female

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Gamble is not the first female to coach varsity football at Hawthorne.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

On the upside, research from EngineeringUK in 2022 suggested that 16.5% of engineers are female, compared with 10.5% in 2010.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

She did say, however, that she was “the first female bouncer in Berlin,” and that was “at a Hells Angel discotheque.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

The UK now has more female astronauts than male, and John McFall became the world's first astronaut professionally certified to fly to the International Space Station with a physical disability.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

When the Soviet Union entered World War II in 1941, Marina Raskova took command of a thousand female aviators and trained them to fly in three separate bomber and fighter regiments.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein