Women Facts

New Zealand was the first self-governing country in the world to grant all women the right to vote in national elections, in 1893.

Afghanistan's first-ever modeling competition in 2009 received over 3,000 applications. Only 10 were from women.

The first person to go over Niagara falls was Annie Edson-Taylor. She made the trip in a wooden barrel and survived!

Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.

Men get hiccups more often than women.

Men produce about 50% more sweat than women, but women's sweat glands are more efficient at cooling the body.

There's a book titled "Everything men know about women" that has over 100 blank pages.

Last 2 European countries to let women vote: Switzerland (1971) and Leichtenstein (1984).

48% of all video game players in the United States are women, and players aged 45 and older represent the fastest-growing gaming demographic.

In Russia, women outnumber men by about 10.4 million people.

The world's first computer programmer was a woman, Ada Lovelace, who wrote the first algorithm for Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical computer in 1843. Her work included the revolutionary idea that machines could process more than just numbers, envisioning computer-generated music and art.