Hacker News with Generative AI: Women

Sacagawea (wikipedia.org)
Sacagawea (/ˌsækədʒəˈwiːə/ SAK-ə-jə-WEE-ə or /səˌkɒɡəˈweɪə/ sə-KOG-ə-WAY-ə;[1] also spelled Sakakawea or Sacajawea; May c. 1788 – December 20, 1812)[2][3][4] was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory.

History, Exploration, Indigenous Peoples, Women

5 points by handfuloflight 17 days ago | 2 comments

Antidepressant use among teen girls and young women has skyrocketed (2024) (apa.org)

Mental Health, Teenagers, Women, Statistics, Health

25 points by GeoAtreides 34 days ago | 29 comments

The Gutsy Teenage Oversteegen Sisters Killed Nazis During WWII (historycollection.com)
On September 5th, 2018, Freddie Oversteegen, a Dutch Resistance heroine of World War II, died in her nineties of a heart attack. She had been preceded into the Great Beyond two years earlier, in 2016, by her older sister, Truus, another resistance heroine in the fight against the Nazis.

History, Resistance, Netherlands, Women

4 points by axiologist 66 days ago | 1 comments

Japan's elderly are lonely and struggling. Some women choose to go to jail (cnn.com)

Japan, Aging, Social Issues, Crime, Women

45 points by Tomte 74 days ago | 36 comments

The Badass Female Gladiators of Ancient Rome (atlasobscura.com)

History, Ancient Rome, Women, Gender

12 points by BerislavLopac 245 days ago | 2 comments

Show HN: Shortbread App – AI-powered, romantic comics for women (shortbreadapp.com)

AI, Comics, Women, Startups

62 points by Fengjiao 302 days ago | 94 comments

Asian American women are getting lung cancer despite never smoking (nbcnews.com)