Former England captain to replace Kumar Sangakkara in October 2021
www.espncricinfo.comAlice Coachman overcame racist and sexist prejudice, her parents' objections, poverty and cultural chauvinism to claim gold in 1948
The TelegraphThe 38 year-old American will try and win her 24th Grand Slam singles title when the event is staged under highly restrictive conditions from August 31 for two weeks.
Mail OnlineA young woman made history Saturday as the first observant Sikh to graduate from the United States Military Academy West Point in New York.
BreitbartVanessa O'Brien travelled via a submersible to Earth's lowest point, the bottom of the Challenger Deep, on June 12 (pictured). This comes after she scaled the peak of Mount Everest in 2012.
Mail OnlineBernardine Evaristo and Oyinkan Braithwaite were among the other winners at this year’s ceremony
The IndependentCourtesy: Tam O'Shaughnessy A handwritten letter led Sally Ride to become the first American woman in space. She wrote to NASA after she saw an article about the space agency recruiting women in Stanford University's student newspaper as she finished her PhD in astrophysics. The short letter simply asks for an application form, and even contains a small typo. Ride would eventually go to space twice, and spent her life advocating for better science education and encouraging a passion for the...
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