7 Extraordinary Women in Male-Dominated Fields

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Cristeta Comerford – Chef

Comerford, who is Filipino, breaks ground as the first female and first minority to ever serve as executive chef of the White House. This is indicative of a drastic underrepresentation of women and female minorities in executive chef positions world wide. Despite equal enrollment in culinary schools based on gender, the Bureau of Labor reports that only 20% of chefs and head cooks are women.

Kathryn Bigelow – Filmmaker

Kathryn Bigelow recently became the very first woman to ever win an Academy Award for best director, for her film “The Hurt Locker.” This shows just how biased the film industry is against women, with the many amazing directors who have been working in the field for decades. Out of the 250 highest grossing films yearly, only about 10% are directed by women.

Danica Patrick – Professional Race Car Driver

In 2008, Danica Patrick competed in the Indy Japan 300 and became the first woman to ever win an Indy car race. And she was the highest ranking woman ever to compete in the Indy 500 when she placed 3rd place in 2009.

INTERESTING TOP 10 Attack Helicopters of the World And the Present

TOP 10 Attack Helicopters of the World And the Present

For half a century, attack helicopters have made a significant contribution to the total strength of the military forces of various countries. Impact helicopters are capable of hitting ground, sea and even air targets. Such helicopters carry a deadly threat to any tank or other armored unit of military equipment. Most countries have long equipped their military forces with similar “machines” and some of them even entered the ranking of world leaders ...
INTERESTING The Most Ridiculous Reasons for Children’s Tears

The Most Ridiculous Reasons for Children’s Tears

Children can cry for completely different reasons. But sometimes some of them reach the literal ... absurdity! Greg Pembroke, the father of a little boy, once created a website, which is called - "Why is my son crying." Since then, parents from all over the world have sent him pictures for publication in the likeness of those that we will show you now ...
INTERESTING 11 Disaster Films Based on Real Events

11 Disaster Films Based on Real Events

Often, exciting stories from catastrophe films turn out to be real events based on the fates of real people and the stories of real incidents. Such films will be discussed in this collection, which contains the best pictures based on completely existing disasters of anthropogenic or natural character.
ANIMALS 10 Places Where Exotic Animals Live Instead of Pigeons

10 Places Where Exotic Animals Live Instead of Pigeons

Just as we are used to not noticing pigeons, cats, and dogs scurrying around everywhere, people in other countries relate to other, more exotic, animals. This collection is about those places where you can easily meet on the streets a crowd of monkeys or a herd of deer and this will be the norm ...
AUTO 10 Cars From Tarantino Films

10 Cars From Tarantino Films

Quentin Tarantino has always been selective in terms of choosing actors for the best roles in his films. The same can be said about the choice of cars. In anticipation of the release of a new film from Quentin, we offer you a selection of the best cars involved in his films ...