Short answers, pulled from the story.
The spelling woman evolved from wīfmann recorded by Bosworth and Toller between 1898 and 1921. The term changed through forms like wifman, wīmmann, and wumman before reaching its modern state. In Old English the specific word for female was wīf while man referred to humans generally.
Only around the beginning of the 16th century did the word come to mean specifically a female child. Middle English usage around 1300 defined it as a child of either sex. Usage meaning child of either sex survived much longer in Irish English.
In 2023 around 260,000 women died from complications of pregnancy delivery or abortion. Between 2000 and 2023 the rate dropped by 40% worldwide. Over 90% of maternal mortality deaths occurred in low-income or lower-middle income countries.
Neithhotep circa 3200 BCE was wife of Narmer and first queen of ancient Egypt. Aidan Dodson and Dyan Hilton documented this in Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt published by Thames & Hudson. She served as consort during the early period of Egyptian history.
Kuwait granted right to vote in 2005 while Saudi Arabia followed in 2015. In districts of Friesland Netherlands women began voting in 1689. As of 2025 Vatican City allows limited lay capacity voting only.