female

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She recommends women skip those glamorous dinners some female founders splash all over Instagram, calling them “mostly about ego-gratification.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

A report out last month also found that all those attacks on universities last year, with the cutting of grants even in areas such as cancer research — disproportionately affected female scientists.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Reading from a sheet of paper, a female anchor announced that a U.S. aircrew had ejected from a plane in southwestern Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Male actors playing female roles were a familiar trope across global theatre, from Europe to Japan and China.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

After that, over thirty more memoirs were published by female aviators between 1957 and 1989.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein