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    Batala NYC was a New York-based all-women, Black-led, percussion ensemble, playing Batala music. It later developed into two groups; Batalá New York, whose...
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  • Dittrichin Siegmundin (1648 – 1705) was a German obstetrician named as a possible re-inventor of nooses and blunt hooks for turning or extracting an infant...
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    Penny Drue Baird, the owner of Dessins, LLC, based in Paris and New York, is an American interior designer, also known for her architectural work. Baird...
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  • Meghna Venkat , is an Indian classical Bharata Natyam dancer. She is also a choreographer and teacher. She is the disciple of guru shri Adyar K. Lakshman...
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  • Lucie Pflug (24 February 1916 - 9 November 1993) was a senior cultural official in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). Between 1956 and 1978...
    7 KB (784 words) - 18:04, 29 August 2023
  • Bibiana Camacho is a contemporary Mexican author, writer and publisher, best known for her novels: Tu ropa en mi armario (Your clothes in my closet), Tras...
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  • Jessie Stanton (1887 – May 16, 1976) was an American authority on pre-school education and author closely associated with the Bank Street School. Jessie...
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    Dr. Sarika Singh is perhaps the first Indian female master painter and teacher in the Buddhist tradition of Thangka Painting. Born on 13 August 1976, in...
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  • Sarah Savage (1886–1968) was the head of the Victorian Order of Nurses in Preston, Ontario and created innovative "well-baby" clinics. Savage was born...
    3 KB (345 words) - 06:01, 13 June 2023
  • The Gefilte Manifesto: New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods is a "narrative cookbook" written by Jeffrey Yoskowitz and Liz Alpern, and published by Flatiron...
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  • Jadwiga Vuyk, née Jadwiga Reich Rosenblatt (1886 – 1950) was a Polish-Dutch art dealer and art historian. Vuyk was born in Łódź and married the Dutch banker...
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  • Ruth Jury Scott (27 March 1909 – 18 June 2003) was a lifelong environmental activist, naturalist, and conservationist. Scott was a close friend and colleague...
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    Alla Georgievna Danko (Russian: А́лла Гео́ргиевна Данько́; born March 15, 1946, Moscow) is a Russian TV presenter, journalist, and former announcer of...
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  • Leland Sundries is an American five-piece band based in Brooklyn, New York, United States, led by singer-songwriter Nick Loss-Eaton. The other members...
    3 KB (314 words) - 09:14, 17 May 2024
  • Sven Becker (born 14 February 1968, Wiesbaden, Germany) is a German gynaecologist, gynaecologic surgeon, and oncologist. From 1987 to 1994, Becker studied...
    7 KB (763 words) - 17:55, 26 October 2024
  • Josefina Stubbs (born November 25, 1959) is a development practitioner and was nominated by the Government of the Dominican Republic for President of the...
    12 KB (1,305 words) - 15:56, 17 May 2022