one of Queen Victoria's longest serving ladies-in-waiting? (2018-02-21)
 * ... that Huang Zongying and her husband Zhao Dan were both named among the best 100 actors in the history of Chinese cinema? (2018-02-20)
 * ... that Australian mathematician Katherine Heinrich was the first female president of the Canadian Mathematical Society? (2018-02-18)
 * ... that a housewife, Bhogeswari Phukanani, played a part in the Quit India Movement and lost her life in doing so? (2018-02-16)
 * ... that the longest-serving woman in the House of Commons of Northern Ireland was also the grandmother of two prime ministers? (2018-02-15)
 * ... that in 1912, Granville Pearl Aikman, a judge of the 13th District Court of Kansas, appointed the first female bailiff in US history? (2018-02-15)
 * ... that there was a 58-year gap between the terms of office of the first and second women cabinet ministers of the Republic of Ireland? (2018-02-14)
 * ... that American psychiatrist Bandy X. Lee briefed 12 members of the U.S. Congress on the mental health of President Donald Trump, although she had never met him? (2018-02-12)
 * ... that Illinois-born basketball player Erin Lawless played for Slovakia, despite not being able to speak the language? (2018-02-11)
 * ... that Aileen Hernandez was once told that she would have to hire a "black" taxi if she was going to travel to the traditionally African-American Howard University? (2018-02-09)
 * ... that Blanche Georgiana Vulliamy was fond of portraying bats, goblins, and other reclusive and grotesque creatures? (2018-02-08)
 * ... that a "near-riot" broke out after Cory Booker cast the deciding vote to seat Shanique Speight as a member of the Newark, New Jersey city council? (2018-02-07)
 * ... that German author Natalie Grams set out to write a scientific defense of homeopathy, but instead discontinued her homeopathic practice and wrote a book called Homeopathy Reconsidered? (2018-02-06)
 * ... that Celia M. Burleigh became the first woman pastor ordained into the Unitarian ministry? (2018-02-05)
 * ... that the first time Ethel Page met her husband – a future Australian prime minister – he accidentally set her on fire? (2018-02-04)
 * ... that Donna Kennedy became the world's most-capped women's rugby player in 2004, and by 2007 was also the most-capped player of any gender in Scotland, retiring in 2010 with 115 caps? (2018-02-04)
 * ... that Savannah Jordan was the first soccer player in the history of the Southeastern Conference to be named SEC Offensive Player of the Year as a freshman? (2018-02-03)
 * ... that when soprano Lucy Crowe became ill, her replacement Sabina Puértolas had only three hours to rehearse before performing at the Royal Opera House in London? (2018-02-03)
 * ... that after making a portrait bust of Giuseppe Garibaldi, sculptor Elisabet Ney is thought to have provided him with military intelligence during the Third Italian War of Independence? (2018-02-02)
 * ... that Mildred Dilling was paid with a dozen carnations and a jar of pickles for her first harp performance? (2018-01-31)
 * ... that Ilona Durigo, one of the leading concert contraltos of her time, performed in the first recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion, conducted by Willem Mengelberg? (2018-01-31)
 * ... that prior to serving as executive fashion director for Cosmopolitan and Seventeen, and as a judge for Project Runway: Junior, Aya Kanai considered careers in puppetry and fine art? (2018-01-29)
 * ... that activist Mandisa Thomas was recognized in the bill officially proclaiming October 15, 2017, as the 16th annual celebration of California Freethought Day? (2018-01-28)
 * ... that Colette Lorand made her debut as Gounod's Marguerite in 1945, created Reimann's Regan in 1978, and retired as Janáček's Emilia Marty in 1983? (2018-01-27)
 * ... that Gudy Gaskill, the driving force behind the creation of the 567 mi Colorado Trail, was honored by Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush for her volunteerism? (2018-01-26)
 * ... that the actress Martina Mayne published an English translation of the work of the German poet Paula Ludwig? (2018-01-25)
 * ... that following its recent rediscovery, Dora Saker 1917 book Practical Cheddar Cheese-making has "quickly acquired cult status amongst farmhouse cheese-makers" (cheese press pictured)? (2018-01-25)
 * ... that Marie Grice Young, piano instructor for President Theodore Roosevelt's children, is speculated to have been one of the LGBT passengers on the RMS Titanic? (2018-01-27) ... that Marie Grice Young, piano instructor for Theodore Roosevelt's children, is speculated to have been one of the LGBT passengers on the RMS Titanic? (2018-01-24)
 * ... that some historians believe Elisabet Ney's full-length statue (pictured) of "Mad King Ludwig" of Bavaria was created as part of a Prussian scheme to unify Germany? (2018-01-24)
 * ... that although the song that Eri Sasaki submitted for use in the anime series Plastic Memories was not chosen, she later passed an audition to sing the series' opening theme? (2018-01-24)
 * ... that before becoming chair of the Millennium Development Authority, Yaa Ntiamoah Badu worked at the University of Ghana as a zoologist? (2018-01-23)
 * ... that White House correspondent Naomi Nover once assaulted Bernie Boston while Mother Teresa and Ronald Reagan "looked on in total amazement"? (2018-01-23)
 * ... that Margaret O'Flynn and her husband John Foley were the first wife-and-husband fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists? (2018-01-23)
 * ... that Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls was Kickstarter's "fastest funded publishing project" ever? (2018-01-23)
 * ... that American pianist Joe Sample died from mesothelioma prior to completing his parts for the collaborative album Christmas With Friends with India Arie? (2018-01-23)
 * ... that Marjorie Husted, as the radio voice of homemaking authority Betty Crocker, interviewed Joan Crawford in her home? (2018-01-22)
 * ... that before Margaret L. Curry introduced vocational training and education for women prisoners in Colorado, their only activity was washing and ironing the clothes of the male prisoners? (2018-01-22)
 * ... that the Georgian goddess Dali appeared as both a nude golden-haired woman with glowing skin, and as a white ibex with golden horns? (2018-01-21)
 * ... that Ilya Espino de Marotta, lead engineer for the Panama Canal expansion project, wears a pink hard hat on site to make a statement that women can do the job? (2018-01-20)
 * ... that Hazel Carter was reported to have received the United States' first military funeral for a woman? (2018-01-20)
 * ... that Caroline Lenferna de Laresle travelled from Mauritius to Rome to claim the pontifical right for her order of nuns and died there shortly afterwards? (2018-01-20)
 * ... that Effie Owuor was Kenya's first female state counsel, magistrate, High Court judge, and Court of Appeal judge? (2018-01-19)
 * ... that, under the leadership of Mary Puckey, Sydney's Rachel Forster Hospital expanded from 12 to 120 beds? (2018-01-17)
 * ... that the high-waisted fashions of the early 1800s likely helped the Countess of Bessborough hide her figure from her husband while pregnant with her illegitimate daughter, Harriet Osborne? (2018-01-17)
 * ... that in 2017, Canadian pitcher Claire Eccles became the first woman to play baseball in the collegiate West Coast League? (2018-01-17)
 * ... that a 1942 letter addressed to "the blonde Wren from Argentina on the platform at Bletchley station" led to marriage in 1945? (2018-01-15)
 * ... that Japanese singer Asaka spent part of her childhood in Michigan? (2018-01-15)
 * ... that Angeline Murimirwa received money for her secondary education from Camfed, and is now its regional executive director for Southern & Eastern Africa? (2018-01-15)
 * ... that golfer Sally Sessions tied for second place in the 1947 U.S. Women's Open as an amateur? (2018-01-14)
 * ... that Ramize Erer said that when she published a cartoon of a masturbating girl, "all hell broke loose"? (2018-01-14)
 * ... that Gwen Fleming, the first female major in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, was called "sir" by her colleagues during the Second World War? (2018-01-14)
 * ... that Jennie Carignan helped reintroduce ballroom dancing to the Royal Military College Saint-Jean, having taken classes with her future husband when she was a cadet? (2018-01-13)
 * ... that soprano Cristina Pasaroiu played Manon in boots, even in bed with her lover? (2018-01-13)
 * ... that Genius Grant winner Regina Barzilay helped decipher the ancient language Ugaritic? (2018-01-12)
 * ... that Kenyan Brigadier Fatumah Ahmed joined the armed forces "by accident" when she saw a recruitment campaign whilst applying for an identity card? (2018-01-12)
 * ... that Ramona Go was the first female military pilot, line officer, battalion commander, adjutant general, and regular service general in the Philippine Armed Forces? (2018-01-11)
 * ... that Janai Haupapa joined the Canadian national rugby league team while still playing for a rugby union club? (2018-01-11)
 * ... that Arsenal Ladies player Clare Wheatley took over as the club's development officer and general manager from Vic Akers, who once told her, "Arsenal Ladies is not a social club"? (2018-01-11)
 * ... that Kate Fotso, the richest woman in Cameroon, is known as the "iron lady of the cocoa industry"? (2018-01-10)
 * ... that when He Luli was 14, an assassin's bombs killed her younger sister? (2018-01-10)
 * ... that Canadian Army Lieutenant-General Chris Whitecross has fostered 33 children? (2018-01-10)
 * ... that Bristol "loo lady" Victoria Hughes (workplace pictured) provided tea and sympathy to local prostitutes? (2018-01-09)
 * ... that Margaret W. Burcham was the first female brigadier general in the United States Army Corps of Engineers? (2018-01-09)
 * ... that Mahani Teave is considered Easter Island's only classical musician? (2018-01-09)
 * ... that US-educated sociologist Lei Jieqiong (pictured) served as vice-mayor of Beijing and taught at Peking University until the age of 100? (2018-01-09)
 * ... that modelling agent Cherry Marshall discovered Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain? (2018-01-09)
 * ... that in 1992, Camille Robinson-Regis became the youngest senator to be appointed to the cabinet of Trinidad and Tobago? (2018-01-08)
 * ... that Japanese singer Yunchi covered the song "Catch You Catch Me" from Cardcaptor Sakura for one of her albums? (2018-01-07)
 * ... that Congolese artist Rhode Makoumbou sculpts figures up to 3 m tall out of sawdust and woodglue? (2018-01-07)
 * ... that as a teenager, Vietnamese singer Tóc Tiên exaggerated her age twice at singing competitions, one time winning the grand prize? (2018-01-06)
 * ... that Vice Admiral Mary M. Jackson was promoted directly from one-star to three-star rank? (2018-01-06)
 * ... that Carys Bannister drove rally cars and exhibited corgis when not performing brain surgery? (2018-01-06)
 * ... that at age 16, Remy Siemsen was the top goalscorer for Sydney FC in the 2016–17 W-League season? (2018-01-05)
 * ... that Azazet Habtezghi Kidane interviewed more than 1,500 African refugees to document torture in the Sinai Peninsula? (2018-01-05)
 * ... that Rear Admiral Cindy Jaynes was persuaded to join the United States Navy by a high school friend, having originally considered careers as an actuary or a veterinarian? (2018-01-04)
 * ... that the Italian mezzo-soprano Armanda Degli Abbati appeared as Ortrud in Rome and as Amneris in Rio de Janeiro, had an affair with a Russian revolutionary, and trained Estonian singers? (2018-01-04)
 * ... that Shu Xiuwen (pictured) became an escort dancing girl after her father tried to sell her to repay debts, but later supported him when she became a movie star? (2018-01-03)
 * ... that women's sexual preferences and attractiveness may shift across their ovulatory cycles? (2018-01-03)
 * ... that Eugénie Henderson taught Far Eastern languages to the British Armed Forces during World War II? (2018-01-03)
 * ... that the dramatic soprano Catherine Foster, a former midwife, appeared as Brünnhilde at the Bayreuth Festival celebrating Wagner's bicentenary? (2018-01-03)
 * ... that to ensure the loyalty of Queen Fatuma, a client ruler of Zanzibar, Omani forces kept a cannon trained on her palace? (2018-01-02)
 * ... that the wounds of leprosy sufferer Josephine Cafrine were said to have miraculously healed after her death? (2018-01-01)
 * ... that Doo Aphane successfully challenged a law that prevented married women from owning property in their own names in Swaziland? (2018-01-01)