in the united states, rights that specifically apply to women vary state by state, but this is not the case with rights that apply specifically to men.

after the adoption of nationwide no-fault divorce in the u.s., there were and are decreased rates of suicide, domestic violence, and spousal homicide for women.

the first women to travel across the u.s. on motorcycles (the van buren sisters) did so despite frequently being arrested in the way for wearing pants.

marie curie's notebooks are still radioactive, and will be long after your death. she remains the only person to win nobel prizes in 2 different fields.

 in 1916, jeannette rankin became the first female member of congress... 4 years before american women were permitted by men to vote.

duct tape was invented by vesta stoudt, who came up with the idea while packing munitions during ww11.

hair straighteners and dye can cause breast cancer.

in japan, female warriors were called onna-bugeisha. they fought alongside samurai in times of war.

in the united states, 7 times as many women are misdiagnosed as men. this results in 83,000 needless deaths every year.

(the odds are even worse if the patient is black._

the term 'scientist' was coined to describe mary somerville, who was a chemist, physicist, and geologist.

the first algorithm written specifically for a machine was created by ada lovelace.

janet jagen is the first american woman to be elected the president of a country (guyana).

lhakpa sherpa is a single mom who works at a whole foods store in connecticut. she has also climbed mount everest a record 9 times.

cleopatra's lipstick included dead ants and crushed red carmine beetles.

hatshepsut was the first female egyptian pharoah.

queen eleanor of england presided over a court of wealthy ladies who answered questions regarding love as if they were a judicial body. one of their findings: that love between a man and his wife was not possible.

(clearly, this applied primarily to them.)

the reasons that american women fake orgasms, by percentage:

• to please their partner 26%
• to hurry up and finish 22%
• to spare partner's feelings 10%
• was tired 9%
• sex was not satisfying 7%
• boredom 3%
• not in the mood 2%
• too young/inexperienced 2%
• just wanted to 1%
• sick/on medication 0%
• other 4%
• no opinion 12%

the average woman uses her height in lipstick every 5 years.

women in the united states began shaving / waxing their underarms in the 1920's, and their legs in the 1940's. both took some time to catch on, possibly because women had just let their hair grow for the previous million years or so.

james barry was the first doctor in england to successfully perform a cesarean section, and eventually became inspector general of the british army. what no one knew until 100 years later was that barry was a woman named margaret ann bulkley, who lived as a man for 56 years (until she died) and was the first woman to graduate from a british medical college. we didn't know until 100 years later because the british army kept it a secret.