female

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Zookeepers intend to introduce him soon to a new sibling — Clover, a female mountain lion cub rescued from El Dorado County earlier in March.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Renegade female entrepreneurs such as Kimora Lee Simmons and Leah McSweeney, who respectively founded Baby Phat and Married to the Mob, are sidelined.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The study involved 1351 adults between the ages of 18 and 98 years, with 60% female participants.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Lin has since been cleared to compete in female competition by World Boxing.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

British Airways, the United Kingdom’s national commercial passenger airline, didn’t hire its first female pilot, Lynn Barton, until 1987.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein