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2011 DYK Blurbs:

... that Indonesian actress Titi Sjuman agreed to make her film debut only after being cajoled by her brother and sister-in-law (the film's director)? (2011-12-29)
... that Rachel Feinstein, whose latest art work is inspired by The Snow Queen, is half of what the New York Times called the American art world's "power couple"? (2011-12-29)
... that the murder of Sadia Sheikh has been called Belgium's first honour killing trial? (2011-12-28)
... that a documentary film by Ucu Agustin led to a prostitution district in Tulungagung, East Java, being shut down? (2011-12-27)
... that Tsukasa Fujimoto (pictured) and Hikaru Shida, two actresses on the Japanese television series Muscle Venus, later became professional wrestling champions as a tag team also named Muscle Venus? (2011-12-26)
... that Maya Angelou's sixth and final autobiography A Song Flung Up to Heaven is framed by the assassinations of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.? (2011-12-26)
... that Georges Bizet dedicated his song "Rêve de la bien-aimée" ("Dream of the beloved") to the Belgian coloratura soprano Léontine de Maësen? (2011-12-25)
... that Kyra Markham, whose images were used as propaganda against the Nazis, briefly had Frank Lloyd Wright as a father-in-law? (2011-12-24)
... that Ania Bien's 1986 photographic installation on the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam, which was destroyed in a fire that killed 33 people, included images alluding to the Holocaust? (2011-12-21)
... that the Murasaki Shikibu Diary Emaki contains an illustration of the regent extorting poems from two ladies? (2011-12-20)

... that mezzo-soprano Martina Koppelstetter has recorded Lieder by Rudi Spring for BR, Bavarian Radio? (2011-12-20)
... that a small volume 2 of The Young Men's Magazine written by a teenage Charlotte Brontë sold for £690,850? (2011-12-19)
... that Rossetti overpainted the face of his former mistress in his painting of Lady Lilith (detail pictured) with the face of one of his later models? (2011-12-19)
... that after suffering from polio as a youth, Maria Farida Indrati went on to become the first female justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia? (2011-12-18)
... that 26 new MPs were elected to the 50th New Zealand Parliament, including Julie Anne Genter (pictured) and Denise Roche (both Greens), Rino Tirikatene (Labour), Maggie Barry, Paul Goldsmith and Alfred Ngaro (National), and Richard Prosser and Denis O'Rourke (both NZ First)? (2011-12-18)
... that according to one critic, Rihanna appeared to be "channelling" Swedish singer-songwriter and rapper Neneh Cherry on "Cockiness (Love It)" in a "pseudo-melodic" impersonation? (2011-12-16)
... that the song "Cosas del Amor" has been performed by several female singers including Vikki Carr, Ana Gabriel, Milly Quezada, Jenni Rivera, Olga Tañón and Yuri? (2011-12-15)
... that female baseball player Mary Rountree earned a medical degree by studying in the off-season? (2011-12-14)
... that some music critics hear echoes of work by Diana Ross and Leslie Gore in Selena's song "Missing My Baby", which was featured on Entre a Mi Mundo? (2011-12-14)
... that Bat-El Gatterer, Israeli women's taekwondo champion, is a religiously observant Jew who was born in the West Bank? (2011-12-13)
... that singer Madonna appeared only as an animated fairy in the music video for her song "Dear Jessie"? (2011-12-12)
... that the Rihanna song "Where Have You Been" contains compositional elements of Geoff Mack's "I've Been Everywhere"? (2011-12-11)
... that the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is often compared to Walden, a work on which author Annie Dillard (pictured) based her master's thesis? (2011-12-11)
... that the Supreme Court of South Ossetia annulled the 2011 presidential election and barred its winner from running again? (2011-12-11)
... that Tonya Butler, while playing for the University of West Alabama under head coach Randy Pippin, became the first female to score a field goal in a NCAA college football game? (2011-12-10)
... that the scene showing a dead woman with her lips sewn shut, in the music video for the song "Oh Father", was inspired by singer Madonna's memory of her mother's funeral? (2011-12-10)
... that Florence Violet McKenzie, Australia's first female electrical engineer, taught Morse code to thousands of sailors free of charge? (2011-12-08)
... that the progressive feminist magazine On The Issues has also published articles about animal rights? (2011-12-07)
... that "Talk That Talk" is the third musical collaboration between Rihanna and Jay-Z? (2011-12-06)
... that the Glee episode "Extraordinary Merry Christmas" shares its title with an original song performed in the episode? (2011-12-05)
... that Maria Teresa de Filippis, the first female driver in Formula One, finished in a career best of last place despite being told by five-time world champion Juan Manuel Fangio that she was "too fast"? (2011-12-03)
... that Polish fashion blogger Glamourina participated in the Warsaw Fashion Weekend? (2011-12-03)
... that Ruth von Mayenburg was born into an aristocratic German family, became a spy for the Soviet Union during World War II, and in the 1960s, wrote the first history of Hotel Lux? (2011-12-02)
... that Australian Paralympic medalist Elizabeth Wright published a paper about her prosthesis? (2011-12-02)
... that Australian Paralympians Karni Liddell, Branka Pupovac and Hamish MacDonald were all photographed for a nude calendar? (2011-12-02)
... that Australian wheelchair racer Angie Ballard was named the Female Athlete of the Games for the 1999 Australia Junior Wheelchair Nationals? (2011-12-01)
... that Australian Paralympic medalist Marayke Jonkers won Cosmopolitan's "fun fearless female award" in 2007? (2011-11-30)
... that trying to escape Hurricane Katrina, award-winning writer Jesmyn Ward and her family got stranded in a field full of tractors? (2011-11-29)
... that "Cherish" became Madonna's sixteenth top-five single, a record in the Billboard Hot 100 history? (2011-11-29)
... that Jacqueline Moss guided tours of Joseph Hirshhorn's sculpture garden in Greenwich, Connecticut, before he had the art moved to his museum in Washington? (2011-11-25)
... that Australian Paralympic medalists Karen Farrell and Cameron de Burgh, both seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents, were sponsored by the NSW Motor Accidents Authority? (2011-11-24)
... that Jessica Gallagher, the first Australian woman to win a medal at the Winter Paralympics, has also set national records in discus, long jump, and shot put? (2011-11-24)
... that Djenar Maesa Ayu was involved with 1 Woman, 14 Men on her 38th birthday? (2011-11-24)
... that the University of Central Florida's women's soccer team has had a winning record in 27 of the 30 seasons the team has played? (2011-11-22)
... that Israeli Olympian Delila Hatuel trains both Jewish and Arab children in fencing? (2011-11-22)
... that Paralympian Cobi Crispin was the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team's top scorer in all but the last two matches of the 2011 U25 Women's World Championship of Basketball? (2011-11-22)
... that Julianne Adams was recruited as a wheelchair basketball player while still in a hospital bed following the accident that severed her spine? (2011-11-19)
... that judge Beth Grimes dismissed lawsuits against Keanu Reeves and Ari Emanuel, ordered Jon Voight to pay attorney fees, and was appointed by Arnold Schwarzenegger to a California Court of Appeal? (2011-11-19)
... that two of the members of Japanese idol group HKT48 are in elementary school? (2011-11-18)
... that Dorothy Mayhall was the first director of the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum? (2011-11-17)
... that Ayu Ting Ting became popular in 2011 with a song released four years earlier? (2011-11-16)
... that Jewish athlete Lilli Henoch, winner of ten German track and field championships, was murdered with her mother by the Nazis during the Holocaust? (2011-11-15)
... that the ancient Roman dancer Galeria Copiola reached the age of 104? (2011-11-15)
... that LiSA was one of the two vocalists for a fictional band in an anime? (2011-11-14)
... that Margie Goldstein-Engle (pictured), who as a child cleaned out horse stalls to pay for riding lessons, became a 10-time American Grandprix Association Rider of the Year? (2011-11-12)
... that in the four years before her appointment to California's Third District Court of Appeal, Elena Duarte had served as a judge of both the Los Angeles County and Sacramento County Superior Courts? (2011-11-07)
... that in a concert "Hommage à Liszt" at Munich's Gasteig, pianist Valentina Babor played chamber music by Franz Liszt and Graham Waterhouse scored for piano solo up to piano and string quartet? (2011-11-06)
... that despite being located in the Orkney Islands, the sand lining of the Scar boat burial (plaque from site pictured) matches no known Scottish sand? (2011-11-03)
... that, for Norma Eberhardt, 1958 was the year to be seen with Dracula and Live Fast, Die Young? (2011-10-31)
... that Margaret Sanger (pictured) coined the term birth control in 1914 in her monthly newsletter The Woman Rebel, which she published as part of a campaign to overturn anti-contraception laws? (2011-10-30)
... that former couple Acha Septriasa and Irwansyah united for their last Love Story under the supervision of Irwansyah's future wife and direction of Hanny Saputra? (2011-10-28)
... that Ratih Hardjono connected her wedding with corruption, collusion, and nepotism? (2011-10-28)
... that Dira Sugandi was awarded the Indonesian Young Jazz Talent Award for her duet with Jason Mraz? (2011-10-28)
... that Montana State University educator and artist Frances Senska trained several internationally known ceramic artists although she herself had just two academic quarters of training in ceramics? (2011-10-27)
... that Atomatrix, who will skate for Team USA at the Roller Derby World Cup, has competed at the international level in inline and ice speed skating? (2011-10-23)
... that in 2004 Dewi Sandra was selected as one of the sexiest women in the world by FHM? (2011-10-23)
... that Irma Lozada was the first female police officer to die in the line of duty in New York? (2011-10-20)
... that An Anglo-American Alliance: A Serio-Comic Romance and Forecast of the Future, published in 1906, has been described as the first lesbian science fiction novel? (2011-10-20)
... that Alicia Aberley is a Paralympic swimmer who has held multiple world records and works for Amway? (2011-10-20)
... that Hanna Bergas was one of three teachers who, at Dovercourt, England, met thousands of children fleeing Nazi Germany without their parents on the Kindertransports? (2011-10-18)
... that two-time US Open women's wheelchair tennis champion Daniela Di Toro became paraplegic when a wall fell on her while she was competing at a school swimming carnival? (2011-10-17)
... that on his first day filming "Pot of Gold", Glee newcomer and The Glee Project winner Damian McGinty was shoved into a locker 25 times? (2011-10-16)
... that political novice Julie Hardaker beat the experienced incumbent Bob Simcock in 2010's contest for the mayoralty of Hamilton, New Zealand? (2011-10-16)
... that Titiek Puspa's stage name was given to her by President Sukarno? (2011-10-13)
... that the reaction of the public to a 26-foot-tall statue of Marilyn Monroe has been criticized as "juvenile"? (2011-10-13)
... that former BBC Newsround reporter Lucy Mathen is now an ophthalmologist, and has launched a volunteer group aimed at eradicating cataract blindness in India? (2011-10-12)
... that due to the sexually explicit content of Saman, Ayu Utami's debut novel, her mother refused to read it to her father? (2011-10-08)
... that educator Anna Essinger, ordered to fly the swastika on Hitler's birthday, planned a day-long outing for her school, leaving the flag to fly over an empty building? (2011-10-07)
... that twice-married Indonesian singer Dewi Persik announced earlier this year that she had officially become a virgin again following a pilgrimage to Mecca? (2011-10-06)
... that Mei-Ann Chen was the first woman to win the Malko Competition, the "world's most prestigious prize for young conductors"? (2011-10-02)
... that American McCaull Comic Opera Company actress May Yohé (pictured), once the owner of the Hope Diamond, died poor? (2011-10-01)
... that, at the age of fourteen, Elizabeth Edmondson was told that she had broken a world record while swimming at Beatty Park? (2011-10-01)
... that Liu Huang A-tao was the first former Taiwanese comfort woman to sue the Japanese government for compensation and an apology? (2011-09-30)
... that the 1886 novel Albertine (painting of a scene shown) expedited the abolition of public prostitution in Norway? (2011-09-28)
... that the documentary To Whom It May Concern (poster pictured) tells the story of Nancy Kwan, one of the first Asian leads in a Hollywood film? (2011-09-27)
... that only 14 cricketers have represented Japan in Women's One Day Internationals? (2011-09-26)
... that The Shirelles, described as having a "naive schoolgirl sound", are credited with starting the girl band genre? (2011-09-25)
... that wheelchair racer Chantal Petitclerc became the first disabled recipient of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as Canada's female athlete of the year after she won five Paralympic gold medals in 2008? (2011-09-25)
... that Belinda Clark of Australia is the first person of either sex to score a double century in international limited overs cricket? (2011-09-23)
... that a reviewer wrote that Katia Plaschka, "quite accurately described as a high soprano, sings music of stratospheric difficulty" when performing Luigi Nono's music? (2011-09-22)
... that Sekar Ayu Asmara's directorial debut, The Stringless Violin, with "pat" dialogue and "illogical" scenes, was submitted for an Oscar? (2011-09-21)
... that the taboo offering of a cloth stained with menstrual blood to the Hindu goddess Matangi (pictured) is thought to grant the ability to attract a mate? (2011-09-21)
... that Lady Gaga embarked early on her 2009–11 Monster Ball Tour due to the cancellation of her Fame Kills tour with Kanye West? (2011-09-20)
... that Peruvian women (example pictured) may marry at age 16, but the age of consent is 18? (2011-09-19)
... that a third of Madagascar's women marry before the age of 19? (2011-09-18)
... that Darlenys Obregón helped set a national record in the 4 × 100 metres relay in 2005? (2011-09-17)
... that some of the proceeds from the 2009 album Connie Talbot's Holiday Magic went to Toys for Tots? (2011-09-17)
... that when Jane Colebrook won the 800 metres race at the 1977 European Athletics Indoor Championships held in San Sebastián, Spain, she set a British indoor record that would stand for 26 years? (2011-09-15)
... that Louise Casey, a British civil servant known for being outspoken, once said that "doing things sober is no way to get things done"? (2011-09-14)
... that science fiction author Lisa Tuttle is the only person to have refused a Nebula Award? (2011-09-14)
... that Liesl Tesch (pictured) is the first woman to play professional wheelchair basketball? (2011-09-14)
... that as a 12-year-old, Empress Shōshi (artistic depiction pictured) was sent by her father Fujiwara no Michinaga to live in Emperor Ichijō's harem? (2011-09-14)
... that Indonesian songwriter Dewiq was without Pay for three years before telling the public? (2011-09-14)
... that rally driver Michèle Mouton and her all-female team won their class at the 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans? (2011-09-13)
... that Jane Dieulafoy (pictured) received special permission from the French government to wear men's clothing in public? (2011-09-13)
... that, according to specialist midwife Comfort Momoh, 74,000 women living in the UK in 2000 had undergone female genital mutilation? (2011-09-13)
... that Sophie of Isenburg married Prince Georg Friedrich the same year the House of Hohenzollern celebrated its 950th anniversary? (2011-09-12)
... that one of Indonesia's "most sought-after movie songwriters" started her career by writing about flatulence and sexual deviancy? (2011-09-11)
... that peace activist Rachel MacNair founded the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List in 1993? (2011-09-10)
... that writer Elizaveta Polonskaya was the only female member of the Serapion Brothers? (2011-09-10)
... that Teguh Karya had to fight for Christine Hakim's right to act in Cinta Pertama (First Love) after his producer said her breasts were too small? (2011-09-10)
... that Elli Hatschek, her husband Paul, and his daughter, Krista Lavíčková, were all executed by the Nazis within seven months of each other? (2011-09-08)
... that the art photographers Anna and Bernhard Blume created Kitchen Frenzy and Pure Reason? (2011-09-08)
... that when children's book illustrator Clare Turlay Newberry purchased a $500 ocelot for a live drawing model, The New York Times headline read "Still A Lot For Ocelot"? (2011-09-06)
... that Princess Sophia (pictured), the fifth daughter of King George III, once remarked her life was so "deadly dull" that she wished she were a kangaroo? (2011-09-03)
... that Michelle Hurd, who played Detective Monique Jeffries on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, was frustrated by the lack of material for her character and departed from the show? (2011-09-02)
... that when singing "Circle the Drain" in a 2011 concert, Katy Perry was dressed in a catsuit and the stage was decorated with meat? (2011-09-02)
... that the Canberra Roller Derby League has referees called Fair-as Bueller, Sin Bin Laden and Major Dyck? (2011-09-02)
... that Sister Agnes Mary Mansour left the Sisters of Mercy after three decades of service rather than make a statement against abortion? (2011-09-02)
... that, in 1972, lesbian feminist Dolores Alexander opened "Mother Courage", the first feminist restaurant in the United States? (2011-09-01)
... that sculptor Louise Nevelson had an affair with Diego Rivera, much to the dismay of Frida Kahlo? (2011-08-31)
... that Emerentia was reputed in the late 15th century to be the great-grandmother of Jesus? (2011-08-30)
... that the largest roller derby competition ever held outside of the United States was hosted by Adelaide Roller Derby and won by the Victorian VRDL All Stars? (2011-08-29)
... that Sweden's Gun Hägglund (pictured) was the world's first female TV news presenter? (2011-08-29)
... that the actress who plays Amy Wyatt in the British soap opera Emmerdale has been nominated for two "Best Newcomer" awards? (2011-08-28)
... that Lisa Stublić's (pictured) debut marathon was the fastest marathon run by any Croatian athlete in 2010, including men? (2011-08-27)
... that after 26 nuns signed A Catholic Statement on Pluralism and Abortion, the Vatican stated that all but two had recanted, leading 11 others to issue a statement of solidarity denying that they had done so? (2011-08-27)
... that the complete works of Brunette Coleman were not published until seventeen years after the death of Philip Larkin? (2011-08-26)
... that English novelist, poet and dramatist Laurence Alma-Tadema (pictured) explained the meaning of happiness to Americans on her 1907–08 U.S. tour? (2011-08-25)
... that handball goalkeeper Andrea Farkas won Olympic bronze and silver medals with the Hungarian national team? (2011-08-24)
... that when Wilfred main cast member Fiona Gubelmann first read the script for the pilot, she "didn't quite get the whole guy in the dog suit thing"? (2011-08-22)
... that the congregation of her church was outraged when E.R. Shipp criticized her pastor in print, but he led them in a standing ovation when she won the Pulitzer Prize? (2011-08-21)
... that Jeanne L. Noble published the first studies about African-American women in college? (2011-08-19)
... that actress Amanda Tapping accepted the part of Helen Magnus, the protagonist of Sanctuary, after she was encouraged to move on from her eleven-year role as Samantha Carter in Stargate? (2011-08-19)
... that Madam Auring shot to fame when she correctly predicted that Amparo Muñoz would win the 1974 Miss Universe title? (2011-08-18)
... that Happy Salma, wife of a prince, agreed to play a prostitute in 7 Hearts 7 Loves 7 Women, but only if no men could touch her on set? (2011-08-18)
... that ballet teacher Anneliese von Oettingen was featured in Sports Illustrated for training professional football players at her ballet school? (2011-08-18)
... that the music video of the song "Express Yourself" had a budget of $5 million, making it the most expensive music video at the time of its release? (2011-08-17)
... that Jana Sterbak created a dress made of meat 23 years before Lady Gaga wore one? (2011-08-15)
... that Hanna Zemer, who became the first female editor-in-chief of a major Israeli newspaper, had survived imprisonment in two Nazi concentration camps? (2011-08-15)
... that the direction and photography in the Breaking Bad episode "Thirty-Eight Snub" was compared to the work of filmmakers Sergio Leone and Quentin Tarantino? (2011-08-12)
... that Thelma Pressman opened the first microwave cooking school in the United States? (2011-08-12)
... that three-time Paralympian Amanda Fraser (pictured) has won medals in both athletics and swimming? (2011-08-12)
... that the arrest of Brownie Mary led to one of the first clinical trials studying the effects of cannabinoids in HIV-infected adults? (2011-08-10)
... that art critic and cookbook collector Elizabeth Robins Pennell wrote the first independent biography of proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft? (2011-08-08)
... that "Donde Quiera Que Estés" was recorded by Selena and the Barrio Boyzz to boost each others' fan bases in different parts of America? (2011-08-05)
... that T-Mobile myTouch 4G spokesperson Carly Foulkes has been cast in the FX Network television series Powers? (2011-08-05)
... that despite originally being compared to a Kuntilanak (a female vampire in Indonesian mythology), Berlian Hutauruk's vocals on "Badai Pasti Berlalu" were well received? (2011-08-05)
... that Techno Cumbia is believed to be one of the early templates for pop-cumbia-rap fusions? (2011-08-04)
... that the title of a 2008 article by German journalist Julia Voss translates as "Jim Button saves the theory of evolution"? (2011-08-04)
... that while Pauline Ashwell was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best New Author in 1958, her first story was actually published in 1942 when she was only fourteen years old? (2011-08-03)
... that author Babette Rosmond (1921–97) was an important early advocate against traditional treatments for breast cancer? (2011-08-03)
... that Israeli swimwear designer Lea Gottlieb used flowers in her designs because she felt flowers saved her life? (2011-08-02)
... that science fiction and horror author Jane Rice had been a professional author for over fifty years before the publication of her first book, The Sixth Dog? (2011-08-02)
... that Lille Graah was in charge of the most popular radio program in Norway in the 1950s? (2011-07-30)
... that table tennis world champion Gertrude Kleinová's first husband was the chairman of her table tennis division, and her second husband was her coach? (2011-07-29)
... that Polish-born cosmetics entrepreneur Lydia Sarfati is credited for introducing seaweed-based skin treatments in the United States? (2011-07-28)
... that attorney Rizwana Hasan's focus on regulations for the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh earned her the Goldman Environmental Prize? (2011-07-27)
... that Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden earned 5 of HBO's 104 total nominations at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards? (2011-07-27)
... that six of the ten siblings of Norwegian stage actress Ada Kramm were actors themselves? (2011-07-27)
... that Princess Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg turned the East Wing of Schloss Johannisberg (pictured) into a concert hall for the Rheingau Musik Festival? (2011-07-26)
... that disabled swimmer Priya Cooper (pictured) won five gold medals for Australia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics? (2011-07-25)
... that the mother of Georgine Darcy, an actress in Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, urged her to become a stripper? (2011-07-25)
... that All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes is author Maya Angelou's recounting of her years spent in Accra, Ghana, in the early 1960s? (2011-07-25)
... that Orli Wald spent from 1936 to 1945 in Nazi prison and concentration camps for being a communist, only to leave the Communist Party in 1948 because of Stalinism? (2011-07-24)
... that Karen Stollznow writes for two skeptical magazines (Skeptic and Skeptical Inquirer) and hosts two skeptical podcasts (Point of Inquiry and Monster Talk)? (2011-07-23)
... that Bobby Parks' son chose Manila's National University over Georgia Tech but was almost not cleared to play in the 74th UAAP basketball season due to eligibility issues? (2011-07-21)
... that Zinaida Reich was expelled from school at the end of the eighth grade in the Soviet Union for her political activities? (2011-07-20)
... that the reputedly haunted Pioneer Park is the only intact Second Empire house in Aspen, Colorado? (2011-07-20)
... that the severed head of Julia Martha Thomas, murdered, boiled and dismembered by her maid in 1879, was found next door to Sir David Attenborough's house in 2010? (2011-07-20)
... that Bostonian Anna Eliot Ticknor is the "mother" of correspondence schools in the United States? (2011-07-16)
... that in 2007 politician Mary Deros of Montreal helped prevent an historic city avenue from being renamed after Robert Bourassa, a former Quebec premier? (2011-07-14)
... that conversation in a Paris café inspired the Surrealist sculpture Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure), consisting of a fur-covered teacup, saucer and spoon? (2011-07-14)
... that producer Katrina Dunn of Vancouver was awarded the Golden Bra in 2010? (2011-07-12)
... that Fay Ajzenberg-Selove had to fight a discrimination case against the University of Pennsylvania to be hired as a tenured professor of physics? (2011-07-12)
... that the Dutch novel Van de koele meren des doods (1900) was made into a movie in 1982 by Nouchka van Brakel, with Renée Soutendijk (pictured) starring as the sexually repressed main character? (2011-07-10)
... that Dorice Reid died less than a month before she was supposed to become High Commissioner of the Cook Islands to New Zealand? (2011-07-10)
... that Pepsi allowed Madonna to retain her $5 million dollar fee, despite cancelling their sponsorship deal following the controversy over the music video for "Like a Prayer"? (2011-07-09)
... that Elizabeth Maitland was a member of the secret organisation The Sealed Knot and that she was accused of witchcraft due to her political influence? (2011-07-09)
... that Japanese international footballer Aya Sameshima worked at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants prior to the disaster there? (2011-07-09)
... that, in 1927, Jessie Miller became the first woman to complete an England-to-Australia flight? (2011-07-08)
... that Marimba Ani first introduced the term Maafa to describe the African holocaust? (2011-07-07)
... that by making her debut in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup at the age of 16, Cecilia Santiago became the youngest-ever goalkeeper to appear in a World Cup? (2011-07-07)
... that shortly before Doris Lessing's Alfred and Emily was published, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist announced it was her final book? (2011-07-06)
... that when the SS Ava was wrecked off the coast of Ceylon in February 1858, her passengers included Lady Julia Inglis and her sons, John and Alfred, who were evacuees from the Siege of Lucknow, and the ship's doctor, James Little, who was later to become Honorary Physician to King George V? (2011-07-05)
... that Doris Lessing's book The Sweetest Dream was originally intended to be volume three of her autobiography, but she made it a novel to avoid offending people? (2011-07-02)
... that Linda November was the voice of the singing cat in the Meow Mix commercials, and sang tens of thousands of other jingles, including "Coke and a Smile" on the famous Mean Joe Greene Super Bowl ad? (2011-06-27)
... that according to the Book of the Later Han, the Civil war of Wa was ended by an unmarried woman who bewitched the populace? (2011-06-26)
... that Sophia Romero's Always Hiding novel was just a "mild attempt" in revealing the Filipino American contributions to the American experience? (2011-06-26)
... that Madeline Mitchell overcame a 12-day coma, 21 days on a respirator, 2 months in a wheelchair and a femur broken in 12 places to become Miss Alabama USA and compete in Miss USA 2011 two years later? (2011-06-25)
... that 4,476 tickets were auctioned for the first concert by the "Swedish Nightingale", soprano Jenny Lind (pictured) in her 1850–52 tour of the United States? (2011-06-25)
... that singer-pianist Rosie Vanier, whose musical style has been described as "Kate Bush on crack with Goldfrapp on synths", grew up in Bodmin Moor without electricity and TV? (2011-06-24)
... that in later life Margaret King, a favoured pupil of early feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, offered maternal care and advice to her governess's daughter Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein? (2011-06-23)
... that Barbara Longhi's painting Saint Catherine of Alexandria (pictured) is believed to be a self-portrait, presented as a devotional image to avoid the appearance of indulging in the sin of vanity? (2011-06-23)
... that Tammy Locke was called "an especially endearing little dumpling" for her role in 1960s western TV series The Monroes, but her antics on set included giving a live frog to the show's hairdresser? (2011-06-22)
... that the career of soprano Cornélie Falcon (pictured), star of the Paris Opéra, collapsed after she lost her voice in 1837 performing in the opera Stradella by Louis Niedermeyer? (2011-06-22)
... that María de las Mercedes Barbudo is known as Puerto Rico's first female freedom fighter for her strong advocacy for Puerto Rico's independence from Spain? (2011-06-21)
... that over 16,000 aborted fetuses were found in the Los Angeles fetus disposal scandal in 1982? (2011-06-19)
... that following Galima Bukharbaeva's eyewitness account of the Andijan massacre, the Uzbek government charged her with providing "informational support to terrorism"? (2011-06-19)
... that the white dress that Marilyn Monroe wore in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch (pictured) is up for auction today and may fetch up to two million US dollars? (2011-06-18)
... that British short track speed skater Sarah Lindsay, a three time Winter Olympian, missed 15 months of competition after rupturing a spinal disc in 2007? (2011-06-17)
... that A.B. Quintanilla III and his father/manager Abraham Quintanilla Jr remixed five unreleased Selena songs that were recorded prior to signing a contract with EMI Latin, in 1989, to release a new studio album?--> (2011-06-17)
... that American singer Madonna, the artist with the most MTV Video Music Awards, won twenty from sixty-eight nominations? (2011-06-16)
... that, in 1969, British sports journalist Julie Welch became the first female in Fleet Street to report on a football match? (2011-06-16)
... that Bizunesh Deba won the 2011 San Diego Marathon in a California state record time, beating Joan Benoit's record from the 1984 Olympic Marathon? (2011-06-16)
... that the Sultan of Johor's Oxford-educated wife Raja Zarith Sofia earned her degree in Chinese studies and advocates the use of English in Malaysia? (2011-06-15)
... that Katerina Kazelis got to audition in front of singer Basshunter for a chance to record the Big Brother 2011 anthem during her participation in Big Brother Sweden? (2011-06-15)
... that glamour model Sofia Hellqvist, the current girlfriend of Swedish Prince Carl Philip, appeared in a photoshoot for the men's magazine Slitz in which she posed wearing only bikini bottoms and a live python? (2011-06-14)
... that Patricia Preece persuaded artist Stanley Spencer to divorce his wife, marry her, and sign his house over to her, but never left her lesbian lover? (2011-06-14)
... that Emily and Anne Brontë's Gondal was an early form of science fiction? (2011-06-14)
... that The Independent named the black dress worn by Rita Hayworth in the 1946 film Gilda as one of the Ten Best Fashion Moments in Film? (2011-06-14)
... that the pink dress (pictured) which Marilyn Monroe wore in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) was emulated by Madonna in her video to Material Girl? (2011-06-13)
... that Mexican-American singer-songwriter Selena was murdered by an employee who (falsely) claimed she was raped and needed the singer's help? (2011-06-13)
... that the American neuroscientist Jacqueline Crawley has been President of both the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society and the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society? (2011-06-13)
... that Judith Trim, the first wife of Roger Waters of Pink Floyd, cried the first time she heard The Dark Side of the Moon? (2011-06-12)
... that African-American Civil Rights activist Gloria Blackwell and her daughter Lurma Rackley missed a court appearance because they were arrested for going to the white-only restroom in the courthouse? (2011-06-11)
... that King Saud University assistant professor of women's history Hatoon al-Fassi has not been allowed to teach since 2001? (2011-06-10)
... that Hungarian handballer Bojana Radulović has been selected IHF World Player of the Year twice, in 2000 and 2003? (2011-06-09)
... that there were two Carlisle Houses in 18th-century London's Soho Square; one housing Domenico Angelo's fencing and riding school and another Madame Cornelys' masquerades and illegal operas? (2011-06-08)
... that Vivienne Osborne was offered a role in Douglas Fairbanks's last silent film, the Musketeer film sequel The Iron Mask, following her earlier role in the Flo Ziegfeld musical The Three Musketeers? (2011-06-07)
... that the libretto for Phyllis Tate's opera The Lodger was written by singer and broadcaster David Franklin? (2011-06-07)
... that Marga T's novel Badai Pasti Berlalu sold roughly 24,000 copies—remarkable for an Indonesian novel in the 1970s—and spawned a critically acclaimed film, album and song? (2011-06-05)
... that Lola Sanchez was a spy during the American Civil War who provided information to the Confederate Army, which led them to a victory over the Union Forces in the "Battle of Horse Landing"? (2011-06-05)
... that Philippine writer Soledad Reyes won a Philippine National Book Award for her anthology of Tagalog language novels Nobelang Tagalog 1905–1975: Tradisyon at Modernismo in 1982? (2011-06-03)
... that participants in performance art by Polish-born American artist Olek (pictured) are literally crocheted into her body suits, without fasteners? (2011-06-03)
... that Saudi Arabian women's rights activist Manal al-Sharif was arrested after a video of her driving a car was posted on YouTube and Facebook? (2011-06-03)
... that Jetsun Pema is going to marry Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the King of Bhutan, in October 2011? (2011-06-03)
... that abortion provider Susan Wicklund has been obliged to wear disguises to get past protesters in airports and at her workplace? (2011-05-31)
... that the American Express Gold card dress worn at the 67th Academy Awards by costume designer Lizzy Gardiner was made from 254 expired American Express cards? (2011-05-31)
... that American children's author Agnes Hewes, a three-time winner of the Newbery Honor, was born in Tripoli, Lebanon, to medical missionary parents? (2011-05-31)
... that children's author Jeanette Eaton, a four-time winner of the Newbery Honor, was a feminist who also wrote for a socialist magazine and felt that women were inhibited by reading women's magazines? (2011-05-30)
... that Clarence Clemons reached the studio at midnight to record the saxophone part on Lady Gaga's song "Hair" and finished by 3:00 am? (2011-05-29)
... that a football team's travelling army of supporters is often referred to as its 12th man? (2011-05-29)
... that although Laotian women (pictured) are constitutionally equal to Laotian men, due to inequalities in education only 63% are literate, compared with 83% of Laotian men? (2011-05-28)
... that children's author Genevieve Foster was a four-time winner of the Newbery Honor? (2011-05-28)
... that Indonesian biographer Alberthiene Endah has called writing biographies similar to dating the subject? (2011-05-27)
... that mezzo-soprano opera singer Olivia Ward won season 11 of US television show The Biggest Loser? (2011-05-26)
... that having "killed" her alter ego Sasha Fierce in 2010, Beyoncé Knowles planned to create her own mix of music genres with her fourth studio album, 4? (2011-05-26)
... that Parks and Recreation star Amy Poehler wrote the script for the episode "The Fight", the filming for which she called "the most fun I've ever had"? (2011-05-25)
... that feminist writer Izabela Sadoveanu-Evan rallied with an organization which argued that union with Romania had harmed the women of Transylvania? (2011-05-25)
... that David Duchovny said, "I'm sure that nobody is looking at me", when standing beside Jennifer Lopez who was wearing her "jungle" Versace dress? (2011-05-25)
... that the scene featuring Ursula Andress in her iconic white bikini in the 1962 James Bond film Dr. No has been voted No. 1 in "the 100 Greatest Sexy Moments" of cinema? (2011-05-23)
... that Charlotte Shaw, who drowned in Walla Brook on Dartmoor, is the only person to have died on a Ten Tors expedition? (2011-05-23)
... that the Ralph Lauren dress which Gwyneth Paltrow wore to the 71st Academy Awards in 1999 has been cited as bringing pink back into fashion? (2011-05-22)
... that according to Hindu mythology, the god-king Indra was cursed with having a thousand vagina marks on his body for having extra-martial sex with Ahalya (pictured)? (2011-05-22)
... that Lauren Beukes wore a fake sloth draped over her shoulders to the ceremony in which she won the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award for her novel Zoo City? (2011-05-21)
... that Women's League of Burma activist Khin Ohmar evaded arrest during Burma's pro-democracy 8888 Uprising when a Japanese diplomat allowed her and other students to hide from police in his home? (2011-05-21)
... that the Working Girls' Vacation Society Historic District in rural Connecticut is a site where thousands of New York City women were given summer vacations during 1892 to 1945? (2011-05-20)
... that early female tennis players in Australia had to pay as much as a week's wages to buy a racquet? (2011-05-20)
... that the meat dress of Lady Gaga was to be preserved by being made into a type of jerky? (2011-05-20)
... that before appearing in the episode "Eagleton", actress Parker Posey (pictured) long wanted to appear on the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation, and grew frustrated by the time taken to be asked? (2011-05-20)
... that the Argentine philologist María Rosa Lida de Malkiel was an Arthurian-Hispanist pioneer? (2011-05-19)
... that Anna, the first wife of 13th-century Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II, was retired to a monastery and became a nun shortly after her husband's accession? (2011-05-18)
... that five McGill University students—Charmaine Borg, Matthew Dubé, Mylène Freeman, Laurin Liu, and Jamie Nicholls—were elected to Parliament in Canada's 2011 federal election, but the youngest new MP is Université de Sherbrooke student Pierre-Luc Dusseault? (2011-05-16)
... that Fay Kellogg, described as "the foremost woman architect in the United States" in 1918, liked to fence, box, wrestle and play basketball? (2011-05-16)
... that Czech actress Anna Letenská was killed by the Nazis for her alleged participation in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich? (2011-05-16)
... that opera singer Edyth Walker portrayed the title heroine in the UK premiere of Richard Strauss' Elektra at Covent Garden in 1910? (2011-05-15)
... that in 1957, at the pinnacle of the Cold War, mezzo-soprano Blanche Thebom became the first American to perform at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow? (2011-05-15)
... that Princess Lolowah (pictured) supports overturning the prohibition of women from driving in Saudi Arabia? (2011-05-13)
... that the perpetrator of the Kaycee Nicole hoax was investigated by the FBI but charges were never filed because the financial loss was not large enough? (2011-05-13)
... that in 2005, lobbyists attributed George W. Bush's increased "outspokenness" on Burmese human rights to a 50-minute meeting with Shan activist Charm Tong? (2011-05-12)
... that Joan Crawford and Hattie McDaniel were members of American Women's Voluntary Services (pictured) during World War II? (2011-05-12)
... that Cambodian women have been described as comparable to the Apsaras on the walls of the temples of Angkor Wat? (2011-05-11)
... that Jacqueline Kennedy wore her pink Chanel suit (pictured) at the inauguration of President Lyndon B. Johnson, even though it was stained with her husband's blood? (2011-05-11)
... that there are three paradoxes confronting career women in Singapore? (2011-05-10)
... that women in Oman live in the Persian Gulf country that is considered to be one of the most advanced in terms of women's rights? (2011-05-10)
... that after the surge of multinational investments into Indonesia during the 1970s, many Indonesian women became the primary and cheap workforce in manufacturing businesses? (2011-05-10)
... that the scarcity of female participants in Armenian politics makes Armenia's women among the most underrepresented in the world? (2011-05-10)
... that President Obama's nominee for Surgeon General of the United States Army, Patricia Horoho (pictured), gave first aid to 75 victims of the September 11 attacks? (2011-05-10)
... that Norman Hartnell designed both the wedding dress and the coronation gown of Elizabeth II? (2011-05-09)
... that the wedding dress of Grace Kelly, characterized as "one of the most-beloved of all time", was designed by Helen Rose, a leading costume designer of the era for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)? (2011-05-09)
... that former Croatian Member of Parliament Ruža Tomašić appeared in television series The X-Files and Millennium as a stuntwoman? (2011-05-09)
... that opera singer Maria di Gerlando created the role of Carmela in the 1954 world premiere of Gian Carlo Menotti's The Saint of Bleecker Street? (2011-05-09)
... that the wedding dress of Princess Alexandra of Denmark (pictured) was the first to be filmed of any royal family member? (2011-05-08)
... that Lisa Head was the second British servicewoman killed on active service in the War in Afghanistan since 2001? (2011-05-08)
... that after soprano Gianna Galli's opera career ended at the age of 40 due to problems with her vocal cords, she had a second successful career as a talent manager of singers in Italy? (2011-05-08)
... that Cath Kidston started her shopping chain after surviving breast cancer? (2011-05-08)
... that Queen Victoria has been credited with starting the western tradition of white bridal gowns by wearing one at her 1840 wedding? (2011-05-07)
... that Kate Middleton's wedding dress for her marriage to Prince William was designed by Sarah Burton? (2011-05-07)
... that members of the Brisbane-based Women's National Emergency Legion served as drivers for United States military units in Australia during World War II? (2011-05-05)
... that women in Burma wore a skirtcloth known as the htamein during the Konbaung Dynasty? (2011-05-05)
... that during a 1762 British siege of the Fortress of the Immaculate Conception (pictured) in El Castillo village within El Castillo municipality, Nicaragua, Rafaela Herrera inspired the outnumbered Spanish defenders to victory? (2011-05-05)
... that Heather Knight was the first woman to be selected President of Pacific Union College and the first African American woman to lead an Adventist College in North America? (2011-05-05)
... that bone marrow drives hosted by Yale University in honor of ice hockey player Mandi Schwartz netted more than 2,400 donors and resulted in six matches for those awaiting transplants? (2011-05-04)
... that bandleader Ivy Benson and her all-female band were the first entertainers invited to perform at the VE Day celebrations in Berlin at the request of Field Marshal Montgomery? (2011-05-04)
... that Amie MacRuari was divorced by the first Lord of the Isles despite giving him no grounds for doing so? (2011-05-04)
... that Italian runner Silvana Cruciata ran over 18 km (11.2 miles) in one hour—a world record which went unbeaten for 17 years? (2011-05-03)
... that Penny White lost her seat on the Tennessee Supreme Court because of her vote in a single court decision? (2011-05-02)
... that 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting winner Paige St. John is married to John Wark, a former Pulitzer Prize finalist? (2011-05-02)
... that the Los Angeles Times calls Love, Loss, and What I Wore a The Vagina Monologues-What Not to Wear mix, and The New York Times calls it a "show about matters of the heart and matters of the closet"? (2011-05-02)
... that Beyoncé Knowles hired 200 native African dancers to appear in her music video for "Run the World (Girls)"? (2011-05-01)
... that journalist Iryna Khalip is under incommunicado house arrest following a protest of the 2010 Belarusian presidential election, in which her husband was also a candidate? (2011-05-01)
... that Polish Countess Eveline Hańska (pictured) was once ordered by a doctor to stick her feet into a small pig in order to treat her gout? (2011-05-01)
... that Ghada Amer created the Encyclopedia of Pleasure sculpture in 2001 to illustrate parts of the eponymous Islamic Golden Age encyclopedia that discusses female sexual pleasure? (2011-05-01)
... that Wilhelmine Reichard, the first German woman balloonist, fell unconscious at 7,800 metres (25,600 ft) during her third flight in 1811 and crash-landed in a forest? (2011-04-30)
... that photographer Mary Ellen Matthews has been responsible for the celebrity portraits used as commercial bumpers on Saturday Night Live since 1999? (2011-04-29)
... that in 2007, the foundation headed by Guatemalan human rights activist Norma Cruz helped to convict over 30 individuals accused of murdering women? (2011-04-28)
... that the Janet Smith case, the unsolved 1924 murder of a Scottish nursemaid in Vancouver, led to an attempt to make it illegal to employ Orientals and white women in the same household? (2011-04-28)
... that NBC accidentally ran a promo about a secret wedding from the Parks and Recreation episode "Andy and April's Fancy Party" two months before the episode aired? (2011-04-28)
... that poet Jacqueline Berger compares the writing process to dreaming? (2011-04-26)
... that Christiane Ziegler excavated the Tomb of Akhethetep (pictured) from 1991–1999? (2011-04-26)
... that archaeologists believe they have uncovered the Monastery of the Virgins described in a 6th-century account of Byzantine Jerusalem? (2011-04-25)
... that author Andrew Morton's biography, Madonna, sold only half of its initial print run of 500,000 copies? (2011-04-25)
... that as principal bassoonist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Julie Price celebrated her predecessor William Waterhouse in the recent concert The Proud Bassoon at Wigmore Hall? (2011-04-25)
... that in Ghanian women's health, breast cancer is the leading malignancy, accounting for over 15% of all malignancies in Ghana? (2011-04-25)
... that the first woman to write a book on childbirth was Louise Bourgeois Boursier? (2011-04-24)
... that the award winning writer Evelyn M. Richardson lived on a 600-acre island for 35 years? (2011-04-24)
... that the first musical episode of Grey's Anatomy was conceived over seven years before it was produced, while the series was still untitled? (2011-04-23)
... that Louisa Hubbard founded the Women's Emigration Society in 1880 to help young women from London find employment outside of the United Kingdom? (2011-04-22)
... that at age 18, Australian country music singer Samantha McClymont was crowned Grafton Jacaranda Queen, named Trans-Tasman Entertainer of the Year, and was a Top 118 finalist for Australian Idol? (2011-04-22)
... that African-American writer Felicia D. Henderson has worked on projects as varied as the television series Soul Food, Gossip Girl, and Fringe, and the comic series Teen Titans? (2011-04-22)
... that Courtney Vandersloot (pictured) is the first NCAA Division I basketball player, male or female, with 2,000 points and 1,000 assists in a career? (2011-04-22)
... that Ancient Greek girl Myrtis was made a friend of the Millennium Development Goals by the United Nations Regional Information Centre? (2011-04-21)
... that Republican Texas high court Judge Cathy Cochran took her husband's surname when they married in 1966, and he took her maiden name in 2001? (2011-04-21)
... that in 1916, members who attempted to remove a "whites only" clause from the constitution of the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America were accused of "fomenting socialism"? (2011-04-20)
... that in 2007 Lucy Aharish became the first Arab to present the news on mainstream Israeli television? (2011-04-19)
... that Elizabeth J. Feinler (pictured), better known as "Jake", ran the Network Information Center of the Internet until 1989? (2011-04-19)
... that, when trying to gain the rights to use a Björk song for an upcoming episode, the creators of Glee initially could not reach her as she apparently did not have a telephone number? (2011-04-19)
... that Maud Gage Baum forced her husband to eat stale doughnuts because he did not consult with her before buying them? (2011-04-17)
... that singer Jenny Silver debuted with the Swedish dance band Candela, when it was signed to Bert Karlsson's label Mariann Grammofon? (2011-04-16)
... that Princess Ennigaldi, daughter of the last Neo-Babylonian king Nabonidus, created the world's first museum (ruins pictured)? (2011-04-12)
... that Amy Krouse Rosenthal is the only author to have three children's books on Pennsylvania State University's baker's dozen list of the "very best picture books published in 2009"? (2011-04-11)
... that the debut album by American singer-songwriter Lotti Golden was listed by New York Times music critic Nat Hentoff as one of the most influential albums of the late 1960s? (2011-04-10)
... that as a teenager, Justine Thornton, the fiancée of British Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, appeared in the controversial television comedy Hardwicke House? (2011-04-10)
... that Tim Tebow, Maya Moore and Matt Bonner were two-time team members of the Year in American football, women's basketball, and men's basketball, respectively? (2011-04-08)
... that The Washington Post named Libyan female lawyer Iman al-Obeidi, who accused Muammar Gaddafi's troops of politically motivated rape, a "symbol of defiance against Gaddafi"? (2011-04-08)
... that Alice Manfield (pictured), commonly known as Guide Alice, worked as a mountain guide on Australia's Mt Buffalo for forty years from the 1890s? (2011-04-08)
... that Rebecca Black's "Friday", dubbed the "worst song ever" by some critics, has made Black a "viral star" with the video attracting over 80 million Youtube hits? (2011-04-06)
... that Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond (pictured) was known as the "Double Duchess"? (2011-04-06)
... that in the Parks and Recreation episode "Camping", protagonist Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) revealed she once dreamed of being happily married to the fictional alien ALF? (2011-04-06)
... that netball became an Olympic-recognised sport in 1995 after 20 years of lobbying? (2011-04-05)
... that Susie Fishbein, best-selling author of ArtScroll's Kosher By Design cookbook series, has been called "the Jewish Martha Stewart" and "the kosher diva"? (2011-04-03)
... that, after leaving UCLA and the University of Georgia, basketball player Nicole Kaczmarski started waiting tables at Outback Steakhouse? (2011-04-02)
... that the noble lady Sayyida al Hurra became well respected for her booty? (2011-04-01)
... that Napua Stevens's 1949 Hawaiian hit "Beyond the Reef" was later recorded by Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, and The Ventures? (2011-03-29)
... that anarchist Becky Edelsohn was the first woman to attempt a hunger strike in the United States? (2011-03-29)
... that glamour model Linni Meister appeared nude in the music video for her single "My Ass" which was released as promotion for the 2009 Norwegian comedy-horror film Dead Snow? (2011-03-28)
... that more than 120,000 votes were placed across the United States to choose the final design for the Pioneer Woman statue (pictured) in Ponca City, Oklahoma? (2011-03-26)
... that among winners of the Leonard Statuette, named after Leonard, are Kari Diesen, Rolf Just Nilsen, Arild Feldborg, and Alfred Næss? (2011-03-25)
... that Rebecca Black intends to donate profits from viral hit "Friday" to school arts programs and disaster relief efforts in Japan? (2011-03-24)
... that Lady Gaga approved the use of her song "Born This Way" for the Glee episode of the same name before the single premiered? (2011-03-24)
... that Saigō-no-Tsubone, or "Lady Saigo" (pictured), was a concubine who advised Tokugawa Ieyasu before the 1575 Battle of Nagashino, a major turning point in the history of Japan? (2011-03-23)
... that Romania's Elena Fidatov is one of the most prolific runners at the World Cross Country Championships, having competed on 13 occasions? (2011-03-22)
... that Appalachian novelist Anne Armstrong was the first woman to lecture before the Harvard School of Business and Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business? (2011-03-22)
... that "Huda the executioner" was recently deposed as mayor of Benghazi, Libya? (2011-03-21)
... that Kainai artist Faye HeavyShield created the artwork body of land using images of human skin printed on paper and made into little tipi-shaped forms? (2011-03-21)
... that Rob Lowe was originally expected to leave the comedy television series Parks and Recreation after the episode "Indianapolis", but he instead signed on as a permanent cast member? (2011-03-20)
... that Dutch child psychologist Bloeme Evers-Emden was deported to Auschwitz on the same train as Anne Frank? (2011-03-20)
... that miniaturist Amalia Küssner Coudert painted tiny watercolor-on-ivory portraits of royalty, including King Edward VII and Czar Nicholas II of Russia? (2011-03-20)
... that Lydia Cecilia Hill was an English dancer who became a favourite of the Sultan of Johor? (2011-03-19)
... that medieval historian Eleanor Duckett (1880–1976) and her lifelong companion, regional novelist Mary Ellen Chase, have adjoining halls named for them at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts? (2011-03-19)
... that The Dawn, Australia's first feminist magazine, was boycotted by unions because the publisher employed women to handle the printing? (2011-03-17)
... that in the 1930s, the New Zealand government complied with netball in South Africa's request to leave Māori players at home when they competed against them? (2011-03-16)
... that the U.S. government report Women in America says that in 2009, at all levels of education, American women earned 75 percent as much as their male counterparts? (2011-03-15)
... that temperance activist Carrie Nation was the subject of a 1966 opera by Douglas Moore, starring mezzo-soprano Beverly Wolff? (2011-03-12)
... that Belinda Meuldijk, whose father Wim Meuldijk created the Dutch TV character Pipo de Clown (pictured), continued her father's legacy with the 2003 movie Pipo en de p-p-Parelridder? (2011-03-12)
... that Romanian runner Iulia Olteanu won the 1999 European Cross Country Championships but lost her title because of a positive test for the steroid stanozolol? (2011-03-11)
... that netball in the Cook Islands features an Easter competition where boys dress in women's netball uniforms? (2011-03-10)
... that the demo version of "Don't Hold Your Breath" was performed by Timbaland and Keri Hilson, and is distinctly different from the present version released by Nicole Scherzinger? (2011-03-10)
... that Ágnes Farkas was selected Hungarian Handballer of the Year in both 2001 and 2002? (2011-03-08)
... that in 1789 the Women's March on Versailles forced the King of France to accept the Declaration of the Rights of Man? (2011-03-08)
... that Dutch writer, journalist, and feminist Wim Hora Adema co-founded the feminist monthly magazine Opzij in 1972, a magazine that's still in print? (2011-03-08)
... that Rose Catherine Pinkney developed dozens of American television shows, including The X-Files and Girlfriends? (2011-03-08)
... that Pauline Bebe was France's first female rabbi? (2011-03-08)
... that according to book critic Maureen Corrigan, today’s narratives of women’s suffering are breaking with a tradition going back to Homer, in that they show women talking – and fighting – back? (2011-03-08)
... that a US-born ex-hippie Malati Dasi, despite fierce opposition, in 1998 became the first international female leader of the Hare Krishna movement? (2011-03-08)
... that author Lorene Cary was the second African American girl accepted at the "elite" St. Paul's boarding school in New Hampshire, and in 1991 published Black Ice, a memoir of her experiences? (2011-03-08)
... that award-winning poet and Cardiff resident Ivy Alvarez (pictured) was born in the Philippines, grew up in Tasmania, has worked in Scotland, Ireland, and Spain, and had her first book published in the US? (2011-03-08)
... that the women's race at the 2007 Tokyo Marathon was won by Hitomi Niiya, who at the time had never run in a marathon before? (2011-03-08)
... that Hikmat Abu Zayd (pictured) was the first female cabinet minister in Egypt? (2011-03-08)
... that the autobiography of Renaissance medical practitioner Grace Mildmay is one of the earliest written by an English woman? (2011-03-08)
... that alleged German spy Despina Storch was described as "Turkish Delight", "Turkish beauty", and a "modern Cleopatra" in spy literature? (2011-03-08)
... that First Nations contemporary artist Dana Claxton is a descendant of Sitting Bull's followers? (2011-03-08)
... that a critic described the work of abstract sculptor Claire Falkenstein as "a Jackson Pollock in three dimensions"? (2011-03-08)
... that even in her thirties, Scottish coloratura soprano Anne Sharp was able to pass as a teenager, performing the role of Emmie Spatchett in Albert Herring at the first Aldeburgh Festival? (2011-03-08)
... that Anna Murray (pictured) helped her future husband, Frederick Douglass, escape slavery by giving him sailor's clothes and a part of her savings? (2011-03-08)
... that in 2009 The Price is Right featured tickets to the B96 Pepsi SummerBash as a showcase showdown prize? (2011-03-04)
... that Kathleen, Duchess of Newcastle purchased a dog from the Tsar of Russia in 1892 for a sum equivalent to nearly £20,000 in modern currency? (2011-03-03)
... that Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave creates life-size, painted paper sculptures of wedding gowns, shoes, needlework lace, and strings of pearls? (2011-03-01)
... that American singer Missy Elliott received the Grammy Award for Best Female Rap Solo Performance both years it was presented? (2011-03-01)
... that Val McDermid's novel A Darker Domain explores the social and emotional implications of the UK miners strike of 1984–1985? (2011-03-01)
... that The Monument of Matrones (pictured), the first anthology of English women writers, included devotional works by Lady Jane Grey and Elizabeth I of England? (2011-02-27)
... that Ethiopian long-distance runner Sentayehu Ejigu won medals at World, African and Continental-level competitions in 2010? (2011-02-25)
... that the Japanese pop music female duo ClariS have not released photos of themselves to the public, and instead have employed illustrators to draw their likenesses? (2011-02-22)
... that Ann Preston was the first female dean of any medical school? (2011-02-22)
... that in 1805 Marguerite was the first slave to file a freedom suit in St. Louis, and she gained an end to Indian slavery in Missouri? (2011-02-21)
... that Mary Frances Winston Newson was the first American woman to be awarded a PhD in mathematics from a European university? (2011-02-19)
... that the two leading sopranos in the 1711 world premiere of Handel's Rinaldo, Isabella Girardeau and Elisabetta Pilotti-Schiavonetti, were bitter rivals? (2011-02-19)
... that comedian Nick Offerman said of filming the Parks and Recreation episode "Ron & Tammy: Part Two": "I remember there was lots of howling, and I came away very sore and scarred?" (2011-02-18)
... that from 1859 to 1931, the Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens, Georgia, taught "orthodox southern moral and racial values" to young Southern women? (2011-02-18)
... that the prehistoric archaeologist Johanna Mestorf was the first female museum director in Germany, and at 71 became the first or second female professor? (2011-02-17)
... that legend says that Welsh noblewoman Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam was so beloved that when she died 3000 knights, nobles and weeping peasants followed her body to its burial place? (2011-02-17)
... that the New Zealand mushrooms Amanita australis, A. nothofagi, Entoloma haastii, Mycena cystidiosa, M. minirubra, and Oudemansiella australis were all described by Greta Stevenson as new to science? (2011-02-16)
... that French author Jeanne Galzy, largely forgotten today, wrote novels dealing with lesbian love and desire? (2011-02-15)
... that the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley gave a guitar to Jane Williams and commemorated the gift in the poem "With a Guitar, to Jane"? (2011-02-15)
... that Ellen Hayes was not only a rare 19th-century female mathematics professor but was also the first woman to run for statewide office in Massachusetts? (2011-02-15)
... that Dani Siciliano wanted her cover of Nirvana's "Come as You Are", from her album Likes..., to have the feel of a jazz standard? (2011-02-15)
... that Clare Taylor represented England in the World Cup at both football and cricket? (2011-02-13)
... that Jennifer Lopez's 2011 comeback, "On the Floor", samples Kaoma's 1989 hit single "Lambada" but fellow Latin artist Kat DeLuna felt it was similar to her own 2010 single "Party O'Clock"? (2011-02-12)
... that Fringe's executive producers compared the episode "Marionette" to a Rip Van Winkle experience? (2011-02-12)
... that Elizabeth W. Champney, author of the "Three Vassar Girls" series, married her former drawing instructor when he happened to pass through her hometown? (2011-02-11)
... that Christine Weidinger returned to the Metropolitan Opera after 16 years to appear as Semiramis, the title role of Rossini's Semiramide? (2011-02-11)
... that, after "Stop...pooping!" was uttered by Rob Lowe in the Parks and Recreation episode "Flu Season", the line was deemed the "single greatest self-effacingly comic moment of his long, handsome career"? (2011-02-07)
... that, in the 1980s, Gris-gris were one of the top-three forms of birth control in Senegal? (2011-02-05)
... that Jocelyne François won the Prix Femina in 1980 for Joue-nous "España", a partly autobiographical lesbian novel? (2011-02-04)
... that during World War I, journalist Alexis Nour argued that an alliance with the German Empire could turn Romania into a colonial power? (2011-02-04)
... that Elke Neidhardt, who had a minor recurring role in Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, went on to direct the first full modern Australian production of Wagner's Ring Cycle? (2011-02-02)
... that American marathon runner Kim Merritt won both the 1975 New York City Marathon and 1976 Boston Marathon at the age of twenty? (2011-02-01)
... that the monkey-queen Tara (pictured with her first husband) is described in the Hindu epic Ramayana to have set a habit to visit her second husband Sugriva drunk before indulging in sex? (2011-01-31)
... that Rebecca Breeds' Home and Away character Ruby Buckton will begin a relationship with Romeo Smith, played by Breeds' real life partner, Luke Mitchell? (2011-01-31)
... that, although its working title was "DL Part 2", Nelly claims his 2011 duet with Kelly Rowland, "Gone", is not a sequel to their 2002 duet "Dilemma"? (2011-01-31)
... that English soprano Joanne Lunn recorded Bach cantatas with the Monteverdi Choir, such as Herr, wie du willt, so schicks mit mir, BWV 73? (2011-01-30)
... that English classical singer Anna Reynolds recorded Bach cantatas with Richter's Münchener Bach-Chor, including Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen? BWV 81? (2011-01-30)
... that Anni Dewani was a Swedish woman who was kidnapped and murdered during her honeymoon in Cape Town, South Africa? (2011-01-28)
... that Graciela Chichilnisky, who proposed the Kyoto Protocol's market for carbon credit trading, obtained her PhDs in mathematics and economics without ever having been an undergraduate? (2011-01-27)
... that, as women in Sweden were not allowed to join the Swedish Tailoring Workers Union, they founded a separate Women's Trade Union in 1902? (2011-01-25)
... that Frédéric Chopin dedicated his two Nocturnes, Op. 55, to his Scottish pupil Jane Stirling (pictured), who was interested in the arts and prison reform? (2011-01-25)
... that New York Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas, one of the first two Greek American women elected to office in New York, was unopposed in her first general election? (2011-01-25)
... that, in 1551, hours after a pregnant woman was hanged during the Spanish Inquisition, two dead infants were seen to fall free of the body in an unusual case of coffin birth? (2011-01-24)
... that after Myrrha made love with her father, she was transformed into the myrrh-tree and gave birth to Adonis? (2011-01-23)
... that illustrations from three of the Katie Morag series of children's picture books by Mairi Hedderwick have been used in a health promotion campaign to encourage breastfeeding? (2011-01-23)
... that despite being that year's U.S. champion in the 200 m breaststroke, Iris Cummings still had to raise her own funds to travel to the 1936 Summer Olympics? (2011-01-22)
... that, as an expert in Norse mythology, Gro Steinsland wrote an Op-ed article in 2000 calling Thor Heyerdahl’s Odin expedition a charade orchestrated by Snorri Sturluson? (2011-01-22)
... that Britney Spears' 2011 comeback single, "Hold It Against Me", broke the U.S. airplay record for the most number of radio plays in one day? (2011-01-21)
... that Rose de Freycinet sailed around the world with her husband from 1817 to 1820 as a stowaway disguised as a man? (2011-01-20)
... that Queen Calafia, fictional ruler of the Island of California, was the subject of a sculpture garden designed by Niki de Saint Phalle? (2011-01-20)
... that Soviet tank commander Aleksandra Samusenko was buried near the monument to German Emperor William I in Łobez? (2011-01-18)
... that "Stop", the Spice Girls' seventh single, peaked at number two in the United Kingdom, ending their streak of six consecutive number-ones? (2011-01-17)
... that before Mary of Teck married Prince George, Duke of York, she had been engaged to his brother Prince Albert Victor? (2011-01-15)
... that Arthurian author Nancy McKenzie wrote her novel Queen of Camelot to make Queen Guinevere "into someone a 20th-century person could understand"? (2011-01-14)
... that Russian journalists Viktor and Marina Kalashnikova claim to have been poisoned because of their political writings? (2011-01-14)
... that fairytale author Mary de Morgan told stories to the young Rudyard Kipling and his relatives? (2011-01-13)
... that after her Baby Tooth Survey showed kids took in strontium-90 from nuclear fallout, Dr. Louise Reiss's son picked up the phone and heard the caller say "This is John Kennedy, can I talk to your mom?" (2011-01-13)
... that in the 1920s revue Casanova, the dancer La Jana was carried on-stage semi-naked on a silver platter? (2011-01-13)
... that long jumper Dawn Burrell (pictured) set a lifetime best to win at the 2001 World Indoor Championships, but suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury the following month and never again competed internationally? (2011-01-13)
... that the 1991 illustrated children's book of the year, The Mousehole Cat, is based on the legend of the stargazy pie? (2011-01-12)
... that following a referendum in 1984, Liechtenstein became the last country in Europe to grant women the right to vote? (2011-01-12)
... that Australian professional road racing cyclist Chloe Hosking began competitive cycling after injuring herself rock climbing when she was twelve? (2011-01-11)
... that Heidi Løke won a gold medal with the Norwegian team at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship, and was also selected into the all-star team as best pivot of the tournament? (2011-01-10)
... that wearing a pink ribbon for breast cancer awareness has been denounced as a form of feel-good slacktivism that saves no lives? (2011-01-10)
... that Barbara Newhall Follett, who by age fourteen had published two novels to critical acclaim, left her apartment the night of December 7, 1939, at age twenty-five, and was never seen again? (2011-01-08)
... that the first major rock and roll concert, 1952's Moondog Coronation Ball, was to include rhythm and blues singer Varetta Dillard, but the show was shut down before she could perform? (2011-01-07)
... that R&B singer Alexa Goddard's debut chart hit, a cover of "Turn My Swag On", topped the UK Indie Chart on its second week of release? (2011-01-07)
... that Saint Bernadette of Lourdes entered the convent of the Sisters of Charity of Nevers named for the seventh-century Saint Gildard, not the sixth-century Saint Gildard? (2011-01-06)
... that the inquiry into the murder of Joanna Yeates, dubbed "Operation Braid", has become one of the largest police investigations in Bristol, England? (2011-01-06)
... that Enid A. Haupt has been described as "the greatest patron American horticulture has ever known"? (2011-01-05)
... that Clare Maguire has been nominated by the BBC Sound of 2011 list as one of the top 15 most promising new artists and is one of MTV's Brand New: For 2011 acts? (2011-01-05)
... that Channel 4 music presenter Jameela Jamil was struck by a car at the age of 17 and was told she might never walk again? (2011-01-04)
... that Greek Idol winner Valanto Trifonos failed the audition for the rival Greek talent competition The X Factor? (2011-01-03)
... that Australian writer Kaaron Warren won two national awards for her debut novel, Slights, a horror story about near death experiences? (2011-01-02)
... that Evgenia Obraztsova, who appeared as a ballerina in the film The Russian Dolls, really is a First Soloist at the prestigious Russian Mariinsky Theatre? (2011-01-02)
... that for the 80th birthday of King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV of Tonga, Adrienne Kaeppler, curator of Oceanic Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution, set up a special exhibition at the Tongan National Museum? (2011-01-02)
... that physical education teacher Mary Pratt pitched a no-hitter in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League? (2011-01-01)