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Researchers are heading back to the Pacific Ocean this October to investigate what could be Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane. The mission focuses on a mysterious object spotted near Nikumaroro Island that experts believe might finally answer an 89-year-old question.
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In the 1930s, Gertruida Brinkman broke barriers as South Africa's first qualified female architect and designed an Art Deco masterpiece. Today, her stunning creation in Gqeberha thrives as the GFI Gallery, celebrating both architectural history and contemporary art.
Patricia Moseley turned grief into art in 1982, teaching herself to sculpt using her grandfather's chisels. The pioneering horsewoman went on to create bronze busts of Australia's most celebrated figures from single photographs alone.
A cookbook written by a pioneering Italian woman in 1929 has sold over one million copies and never gone out of print. Ada Boni broke barriers as one of Italy's first food writers when women rarely led culinary careers.
