May 31, 2016 Philippines elects first transgender woman to Congress On May 9, 2016, the Philippines elected Geraldine Roman to the House of Representatives, making her the first openly trans woman in Congress.
May 30, 2016 in Modern Worthies Lhakpa Sherpa The Most Successful Female Everest Climber Lhakpa Sherpa has climbed Everest more than any other woman, but almost no-one knows about her.
May 27, 2016 Queen of Katwe The upcoming movie, Queen of Katwe, is based on the real-life story of Ugandan chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi.
May 26, 2016 First airline founded by a black woman now operates internationally Fly Blue Crane, the first airline founded by a black woman, is expanding to international flights with its service from Cape Town, South Africa, to Windhoek, Namibia.
Taytu Betul (c.1851-1918) The Bad Cop Empress of Ethiopia This stubborn empress led her native Ethiopia to do the unthinkable - defeat one of the major European powers in war.
May 24, 2016 in Modern Worthies Mikaila Ulmer Young Entrepreneur Out to Save Bees After becoming fascinated by bees, Mikaila started a business selling lemonade in order to help them.
May 23, 2016 Palestinian Girls Invent a Smart Cane For The Blind Two Palestinian teenagers created a cane for the visually impaired that has sensors to detect obstacles and warn the user.
May 20, 2016 in Modern Worthies Rose Mackenberg The Spook Spy Mackenberg was recruited by Harry Houdini to help him uncover the fraudulent tricks of psychics and mediums. After his death, Mackenberg continued to expose them for several decades.
May 19, 2016 Girl with no hands wins penmanship contest Anaya Ellick, who was born without hands and does not use prostheses, recently won the Nicholas Maxim Special Award for Excellence in Manuscript Penmanship.
Kate Shelley (1863-1912) The Girl Who Saved a Train To save an oncoming passenger train, this 15-year-old girl climbed across a collapsing bridge, with nothing but flashes of lightning to keep her from falling to her death in the flooding river below -- a river that had already killed her father.
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