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12 hours ago · History of women at the Olympics 1900 Charlotte Cooper. The first modern Olympic Games to feature female athletes was the 1900 Games in Paris. Hélène de Pourtalès of Switzerland became the first woman to compete at the Olympic Games and became the first female Olympic champion, as a member of the winning team in the first 1 to 2 ton sailing event on May 22, 1900.
2 days ago · CNN —. Barcelona retained its Women’s Champions League title on Saturday, beating Lyon 2-0 in the final in Bilbao, Spain. It was a cagey encounter, with clearcut chances few and far between as ...
5 days ago · The absence of women from the canon of Western art has been a subject of inquiry and reconsideration since the early 1970s. Linda Nochlin's influential 1971 essay, "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?", examined the social and institutional barriers that blocked most women from entering artistic professions throughout history, prompted a new focus on women artists, their art and ...
2 days ago · Self-determination of people. Sexuality. Speech. Water and sanitation. v. t. e. Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries.
4 days ago · Recent News. Woman, Life, Freedom, protest slogan that affirms that the rights of women are at the centre of life and liberty. The slogan is best known in English-language media for its use within the context of Iran. In September 2022 protesters in Iran and abroad adopted the slogan after Jina Mahsa Amini died while in custody for “improper ...
5 days ago · The footage shows the young women, all of them stunned and some bloodied, being bound and bundled into a jeep. "I have friends in Palestine," one of the conscripts, 19-year-old Naama Levy, pleads ...
4 days ago · Statue of Liberty, New York City, New York. Lady Liberty, a gift from France in the late 19th century, is one of the USA's most storied attractions. The giant green statue stands more than 300 ...
