Women's History
New Met Exhibition Celebrates Women Fashion Designers
"Women Dressing Women" gives often-forgotten figures in fashion history their due
Jane Austen's Annotated Copy of 'Curiosities of Literature' Is For Sale
The novelist used a pencil to underline roughly 15 passages from the text by Isaac D'Israeli
The World Is Running to Catch Up With Simone Leigh
The celebrated artist’s crusading works, now on view at the Hirshhorn Museum, upend the stereotypes too often foisted on Black women
How Sandra Day O’Connor Brought Compromise to the Supreme Court
The first woman justice to serve on the nation's highest court died on Friday at age 93
See the Rediscovered Still Life by Forgotten 17th-Century Master Clara Peeters
The painting by the influential Flemish artist could sell for as much as $883,000 at auction
The Formerly Enslaved Black Bordello Queen Who Built a Notorious Business Empire
In 19th-century St. Louis, Madam Priscilla Henry earned a life-changing fortune—and scores of enemies vying for her crown
The Real History Behind Empress Joséphine in Ridley Scott's 'Napoleon'
A new Hollywood epic traces Napoleon Bonaparte's rise and fall through his checkered relationship with his first wife
The Ten Best History Books of 2023
Our favorite titles of the year resurrect forgotten histories and illuminate how the United States ended up where it is today
Beyoncé, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Other Iconic Women Take Their Place at the Smithsonian
This year, the National Portrait Gallery's annual showcase of new acquisitions spotlights female subjects and female artists
The Unsung Hero Who Saved Thousands of Children During the Holocaust
Truus Wijsmuller spirited Jewish refugees to safety and stood up to the architect of Adolf Hitler's "Final Solution"
New U.S. Quarter Honors Maria Tallchief, America's First Prima Ballerina
Born on Osage land in Oklahoma, the famous dancer broke barriers for Native American women
New Memorial Honors Victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
A total of 146 workers died in the 1911 disaster, which galvanized the fight for workers' rights
Dell O'Dell's Trailblazing Magic Show Cast a Spell on Early Television Audiences
Rare footage of the woman magician's act captures her magnetic stage presence and range of tricks
The Globe-Trotting Scholar Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aztecs
Anthropologist Zelia Nuttall transformed the way we think of ancient Mesoamerica
Hundreds of Unopened Wine Jars Unearthed in Egyptian Queen's Tomb
Archaeologists found the 5,000-year-old jars with well-preserved grape seeds and intact stoppers
Runestones Reveal the Secrets of a Powerful Queen in Viking-Age Denmark
An analysis of the carvings on four runestones sheds new light on Queen Thyra's influence
Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Iranian Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi
Mohammadi, who is currently in prison, is at the forefront of the fight against oppression in Iran
London Exhibition Explores the Link Between Gender and Ecology
"Re/Sisters," now open at the Barbican Art Gallery, features the works of nearly 50 women and nonbinary artists
The Academy Will Replace Hattie McDaniel's Missing Oscar
McDaniel became the first Black actor to win an Oscar in 1940, but the award went missing several decades later
The Smithsonian Acquires Major Works by and About Phillis Wheatley
The stunning trove of texts sheds new light on Wheatley, the first African American to publish a book of poetry
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