But is it even physically possible for a woman to have nearly 70 children? According to the BBC, the records of an 18th-century Russian monastery reported that Valentina Vassilyev gave birth 27 ...

Missouri athlete Valentina Barrios is a national champion, clinching the women’s javelin title at the NCAA Outdoor Track and ...

Russia's first female cosmonaut has won the Greatest Woman Achiever of the Century award in London. Valentina Tereshkova, 63, the first woman in space, was given the award by the International Women ...

Welcome to Women of the Century, a commemoration of the 19th Amendment, a major step toward the universal right to vote in the United States. Here you will find interviews with trailblazing ...

Mixed martial arts spent its early years being a male-dominated sport before women transcended the industry and broke down barriers in the 21st century ... champion Valentina Shevchenko's has ...

But the first woman in space was actually a Soviet cosmonaut ... There was nothing in Valentina Tereshkova’s early life that indicated she would become a space pioneer. Born to a farming family ...

In 1963 Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to journey to space orbiting Earth in the Vostok 6 space capsule. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.