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Maria Luisa Cicci (1760–1794, Italy), woman of letters & poet Muazzez İlmiye Çığ (1914–2024, Turkey/Ottoman Empire), archaeologist Birutė Ciplijauskaitė (1929–2017, Lithuania/United States), linguist & critic
Female biography was identified and named by Mary Hays (1759–1843) as a discrete empirical category of knowledge production and analysis while researching figures for the first Enlightenment prosopography of women, Female Biography; Or, memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, of all Ages and Countries (R. Phillips, 1803) in six volumes.
Kondō, Kondo or Kondou (近藤 "near wisteria") is a surname prominent in Japanese culture, although it also occurs in other countries. Notable people with the surname include: Ako Kondo (近藤 亜香, born 1991), Japanese ballet dancer; Akihiko Kondo (近藤顕彦, born 1983), man known for marrying a fictional vocaloid; Dorinne K. Kondo ...
After she was re-elected in 1962, Kondo was offered a position in Hayato Ikeda's cabinet as the chairwoman of the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission and the director of the Japanese Science and Technology Agency . [5] After Masa Nakayama, Kondo was the second woman ever appointed to the Japanese cabinet. [1] Kondo retired from politics in 1968.
Kondo competed in the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2021, where she placed 15th in women's ski big air, [2] [3] and 9th in women's ski slopestyle. [ 4 ] Olympics
The Zhenotdel was established by two Russian feminist revolutionaries, Alexandra Kollontai and Inessa Armand, in 1919.It was devoted to improving the conditions of women's lives throughout the Soviet Union, fighting illiteracy, and educating women about the new marriage, education, and working laws put in place by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
The International Encyclopedia of Women Composers is a 1981 reference book by Aaron I. Cohen which contains biographies of over 5,000 women composers from nearly 70 countries. It was put together when Cohen was retired in order to help fill a gap in the history of music .
Mthembi-Mahanyele was born on 23 March 1951 [1] in Sophiatown in Johannesburg. [2] She matriculated at Sekane-Ntoane High School in Soweto in 1970 and then attended the politically tumultuous University of the North, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1976.