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The oldest person ever whose age has been independently verified is Jeanne Calment (1875–1997) of France, who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. [ b] The oldest verified man ever is Jiroemon Kimura (1897–2013) of Japan, who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days. The oldest known living person is Tomiko Itooka of Japan, aged 116 ...
There were 337 women listed on the world's billionaires as of 4 April 2023, up from 327 in 2022. [ 1] Since 2021, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers has been listed as the world's wealthiest woman. According to a 2021 billionaire census, women make up 11.9% of the billionaire cohort, and "just over half of all female billionaires are heiresses, with ...
Recorded February 6, 2023. Karine Jean-Pierre (born August 13, 1974) [ a] is an American political advisor who has been serving as the White House press secretary since May 13, 2022. She is the first black person and the first openly LGBT person to serve in the position. [ 2]
Maria Cederschiöld (1856–1935), the first woman journalist in Sweden to be chief editor of a newspaper's foreign department. Olena Chekan (1946–2013), did political interviews. Frona Eunice Wait Colburn (1859–1946), one of only two female journalists in San Francisco in 1887, associate editor of the Overland Monthly.
Betty Friedan. Betty Friedan ( / ˈfriːdən, friːˈdæn, frɪ -/; [ 1] February 4, 1921 – February 4, 2006) was an American feminist writer and activist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century.
Top 10 most powerful women of 2023. Giorgia Meloni. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank. Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States. Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy. Taylor Swift, musician. Karen Lynch, CEO of CVS Health.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Russian invasion of Ukraine. Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion. Ukraine reports capturing 82 Russian settlements within an area of 1,150 square kilometres (440 sq mi) since the start of the Kursk incursion on August 6.