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'''2006 DYK Blurbs''':
* ... that '''[[Gregoria de Jesus]]''' was the founder and vice-president of the woman chapter of the [[Katipunan]] [[partisan (political)|partisan]] society during the [[Philippine Revolution]]? <small>(2006-12-31)</small>
* ... that, after having spent much of her 8 years in [[Communist Romania|Communist]] prisons in complete solitude, and willing herself to memorize events in daily succession, the [[Romania]]n artist '''[[Lena Constante]]''' published her recollections in a diary? <small>(2006-12-30)</small>
* ... that [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] pitcher '''[[Guy Bush]]''' gave up [[Babe Ruth]]'s last two career [[home run]]s on [[May 25]], {{by|1935}}, just five days before Ruth retired? <small>(2006-12-28)</small>
* ... that '''[[Erin Bode]]''' performed with the [[Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra]] for three [[season]]s before starting her recording career as a [[singer]]? <small>(2006-12-28)</small>
* ... that American [[composer]] '''[[Ellen Taaffe Zwilich]]''' was the first woman to receive the [[Doctor of Musical Arts]] in composition and to win the [[Pulitzer Prize for Music]]? <small>(2006-12-24)</small>
* ... that [[Portugal|Portuguese]] '''[[Josefa de Óbidos]]''' was one of the few women dedicated to [[painting]] ''(pictured: still life by her)'' in the [[Baroque]] era? <small>(2006-12-23)</small>
* ... that '''[[Emily Helen Butterfield]]''' was [[Michigan|Michigan's]] first licensed [[female]] [[architect]], and designed many college [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternity and sorority]] [[coat of arms|crests]] thanks to her interest in [[heraldry]]? <small>(2006-12-22)</small>
* ... that American composer '''[[Alla Pavlova]]''' lived close to [[World Trade Center site|ground zero]] and dedicated her first symphonic work to the memory of the victims of the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]]? <small>(2006-12-21)</small>
* ... that [[Spain|Spanish]] government minister and [[European Commission]]er '''[[Loyola de Palacio]]''' deflected speculation that she was an [[Opus Dei]] member, noting that she was named after [[Ignatius Loyola]], founder of the [[Society of Jesus]]? <small>(2006-12-20)</small>
* ... that [[Charles Dickens]], [[Wilkie Collins]], [[Elizabeth Gaskell]] and [[Adelaide Anne Procter]] each wrote a chapter of the  short story "'''[[A House to Let]]'''"? <small>(2006-12-20)</small>
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* ... that the American singer '''[[Mary Fahl|Mary Fahl's]]''' first full-length solo album contains a song first written over 800 years ago in the [[extinct language]] of [[Mozarabic language|Mozarabic]]? <small>(2006-12-19)</small>
* ... that as a [[adolescence|teenager]], '''[[Chiri Yukie]]''' prepared the first [[Japanese language|Japanese]] translations of several of the ''[[yukar]]'' sagas of the [[Ainu people]]? <small>(2006-12-17)</small>
* ... that [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] actress '''[[Evelyn Hoey]]''' was found [[gunshot|shot]] dead in the bedroom of [[oil]] [[inheritance|heir]] [[Henry H. Rogers]]'s grandson in 1935? <small>(2006-12-16)</small>
* ... that the support that [[Australia]]n author '''[[Mary Grant Bruce]]''' gave to [[racial stereotype]]s and [[social Darwinism]] in her books was redacted from later editions? <small>(2006-12-15)</small>
* ... that of the 64 '''[[women in the 39th Canadian Parliament]]''', only one, former [[New Democratic Party]] leader [[Alexa McDonough]], represents a [[riding]] in [[Atlantic Canada]]? <small>(2006-12-13)</small>
* ... that '''''[[The Compleat Housewife]]''''' was the first [[cookbook]] to be published in the [[United States]]? <small>(2006-12-11)</small>
* ... that the [[costume]] for the [[fairy]] '''[[Carabosse]]''' in the 1921 [[ballet]] ''[[Sleeping Beauty|The Sleeping Princess]]'' was designed to have the [[silhouette]] of a rat? <small>(2006-12-08)</small>
* ... that '''[[Pauline Cushman]]''' ''(pictured)'', an actress and [[Union Army]] spy during the [[American Civil War]], was caught  posing as a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] soldier, but escaped hanging by three days? <small>(2006-12-08)</small>
* ... that '''[[Ruth Gruber]]''' was the first [[journalism|journalist]] to enter the [[Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan]]? <small>(2006-12-07)</small>
* ... that the '''[[Crouching Venus]]''', a [[Hellenistic]] type of [[Aphrodite]] or [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]] ''(pictured)'', is known from dozens of [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] copies? <small>(2006-12-07)</small>
* ... that '''[[Mary Jones (Bible)|Mary Jones]]''' walked 25&nbsp;miles across the [[Wales|Welsh]] countryside to buy a copy of the [[Bible]], unintentionally inspiring the creation of the [[British and Foreign Bible Society]]? <small>(2006-12-04)</small>
* ... that '''[[Empress Zhang Yao'er]]''' refused to hand over control of [[China]]'s [[Chen Dynasty]] until threatened with violence, as she hoped her [[Chen Chang|captive son]] would be freed to take the throne? <small>(2006-12-01)</small>
* ... that [[Soviet]] [[sniper]] [[Roza Shanina|'''Roza Shanina''']]'s declaration "I shall return after the battle" would be paraphrased in a book title? <small>(2006-12-01)</small>
* ... that '''[[Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg)|Maria Fyodorovna]]''' was the tallest [[Russia]]n [[tsarina]] ever,  and experienced difficulties while dancing with her husband, [[Emperor Paul]], as a result? <small>(2006-11-25)</small>
* ... that '''[[Minnie Evans]]''' received inspiration for her [[pencil|colored pencil]] [[drawing]]s from her [[dream]]s? <small>(2006-11-21)</small>
* ... that [[illiterate]] [[United States|American]] slave [[quilt]]maker '''[[Harriet Powers]]''' sold her now-museum-quality quilts ''(pictured)'' in the 1880s for only a couple of [[United States Dollar|dollars]]? <small>(2006-11-17)</small>
* ... that the body of the victim of the '''[[Red Barn Murder]]''', in [[Suffolk]], [[England]], was discovered in [[1828]] after her stepmother reported dreaming about it? <small>(2006-11-15)</small>
* ... that the use of the word "[[yeoman]]" in the U.S. Naval Reserve Act of 1916, rather than "man" or "male", enabled women to enlist in the [[U.S. Naval Reserve]] with the rank of '''[[Yeoman (F)]]''' ''(pictured)'' during [[World War I]]? <small>(2006-11-14)</small>
* ... that the [[Egypt]]ian actress '''[[Faten Hamama]]''' has received more than forty awards and [[Movie star|starred]] in almost one&nbsp;hundred films? <small>(2006-11-14)</small>
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth Godfrey]]''' was the most outstanding female [[goldsmith]] of her generation in [[18th century]] [[Britain]]? <small>(2006-11-14)</small>
* ... that '''[[Loretta Perfectus Walsh]]''' was the first woman to enlist in the [[Military of the United States|U.S. military]]? <small>(2006-11-13)</small>
* ... that '''[[Maria Yakunchikova]]''' ''(pictured)'' was a [[Russia]]n painter who lived in [[Paris]] and was active primarily in western [[Europe]]? <small>(2006-11-11)</small>
* ... that '''[[Princess Louise-Marie of France]]''', the youngest of the 10 children of [[Louis XV of France]] and his [[Queen consort]] [[Maria Leszczyńska]], amazed the court when she asked her father to allow her to become a [[Carmelite]] [[nun]] in 1770? <small>(2006-11-11)</small>
* ... that the [[monument]] to '''[[Mother Featherlegs]]''' near [[Lusk, Wyoming]] has been called the only monument to a [[prostitute]] in the [[United States]]? <small>(2006-11-10)</small>
* ... that '''[[Princess Louise-Élisabeth of France|Marie Louise Élisabeth]]''' ''(pictured)'', later [[Duchess of Parma]], was the eldest child of [[Louis XV of France]] and his [[Queen consort]] [[Maria Leszczyńska]], had a younger [[twin]] sister [[Henriette-Anne of France|Henriette]], and was one of only two of Louis' children to be married, the other being her brother, [[Louis, dauphin de France]]? <small>(2006-11-10)</small>
* ... that '''[[Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna]]''' ''(pictured)'' kept her [[morganatic]] marriage secret until the death of her father, [[Nicholas I of Russia]], in 1855? <small>(2006-11-10)</small>
* ... that '''[[Kadambini Ganguly]]''' ''(pictured)'' was one of the first female graduates in the [[British Empire]] and the first female [[medicine|conventional]] doctor in [[South Asia]]? <small>(2006-11-09)</small>
* ... that '''[[Marie Adélaïde of France|Princess Marie Adélaïde]]''' ''(pictured)'', the fourth daughter and sixth child of [[Louis XV of France]] and his [[Queen consort]] [[Maria Leszczyńska]], died in exile in 1800 having outlived all nine of her siblings? <small>(2006-11-06)</small>
* ... that [[Rita Dove]] selected the ''Norton Anthology of African-American Literature'', co-edited by '''[[Nellie Y. McKay]]''' with [[Henry Louis Gates, Jr.]], for a [[time capsule]] kept by the U.S. [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] that will be opened in the 22nd century? <small>(2006-11-03)</small>
* ... that '''[[Anne Juliana Gonzaga]]''' became a [[Servite Order|Servant of Mary]] following the death of her husband, [[Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria]] in 1595, after receiving a vision of [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|the Madonna]], to whom her parents had prayed to cure her of a childhood illness? <small>(2006-11-03)</small>
* ... that '''[[Sigrid Hjertén]]''' ''(pictured)'', a crucial figure in [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[modernism]], suffered from [[schizophrenia]] and tragically died following an awkwardly performed [[lobotomy]]? <small>(2006-11-01)</small>
* ... that '''[[Queen Anula]]''' of [[Sri Lanka]] is believed to have been the first female [[monarch]] in [[Asia]]? <small>(2006-10-27)</small>
* ... that Lady '''[[Sybil Grant]]''' (''pictured''), the eldest daughter of the British Prime Minister [[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery|Lord Dalmeny]], in her later years, became an [[eccentric]], spending most of her time in a caravan or up a tree, communicating to her butler through a [[megaphone]]? <small>(2006-10-26)</small>
* ... that [[cognitive psychology|cognitive psychologist]] '''[[Elizabeth Spelke]]''' showed that human beings are born with many innate skills? <small>(2006-10-25)</small>
* ... that '''[[Susan L. Hefle]]''''s research led to the development of commercialized [[ELISA]] testing for [[food allergy|food allergens]]? <small>(2006-10-19)</small>
* ... that '''[[Leonarda Cianciulli]]''', the "Soap-Maker of [[Correggio, Italy|Correggio]]", murdered three women and turned their bodies into [[soap]] and [[tea cake]]s? <small>(2006-10-18)</small>
* ... that '''[[Nancy Dickerson]]''' was the first female [[news correspondent]] on the [[CBS]] television network? <small>(2006-10-17)</small>
* ... that '''[[Shahzia Sikander]]''', 2006 recipient of a [[MacArthur Fellows Program]] "genius grant", is a Pakistan-born American artist who specializes in Indian and [[Persian miniature]] painting? <small>(2006-10-15)</small>
* ... that athlete '''[[Gretel Bergmann]]''' left [[Germany]] for America because she was discriminated against for being [[Jewish]], and that she refused to return to attend festivities when the [[Wilmersdorf|Berlin-Wilmersdorf]] sports complex was named in her honour? <small>(2006-10-13)</small>
* ... that the '''[[Golden Madonna of Essen]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the oldest preserved sculpture of the [[Virgin Mary]]? <small>(2006-10-11)</small>
* ... that '''[[Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile|Agatha]]''', mother of [[Saint Margaret of Scotland]], could have been either a daughter of [[Yaroslav the Wise]] of [[Kiev]] or a daughter of the [[Bulgaria]]n [[Tsar]]? <small>(2006-10-10)</small>
* ... that 19th century [[London]] song-writer '''[[Helen, Lady Dufferin]]''' was admired by [[Disraeli]], compared with [[Helen of Troy]] in a poem by [[Robert Browning|Browning]], and had [[Helen's Bay|a village]] named after her? <small>(2006-10-07)</small>
* ... that '''[[Fredesvinda Garcia]]''' was a Cuban singer who recorded just one album, a year before her death? <small>(2006-10-06)</small>
* ... that '''[[feminism in Poland]]''' is traditionally divided into seven historical periods, the first one dating to the beginning of the [[19th century]]? <small>(2006-10-06)</small>
* ... that a statue stands where '''[[Matangini Hazra]]''' was shot in 1942 during the [[Quit India Movement]]? <small>(2006-10-03)</small>
* ... that '''[[Harriett Everard]]''' (''pictured'') was hit by a piece of falling [[scenery]] during rehearsals for ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'', and likely never fully recovered from her injuries? <small>(2006-10-02)</small>
* ... that '''[[Sheffield Wednesday Ladies F.C.]]''' were formed at the ''Star Inn'' [[public house]] in [[Rotherham]] during [[1971]] following a charity match between men and women at the pub? <small>(2006-09-28)</small>
* ... that the [[African-American]] [[dancer]] '''[[Lavinia Williams]]''' gave up [[ballet]] stardom in the [[United States]] to spend [[decade]]s developing national schools of [[Caribbean]] [[traditional dance]] in [[Haiti]], [[Guyana]], and [[the Bahamas]]? <small>(2006-09-27)</small>
* ... that the [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[schlager|schlager singer]] '''[[Towa Carson]]''' competed in [[Melodifestivalen 2004]] at the age of 68? <small>(2006-09-26)</small>
* ... that '''[[Florence Mary Taylor]]''' was the first female architect in [[Australia]]? <small>(2006-09-25)</small>
* ... that on 2 January 1990, 26-year old '''[[Nivedita Bhasin]]''' of [[Indian Airlines]] became the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft? <small>(2006-09-24)</small>
* ... that [[Saint Nilus the Younger|St. Nilus]] reportedly foretold to princess '''[[Aloara|Aloara]]''' of [[Capua]], for her part in the murder of her husband's nephew, that none of her offspring should reign in Capua&mdash;a prophecy that came true in [[999]]? <small>(2006-09-24)</small>
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth Gould (illustrator)|Elizabeth Gould]]''' ''(pictured)'' completed much of the preliminary illustration of her [[John Gould|husband's]] seminal work ''[[The Birds of Australia]]'', but died during its production and was not credited for most of her contributions? <small>(2006-09-20)</small>
* ... that [[French Communist Party]] politician '''[[Jeannette Vermeersch]]''' was elected to to every sitting of the [[French National Assembly|National Assembly]] from 1946 to 1958? <small>(2006-09-13)</small>
* ... that [[Poland|Polish]] [[politician]] and [[Sejm]] member, '''[[Joanna Senyszyn]]''', gained media attention due to her distinctive, [[Pitch (music)|high-pitched]] [[human voice|voice]]? <small>(2006-09-01)</small>
* ... that [[aviator]] '''[[Ruth Nichols]]''', known at one time as the "Flying Debutante", flew every type of aircraft developed, from [[dirigible]] to [[supersonic]] [[Jet aircraft|jet]]? <small>(2006-08-30)</small>
* ... that having served as both Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to [[Bill Clinton|President Bill Clinton]], '''[[Maria Echaveste]]''' is one of the highest-ranking [[Latino|Latinas]] to have served in a Presidential Administration? <small>(2006-08-30)</small>
* ... that the veteran [[Poland|Polish]] actress '''[[Irena Kwiatkowska]]''' is most remembered for her [[Television comedy|television series]] role in which she performed various unusual or absurd jobs? <small>(2006-08-30)</small>
* ... that '''[[Ludwika Maria Gonzaga]]''' was the [[queen consort]] of two [[King of Poland|Kings of Poland]]? <small>(2006-08-28)</small>
* ... that '''[[Haraldskaer Woman]]''', who lived around [[540 BC]], is one of the best preserved [[bog people]] ever discovered, and that [[forensic]] analysis reveals her last meal was [[blackberry|blackberries]] and [[millet]]? <small>(2006-08-28)</small>
* ... that murdered Australian designer '''[[Florence Broadhurst]]''' opened a performing arts academy in [[Shanghai]] before she became famous for her [[wallpaper]] designs? <small>(2006-08-28)</small>
* ... that '''[[acute fatty liver of pregnancy]]''' is a rare but life-threatening disease of [[pregnancy]] that is treated with urgent delivery? <small>(2006-08-25)</small>
* ... that '''''[[Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland, A. D. 1803]]''''' (1874) by [[Dorothy Wordsworth]]—her "masterpiece"—was never published in her lifetime? <small>(2006-08-24)</small>
* ... that '''[[Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien|Maria Kazimiera]]''', the 17th-century Queen of Poland, became famous for the love letters she and her husband, King [[Jan III Sobieski]], wrote to each other? <small>(2006-08-22)</small>
* ... that '''[[Ida Lewis (lighthouse keeper)|Ida Lewis]]''' (''pictured'') is, to date, the only [[United States|American]] [[lighthouse keeper]] for whom a light station has been named? <small>(2006-08-22)</small>
* ... that '''[[Katie Blair]]''' became the first teenager from [[Montana]] to place in the [[Miss Teen USA]] pageant's 24 year history, when she won the [[Miss Teen USA 2006]] crown? <small>(2006-08-19)</small>
* ... that a '''[[gymslip]]''' is a sleeveless [[tunic]] commonly associated with [[Britain|British]] schoolgirls and sportswomen of the early 20th century? <small>(2006-08-18)</small>
* ... that [[Scotland Yard]], one of the world's most iconic police institutions, was built overtop  the site of '''[[The Whitehall Mystery|an unsolved murder]]'''? <small>(2006-08-16)</small>
* ... that in June [[2001]], '''[[Olga Kern]]''' became the first woman in over three [[decade]]s to win the Gold Medal at the [[Van Cliburn International Piano Competition]]? <small>(2006-08-16)</small>
* ... that [[Archduke|Archduchess]] '''[[Isabella Maria of Bourbon-Parma]]''' (''pictured'') was in love with her [[sister-in-law]], Archduchess [[Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen|Maria Christina]]? <small>(2006-08-09)</small>
* ... that '''[[Claudia Alexander]]''' was the last project manager of [[NASA]]'s [[Galileo spacecraft|Galileo mission]] to [[Jupiter]]? <small>(2006-08-06)</small>
* ... that Mount Burbidge in [[Namadgi National Park]] was named for Australian botanist '''[[Nancy Tyson Burbidge]]''', who was instrumental in lobbying for the foundation of the park? <small>(2006-07-31)</small>
* ... that, by involving [[working class]] women, '''[[Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch|Harriot Stanton Blatch]]''' helped reinvigorate the American [[women's suffrage]] movement in the early 20th century? <small>(2006-07-21)</small>
* ... that the '''[[1990 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships]]''' was the only [[IIHF World Women Championships|World Championship]] to permit [[checking (ice hockey)|bodychecking]] in [[Ice hockey#Women's ice hockey|women's ice hockey]]? <small>(2006-07-20)</small>
* ... that in 1935, [[England women's cricket team|English cricketer]] '''[[Betty Snowball]]''' scored 189 [[run (cricket)|runs]] against [[New Zealand women's cricket team|New Zealand]] in the fourth ever [[women's Test cricket|women's Test match]], setting a world record that was not beaten for over 50 years? <small>(2006-07-16)</small>
* ... that '''[[Margherita Gonzaga d'Este]]''' ran her own ''balletto delle donne'' in the late 16th century, comprised entirely of women who frequently [[Cross-dressing|cross-dressed]]? <small>(2006-07-15)</small>
* ... that Olympic [[pair skating]] champions '''[[Andrée Brunet]]''' and [[Pierre Brunet]] refused to defend their title at the [[1936 Winter Olympics]] because [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[Germany]] was hosting the Games? <small>(2006-07-15)</small>
* ... that [[United Kingdom|British]] [[pediatrics|paediatrician]] '''[[June Lloyd, Baroness Lloyd of Highbury]]''' is commemorated in the [[coat of arms]] of the [[Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health]], as a [[supporters|supporter]] holding a [[rod of Asclepius|staff of Aesculapius]] entwined with a [[double helix]] rather than the traditional [[snake]]? <small>(2006-07-14)</small>
* ... that in [[2003]] '''[[Erin Crocker]]''' became the first woman to qualify for the [[Knoxville Nationals]] sprint car race? <small>(2006-07-14)</small>
* ... that '''[[Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman]]''', elected the first [[Lord Speaker]] of the [[House of Lords]] in 2006, was the first woman to give birth while serving as a [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|British Member of Parliament]] in the 1970s, and is reported to have been the first woman to [[breastfeeding|breast feed]] at the [[Palace of Westminster]]? <small>(2006-07-09)</small>
* ... that Austrian figure skater '''[[Herma Szabo]]''' practiced on the first artificial ice rink ever made, and went on to win five [[World Figure Skating Championships|world championships]]? <small>(2006-07-07)</small>
* ... that several months after [[Vasili III]] of [[Russia]] divorced his wife, '''[[Solomonia Saburova]]''', on account of her barrenness, she is believed to have given birth to a son, who became the [[Cossack]] robber [[Kudeyar]]? <small>(2006-07-05)</small>
* ... that '''[[Celia Rosser]]''', [[Australia]]n [[botanical illustrator]] has the ''[[Banksia]]'' species ''[[Banksia rosserae]]'' and the [[cultivar]] ''[[Banksia canei]]'' 'Celia Rosser'  named in her honour? <small>(2006-07-05)</small>
* ... that '''[[Alevtina Kolchina]]''' was the first female [[Nordic skiing|Nordic skier]] and first person from the [[Soviet Union]] (now [[Russia]]) to receive the [[Holmenkollen|Holmenkollen medal]] in [[1963]]? <small>(2006-06-30)</small>
* ... that '''[[Charlotte Wilson (VSO)|Charlotte Wilson]]''' was murdered by [[Hutu]] rebels in [[Burundi]] during the [[Titanic Express massacre]]? <small>(2006-06-29)</small>
* ... that at the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] festival of '''[[Quinquatria]]''' in [[59]], Emperor [[Nero]] invited his mother [[Agrippina the Younger|Agrippina]] to his villa, as part of his plan to assassinate her? <small>(2006-06-27)</small>
* ... that [[choreographer]] '''[[Gillian Lynne]]''' took up dance as a child to recover from the violent death of her mother? <small>(2006-06-27)</small>
* ... that the [[Ancient Roman|Roman]] festival of '''[[hilaria]]''', which allowed anyone to [[masquerade]] as any rank, was used in a plot to assassinate [[Roman Emperor|Emperor]] [[Commodus]], by conspirators planning to disguise themselves as members of the [[Praetorian Guard]]? <small>(2006-06-26)</small>
* ... that '''[[Betsey Stockton]]''', the first unmarried female foreign [[missionary]], was a [[Manumission|manumitted]] slave who established schools in [[Hawaii]] and [[Canada]]? <small>(2006-06-25)</small>
* ... that the '''[[Greenbrier Ghost]]''' ''(Zona Heaster Shue, pictured)'' is the only [[ghost]] in [[history of the United States|American history]] whose alleged [[testimony]] influenced a [[jury trial]]? <small>(2006-06-23)</small>
* ... that [[Russia|Russian]] composer '''[[Ella Adayevskaya]]''' took her [[pseudonym]] from the notes played by the [[kettledrum]] in [[Mikhail Glinka]]'s opera ''[[Ruslan and Ludmila]]''? <small>(2006-06-22)</small>
* ... that '''[[Ann Hasseltine Judson]]''' was the first [[Protestant]] to translate a scripture into [[Thai language | Siamese]], and legitimized the [[missionary]] calling for [[Christian views of women|Christian women]]? <small>(2006-06-22)</small>
* ... that [[Chicago]] composer '''[[Margaret Bonds]]''' wrote her first work, the ''Marquette Street Blues'', at the age of five? <small>(2006-06-17)</small>
* ... that [[Francesca Caccini]]'s '''''[[La liberazione di Ruggiero]]''''', which premiered in [[1625]], was the first [[opera]] written by a woman? <small>(2006-06-16)</small>
* ... that according to the [[U.S.]] [[NIH]], '''[[caesarean delivery on maternal request|elective c-section]]''' and natural [[birth]] have "similar degrees of risk" for most women? <small>(2006-06-14)</small>
* ... that the prosecution of writer and poet '''[[Perihan Magden]]''' for urging defiance of mandatory military service has complicated [[Turkey]]'s negotiations for membership in the [[European Union]]? <small>(2006-06-11)</small>
* ... that [[India]]n classical dancer '''[[Mrinalini Sarabhai]]''' was married to [[Vikram Sarabhai]], considered the Father of the [[Indian space program]]? <small>(2006-06-11)</small>
* ... that the legendary [[Tamil language|Tamil]] stage and film artiste '''[[K. B. Sundarambal]]''' was also a political activist, and the first film personality to enter an [[India]]n state legislature? <small>(2006-06-11)</small>
* ... that economist '''[[Barbara Ward]]''', an early advocate of [[sustainable development]], was the first woman ever to address a [[synod]] of [[Roman Catholic]] [[bishop]]s? <small>(2006-06-11)</small>
* ... that Grand Duchess '''[[Maria Pavlovna of Russia]]''' ''(pictured)'' was noted as a patroness of [[Friedrich Schiller|Schiller]], [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Goethe]], and [[Franz Liszt|Liszt]]? <small>(2006-06-10)</small>
* ... that former movie actress '''[[Vera Ralston]]''' personally insulted [[Adolf Hitler]] in the [[1936 Winter Olympic Games|1936 Winter Olympics]], and won a silver medal? <small>(2006-06-09)</small>
* ... that [[Arthur Rimbaud]] evoked the iconic image of '''[[Venus Anadyomene]]''' in a sardonic poem that introduced [[cellulite]] to high literature? ''(pictured: Venus Anadyomene by [[Titian]])'' <small>(2006-06-06)</small>
* ... that '''[[Jane Colden]]''' was the first female [[botany|botanist]] to describe [[flora]] in the [[United States]]? <small>(2006-06-04)</small>
* ... that '''[[Gestrinone]]''', a medication for [[endometriosis]] that is banned by the [[IOC]] for its [[anabolic]] effects, has also been studied as a [[emergency contraception|postcoital contraceptive]]? <small>(2006-06-04)</small>
* ... that '''[[Lucy Hobbs Taylor]]''' was the first female [[dentist]] in the [[United States]]? <small>(2006-05-30)</small>
* ... that '''[[Ilsa Konrads]]''', former editor of ''[[Belle (magazine)|Belle]]'', was an [[Australia]]n [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] swimmer who set 12 world records? <small>(2006-05-30)</small>
* ... that partly because of issues highlighed by the '''[[London matchgirls strike of 1888]]''', the [[Salvation Army]] opened up its own match factory in Bow, London in 1891, which used harmless red [[phosphorus]] and paid better wages? <small>(2006-05-23)</small>
* ... that '''[[Patience Dabany]]''', former [[First Lady]] of [[Gabon]], is also a successful [[recording artist]]? <small>(2006-05-15)</small>
* ... that '''[[Sesenne|Marie Selipha Sesenne Descartes]]''', better known simply as ''Sesenne'', was a [[Saint Lucia]]n singer and cultural icon who was awarded the [[British Empire Medal]] in 1972? <small>(2006-05-11)</small>
* ... that disqualification protests were lodged against '''[[Clare Dennis]]''', the winner of the 200 m [[breaststroke]] at the [[1932 Summer Olympics]], on the grounds of her "inappropriate" costume, which exposed her [[Scapula|shoulderblades]]? <small>(2006-05-08)</small>
* ... that '''[[Sara Christian]]''' was the first woman to compete in a [[NASCAR]] race, the only woman to have a Top Five finish, and the recipient of the 1949 United States Drivers's Association Woman Driver of the Year award? <small>(2006-05-06)</small>
* ... that the affair between '''[[Teresa Bagioli Sickles]]''' and [[Philip Barton Key]] was the motive for the murder committed by Teresa's husband, who became the first person to successfully use the [[insanity defense]] in U.S. legal history? <small>(2006-05-03)</small>
* ... that '''[[Michelle Ford]]''' was the first woman to win individual [[swimming]] medals at the [[Olympics]] in two distinct specialized strokes? <small>(2006-05-03)</small>
* ... that Russian sculptor '''[[Anna Golubkina]]''' used the same model for her sculpture, ''The Old Age,'' as [[Auguste Rodin]] had used for his sculpture, ''[[The Thinker]]'', 14 years earlier? <small>(2006-05-03)</small>
* ... that firing of '''[[Anna Walentynowicz]]''', a Polish free [[trade union]] activist, was one of the events that led to the giant wave of [[Strike action|strikes]] in Poland and eventually the creation of [[Solidarity]]? <small>(2006-05-02)</small>
* ... that the '''[[Capitoline Wolf]]''', the [[icon]] of the [[founding of Rome]], is actually an [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]] bronze [[statue]] depicting a she-wolf suckling the infant twins [[Romulus and Remus]]? <small>(2006-04-30)</small>
* ... that French singer [[Édith Piaf]] dedicated her recording of the song, "'''[[Non, je ne regrette rien]]'''", to the [[French Foreign Legion]]? <small>(2006-04-29)</small>
* ... that Saint [[Thomas Becket]] professed to owe a "debt of gratitude" to '''[[Margaret of Navarre]]''', who was the [[regent]] of [[Sicily]] between [[1166]] and [[1171]]? <small>(2006-04-25)</small>
* ... that a [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] [[roadster]] was colloquially named after a wealthy [[German]] [[call girl]], '''[[Rosemarie Nitribitt]]''', who was murdered in [[Frankfurt]] in [[1957]]? <small>(2006-04-15)</small>
* ... that [[Canoe racing|canoe racer]] '''[[Josefa Idem]]''', a [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Olympic]] bronze medalist for [[West Germany]], later took an [[Italy|Italian]] citizenship and became the first female Olympic medalist in canoeing for her new country? <small>(2006-04-14)</small>
* ... that '''[[Women Strike for Peace]]''' played a crucial role in bringing down the [[House Un-American Activities Committee|HUAC]] and were acknowledged by both [[U Thant]] and [[John F. Kennedy]] as a factor in the adoption of the [[Limited Test Ban Treaty]]? <small>(2006-04-12)</small>
* ... that the '''[[General Union of Syrian Women]]''' released a ground-breaking report on domestic violence against women in April 2006? <small>(2006-04-11)</small>
* ... that '''[[Anna Marly]]''' originally wrote ''[[Chant des Partisans]]'', the song that became the anthem of the [[French Resistance]] following the prohibition of ''[[La Marseillaise]]'', in [[Russian language|Russian]]? <small>(2006-04-08)</small>
* ... that '''[[Marguerite Porete]]''', author of the mystical text ''The Mirror of Simple Souls'', was burnt at the stake for heresy in [[1310]]? <small>(2006-04-06)</small>
* [[Clare Winger Harris]] <small>(article's talk page missing blurb)</small> <small>(2006-04-04)</small>
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]''' ''(pictured)'' once worked as a lorry driver? <small>(2006-04-02)</small>
* ... that the term '''[[Cicisbeo|Cicisbei]]''' refers to legal and generally respected companions and often lovers of married women in eighteenth-century [[Italy]]? <small>(2006-03-31)</small>
* ... that [[Emperor Paul]] of [[Russia]] ordered the name of his mistress '''[[Anna Lopukhina]]''' to be given to warships and to be inscribed on the standards of his [[Leib Guard]]? <small>(2006-03-28)</small>
* ... that in the 26 uses of the '''[[Page playoff system]]''' in championship [[curling]] tournaments, only once has a third- or fourth-placed team won the tournament? <small>(2006-03-27)</small>
* ... that '''[[Natalia Pushkina|Natalia Goncharova]]''', the wife of the poet [[Alexander Pushkin]], was rumoured to have had a liaison with [[Nicholas I of Russia]] after the death of her husband? <small>(2006-03-27)</small>
* ... that the '''[[White House Tee Ball Initiative]]''' was created by [[President George W. Bush]] to promote [[baseball]] and [[softball]] by allowing youth [[Tee Ball]] events on the grounds of the [[White House]] in [[2001]]? <small>(2006-03-22)</small>
* ... that [[jazz]] singer '''[[Ilse Huizinga]]''' is known in the [[Netherlands]] as the '''First Lady of Jazz'''? <small>(2006-03-13)</small>
* ... that '''[[Stephanie von Hohenlohe]]''', a [[Jew]], was a close friend of [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] and according to a [[MI6]] report, perhaps the only woman who could exercise influence on him? <small>(2006-03-10)</small>
* ... that '''[[Anna of Kashin]]''', a [[Russia]]n medieval princess, was twice [[Canonization|canonized]] as a holy protectress of women who suffer the loss of relatives? <small>(2006-03-07)</small>
* ... that the '''[[Women's Royal Australian Naval Service]]''' was a non-combat branch of the [[Royal Australian Navy]] that recruited women, in order to alleviate manpower shortages resulting from men being assigned to combat roles during [[World War II]]? <small>(2006-03-01)</small>
* ... that '''[[Vanessa Mendoza]]''', [[Miss Colombia]] [[2001]], was the first [[Black (people)|Black]] woman to win that title? <small>(2006-02-24)</small>
* ... that the [[Provençal language|Provençal]] women [[troubadour]]s of the 12th and 13th centuries were known as '''[[trobairitz]]'''? <small>(2006-02-23)</small>
* ... that the [[popular music]] artist '''[[Maarja-Liis Ilus]]''' has entered the [[Estonia|Estonian]] [[Eurovision Song Contest]] pre-selection event [[Eurolaul]] a record three times, in [[1996]], [[1997]] and [[2004]]? <small>(2006-02-22)</small>
* ... that '''[[Isabelle Romée]]''' was the mother of [[Joan of Arc]] and petitioned the [[Pope]] before her daughter's conviction for [[heresy]] was overturned? <small>(2006-02-14)</small>
* ... that '''[[Vera Kholodnaya]]''', the first [[Russia]]n [[silent film]] star, was rumoured to have been poisoned by the [[French]] Ambassador with whom she reportedly had an affair and who believed that she was a [[spy]] for the [[Bolshevik]]s? <small>(2006-02-13)</small>
* ... that '''"[[La Vie en Rose]]"''' is the signature song of [[French music|French]] singer [[Édith Piaf]]? <small>(2006-02-06)</small>
* ... that the [[Chicana]] artist '''[[Yolanda Lopez]]''' became famous with the painting "Virgen de Guadalupe", which represents Lopez's personal investigation into Virgen de Guadalupe's status in [[Mexico|Mexican]] society? <small>(2006-02-05)</small>
* ... that ''Sofia Petrovna'', a book by [[Russia]]n writer '''[[Lydia Chukovskaya]]''' written in [[1939]]-[[1940]], and published in the West in [[1960]]s, was published in the [[Soviet Union]] only in [[1988]]? <small>(2006-02-03)</small>
* ... that '''[[Robin Miller]]''' was a female Australian pilot and nurse who borrowed money to buy a Cessna 182 and then began flying to remote outback areas in [[Western Australia]] to vaccinate [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous Australian]] children against [[polio]] and thus became known as the "Sugarbird Lady"? <small>(2006-02-02)</small>
* ... that the [[physician]] '''[[Marie Equi]]''' ''([[:File:Marie Equi.jpg|pictured]])'' became an anarchist after being attacked by [[police]] while she was [[picketing]] during a [[Strike action|strike]] supported by the [[Industrial Workers of the World]]? <small>(2006-02-01)</small>
* ... that '''[[placenta accreta]]''' can see the [[placenta]] attach itself not only to the [[muscle]] of the [[uterus]] but also to the [[urinary bladder|bladder]] or other organs? <small>(2006-01-29)</small>
* ... that '''[[Durga Khote]]''' was famous for her character roles and was the [[heroine]] of the first [[Marathi language|Marathi]] [[talkie]]? <small>(2006-01-23)</small>
* ... that [[Peter the Great]]'s eldest daughter, '''[[Anna Petrovna]]''', died in childbirth aged 20, but all the living [[Romanovs]] descend from her? <small>(2006-01-20)</small>
* ... that '''[[Dawn Steel]]''' was the first [[woman]] to head a major [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]] film studio? <small>(2006-01-13)</small>
* ... that in the iconic 1955 [[Richard Avedon]] photograph, [[supermodel]] '''[[Dovima]]''' posed wearing a [[Christian Dior|Dior]] evening dress standing with circus [[elephant]]s? <small>(2006-01-12)</small>
* ... that the nature of the female [[orgasm]] is a field of research for academics studying '''[[female sexuality]]'''? <small>(2006-01-10)</small>
* ... that the Russian singer '''[[Alla Bayanova]]''', who celebrated the 80th anniversary of her stage performance back in [[2003]], recently collaborated with [[Marc Almond]] on several [[duet]]s? <small>(2006-01-09)</small>
* ... that the '''[[Marian and Holy Trinity columns|Marian column]]''' on which [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Our Lady]] stands on [[Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore]] in [[Rome]] originally supported the [[vault]] of the Basilica of Constantine at the [[Roman Forum]] and was the only one such column to survive the Basilica's destruction in an [[earthquake]]? <small>(2006-01-05)</small>
* ... that although there are 75 '''[[List of West Indian women's ODI cricketers|West Indian women who have played one-day international cricket]]''', only 54 of them have represented the West Indies? <small>(2006-01-05)</small>
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<includeonly>Transcluding 10 of 164 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Green/DYK/2006 DYK Blurbs|2006 DYK blurbs]]</includeonly>