Women's History
Europe's 2020 Mars Rover Named for DNA Pioneer Rosalind Franklin
The U.K.-built vehicle is due to launch to the Red Planet next year
Interactive Map Renders Women's Cultural Contributions to French Capital Visible
The evolving project highlights landmarks in Paris that were “financed, imagined or made by women”
Breakthrough Korean Feminist Artist Yun Suknam in Her First U.S. Museum Exhibition
With an assemblage portrait of her mother as the focal piece, the artist’s work is surrounded by the works of those who inspired her
Remembering the Forgotten Female Artists of Vienna
New exhibition draws on works by around 60 women who lived and worked between 1900 and 1938
The Statistician Who Debunked Sexist Myths About Skull Size and Intelligence
Though she laid bare the false claim of women's intellectual inferiority, Alice Lee failed to apply the same logic to race
Remembering "Godmother of Title IX" Bernice Sandler
Sandler, often known as "Bunny," played an important role in creating the landmark legislation
How America Tidied Up Before Marie Kondo
From the Progressive Era's social hygiene movement to Netflix self-help reality television
London’s Feminist Library Lives
A successful crowdfunding campaign saved the institution from closure and is financing its move to a new space
Remembering Nancy Grace Roman, Trailblazing Astronomer Known as ‘Mother of the Hubble’
She worked on and advocated for the space telescope, which changed our view of the universe
Tate Britain's Female-Led Exhibition Is a Hopeful Sign of What's to Come
Will 2019 be the year more women artists get shown in art museums?
The True Story of the Case Ruth Bader Ginsburg Argues in ‘On the Basis of Sex’
<i>Moritz v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue</i> was the first gender-discrimination suit Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg argued in court
All Hail the Renaissance of Artemisia Gentileschi
The London National Gallery unveiled a restored portrait of the Baroque painter and announced a 2020 retrospective dedicated to the artist
VR Experience Lets You Join Nellie Bly on Her 72-Day Trip Around the World
The Newseum, Vive collaboration catalogues the intrepid reporter’s record-breaking journey
The Ten Best Children's Books of 2018
Our picks deliver feminist history, folklore reimagined and an adventurous romp through awe-inspiring destinations
New Butterfly Species Named After 17th-Century Female Naturalist
Maria Sibylla Merian documented the lifecycles of moths and butterflies with unprecedented accuracy
New York Honors Shirley Chisholm, First Black Congresswoman in U.S. History, With New Statue
The firebrand politician once quipped that she would like to be remembered as a woman who ‘had guts’
Who Was Ida O'Keeffe, Georgia's Lesser-Known, But Perhaps More-Talented, Sister?
The painter who toiled in the shadow of her celebrated sibling is the subject of a new, major exhibition
Critically Explore 17th-Century Noblewoman's Little-Known Poems Online
Hester Pulter’s works detail chaotic political landscape of the English Civil War, scientific discoveries, theological queries, personal struggles
The Time's Up Initiative Built Upon the Work Done by These Labor Activists
How the leaders of a farmworkers' alliance reached across cultural divides to fight sexual harassment
The Best History Books of 2018
From the political violence of 19th-century America to the untold stories of African-American pioneers, these books help shape our understanding of today
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