August 7, 2015 in Modern Worthies Yevdokiya Zavaliy Frau Black Death Yevdokiya Zavaliy joined World War II while underage, and eventually rose to commander of her own platoon. She and her platoon terrified the Nazis so much that they gave her the nickname Frau Black Death.
August 6, 2015 Women tell Twitter what engineers look like Responding to sexist assumptions about, and from, people in tech fields, Isis Anchalee started the Twitter hashtag #ilooklikeanengineer.
August 5, 2015 in Modern Worthies Alice Ball The unsung black chemist who fought leprosy For decades, the world's best leprosy treatment was the work of an unknown black chemist - whose work was stolen by her successor.
August 4, 2015 World champion bodybuilder comes out as genderfluid transgender The world record holder for weightlifting in her weight class recently came out as transgender.
August 3, 2015 92-year-old woman wards off mugger by hitting him with mobility scooter The thief was knocked to the ground by the scooter as the two women - 92 and 75 - sped off.
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