A fact from Utako Okamoto appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 June 2016 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Utako Okamoto, discoverer of tranexamic acid, worked with her infant daughter on her back in the laboratory, as she could not find child care?
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... that Utako Okamoto was asked to leave a pediatric research conference, because it was "not for women and children", and went on to discover a drug on the WHO list of essential medicines to control bleeding after childbirth, ie maternal mortality?
... that Utako Okamoto discoverer of tranexamic acid worked with her daughter on her back in the laboratory, as she could not find child care?
... that after Utako Okamoto presented her research of tranexamic acid at a conference for the first time, male audience members ridiculed her by asking if she was going to dance for them?
The 2nd one is my favorite standalone DYK. Thanks for contributing, great article. I knew nothing about her until coming across this on new page patrol..--dstone66(ṭạḷḳ) 15:04, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
There were 3262 views on 6-16 for the 12 h the DYK was on the WP frontpage.--Wuerzele (talk) 15:18, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
