Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Green/DYK/2010 DYK Blurbs

2010 DYK Blurbs:

... that the help of Cyrus Eaton, Jerome Wiesner and Nikita Khrushchev was needed so that Frederick and Milena Jelinek could marry? (2010-12-31)
... that in the lyrics of the 2010 song "Coming Home", Diddy makes references to the classic 1979 song "Ain't No Stopping Us Now" by McFadden & Whitehead, as well as events in his own life? (2010-12-30)
... that Maxim model and reality television contestant Gia Allemand has been selected to play the role of Ava Gardner in an upcoming film about the life of Gianni Russo? (2010-12-29)
... that Whitney Houston's 1985 single "How Will I Know" was originally written for Janet Jackson? (2010-12-27)
... that Teresa Teng's "The Moon Represents My Heart" was one of the first love songs to become popular in mainland China under the Open Door Policy? (2010-12-26)
... that the drama series Huge, created by Savannah Dooley and her mother, Winnie Holzman, employed Dooley's father as an actor and her uncle as the cinematographer? (2010-12-26)
... that Isuzu Yamada was the first actress to receive the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, from the Emperor of Japan? (2010-12-26)
... that the stained glass windows at Anykščiai Church (pictured), the tallest church in Lithuania, were made by Anortė Mackelaitė? (2010-12-26)
... that Jason Aldean's duet with Kelly Clarkson, "Don't You Wanna Stay", is the first duet of his career? (2010-12-24)
... that in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Satyavati (pictured) – who initially stank of fish – was blessed with the musk fragrance by a sage, with whom she had premarital sex? (2010-12-23)

... that the Atlanta Neighborhood Union, an all-women African-American association founded in 1908, was a model for other improvement associations? (2010-12-23)
... that in 1925, Hortense Sparks Ward led a special all-female Texas Supreme Court after no male judges or lawyers could be found to hear a case? (2010-12-21)
... that when New Zealand-born pop artist Dinah Lee became 'Queen of the Mods' in 1964, her own mother could not recognise her? (2010-12-21)
... that English artist Chantal Joffe, who sometimes uses pornography for source material, created such large paintings that she required scaffolding to work on them? (2010-12-21)
... that artist Thomas Eakins suggested Anna Willess Williams pose for the depiction of Liberty on the Morgan dollar? (2010-12-21)
... that Marie Kudeříková wrote her literary legacy while waiting for her execution in Breslau? (2010-12-17)
... that Anne Rouse's poetry often draws upon her experiences as a mental health worker, such as the preoccupations of patients on a dementia ward? (2010-12-17)
... that former CANOE Live host Janette Luu was the first ever Vietnamese TV anchor in Toronto, Canada? (2010-12-15)
... that after the Russian Revolution and Civil War, Princess Catherine Yurievskaya, a daughter of Czar Alexander II, became a professional singer? (2010-12-13)
... that the Lympha is an ancient Roman deity of fresh water? (2010-12-13)
... that Helena Bliss married her co-star from the original Broadway production of Gypsy Lady? (2010-12-13)
... that Constance Ortmayer designed a commemorative coin for the anniversary of an event that never happened? (2010-12-13)
... that Katy Munger is known for her writing in the Tart Noir genre? (2010-12-12)
... that in 1893 a sculpture of Indiana (pictured) by Retta Matthews portrayed an "ideal figure of Indiana" at the Chicago World's Fair? (2010-12-10)
... that Australian actress and filmmaker Elsa Chauvel met her future husband Charles when he scouted her for the lead role in Greenhide? (2010-12-10)
... that initially described as devouring children on the sixth day after birth, today the Hindu goddess Shashthi (pictured) is worshiped on this day as the protector of children? (2010-12-09)
... that grateful Confederate prisoners commissioned the bust of camp commander Colonel Richard Owen (pictured) in 1913? (2010-12-08)
... that screenwriter Shauna Cross is adapting the pregnancy guide What to Expect When You're Expecting into a romantic comedy film? (2010-12-07)
... that 18-year-old NASCAR driver Johanna Long became the second woman to win the Snowball Derby? (2010-12-07)
... that Olivia Shakespear (pictured), mother-in-law to Ezra Pound, was indirectly responsible for supporting struggling modernist writers such as T. S. Eliot and James Joyce? (2010-12-04)
... that the warden of the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women defied an order by the Virginia Department of Corrections to ban cosmetics from the inmates? (2010-12-01)
... that the University of Florida's Lady Gators golf team has won eight SEC team championships, eight SEC individual championships, and sent almost twenty players to the LPGA? (2010-11-29)
... that in the 1960s and 1970s, Margrethe Munthe's popular children's songs were criticized for being too moralizing? (2010-11-27)
... that American musician Jennifer Frautschi plays an Antonio Stradivari violin known as the "ex-Cadiz," dated to 1722? (2010-11-27)
... that the first woman to serve as a French Cabinet minister was Germaine Poinso-Chapuis in 1947? (2010-11-27)
... that when Pennsylvania judge Cathy Bissoon was four years old, her father was stabbed to death near the family's home in Williamsburg, Brooklyn? (2010-11-27)
... that the solo parts of Joseph Haydn's oratorio Die Schöpfung were performed by Elisabeth Scholl, Daniel Sans and Andreas Pruys in the Basilika of Schloss Johannisberg? (2010-11-26)
... that actress and chanteuse Raquel Meller attempted to book a deluxe suite for her five Pekingese on a 1926 transatlantic voyage aboard the SS Leviathan? (2010-11-25)
... that besides the existence of 24 tracks recorded in 1928–29, the life of American classic female blues singer Bessie Tucker remains a mystery? (2010-11-25)
... that Spartacus: Blood and Sand actress Lesley-Ann Brandt was born in Cape Town, is fluent in Afrikaans and played competitive field hockey in South Africa? (2010-11-23)
... that Kamadhenu (pictured), "the mother of all cows", was born from the burp or the vomit of a deity, according to some Hindu scriptures? (2010-11-22)
... that Colombian singer-songwriter Ilona started her career singing on buses? (2010-11-22)
... that Crash actress Arlene Tur played professional beach volleyball during her time at Florida International University? (2010-11-21)
... that Carol Burnett will play a Nazi hunter on an upcoming episode of Glee? (2010-11-19)
... that Usher's song "Love in This Club, Part II", which features Beyoncé and Lil Wayne, was originally planned to have guest appearances from Mariah Carey and Plies? (2010-11-18)
... that the writings of Czech national poet Karel Hynek Mácha, born 200 years ago today, include the poem Máj, novel Cikáni, diary of Journey to Italy and the Diary of 1835 which deals with his relationship with his fiancée Lori? (2010-11-16)
... that Yin Yin Nwe, a Burmese geologist, was appointed UNICEF Representative to China on December 1, 2006? (2010-11-15)
... that Johanna Bugge Olsen was convicted of treason for having printed some "un-national" material in Arbeidet during WWII? (2010-11-15)
... that Leopold II's mistress Caroline Delacroix was so loathed by the Belgian public that on one occasion, her carriage was stoned in Brussels? (2010-11-15)
... that when Paul McCartney offered Isla Blair a ride home, his fans attacked her? (2010-11-14)
... that female R&B group Faya was discovered singing at a youth centre in Slough, and went on to sign a six-album deal with Def Jam Recordings? (2010-11-13)
... that the vocal quartet of Monika Frimmer, Christa Bonhoff, Dantes Diwiak, and Peter Kooy recorded the Augsburger Tafel-Confect ("Augsburg Table Confectionary") of Valentin Rathgeber and Johann Caspar Seyfert? (2010-11-12)
... that Elizabeth Bisland (pictured) lost a celebrated race around the world to Nellie Bly in 1889–90? (2010-11-12)
... that, because of a lifelong medical condition that may be Proteus syndrome, Mandy Sellars' legs and feet weigh about 210 lb (95 kg), while her upper body only weighs about 84 lb (38 kg)? (2010-11-11)
... that because Arabic author Zaynab Fawwaz wore the niqāb, her husband acted as a messenger between her and the men attending her literary salon? (2010-11-09)
... that 11-year-old Shannon Tavarez, who played Nala in Broadway's The Lion King, died of leukemia despite efforts by Alicia Keys, Rihanna and 50 Cent to recruit bone marrow donors from among their fans? (2010-11-09)
... that in response to the banning of the niqāb in Egypt, students protested by wearing protective face masks? (2010-11-09)
... that in the 100 metres at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Natasha Mayers initially won the bronze, was moved up to silver, then was upgraded to the gold medal due to disqualifications? (2010-11-09)
... that American country blues singer Lottie Kimbrough was nicknamed "the Kansas City Butterball"? (2010-11-09)
... that Princess Xenia of Montenegro's refusal of marriage to Alexander I of Serbia severed diplomatic relations between their two countries? (2010-11-08)
... that the Mudawana is the only section of Moroccan law that relies primarily on Islamic sources rather than Spanish or French civil codes? (2010-11-08)
... that Mary Emma Allison conceived of Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF in 1950 to raise funds for powdered milk for needy children, a program that had raised $160 million by the time of her death in 2010? (2010-11-08)
... that classic female blues singer Laura Smith recorded two songs about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927? (2010-11-08)
... that former Scientologist Tory Christman trained actor John Travolta in his initial Scientology coursework? (2010-11-07)
... that Canadian pioneer Susan Louisa Moir Allison was the first European to report a sighting of Ogopogo, a cryptid lake monster? (2010-11-07)
... that mezzo-soprano opera singer Martha Lipton performed 401 times at the Metropolitan Opera? (2010-11-07)
... that aviator Janet Bragg was the first African-American woman to hold a Commercial Pilot Licence? (2010-11-07)
... that soprano Janis Martin appeared at the Zurich Opera as Isolde in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde? (2010-11-06)
... that Sandrine Salerno, current mayor of Geneva, Switzerland, is the daughter of a French mother and an Italian father? (2010-11-05)
... that Chilean journalist Pamela Jiles announced her presidential candidacy using the slogan "We are millions, the idiots"? (2010-11-05)
... that soprano Myrna Sharlow once upstaged acclaimed opera singer Mary Garden in a performance of a minor role at the Boston Opera House? (2010-11-05)
... that despite having to teach out of a poorly converted hotel building, Mary Adams transformed the Wesleyan Female College into a highly regarded institution? (2010-11-05)
... that Nick Leggett, the Mayor of Porirua who succeeded Jenny Brash, is currently the youngest mayor in New Zealand? (2010-11-05)
... that Erika Forster-Vannini (pictured), Chair of the Swiss Senate, is one of three women who hold the three highest Swiss political offices? (2010-11-05)
... that soprano Christiane Kohl appeared at the Bayreuth Festival as the Rhinemaiden Woglinde in both Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung? (2010-11-05)
... that the drawings of Violette Lecoq from her experiences in the Ravensbrück concentration camp were used as evidence at the trials in 1946? (2010-11-04)
... that R&B singer Tobi Lark's most successful recording was issued under a different name, became very popular in Wigan, and has recently been compared to a Shakespeare sonnet? (2010-11-04)
... that Olga Ivinskaya, the mistress of Boris Pasternak, was the inspiration for the heroine of Dr. Zhivago? (2010-11-04)
... that clarinetist Margot Leverett started a band that fuses bluegrass music with the traditional Jewish musical style called klezmer? (2010-11-04)
... that, in the 1880s, stage actress Pauline Hall performed Erminie a record-breaking 800 times in the United States? (2010-11-03)
... that Mary J. Rathbun described over 1000 new crustacean taxa, but never attended college, and received a Ph.D. only after she retired? (2010-11-03)
... that prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, imprisoned in Iran's notorious Evin Prison, went on a month-long hunger strike to protest her ill-treatment? (2010-11-02)
... that each book in the Epic Horse series has a new protagonist and setting? (2010-11-02)
... that Annie Meinertzhagen spent part of her honeymoon studying birds at Walter Rothschild’s ornithological museum? (2010-11-02)
... that Wolke Hegenbarth's first name means "cloud" in German? (2010-11-01)
... that nipple adenomas are rare benign growths in the nipple that can look like cancer? (2010-11-01)
... that Irish psychic Sandra Ramdhanie, who specialises in exorcisms, was born on Halloween night? (2010-10-31)
... that Margaret Jones was the first person in Boston to be executed for witchcraft in a New England witch hunt that lasted between 1648 and 1663? (2010-10-31)
... that the British ghost The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall was photographed in 1936? (2010-10-31)
... that Ann Hibbins was convicted and hanged for being a witch in Boston, Massachusetts in 1656, 36 years prior to the beginning of the Salem Witch Trials? (2010-10-31)
... that on 4 April 1866, Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg and her brother Nicholas were accompanying their uncle, Emperor Alexander II of Russia, when someone tried to assassinate him? (2010-10-30)
... that Harold Greenwood, acquitted in 1920 of the murder of his wife, is a rare example of a lawyer charged with murder? (2010-10-30)
... that soprano Marie Sasse (pictured) created the role of Elisabeth de Valois in the world premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlos? (2010-10-30)
... that American Piedmont blues singer Irene Scruggs worked alongside Clarence Williams, Joe "King" Oliver, Lonnie Johnson, and Little Brother Montgomery, but today remains largely forgotten? (2010-10-30)
... that despite her French title and ancestry, Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg was born and raised in Russia, and was entitled to the rank Imperial Highness? (2010-10-29)
... that Nicholas II of Russia reportedly gave Princess Anna of Montenegro one million rubles as a dowry? (2010-10-29)
... that Scientology spokesperson Jessica Feshbach's father incorporated Dianetics philosophy into his firm's stock market investing? (2010-10-28)
... that Amane Gobena is the first Ethiopian runner to win the Osaka Marathon? (2010-10-27)
... that Irene Kosgei, despite injuring her knee at a drinks station early in the women's marathon at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, edged compatriot Irene Mogaka to become the first Kenyan woman to win a Commonwealth marathon title? (2010-10-26)
... that Eleanor Gates, who wrote seven Broadway plays, had to leave her second husband when they found out they were not married? (2010-10-26)
... that Taylor Swift's song "Speak Now" was inspired by one of Swift's friends, whose high school sweetheart married another person? (2010-10-24)
... that Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey discusses both issues of the fair treatment of governesses and the ethical claim of animals to human protection? (2010-10-24)
... that Edward Hasted dismissed the existence of Mary and Eliza Chulkhurst (pictured) of Biddenden, Kent as "vulgar tradition"? (2010-10-23)
... that American soprano Lauren Flanigan premiered the title role of Hugo Weisgall's opera Esther at the New York City Opera in 1993? (2010-10-22)
... that Elizabeth Knollys (pictured) served as Maid of Honour to Elizabeth I of England? (2010-10-22)
... that Ethiopian long-distance runner Atsede Habtamu set a new course record at the Eindhoven Marathon with her first marathon victory earlier this month? (2010-10-22)
... that Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo paid US$1 million to build and furnish the four-story Rhinelander Mansion at Madison Avenue and 72nd Street in Manhattan, but never lived in it? (2010-10-21)
... that mezzo-soprano Débria Brown (pictured) created the role of Tituba in the world premiere of Robert Ward's Pulitzer-winning opera, The Crucible, at the New York City Opera in 1961? (2010-10-21)
... that Urraca the Asturian, born in 1132 as an illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso VII of León and Castile, became queen in a neighboring kingdom in 1144? (2010-10-20)
... that Joan Henry's Look on Tempests was the first play dealing explicitly with the subject of homosexuality to be approved for performance by the Lord Chamberlain? (2010-10-20)
... that Elina Ringa, who was the Latvian national pole vault champion on ten occasions, has also published a book about Microsoft Office? (2010-10-20)
... that as a result of the approaching Soviet Red Army, Baroness Elisabeth of Wangenheim-Winterstein and her family were forced to flee East Germany, leaving most of their possessions behind? (2010-10-20)
... that the SWAT team was called in to restrain unruly fans during the 2003 UAAP semifinals? (2010-10-19)
... that during the 2002 season, Ateneo de Manila University prevented a 14–0 sweep of De La Salle University-Manila en route to their first men's college basketball championship since 1988? (2010-10-19)
... that soul singer and songwriter Brenda Lee Eager has written and performed in a musical theatre show based on her own life story? (2010-10-18)
... that a series of novels based on the tale of Sleeping Beauty was removed from the Columbus Metropolitan Library in 1996? (2010-10-17)
... that at the end of the first game of the 2005 UAAP men's basketball finals, a De La Salle University-Manila assistant team manager ran onto the court and hit opposing player Arwind Santos in the back of the head? (2010-10-16)
... that the deciding game of the 2004 UAAP men's college basketball finals was played a day before the 29th anniversary of the Thrilla in Manila at the same venue? (2010-10-16)
... that opera singers Marguerite Bériza (pictured) and Orville Harrold appeared in 1917 at the Ravinia Festival in both Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and Massenet's Manon? (2010-10-15)
... that English courtier Isabella Markham, the love object and muse of poet John Harington, was the daughter of his former jailer? (2010-10-15)
... that letters from the 17th-century Catholic monk Ansaldo Cebà to a married Jewish woman, Sara Copia Sullam, included elements of sexual innuendo and physical allusions? (2010-10-14)
... that before her death in 2007, Nevenka Urbanova (pictured) was the oldest living Serbian actor? (2010-10-13)
... that a deadly anti-Semitic riot involving approximately 10,000 people erupted in Warsaw in 1922 in response to a planned concert of Yiddish song by soprano Isa Kremer? (2010-10-13)
... that soprano Dolores Wilson lamented that "the Italian I'd learned by studying operas enabled me to talk intelligently only about poisons and suicide and tragic love affairs"? (2010-10-13)
... that Holly Madison's personal assistant Angel Porrino will replace her in the lead role of the Las Vegas production Peepshow for nine weeks in 2011? (2010-10-13)
... that Prenkë Jakova wrote Mrika, the first Albanian opera, which premiered in 1958? (2010-10-11)
... that Rear Admiral Nora W. Tyson became the first woman to command a United States Navy aircraft carrier task group when she was chosen to command Carrier Strike Group Two? (2010-10-11)
... that the 1968 Ford sewing machinists strike in the United Kingdom led to the first UK legislation aimed at ending pay discrimination between men and women? (2010-10-11)
... that the Desert Mothers were Christian ascetics and hermits who lived in the desert of Egypt during the 4th and 5th centuries? (2010-10-11)
... that Katrin Zytomierska is one of the most-read bloggers in Sweden? (2010-10-10)
... that Inez Haynes Gillmore's 1914 science fiction novel Angel Island has been called a "classic of early feminist literature"? (2010-10-09)
... that Nazi and neo-Nazi sympathizer Princess Marie Adelheid of Lippe-Biesterfeld translated numerous works into German, including Paul Rassinier's Holocaust-denying work The Drama of European Jews? (2010-10-08)
... that Elizabeth Turk was a Washington, D.C., lobbyist before she became a sculptor and was named a 2010 MacArthur Fellow? (2010-10-08)
... that Sharon Cherop fell over at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon but got back up and ran the fastest marathon ever by a woman in Canada? (2010-10-06)
... that Italian Iron Chef Mario Batali claimed that American chef Jody Williams was one of his favorite cooks in the world? (2010-10-06)
... that Barbara Scherler of the Deutsche Oper Berlin recorded Bach's Alles nur nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72 with Fritz Werner's Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn? (2010-10-06)
... that in the season premiere episode of the fifth season of the television comedy series 30 Rock, the Jack Donaghy character makes reference to the Fabian strategy? (2010-10-05)
... that according to Elizabeth Gaskell, Maria Brontë was the inspiration for the character of Helen Burns in Jane Eyre? (2010-10-05)
... that girl group Sophia Fresh's debut single, "What It Is", impressed Rihanna so much that she wished the song was hers? (2010-10-04)
... that the "Parasol Protectorate" steampunk books Soulless, Changeless, and Blameless by Gail Carriger will be adapted as graphic novels by Yen Press? (2010-10-03)
... that mezzo-soprano Petra Noskaiová recorded alto parts with La Petite Bande in Bach cantatas such as Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12? (2010-10-03)
... that U2 wrote the song "Mothers of the Disappeared" about the Madres de Plaza de Mayo, whose children disappeared during the Dirty War? (2010-10-03)
... that President Obama called the Paycheck Fairness Act "a common-sense bill" that would help end persistent male–female income disparity in which American women earn 77 cents for every dollar men earn? (2010-10-02)
... that contralto Hildegard Laurich performed in Bach's cantata for Ratswahl (inauguration of the Leipzig town council) Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120? (2010-10-02)
... that American history researcher Ann Dexter Gordon leads a project at Rutgers University which has cataloged more than 14,000 papers related to Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony? (2010-10-01)
... that during a 2010 game, University of the Philippines basketball coach Boyet Fernandez told a player to deliberately cross the shaded lane while a free-throw was being attempted to force a jump ball? (2010-09-30)
... that Hong Kong-born Rebecca Nolin plays as a defender for the Atlanta Beat and helps coach the Kennesaw State Owls? (2010-09-30)
... that the pioneering journalist Pearl Rivers (pictured) took her nom de plume from the river that ran near her home? (2010-09-29)
... that in 1992, French mountaineer Catherine Destivelle became the first woman to complete a solo ascent of the Eiger's north face (pictured)? (2010-09-28)
... that in 1892, Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen composed a Romanze in F major for clarinet and piano which had been influenced by the teachings of Johannes Brahms? (2010-09-27)
... that art by Varnette Honeywood showing African American life was included in the Huxtable living room on the set of The Cosby Show after Bill Cosby and his wife first saw her work on greeting cards? (2010-09-26)
... that Barbadian singer Rihanna's new single "Only Girl (In the World)" has been called a "stronger, sexier version of her" 2007 single, "Don't Stop the Music"? (2010-09-25)
... that after Annie Louisa Walker heard Ira D. Sankey's hymn The Night Cometh she recognized that he had used her words? (2010-09-25)
... that Barbara Holland enjoyed smoking cigarettes and drinking scotch and wrote her 2007 book, The Joy of Drinking, as a protest against what she saw as the rise of broccoli, exercise and Starbucks? (2010-09-24)
... that the last prioress of North Berwick nunnery handed the lands of her nunnery over to her kinsman, the fifth Lord Home? (2010-09-23)
... that historian A. L. Rowse said the biography Elizabeth the Great by Elizabeth Jenkins "got nearer to penetrating the secret of the most remarkable woman in history than any other"? (2010-09-23)
... that Nadine Gordimer says her novel Burger's Daughter was "a coded homage" to Bram Fischer, Nelson Mandela's treason trial defence lawyer? (2010-09-23)
... that during the Nannygate political controversy of 1993, Americans were asked if they had a "Zoë Baird problem"? (2010-09-20)
... that the detection of supernova SN 2008D on January 9, 2008, by Alicia M. Soderberg using data from NASA's Swift X-ray space telescope marked the first time a supernova was observed as it occurred? (2010-09-19)
... that the film Who's That Girl? features a live cougar, which escaped one day from the set before shooting started? (2010-09-17)
... that the family of Oskar Höcker, a German writer and a celebrated actor of the Lessing Theater, included three more writers: his brother Gustav, his son Paul Oskar, and his granddaughter Karla? (2010-09-17)
... that in 958 the Muslim caliph of Cordoba Abd-ar-Rahman III hosted his grandmother Onneca Fortúnez's Christian daughter, Toda of Pamplona, so his Jewish doctor could cure her grandson of obesity? (2010-09-16)
... that Gabriele von Lutzau, the "Angel of Mogadishu", sculpts wooden "guardian figures" using chainsaws and flamethrowers? (2010-09-16)
... that Tyonajanegen, a woman from the Oneida tribe, fought in the American Revolutionary War? (2010-09-15)
... that after a 15-year career as a principal with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Peggy Ann Jones moved to musicals, including in the original cast of The Phantom of the Opera? (2010-09-14)
... that Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg had two sons with his mistress, the Berlin Opera star Mafalda Salvatini? (2010-09-14)
... that Italian operatic soprano Angiolina Bosio portrayed Gilda in the UK premiere of Verdi's Rigoletto and Lady Macbeth in the US premiere of Verdi's Macbeth? (2010-09-14)
... that contralto Sonia Prina performed the title role of Antonio Vivaldi's 1727 opera Orlando furioso at the Frankfurt Opera, staged as a rocker? (2010-09-13)
... that Rena Kubota has been crowned world champion at the previous two Women's Shoot Boxing Tournaments? (2010-09-12)
... that Leymah Gbowee organized a peace movement that ended the Second Liberian Civil War and led to the election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first female president in Africa? (2010-09-12)
... that Isaac Dian and Miria Harvent are characters of the Baccano! light novels and anime, set in the Prohibition-era United States, but also appear in the Durarara!! anime, set in modern Tokyo? (2010-09-12)
... that soprano Ada Adini, a singer of Verdi's Gilda and Leonora, appeared as Brünnhilde in the Italian premiere of Wagner's Die Walküre at La Scala in 1893? (2010-09-12)
... that the nickname of Japanese mixed martial arts fighter Mei Yamaguchi comes from the V1 armlock wrestling move? (2010-09-11)
... that Kelli Scarr (pictured) completed a challenge with Moby by National Public Radio to write and perform a song in less than two days? (2010-09-11)
... that Valerie Bettis was the first modern dance choreographer to work with a major ballet company? (2010-09-10)
... that suicide-victim Princess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach is believed to have been the first royal woman cremated? (2010-09-10)
... that American feminist author and journalist Inez Haynes Irwin estimated that between 500,000 and 750,000 women were killed in World War I? (2010-09-10)
... that every year a mysterious dancing light is said to appear over the spot where Grace Sherwood, "The Witch of Pungo", (pictured) was tested by ducking as part of her trial for witchcraft? (2010-09-10)
... that Gioachino Rossini's opera Tancredi premiered in 1813 at Teatro La Fenice in Venice with Adelaide Malanotte performing in the title role? (2010-09-10)
... that the operatic mezzo-soprano Adelaide Borghi-Mamo sang the part of Azucena in the French premiere of Verdi's Il trovatore at the Théâtre-Italien in Paris in 1854? (2010-09-10)
... that operatic soprano Shirlee Emmons won an Obie Award for her portrayal of Susan B. Anthony in the 1956 Off-Broadway revival of Virgil Thomson's The Mother of Us All? (2010-09-09)
... that The Right Reverend Bavi Edna Rivera is the first Hispanic woman bishop and the 12th woman bishop in the Episcopal Church? (2010-09-09)
... that soprano Erminia Frezzolini (pictured) created the title role in Verdi's opera Giovanna d'Arco at La Scala in 1843 opposite her husband, Antonio Poggi, as Charles VII of France? (2010-09-09)
... that actress Ellen Hillingsø is the goddaughter of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark? (2010-09-08)
... that the title track of the album Who's That Girl made Madonna the first solo female performer to get six US number-ones in the 1980s? (2010-09-07)
... that Puerto Rican singer Lourdes Robles recorded a Spanish language cover version of The Beatles's "Long and Winding Road"? (2010-09-07)
... that the father of Oklahoman folk singer Woody Guthrie attended the lynching of Laura Nelson and her son Lawrence in May 1911? (2010-09-05)
... that former slave Lisette Denison Forth worked as a maid, but willed her life savings to build the St. James Episcopal Church (pictured) in exclusively white Grosse Ile, Michigan? (2010-09-05)
... that soprano Gerlinde Sämann performed with La Petite Bande Bach's cantata for the 14th Sunday after Trinity, Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, BWV 17? (2010-09-05)
... that Miss Russia 2010 Irina Antonenko presented a set of matryoshka dolls hand-painted with the pictures of the five most recent Miss Universe winners as her gift to the 2010 competition? (2010-09-04)
... that the book Actors on Acting by Helen Chinoy, collections of essays about theatre, have been used widely as college text and remained in print for more than 50 years? (2010-09-04)
... that American photographer Amelia Van Buren was the subject of one of Thomas Eakins' most famous paintings (pictured)? (2010-09-04)
... that among mountain bike orienteers with multiple world championships gold medals are Michaela Gigon, Christine Schaffner (pictured), Ksenia Chernykh, Adrian Jackson and Ruslan Gritsan? (2010-09-03)
... that among mountain bike orienteers with multiple world championships gold medals are Michaela Gigon, Christine Schaffner (pictured), Ksenia Chernykh, Adrian Jackson, and Ruslan Gritsan? (2010-09-03)
... that Peter Rabbit author Beatrix Potter irked her publisher when she began The Tale of Mr. Tod with "I am quite tired of making goody goody books about nice people"? (2010-09-02)
... that shaven drunk bears wearing women's clothing were exhibited as pig-faced women in the 19th century? (2010-09-02)
... that Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg was the first woman to attempt, and to perish in, a transatlantic airplane flight? (2010-09-01)
... that death is directly mentioned in 19 of the 38 poems in Maya Angelou's first book of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie? (2010-09-01)
... that American blogger Pamela Geller has strongly defended former Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic and denied the existence of Serbian concentration camps? (2010-08-31)
... that Loving Natalee, Beth Holloway's bestselling book about her missing daughter, was made into the Lifetime movie Natalee Holloway that suspect Joran van der Sloot himself reportedly watched? (2010-08-31)
... that in 1838, Henriette d'Angeville (pictured), the first woman to climb Mont Blanc on her own strength, received a calling card from a Polish nobleman on her way to the summit, at 10,000 feet? (2010-08-31)
... that celebrated French courtesan Rosalie Duthé has been called history's first dumb blonde? (2010-08-30)
... that robbers stole $80,000 worth of jewelry from Lida, Princess Victor of Thurn and Taxis, but neglected to take a necklace valued at $400,000? (2010-08-30)
... that Olga Maturana was elected the first Mayoress of Pichilemu, Chile, in 1951? (2010-08-29)
... that Wendy Barlow was inducted into the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame, and that her father Bob Barlow played in 77 NHL games with the Minnesota North Stars? (2010-08-28)
... that the Seaside Institute (pictured) in Bridgeport, Connecticut, offered amenities for Warner Brothers Corset Company's female employees and was referred to as "an island of peace in the storm"? (2010-08-28)
... that when Nazi Germany invaded Poland, Polish-Jewish poet Rajzel Żychlińsky fled by taking a taxicab? (2010-08-28)
... that medrogestone is a synthetic steroid with activity similar to the natural hormone progesterone, but unlike progesterone, is not transported by transcortin in the blood? (2010-08-28)
... that the 2009 Grammy-winning song "Rich Woman" was first released in 1955 by Li'l Millet and was written by himself and Dorothy LaBostrie? (2010-08-28)
... that using cocaine while pregnant is thought to be less harmful to the baby than alcohol? (2010-08-27)
... that soprano June Card appeared as Freia and Gutrune in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, conducted by Michael Gielen and staged by Ruth Berghaus at the Frankfurt Opera? (2010-08-27)
... that Chilean Eloísa Díaz was the first female doctor in South America? (2010-08-27)
... that soul singer Veda Brown, who recorded for the Stax label in the 1970s, later became a cosmetologist, choir leader, and black history teacher in the Missouri Bootheel? (2010-08-26)
... that Lady Gaga's EP The Cherrytree Sessions, initially only available through Borders stores and digital outlets, was reissued in August 2010? (2010-08-26)
... that Helen Gray Cone was the first woman to hold the title of professor at the Normal College of the City of New York (later renamed Hunter College)? (2010-08-26)
... that Ida Siekmann, the first casualty at the Berlin wall, died after she jumped out of her third floor apartment at Bernauer Strasse? (2010-08-25)
... that Somerset's Sophie Le Marchand (pictured) has taken three stumpings in an innings twice in women's Twenty20 cricket? (2010-08-23)
... that Danish orienteer Ida Bobach won three gold medals at the 2010 Junior World Orienteering Championships, winning the sprint, the long course and the relay? (2010-08-23)
... that pastry chef Candace Nelson opened the world's first cupcake-only bakery? (2010-08-23)
... that in 2005, Raheel Raza became the first woman to lead mixed-gender Muslim prayers in Canada? (2010-08-22)
... that the Phoenix Suns were featured in all of the National Basketball Association's outdoor games? (2010-08-22)
... that Lena Horne and Shirley Chisolm attended the same racially integrated Girls High School? (2010-08-22)
... that the biographical book Madonna: An Intimate Biography, written by J. Randy Taraborrelli, debuted and stayed on top of The New York Times Best Seller list for three months? (2010-08-19)
... that on December 9, 1978, the Milwaukee Does lost to the Chicago Hustle by a score of 92–87 in the first game played in Women's Professional Basketball League history? (2010-08-18)
... that Ethiopian-born Meryem Erdoğan, impressed by her countrywoman Elvan Abeylegesse's success, illegally immigrated to Turkey at age 16 in order to become a distance runner? (2010-08-18)
... that voice actress Maggie Roswell left The Simpsons in 1999 after a pay dispute with Fox Broadcasting Company, but returned in 2002? (2010-08-18)
... that Ann Meyers signed with the New Jersey Gems in 1979, with her US$50,000 salary matching what she had been paid by the Indiana Pacers in her bid to become the first woman to play in the NBA? (2010-08-17)
... that Sandra Perković is the youngest ever European champion in women's discus throw? (2010-08-15)
... that the Iowa Cornets made it to the Women's Professional Basketball League championship in both of its seasons in the league, and lost both times? (2010-08-15)
... that Bob Dylan paid US$2,500 per week to percussionist Bobbye Hall to get her to tour with him in 1978, in compensation for missed session musician work? (2010-08-15)
... that Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, proposed marriage to Marie-Chantal Miller on a ski lift in Gstaad, Switzerland, in 1994? (2010-08-14)
... that novelist Vera Henriksen has also written two volumes of the History of the Royal Norwegian Air Force? (2010-08-14)
... that the release date of Taylor Swift's song "Mine" was moved up after a recording of the song was leaked online? (2010-08-14)
... that of over 200 artworks known to have been created by Belgian painter Virginie Bovie, only 7 have been located? (2010-08-12)
... that Indian actress Mukta Barve won the 2007 Zee Award for best actress in a commercial play for her portrayal of a Kabaddi enthusiast? (2010-08-12)
... that Mel Gibson directed four music videos for singer-songwriter Oksana Grigorieva's album Beautiful Heartache? (2010-08-12)
... that the New York Stars were the champions of the Women's Professional Basketball League in its second year, but never played another game as the team disbanded after the 1979–80 season? (2010-08-11)
... that Ludovica Levy chaired the theatre Secondteatret in Kristiania from 1899 to 1901, along with her husband Dore Lavik? (2010-08-10)
... that the Houston Angels of the Women's Professional Basketball League had an all-male cheerleading squad, which the team's owner promised wouldn't be a "sex show – this is high class"? (2010-08-10)
... that musicologist Wye Jamison Allanbrook showed how compositions by Mozart (pictured) were influenced by the social dances of his time? (2010-08-09)
... that the Women's Professional Basketball League, which played its first game in 1978 in Milwaukee in front of 7,800 fans, collapsed after three seasons and an estimated US$14 million in total losses? (2010-08-09)
... that The Heart of a Woman, the fourth installment of Maya Angelou's six autobiographies, has been called her "most introspective"? (2010-08-09)
... that for the What's it going to take? advertising campaign, celebrities such as Anna Friel and Fern Britton were made up to appear to have been the victims of domestic abuse? (2010-08-08)
... that Polly Morgan is a London based British artist who uses taxidermy to create works of art? (2010-08-07)
... that anthropologist Ursula Graham Bower fought for the British Army as a guerrilla with the Naga people during World War II? (2010-08-06)
... that Julie von Massow, a Prussian noblewoman, started a prayer movement in 1862 to reunite Lutheranism and Catholicism? (2010-08-06)
... that many sex positions derive their Sanskrit names from that of the Hindu goddess of sexual pleasure – Rati (pictured with her husband, the lovegod Kama)? (2010-08-05)
... that a substantial part of the Sami costume collection in the National Museum of Denmark's Ethnography Department was collected by Emilie Demant Hatt? (2010-08-05)
... that in 1958, Trudy Späth-Schweizer became the first woman to hold a political office in Switzerland? (2010-08-04)
... that Chief Justice of California nominee Tani Cantil-Sakauye worked as a blackjack dealer in Reno, Nevada, after graduating from UC Davis School of Law? (2010-08-04)
... that courts in California, Maryland, and Wisconsin held that ladies' night discounts are unlawful gender discrimination under state or local statutes? (2010-08-04)
... that three basketball officials were suspended due to unspecified "bad calls" during a 2010 UAAP college basketball game? (2010-08-03)
... that Maureen Ogden of New Jersey's 22nd Legislative District sponsored a bill making original birth certificates available to adoptees, saying "basic rights of the little babies were not being considered"? (2010-08-03)
... that Marie-Josephte Corriveau, whose story inspired many books, songs, plays and even ballet over the centuries since her execution in Quebec, was gibbeted for mariticide in 1763? (2010-08-02)
... that Denise Jefferson started learning to dance when she was eight, but didn't pursue a career in ballet because she "had never seen anyone who wasn't white in a ballet company"? (2010-08-02)
... that in 2010 Irish Quebecer historian Marianna O'Gallagher was Grand Marshal of the first Saint Patrick's Day parade held in Quebec City for over 80 years? (2010-08-01)
... that Emil Spjøtvoll was the first rector of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, whose creation he originally opposed? (2010-08-01)
... that the Japanese actress Kirin Kiki auctioned off her first stage name on a television show because she claimed she had "nothing else to sell"? (2010-07-30)
... that Radmilla Cody sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" in Navajo at the Kennedy Space Center in 2002? (2010-07-29)
... that György Ligeti dedicated his Hamburg Concerto to German hornplayer Marie Luise Neunecker, who premiered it in Hamburg with the Asko Ensemble? (2010-07-29)
... that playwright Josefina Niggli is believed to be the only Mexican-American woman to have a theatre named after her? (2010-07-29)
... that though widowed and in poor health, Princess Marie of Reuss was second-in-line to the Dutch throne from 1900 to 1909, pending the death of her then-childless cousin Queen Wilhelmina? (2010-07-28)
... that philanthropist Florence Meyer Blumenthal was known by her family for having a "perfect figure" and for "bringing home massive amounts of clothing from Paris"? (2010-07-25)
... that world champion triathlete Emma Carney was diagnosed with the life-threatening condition ventricular tachycardia and is fitted with a defibrillator? (2010-07-25)
... that the geisha would rub nightingale droppings on their faces to help remove their heavy makeup? (2010-07-24)
... that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is on death row in Iran for the crime of adultery, and was originally to be executed by stoning? (2010-07-24)
... that actress and women's suffrage activist Fola La Follette also picketed with and spoke on behalf of striking garment workers? (2010-07-24)
... that Ann Waldron initially wrote children's books, then turned to biographies of authors from the South, and at age 78 began writing murder mysteries set at Princeton University? (2010-07-24)
... that one of her biographers called Agnes Mowinckel (pictured) the mare of Norwegian theatre? (2010-07-24)
... that Sarama is a bitch – in Hindu mythology – who snatches human foetuses from the womb? (2010-07-22)
... that Clara Claiborne Park was credited with writing one of the first books to allay the blame that so-called "refrigerator mothers" were made to feel at having caused their child's autism? (2010-07-22)
... that Indigenous Australian artist Barbara Weir was kidnapped as a child, and decades later regularly had to prevent her mother from being kidnapped? (2010-07-22)
... that Rose Van Thyn, a survivor of Auschwitz and Ravensbrueck, became a leading figure in Holocaust education in her adopted city of Shreveport, Louisiana? (2010-07-21)
... that an exhibition of the work of the Glasgow Girls including Norah Neilson Gray (self-portrait pictured) is on display this month in Kirkcudbright? (2010-07-21)
... that Sylvia Salvesen, a member of Oslo's high society, testified in 1946 about her experiences as a prisoner at the Ravensbrück concentration camp? (2010-07-20)
... that prior to releasing her first EP, a song by singer-songwriter Oksana Grigorieva was featured on the Josh Groban album Awake? (2010-07-20)
... that in 1975, Julie Ann Brown became the first American woman to win the World Cross Country Championships? (2010-07-20)
... that MEP Ryszard Czarnecki thought fellow Polish MEP Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein might harm the Civic Platform in the 2009 elections because of her German-sounding name? (2010-07-18)
... that Japanese film director and actress Tomoko Matsunashi was described as one of the female Japanese directors who "have brought some needed originality and talent to contemporary Japanese cinema"? (2010-07-17)
... that eleven-year-old Ellen Sadler fell asleep in 1871 and purportedly did not wake for nine years? (2010-07-17)
... that Mary Virginia Terhune (pictured), mother of famed novelist Albert Payson Terhune, was a prolific writer who published over 50 novels and non-fiction works during her lifetime? (2010-07-16)
... that Gordie Gillespie is the all-time winningest college baseball coach and was also selected as the head coach of the Chicago Tribune all-time Illinois high school football team? (2010-07-16)
... that although Princess Louise of Prussia (pictured) was noble-born, her daughter Elisabeth Radziwill was considered an unsuitable marriage prospect for future emperor Wilhelm I? (2010-07-15)
... that Camilla Tilling was the soprano soloist in Mahler's Resurrection Symphony in the opening concert of the Rheingau Musik Festival 2010, conducted by Paavo Järvi? (2010-07-14)
... that Swedish singer Anna-Lena Löfgren had more than 40 songs on Svensktoppen between 1962 and 1995? (2010-07-14)
... that Larissa Riquelme, who gained international fame as a spectator at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, is Paraguay's highest-paid model? (2010-07-12)
... that Bach's solo cantata for alto Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170 for the sixth Sunday after Trinity, was recorded by Maureen Forrester, Andreas Scholl and Julia Hamari? (2010-07-11)
... that a rough sketch of Peter Paul Rubens, his second wife Hélène Fourment and child, was discovered on the reverse side of the drawing of his first wife, Isabella Brant (pictured)? (2010-07-09)
... that Dikken Zwilgmeyer's "Inger Johanne" books were popular around 1900, and are regarded as a significant innovation of Norwegian children's literature? (2010-07-08)
... that Mexican cuisine celebrity chef and author Marcela Valladolid has also been classically trained as a pastry chef in Paris? (2010-07-04)
... that Somerset's Anya Shrubsole was conferred the Most Promising Young Women's Cricketer Award by The Cricket Society in 2008? (2010-07-04)
... that soprano Ursula Buckel recorded the cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147, which Bach had written for the feast of the Visitation always celebrated on 2 July? (2010-07-02)
... that Magdalene Thoresen became a model for several female characters in Norwegian literature, including Ibsen's "Rebekka West" and "Ellida Wangel", and Bjørnson's "Petra" and "Leonarda"? (2010-07-01)
... that Judi Garman, raised by a Mennonite pastor on the Saskatchewan prairie, became the winningest coach in college softball history at Cal State Fullerton? (2010-07-01)
... that Iowa and Indiana coach Gayle Blevins retired in June 2010 ranked second in NCAA Division I softball history with 1,245 wins? (2010-07-01)
... that Somerset cricketer Izzy Westbury made her senior international debut for the Netherlands aged 15? (2010-06-30)
... that the role of Mademoiselle Amy Jolly, played by Marlene Dietrich in the 1930 film Morocco, was inspired by the life of chanteuse réaliste Eugénie Buffet (pictured)? (2010-06-30)
... that Birgitta Jónsdóttir, a member of the Althing and spokesperson for Wikileaks, sponsored the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative? (2010-06-30)
... that seven months after the reported execution in Budapest of Sári Petráss as a spy she debuted on Broadway? (2010-06-28)
... that Elizabeth Dickens, the mother of novelist Charles Dickens, was the model for Mrs. Nickleby in Nicholas Nickleby and Mrs. Micawber in David Copperfield? (2010-06-28)
... that in 1834, the 17 year old Moroccan Jewish girl Sol Hachuel was beheaded (pictured) for alleged apostasy from Islam? (2010-06-27)
... that soprano Siri Thornhill performed a Bach cantata for the fourth Sunday after Trinity, Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 177, at the Rheingau Musik Festival in the Eibingen Abbey? (2010-06-27)
... that the first two cookbooks by Deborah Madison won James Beard Foundation awards as well as Julia Child Cookbook of the Year? (2010-06-26)
... that the University of Texas fired their women's basketball coach in 1976, during a season in which the Texas Longhorns women's basketball team went 21–7, because he couldn't coach volleyball? (2010-06-25)
... that an inmate of the Dóchas Centre women's prison was arrested for trying to break into the facility at Mountjoy Prison, Dublin? (2010-06-25)
... that the Venezuelan historian Lucía Raynero Morales holds a Visiting Fellowship at St Antony's College, Oxford, that is named after the Venezuelan humanist Andrés Bello? (2010-06-24)
... that when interned by Nazi Germany in World War II, Sofka Skipwith and a friend smuggled a Jewish baby out of the camp in a Red Cross box and so saved its life? (2010-06-23)
... that Australian cricket all-rounder Sarah Elliott only took her first wicket in senior cricket eight years after her debut? (2010-06-23)
... that despite helping arrange the engagement of Princess Feodora with the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German Emperor Wilhelm II refused to attend their wedding? (2010-06-23)
... that the church dedicated to St Cwyllog in Llangwyllog, Anglesey, Wales, has a rare surviving Georgian triple-decker pulpit? (2010-06-23)
... that Maxine Hong Kingston's novel Tripmaster Monkey is named after a fictional monkey king from the Chinese epic novel Journey to the West? (2010-06-22)
... that the translations by Princess Anka Obrenović in 1836 were the first literary works compiled by a female to be published in Serbia? (2010-06-22)
... that Sheila Varian of California is an Arabian horse breeder who is also a horse trainer in the vaquero tradition, and was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in 2003? (2010-06-21)
... that in the film Horror of Dracula, actress Melissa Stribling played the victim of a vampire in an erotic role? (2010-06-21)
... that artist Orovida Camille Pissarro preferred to be known simply as Orovida to distinguish herself from the many other artists in her family, including her renowned grandfather Camille Pissarro? (2010-06-20)
... that the Somerset Women cricket team finished as County Championship Division Two champions in 2004 and 2005? (2010-06-19)
... that according to Ramayana adaptations, Mandodari – the wife of the ten-headed demon Ravana – was the mother of Sita, whose kidnapping by Ravana would lead to his doom? (2010-06-19)
... that the death of seven-year-old Jessica Dubroff, who tried to become the youngest to fly an aircraft across the US, led to a law prohibiting record-seeking children from touching the flight controls? (2010-06-19)
... that Ella Anker, decorated with the Order of the British Empire, founded a Norway-based version of the Anglo-Norse Society? (2010-06-19)
... that soprano Edith Selig recorded the early Bach cantata Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21, performed in Weimar in 1714 on the third Sunday after Trinity? (2010-06-19)
... that cricketer Lisa Sthalekar took five wickets in her 100th One Day International match for Australia? (2010-06-18)
... that Lillian Heath, the first woman doctor in Wyoming, was given the sawed-off skull cap of lynched outlaw Big Nose George, which she used as a doorstop? (2010-06-18)
... that cricketer Steph Davies, who made four appearances for England in 2008, made her county debut for Somerset aged just 13? (2010-06-17)
... that an article she wrote about boar hunting in Brittany led to Kate Betts' career as a fashion journalist? (2010-06-16)
... that Dean Lyons, a homeless heroin addict, confessed to the Grangegorman killings and spent eight months in jail, though he did not commit the crime? (2010-06-16)
... that the Albanian Vajtim (dirge or lament of the dead) in the 17th century would make the city of Gjirokastër extremely noisy on Sundays? (2010-06-12)
... that when Kamie Ethridge played basketball for the University of Texas, the arena where she played was dubbed "the best little scorehouse in Texas"? (2010-06-11)
... that Roger Tory Peterson suggested that Louis and Lois Darling illustrate the first edition of the environmental book Silent Spring? (2010-06-08)
... that the author of Lady Gaga: Queen of Pop previously wrote celebrity biographies on Michael Jackson, Kerry Katona, and Robbie Williams? (2010-06-08)
... that "white-out" from light reflections is a problem encountered during falloposcopy? (2010-06-08)
... that Norwegian Parliament member Olav Gunnar Ballo's book about the suicide of his daughter Kaja Bordevich Ballo became a bestseller in Norway? (2010-06-08)
... that flautist Marina Piccinini recorded Flute Sonatas of J.S. Bach, in collaboration with the Brasil Guitar Duo, who won a scholarship at the Concert Artists Guild, twenty years after Piccinini did so? (2010-06-07)
... that Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prizewinner Antje Boetius believes life forms she discovered may be able to help control future climate change through anaerobic digestion of methane? (2010-06-07)
... that Ingeborg Reichelt performed the soprano part of the Bach cantata Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39, written for the first Sunday after Trinity of 1726? (2010-06-06)
... that singer Lissie was invited to open for Lenny Kravitz after he saw her MySpace page? (2010-06-05)
... that in 1952, flutist Doriot Anthony Dwyer was the first woman to be named principal chair of a major US orchestra? (2010-06-05)
... that Aline Hofheimer painted a 126-foot fresco representing aviation history in Roosevelt Field, Long Island? (2010-06-05)
... that 1993 Eurovision Song Contest winner Niamh Kavanagh overcame voice and dress problems to make her return in the 2010 contest in Oslo, Norway? (2010-06-04)
... that 2004 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prizewinner for neurobiology, Hannah Monyer, can speak several languages and play the piano? (2010-06-03)
... that Dorothy Ellicott was the first woman to be elected to two different Gibraltar Councils and was posthumously awarded the Gibraltar Medallion of Honour on Gibraltar National Day 2008? (2010-06-02)
... that American mezzo-soprano Susanne Mentzer created the role of the mother of Yueyang in Tan Dun's opera The First Emperor at the Metropolitan Opera in 2006? (2010-05-30)
... that as a result of her parent's divorce, Princess Alexandrine became the adopted daughter of her otherwise childless uncle Frederick William IV of Prussia? (2010-05-30)
... that English suffragette Olive Wharry was imprisoned in 1913 for an arson attack at Kew Gardens? (2010-05-30)
... that actor Matt Damon guest starred in the season finale episode of 30 Rock "I Do Do" after learning he was at the top of series creator Tina Fey's guest star wish list? (2010-05-30)
... that award-winning author Lois Duncan thinks that her novel Don't Look Behind You was a premonition of her daughter being killed by a hired gunman? (2010-05-30)
... that Carmelita González, who earned $21 for her first film appearance, became a leading actress during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema? (2010-05-30)
... that lesbian union organizer Mary Kay Henry was elected the first woman president of the Service Employees International Union on May 8, 2010? (2010-05-29)
... that the resignation of Sri Mulyani Indrawati as finance minister of Indonesia caused its stock exchange to drop by 3.8% and its currency value to drop by 1%, and was the fourth most talked about topic in Twitter? (2010-05-27)
... that historian Doris Mary Stenton helped revive the dormant Pipe Roll Society in 1922, and became its organizing secretary in 1923? (2010-05-27)
... that Mien Ruys, a Dutch garden architect, started the fad of designing gardens using railroad ties (Dutch, bielzen), so much so that her nickname became Bielzen Mien? (2010-05-25)
... that Louisette Bertholle was one of three authors of the seminal 1961 cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking, with Julia Child and Simone Beck? (2010-05-25)
... that the wedding featured in the 30 Rock episode "Emanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land" was filmed in Saint Cecilia's Catholic Church in Greenpoint, Brooklyn? (2010-05-25)
... that an Edinburgh judge and Member of Parliament had his wife, Lady Grange (pictured) kidnapped and effectively imprisoned for thirteen years in various remote parts of western Scotland? (2010-05-24)
... that Angela de la Cruz, Susan Philipsz, Dexter Dalwood and the Otolith Group were nominated for the 2010 Turner Prize? (2010-05-23)
... that photographer and artist Zoe Leonard's 1995 exhibition Strange Fruit (for David) featured discarded fruit skins sewn together and decorated? (2010-05-23)
... that Canadian nun Eulalie Durocher has been associated with the recovery of a man declared dead and sudden changes in the course of two fires? (2010-05-23)
... that the headscarf of the St. Lucian national costume can be tied to show the availability of the woman for courtship? (2010-05-23)
... that Giuliana Camerino named her Venetian fashion house Roberta di Camerino after the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film Roberta? (2010-05-23)
... that Edith Hughes, considered Britain's first practising woman architect, was refused entry to the all-male Royal Institute of British Architects in 1927? (2010-05-23)
... that soprano Dorothee Mields sang solo and tutti in five cantatas composed for Pentecost by the prolific Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, a contemporary of Bach? (2010-05-23)
... that the same cast members starred in Robert Altman's 1982 Broadway and film versions of Ed Graczyk's Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean? (2010-05-23)
... that soprano Adele Stolte recorded the Bach cantata for Pentecost Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172 with the Thomanerchor conducted by Erhard Mauersberger? (2010-05-23)
... that Canadian nun Émilie Gamelin was one of only 226 women who sought to vote at the 1832 Montreal West by-election? (2010-05-22)
... that Lithuanian-born Aldona Gustas co-founded an artistic forum in West Berlin, the "Berliner Malerpoeten", intended to attract individuals who both wrote and illustrated their works? (2010-05-22)
... that 16 year old Elena Myers (pictured) is the first female motorcyclist to win a race in the 76 year history of AMA Pro Racing? (2010-05-21)
... that the song "Why Don't You Love Me", performed by Beyoncé, peaked at number one in the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart, though it was never released as single? (2010-05-20)
... that Jonita Lattimore performed at the opening weekend at the current homes for the Boston Landmarks Orchestra and the Grant Park Music Festival? (2010-05-20)
... that Lady Gaga's song "Dance in the Dark" is about a girl who likes to have sex with the lights off because she is embarrassed about her body? (2010-05-19)
... that Vesla Vetlesen became a government minister for Norway's Labour Party in 1986, thirty years after renouncing communism and joining the party together with her husband Leif Vetlesen? (2010-05-18)
... that "Telethon" was the first episode of the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation to be written by star Amy Poehler? (2010-05-18)
... that after the death of Sangamitta, the daughter of Emperor Ashoka, observances were held in her honor throughout Sri Lanka for one week? (2010-05-18)
... that in 2009 Linda King sold 60 letters from her former lover, author Charles Bukowski, for $69,000? (2010-05-18)
... that during the 1988–89 NBA season, the Washington Bullets had both a center named Charles Jones and a forward named Charles Jones? (2010-05-18)
... that singer-songwriter Azalia Snail was dubbed the "Queen of lo-fi"? (2010-05-18)
... that seventeen-year-old rock guitarist Desireé Bassett has been called "the future of rock and roll"? (2010-05-17)
... that Lady Gaga loaned her costume designer to the American television series Glee for the episode "Theatricality"? (2010-05-16)
... that Deandra Dottin scored the first century in a women's Twenty20 International, making 112 not out in the opening match of the 2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20? (2010-05-16)
... that Hulda Shipanga, the first black Namibian nurse promoted to the rank of matron, attended to the wounded at the Old Location Uprising in 1959 when white doctors refused to treat them? (2010-05-15)
... that although Sally Wister's Journal was written as a series of letters in 1777–78, the addressee of the letters did not receive them until 1830? (2010-05-13)
... that at the United Kingdom general election on 6 May 2010 Helen Grant became the first black female candidate to be elected as a Conservative MP? (2010-05-13)
... that Paula Bauersmith appeared in the original Broadway productions of Bury the Dead, Sail Away, and Breakfast at Tiffany's? (2010-05-12)
... that in 2008 Australian judge Betty King referred to herself as the "queen of banning things"? (2010-05-12)
... that hotel lounge singer Loretta Ables Sayre, in her 2008 Broadway debut in South Pacific was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Theatre World Award? (2010-05-10)
... that Kelly Faris has won five consecutive post-season basketball tournaments, including a National Championship? (2010-05-10)
... that Atsuko Seta is the first Japanese pianist to perform with the Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra? (2010-05-10)
... that in April 2010 South Korean mountaineer Oh Eun-Sun became the first woman to summit all 14 eight-thousanders, the world's tallest mountain peaks? (2010-05-08)
... that two of Mitty Collier's biggest hit records were versions of gospel songs originally penned by James Cleveland, but rewritten with secular lyrics? (2010-05-06)
... that although known for their erotic protests, the Ukrainian women’s movement FEMEN is against legalizing prostitution? (2010-05-06)
... that Jess Cameron scored more than half of her team's runs when the Australian Under-21 cricket team played the senior team? (2010-05-03)
... that Olympic marathon runner Lisa Weightman won the Award for Business Excellence from Australian broadsheet The Age? (2010-05-02)
... that Doris Parkes competed in ice hockey and speed skating at the 1931 Banff Winter carnival? (2010-05-02)
... that during "Boobquake", thousands of women tested a hypothesis that they could start earthquakes by dressing immodestly? (2010-05-02)
... that in 2007 French actress and comedienne Mimie Mathy was selected the fifth most popular French celebrity by the weekly Le Journal du Dimanche? (2010-05-01)
... that in 2007 French actress and comedienne Mimie Mathy was selected the fifth most popular French celebrity by the weekly Le Journal du Dimanche? (2010-04-30)
... that earlier this season, Katey Stone of the Harvard Crimson became the winningest coach in the history of NCAA Division I women's ice hockey? (2010-04-30)
... that cricketer Julie Hunter saw Australia to victory from the last ball of the match in her first ODI innings? (2010-04-30)
... that cricketer Shelley Nitschke started her career for Australia as a specialist bowler but went on to score a One Day International century as an opener? (2010-04-29)
... that social reformer Isabella Ford was the first woman to speak at a conference of the Labour Representation Committee (which went on to form the British Labour Party)? (2010-04-29)
... that Erin Osborne led the wicket-taking in her maiden Women's National Cricket League season? (2010-04-29)
... that Rachael Haynes (pictured) narrowly missed a century on her Test cricket debut for Australia, scoring only 98? (2010-04-28)
... that fashion designer Elspeth Gibson's clients have included Madonna, Cate Blanchett and Queen Rania of Jordan? (2010-04-28)
... that author and social worker Ella Mae Johnson attended the inauguration of Barack Obama at the age of 105? (2010-04-28)
... that Debra Lehrmann won the Republican nomination for the Texas Supreme Court in the only contested statewide race on the April 13, 2010 runoff ballot? (2010-04-28)
... that Alex Blackwell captained the Australian women's cricket team to eight consecutive ODI wins over New Zealand? (2010-04-28)
... that Sarah Andrews is Australia's ninth-leading wicket-taker in One Day International cricket? (2010-04-27)
... that cricketer Rene Farrell (pictured) made her debut for Australia after only five matches for her state? (2010-04-27)
... that the album LifeTimes composed by the daughter of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard includes contributions from Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke? (2010-04-27)
... that Inger Alver Gløersen, born in 1892, made her literary début in 1954? (2010-04-27)
... that D'Jamin Bartlett won the 1974 Drama Desk Award for Most Promising Performer? (2010-04-27)
... that Connie Yori, the current Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball head coach, is the inaugural winner of the Kay Yow Award? (2010-04-27)
... that members of the Women's Timber Corps were known as Lumber Jills? (2010-04-26)
... that in 1901, The Juridical Review reported that the female inmates in Irish prisons most favored the books of Scottish writer Annie Shepherd Swan? (2010-04-25)
... that Nora Okja Keller wrote the novel Comfort Woman, about Koreans used as sex slaves by the Japanese army in World War II, after she heard a lecture by a former victim? (2010-04-24)
... that cricketer Lauren Ebsary had never played a formal match before representing South Australia at youth level? (2010-04-24)
... that the pre-teen girls' running-and-wellness program Girls on the Run has its roots in its founder's climb out of alcoholism? (2010-04-24)
... that the Little Golden Books illustrator Corinne Malvern was a former child actress who once played Madama Butterfly's son in front of the Japanese Ambassador to the US? (2010-04-23)
... that the wife and husband Alette and Kristian Schreiner conducted medical research together, although Alette did not hold an academic position? (2010-04-23)
... that Annie Hall Cudlip, one of the most prolific writers of romantic fiction in during the Victorian era, wrote over 100 novels and short stories from 1862 to 1900? (2010-04-22)
... that "womb veil" was the most common term for barrier contraception used by women in 19th-century America? (2010-04-21)
... that Leonor Rivera was the greatest influence in preventing Filipino national hero José Rizal from falling in love with other women while traveling outside the Philippines? (2010-04-20)
... that in Canadian women's ice hockey history, the Fernie Swastikas (pictured) were the 1923 champions of the Banff Winter Carnival? (2010-04-20)
... that Zhuang Xiaoyan won China's first Olympic gold medal in judo in 1992? (2010-04-18)
... that when Canadian nun and midwife Rosalie Cadron-Jetté (pictured) founded the Hospice de Sainte-Pélagie in Montreal in 1845, it operated out of the attic of a house leased by her son? (2010-04-18)
... that the biological father of Infanta María de la Paz of Spain was not the King of Spain, but one of the Queen’s lovers? (2010-04-18)
... that Anne Holtsmark translated well-known works such as Heimskringla and the Prose Edda from Norse to Norwegian? (2010-04-18)
... that the 1997 Budapest wedding of Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg to Archduke Georg of Austria was broadcast live on Hungarian television? (2010-04-15)
... that mezzo-soprano Claudia Eder sang the parts of the Muse and Nicklausse in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann on a recording with Plácido Domingo as Hoffmann? (2010-04-15)
... that Alice Dudeney was called one of the most powerful writers of fiction among modern English women by Putnam Magazine? (2010-04-15)
... that horticulturalist Ellen Willmott had more than 60 plants named after her or her home, Warley Place, including Rosa willmottiae (pictured)? (2010-04-14)
... that Maria Fortunata Viti, a Benedictine nun beatified by Pope Paul VI in 1967, remained illiterate her entire life? (2010-04-13)
... that after being boycotted from international cricket for over two decades, South Africa women achieved a 3–0 series whitewash against Ireland women on their return? (2010-04-11)
... that Margaret Ballinger, an M.P. for native South Africans, was hailed as the "Queen of the Blacks" in 1944? (2010-04-11)
... that Laura Berg, with three gold and one silver medals, is the most decorated athlete in softball at the Summer Olympics? (2010-04-11)
... that in gratitude for being introduced to her future husband Roland Bonaparte, Marie Blanc reportedly gifted his sister Jeanne Bonaparte one million francs? (2010-04-11)
... that Bouthaina Shaaban, a former Minister of Expatriates of Syria, has been described as the Syrian "regime's face to the outside world"? (2010-04-11)
... that the co-pilot of the lead C-47 at the Mitla Pass parachute drop, which launched the 1956 Suez War, was a woman, Yael Rom? (2010-04-09)
... that swimmer Janine Pietsch won two gold medals at the 2006 World Championships, each by 0.25 seconds? (2010-04-07)
... that in 1930 Albanian feminist Urani Rumbo was accused by the authorities of encouraging girl students to perform in theater plays? (2010-04-06)
... that, in the role of southern Belle "Geneva Lee Browne", Paige Miles performed in a school rendition of The 1940's Radio Hour, a World War II musical about a radio station in New York? (2010-04-06)
... that Daughters of the American Revolution co-founder Ellen Hardin Walworth studied law in order to overturn the murder conviction of her son? (2010-04-06)
... that Dr. Lillian H. South is credited with eliminating several contagious diseases from Kentucky, including hookworm? (2010-04-05)
... that Linda Mvusi, an architect who shared in an award for her work on the Apartheid Museum, won a best actress prize at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival? (2010-04-04)
... that President Theodore Roosevelt publicly recommended Eliza Calvert Hall's book Aunt Jane of Kentucky? (2010-04-04)
... that Madonna licensed her entire music catalogue to the television series Glee, resulting in the tribute episode "The Power of Madonna"? (2010-04-03)
... that Leah Poulton scored an ODI century in her third match for Australia women's cricket team? (2010-04-03)
... that Lauren Burns won Australia's first Olympic gold medal in taekwondo? (2010-04-02)
... that Ruth Belville (pictured) and her parents had a business selling people Greenwich Mean Time? (2010-04-01)
... that Cri-Zelda Brits is the only South African woman to have scored a half-century in Twenty20 International cricket? (2010-03-31)
... that an entire regiment of the Mexican Army was despatched to expel Mexican folk healer and mystic Teresa Urrea from the country? (2010-03-30)
... that Olena Krasovska ran the fastest 100 metres hurdles race (12.45 seconds) by an athlete representing Ukraine, but despite this she does not hold the Ukrainian record? (2010-03-28)
... that former First Lady of New Hampshire Gale Thomson ran a maple syrup business from her 19th century farmhouse in Orford? (2010-03-28)
... that Ukrainian sprinter Anzhela Kravchenko has more national titles in the 100 and 200 metres than double world champion Zhanna Pintusevich-Block? (2010-03-28)
... that Winifred Collins was one of the first females to be commissioned in the WAVES when it began in 1942 and was later Chief of Naval Personnel for Women? (2010-03-27)
... that comedian Andy Samberg guest starred in the Parks and Recreation episode "Park Safety", which he called "the best episode, and maybe not just of this show but of any show on television ever"? (2010-03-27)
... that an ovarian pregnancy can occur when the egg cell is not released or picked up? (2010-03-27)
... that Sayuri Kokushō's 1986 debut single, Valentine Kiss, is the most popular Valentine's Day song in Japan, despite selling only 317,000 copies? (2010-03-26)
... that Siobhan Magnus, a current contestant on the ninth season of American Idol, started singing in public during a elementary school concert when she sang "Tomorrow" from the musical Annie? (2010-03-25)
... that more than twenty attendants of the Cécile DeWitt-Morette's summer school in the Alps were later awarded the Nobel Prize? (2010-03-25)
... that Bamba Müller was the "Cinderella" who married Dalip Singh Sukerchakia, the Black Prince of Perthshire? (2010-03-25)
... that pioneering Austrian feminist Auguste Fickert got involved in politics because of an attempt to disenfranchise all women voters in Lower Austria in 1889? (2010-03-25)
... that American soprano, Anna Fitziu, was the singing instructor for Shirley Verrett? (2010-03-24)
... that Jack Donaghy calls the state of Florida "America's Australia" in the 30 Rock episode "The Natural Order"? (2010-03-23)
... that Princess Bamba, the last of the family who ruled the Sikh Empire, was said to have "lived like an alien in her father's kingdom"? (2010-03-23)
... that soprano Annette Dasch appeared as Elettra in Mozart's Idomeneo at the reopening of the Cuvilliés Theatre, where that opera had been premiered in 1781? (2010-03-23)
... that when Scottish soprano Muriel Dickson toured with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company to New York City in 1934–1935, she was invited to join the Metropolitan Opera? (2010-03-22)
... that the erotic Indian classical dance Mohiniattam is named after the seductress supreme of Hindu mythology – Mohini (pictured), the female avatar of the male god Vishnu? (2010-03-22)
... that Jhalkaribai fought with the East India Company army in disguise as Queen Laxmibai of Jhansi during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 to let the queen escape easily out of the fort? (2010-03-21)
... that in her novel Devil's Brood, author Sharon Kay Penman writes about Eleanor of Aquitaine who is imprisoned by her husband King Henry II of England? (2010-03-21)
... that bikini baristas can be found mixing up coffee drinks all over the Seattle area? (2010-03-21)
... that the Tour de Nesle scandal led to the imprisonment of French Princesses Blanche and Margaret and the execution of their lovers? (2010-03-20)
... that Grace Voss Frederick (November 3, 1905 – January 16, 2009) was the creator of the Grace Museum of America and the Grace Museum for the Preservation of Americana? (2010-03-20)
... that the unnamed woman with seven sons (pictured) portrayed in 2 Maccabees is known variously in other sources as Hannah, Miriam and Solomonia? (2010-03-19)
... that Indonesia's first flag flown was fashioned by its first first lady Fatmawati? (2010-03-19)
... that actress Edith Craig, dramatist Christabel Marshall and artist Clare Atwood lived in a ménage à trois from 1916 until Craig's death in 1947? (2010-03-19)
... that according to one contemporary source, Barbara Strozzi showed off a bejeweled necklace she received from Anna de' Medici by placing it between her "two darling, beautiful breasts"? (2010-03-19)
... that Australian cricketer Alyssa Healy (pictured) was the first girl to play among boys in the private schools' cricket competition in New South Wales? (2010-03-19)
... that according to legend, New York Assemblywoman Ida Sammis' first act in the legislature was to polish the brass spittoon assigned to her, and to place it on her desk as a flower vase? (2010-03-18)
... that the 2009–10 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team set school records for best season start, longest conference winning streak, and most conference wins? (2010-03-18)
... that Carl Jeppesen organized the female match workers' strike in Kristiania in 1889? (2010-03-17)
... that Mary Elliott Flanery was the first female state legislator south of the Mason-Dixon Line when she took her seat in the Kentucky General Assembly in January 1922? (2010-03-16)
... that Canadian coxswain Lesley Thompson has competed at six different Olympics, and won medals in four of them? (2010-03-16)
... that the Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball program was abolished by the University Senate immediately following a perfect season? (2010-03-16)
... that Dashiell Hammett helped Lillian Hellman write the 1951 Broadway play The Autumn Garden? (2010-03-15)
... that the couple Mette and Philip Newth have made picture books for blind and for deaf children? (2010-03-14)
... that He Zhuoyan is the youngest person to win an award in the Forbes China Celebrity 100 in 2007 at the age of 18? (2010-03-14)
... that Progressive era social reformer Katharine Bement Davis did research on the sexual practices of females in New York City? (2010-03-13)
... that Elżbieta Sieniawska was one of the most powerful women in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the reign of Augustus II the Strong? (2010-03-13)
... that Bobbi Trout became the first woman to fly an aircraft all night and broke the previous women's solo endurance record in a February 10, 1929, flight? (2010-03-13)
... that despite having a Ph.D. and being a foremost North American authority on the difficult mushroom genera Lactarius and Russula, Gertrude S. Burlingham only ever taught high school biology? (2010-03-12)
... that Bessie A. Buchanan, who was the first African-American woman to hold a seat in the New York State Legislature, previously danced in the chorus line at the Cotton Club? (2010-03-12)
... that sex therapy pioneer Helen Singer Kaplan advocated for people to enjoy sexual intercourse as much as possible as opposed to seeing it as something dirty or harmful? (2010-03-11)
... that the Hindu widow goddess Dhumavati (pictured) is offered liquor, meat, cigarettes and bhang, an intoxicating hashish drink? (2010-03-11)
... that Patricia Travers was a child prodigy with the violin but withdrew from public performances at age 23? (2010-03-10)
... that in 2010, Jennie M. Forehand sponsored a bill limiting the ability of judges to sentence criminals to time in local jails if those jails are not reimbursed by the state? (2010-03-10)
... that the great Sera Monastery (pictured) in Lhasa, Tibet, has 19 affiliated hermitages, including 4 nunneries: Chupzang Nunnery, Garu Nunnery, Negodong Nunnery and Nenang Nunnery? (2010-03-10)
... that Mildred "Micky" Axton, who was the first woman to fly a B-29, died on February 08, 2010 before she could receive the Congressional Gold Medal on March 10, 2010? (2010-03-09)
... that the customers of Martha Matilda Harper's hair salons included Susan B. Anthony, Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, and Jacqueline Kennedy? (2010-03-09)
... that Florence Luscomb, one of the first women to earn an architecture degree from MIT, later left that field to become a full-time women's suffrage activist? (2010-03-09)
... that Emma Roberto Steiner, one of the first American women to make a living from conducting, took a ten year hiatus from her musical career to prospect for tin near Nome, Alaska? (2010-03-09)
... that Chrystal Macmillan (pictured) was the first female graduate with a degree in science from the University of Edinburgh, and the first woman to argue before the House of Lords? (2010-03-09)
... that fiction writer Cathy Kelly has sold over 1 million books in the UK, at one time displacing both Dan Brown and J. K. Rowling from the top of the country's bestseller list? (2010-03-09)
... that the zoste patrikia was the only Byzantine title reserved specifically for women, and ranked as one of the highest court dignities? (2010-03-08)
... that in 1928, Viola Gentry flew 8 hours, 6 six minutes and 37 seconds straight which set the first non-refueling endurance record for women? (2010-03-08)
... that the Bulgarian female runners Zlateva, Yordanova, Pekhlivanova, Shtereva, Tomova and Petrova all won medals in 800 metres at the European Indoor Championships in the 1970s? (2010-03-08)
... that Egyptian officer Rawya Ateya (pictured) was the first woman to serve as a Member of Parliament in the Arab world? (2010-03-08)
... that Ragna Nielsen was the first woman to headmaster a secondary school in Norway? (2010-03-08)
... that Masako Katsura's participation in the World Three-Cushion Billiards tournament of 1952 was the first time any woman ever competed in any billiards tournament for a world crown? (2010-03-08)
... that by using a shower curtain and sewing machine, Marion Donovan developed what was to become the first waterproof disposable diaper? (2010-03-08)
... that the German socialist women's activist Lore Agnes was jailed in 1914 for having called on women to oppose the First World War during a March 8 rally? (2010-03-08)
... that Tenley Albright won the gold medal in ladies' figure skating competition at the 1956 Winter Olympics despite sustaining a serious leg injury two weeks before the Olympics? (2010-03-08)
... that Evelina Haverfield, a British suffragette who was arrested after hitting a police officer in the mouth, threatened to "bring a revolver" next time? (2010-03-08)
... that Spanish politician and feminist Clara Campoamor was one of three women elected to Spain's 1931 Constituent Assembly even though women were not allowed to vote in the election? (2010-03-08)
... that Black Chicks Talking is a book, film, play and art exhibition that explores issues related to Indigenous Australian women? (2010-03-08)
... that Ann Baumgartner was the first American woman to fly a United States Army Air Force jet aircraft when she flew the Bell YP-59A jet fighter at Wright Field as a test pilot during World War Two? (2010-03-08)
... that three-time Olympian Albertina Dias was the first Portuguese woman to win at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships? (2010-03-08)
... that German high jumper Meike Kröger spent almost a year working in an orphanage in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan? (2010-03-07)
... that Elizabeth Yates' novel Amos Fortune, Free Man won the inaugural William Allen White Children's Book Award? (2010-03-07)
... that early female Republican party politician and suffragist Rhoda Fox Graves was the first woman to serve in the New York State Senate? (2010-03-05)
... that Melek Tourhan, whose father offered her for adoption as an infant in order to improve her lot in life, went on to become Sultana of Egypt? (2010-03-05)
... that Solas fiddler Winifred Horan is a former member of the all-female musical group Cherish the Ladies? (2010-03-04)
... that a 1973 ruling by Sylvia Pressler forced Little League Baseball to begin admitting girls for the first time? (2010-03-03)
... that Letters of Ayn Rand, published in 1995, was the first book by Ayn Rand to receive a positive review in The New York Times Book Review since 1943? (2010-03-02)
... that the self-decapitated Hindu goddess Chinnamasta (pictured) standing on a copulating couple signifies that life, death and sex are interdependent? (2010-03-02)
... that at the age of 44, Roslyn M. Brock, the newly elected Chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is the youngest person ever to serve in the position? (2010-02-28)
... that the inaugural inductees into the University of Connecticut Huskies of Honor included 23 basketball players and four head coaches, including Hall of Fame coaches Jim Calhoun and Geno Auriemma? (2010-02-27)
... that after her European Parliamentary career, Anne André-Léonard served as the Assistant Commissioner for Belgium at the World Expo in Zaragoza from 2006 to 2008? (2010-02-27)
... that KV35YL, a mummy that was discovered in the ancient Egyptian tomb KV35 in 1898 and thought to be male at the time, was recently determined by DNA testing to be King Tut's mother? (2010-02-26)
... that Australian triathlete Mirinda Carfrae in her first attempt at the Ironman distance broke the women's marathon course record at the 2009 World Championships? (2010-02-26)
... that Amy Williams, gold medal winner in skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics, was accused of getting an unfair advantage from ridges in her helmet? (2010-02-24)
... that after inheriting her late husband's tools in 1760, Hester Bateman successfully ran a family silversmithing business for 30 years? (2010-02-24)
... that sibling alpine skiers Ornella and Manfred Oettl Reyes are members of Peru's first team at the Winter Olympics, despite being born and living their entire lives in Germany? (2010-02-23)
... that Janet Vida Watson's first job involved researching the growth of chickens, but that she went on to become the first woman president of the Geological Society of London? (2010-02-23)
... that Dương Vân Nga (statue pictured) is the only woman in the history of Vietnam to be married to two emperors, Đinh Tiên Hoàng of the Đinh Dynasty and Lê Hoàn of the Early Lê Dynasty? (2010-02-23)
... that Crystal Taliefero, percussionist with the Billy Joel Band, also narrates children's audiobooks? (2010-02-23)
... that in 2003, Member of the European Parliament, Marialiese Flemming, proposed more than 80 amendments to a European Commission human tissue safety standards proposal? (2010-02-21)
... that director and writer Juanita Wilson spent time in "the most radioactive place on earth" while working on her debut Academy Award-nominated short film? (2010-02-21)
... that in 2003, Austrian Member of the European Parliament Daniela Raschhofer was conferred a Grand Decoration of Honour? (2010-02-21)
... that the first copyright act, the Statute of Anne or "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning" (pictured), became law almost 300 years ago? (2010-02-19)
... that YouTube artist Beckii Cruel from the Isle of Man has become popular in Japan? (2010-02-19)
... that the Norwegian long jump record for women, which Margrethe Renstrøm broke in 2009 with a 6.64 metres jump, was at the time the oldest Norwegian athletics record? (2010-02-18)
... that speed skater Tomomi Okazaki, currently competing in her fifth Olympic Games, is the oldest female member of the Japanese team at the 2010 Winter Olympics? (2010-02-17)
... that Bulgarian middle distance runner Vesela Yatsinska failed to make it past round one in the 1980 Olympics despite achieving a personal best time? (2010-02-15)
... that while accompanying her sister for her marriage in Florence, Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony met and eventually married the groom's father, becoming her sister's own step-mother-in-law? (2010-02-15)
... that Margaretta Faugères called Thomas Jefferson an "eminent reasoner" but nevertheless challenged his claim that slaves lacked "finer feelings"? (2010-02-15)
... that Virginia Bolten was deported from Argentina to Uruguay in 1902 because of her anarchist activities? (2010-02-14)
... that Isabel Ashdown's acclaimed first novel Glasshopper was written as part of her BA and MA and work at the University of Chichester? (2010-02-14)
... that the UK video game magazine Edge described Amy Hennig as one of the 100 most influential women in the video game industry? (2010-02-14)
... that Somali-Norwegian writer Amal Aden (pseudonym) is a noted critic of the Norwegian integration policy, as well as the Somali community in Oslo itself? (2010-02-14)
... that Nini Haslund Gleditsch participated in the flight of the Norwegian National Treasury in 1940? (2010-02-13)
... that Eva Nansen, Elisabeth Welhaven and Maren Sars contributed with music and storytelling in what was described as the "first salon" of Norway's capital? (2010-02-13)
... that as a child, Norwegian singer-songwriter Ingrid Olava taught herself to play "Do-Re-Mi" from The Sound of Music on her neighbor's piano? (2010-02-12)
... that the revelations of 14th-century Christian mystic Agnes Blannbekin, which included visions of the foreskin of Jesus, were considered too obscene for print until the 20th century? (2010-02-11)
... that R&B singer Margie Day, who had a hit record with "Little Red Rooster" in 1951 and also recorded "Take Out Your False Teeth Daddy", established a children's art project in Norfolk, Virginia? (2010-02-10)
... that the Rubin test was once considered by many specialists "the twentieth century's most important contribution to the clinical study of female infertility"? (2010-02-10)
... that The Land of Green Plums by Nobel Prize winner Herta Müller, depicting life in a totalitarian state, became a favorite of Iranian activist Mohammad-Ali Abtahi soon after he was released from jail? (2010-02-09)
... that famous Swedish actress Meg Westergren, the daughter of Håkan Westergren and Inga Tidblad, was originally planning on becoming a fashion designer? (2010-02-09)
... that about one out of five babies born from an abdominal pregnancy has a birth defect? (2010-02-09)
... that in 1715, the Hudson's Bay Company enlisted the aid of a Chipewyan woman, Thanadelthur, to broker a peace deal between the Chipewyan and the Cree? (2010-02-08)
... that Cecilie Thoresen Krog was Norway's first female university student? (2010-02-08)
... that Canadian astrophysicist Victoria Kaspi was one of the first to observe the cosmic recycling of pulsars? (2010-02-07)
... that the Hindu goddess Varahi (statue pictured) is worshipped only in the night according to secretive Vamamarga Tantric practices? (2010-02-07)
... that interstitial pregnancies cause a seven times higher mortality than ectopic pregnancies in general? (2010-02-07)
... that jazz pianist and vocalist Dena DeRose only considered singing professionally after carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritis forced her to give up playing the piano? (2010-02-06)
... that the American blues singer and pianist Maggie Jones, who recorded 38 songs between 1923 and 1926, was billed as "The Texan Nightingale"? (2010-02-05)
... that Elsa Barker was an American novelist and poet who published three volumes of messages from a dead man? (2010-02-05)
... that Carrie Jones is an American author of young-adult fiction who has won several awards? (2010-02-05)
... that Lynn Bayonas worked for The Australian Ballet before making her break into television writing? (2010-02-04)
... that the Montreal Stars, a professional women's hockey team in Canada, will be represented by three members at the 2010 Winter Olympics? (2010-02-04)
... that the Hello Girls, female switchboard operators in World War I, were part of the U.S. Army Signal Corps? (2010-02-04)
... that during the Susa weddings in 324 BCE, Alexander the Great married both Parysatis II and her second cousin's daughter, Stateira II? (2010-02-03)
... that the 2010 Newbery Winner Rebecca Stead only started writing children's books after her young son broke her laptop, destroying all of her 'serious writing'? (2010-02-02)
... that Norwegian journalist and anti-fascist Gerda Grepp was the first female reporter from Scandinavia to cover the Spanish Civil War as a war correspondent? (2010-02-02)
... that of James Whistler's paintings Symphony in White, No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, only the latter (pictured) carried that name originally? (2010-02-01)
... that Ruth Humbel, member of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, has won three bronze medals at the World Orienteering Championships? (2010-02-01)
... that all of early 14th century Europe was consecrated under the protection of Our Lady of Europe (statue pictured) in Gibraltar where devotion has continued for over 700 years? (2010-02-01)
... that the Alfie Atkins children's book series by Swedish author Gunilla Bergström has been translated into twenty-nine different languages and sold over eight million copies worldwide? (2010-01-30)
... that after retiring from professional wrestling, Ida Mae Martinez was one of the first nurses in Baltimore to work with AIDS patients? (2010-01-29)
... that 13-year-old Emer Jones's "Research and Development of Emergency Sandbag Shelters" helped her win the 2008 Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, the youngest ever and her school's debut? (2010-01-29)
... that Bredtveit is one of three women's prisons in Norway? (2010-01-29)
... that singer-songwriter Gillian Welch met her musical partner David Rawlings at a successful audition for the only country band at Berklee College of Music? (2010-01-28)
... that Aaslaug Aasland was Norway's first female head of a government ministry? (2010-01-27)
... that Napaljarri artists include Biddy, Daisy, Susie, Kowai, Wentja, Peggy, Doris, Parara, Eileen, Louisa, Lucy, Helen, Linda, Kitty, Sheila, Valerie, Maggie, Topsy, Nora, Ada, Ngoia, Molly, Mona and Norah? (2010-01-26)
... that Grete Prytz Kittelsen is known as the "Queen of Scandinavian Design"? (2010-01-26)
... that musical style of Czech singer Zuzana Navarová was inspired by Latin American music? (2010-01-24)
... that tufo is a Mozambican dance said to have originated when Mohammed migrated to Medina? (2010-01-22)
... that Betsy Warland edited a collection of essays named InVersions: Writing by Dykes, Queers and Lesbians which was published in 1991? (2010-01-22)
... that no man could own stock in the Woman's Temperance Publishing Association? (2010-01-20)
... that comedian Will Arnett starred alongside his real-life wife Amy Poehler in the Parks and Recreation episode, "The Set-Up"? (2010-01-20)
... that The West Wing actor, Dule Hill, voiced the audiobook of Jacqueline Woodson's young adult novel Miracle’s Boys? (2010-01-19)
... that actress Naya Rivera from the musical comedy series Glee had a talent agent before she was even one year old? (2010-01-18)
... that after a falling out in 1877, Georgina Weldon refused to return Gounod's original score for his opera Polyeucte, forcing him to rewrite it? (2010-01-18)
... that Susan Bower, the Executive Producer of Neighbours, got her break into television writing by providing A Country Practice with medical information? (2010-01-17)
... that despite the masculine pen name, British author George Paston was a woman? (2010-01-17)
... that publishers at first considered Nora Roberts' debut novel Irish Thoroughbred to be too ethnic because the heroine was from Ireland? (2010-01-15)
... that among the recipients of the Arts Council Norway Honorary Award are fiddler Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa, actress Ella Hval, and long term editor of Arbeidermagasinet Nils Johan Rud? (2010-01-14)
... that pin-up girl Gloria Nord attracted more than a million people to her rolling skating exhibitions in 1942 and 1943 and later gave a command performance for Queen Elizabeth II? (2010-01-13)
... that Unė Babickaitė, a Lithuanian actress that appeared in American silent films, was sentenced to five years in a Soviet gulag? (2010-01-12)
... that the first photography subjects of the German photographer Aenne Biermann were her own children? (2010-01-12)
... that after having covered the Spanish Civil War as a war correspondent journalist Lise Lindbæk worked to aid Spanish refugee children in France? (2010-01-10)
... that in 1974, Rudolf Jaenisch and Beatrice Mintz created the first transgenic mouse by injecting DNA from Simian virus 40? (2010-01-10)
... that Lykke Friis, the current Danish Minister for Climate and Energy, was not a member of the party Venstre before becoming a minister? (2010-01-09)
... that Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (pictured) was married to Prince Louis of Hesse in an atmosphere described by Queen Victoria as "more of a funeral than a wedding"? (2010-01-08)
... that French team handball player Mariama Signate was selected into the all-star team at the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in China? (2010-01-08)
... that Swiss writer Dominique Caillat briefly worked as an international lawyer before turning to literature and the stage, which helped her receive a basic training in acting and directing? (2010-01-08)
... that coloratura soprano Alice Verlet gave a 1922 opera and song recital at Carnegie Hall accompanied on violin by a young Xavier Cugat, who later achieved fame as the "rhumba king"? (2010-01-07)
... that from 1999 to 2003 the Cal Golden Bears had five consecutive Pac-10 Conference swimmers of the year; Marylyn Chiang, Haley Cope, and three-time winner Natalie Coughlin? (2010-01-06)
... that when LeT militants barged into her home in Rajouri, Rukhsana Kausar started a counter-attack wielding an axe, and later drew praise from the President, Prime Minister and Home Minister of India? (2010-01-05)
... that Alice Greenough Orr became a rodeo star after she found her preferred job of forest ranger largely unavailable to women during the era after World War I? (2010-01-03)
... that on December 26, 2009, Sarah Thomas became the first woman to officiate a Football Bowl Subdivision bowl game, when she served as line judge for the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl? (2010-01-02)
... that Cheryl Cole debuted her song "Parachute" whilst performing a Latin dance with Derek Hough on the television special Cheryl Cole's Night In? (2010-01-02)
... that Matilda of Brandenburg might have had an affair with Henry IV Probus before their marriage? (2010-01-02)
... that Margaret Formby, the daughter of Texas ranchers, was the founder of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth? (2010-01-02)
... that the actress cast as Amy Pond, a companion character to the Eleventh Doctor on Doctor Who, had previously portrayed a soothsayer on an episode involving the Tenth Doctor? (2010-01-02)
... that Anna Mendelssohn, who spent five years in jail over Angry Brigade bombings, later became a published poet? (2010-01-01)
... that aged 16, Ellyse Perry was the youngest person, male or female, to represent Australia in cricket, and debuted for the national football team a month later? (2010-06-20)
... that Ellyse Perry played both cricket and soccer for Australia at the age of sixteen? (2008-02-21)