Born: 22 April 1976, Russia
Died: NA
Country most active: Russia
Also known as: Yelena Olegovna Kuznetsova, Елена Олеговна Серова
The following is excerpted from Infinite Women creator Allison Tyra’s book Uncredited: Women’s Overlooked, Misattributed, and Stolen Work.
And, of course, it’s not just women in entertainment who are the target of sexist questions. Yelena Serova, the first Russian woman to go to the International Space Station, was asked at a 2014 press conference how she was planning to do her hair in space. She replied, “Aren’t you interested in the hair styles of my colleagues?”