Covering war, hosting presidential debates and conducting uncomfortable interviews, these women speak truths to their community
How a team of fearless American women overcame medical skepticism to stop whooping cough, a vicious infectious disease, and save countless lives
A turn-of-the-century hair-care magnate who shared her wealth gets the spotlight
Scholars are finding there’s much more to the “lady with the lamp” than her famous exploits as a nurse in the Crimean War
From Renaissance artists to aviation pioneers, suffragists and scientists, these women led lives destined for the silver screen
A brief history of the long battle to pass what would now be the 28th Amendment
The much-maligned genre has been resurrected as prestige TV
A professor told Ursula Marvin she should learn to cook. Instead she chased down meteorites in Antarctica
For use in the classroom or your community, a list of lesson plans and other teaching materials on women's history in America
An avowed paganist in a time of religious strife, Hypatia was also one of the first women to study math, astronomy and philosophy
She began her career as a musical prodigy and ended up breaking down racial barriers in the recording and film industries
The first women to attend the Naval Academy became seniors in 1979. Photographer Lucian Perkins was there as the old order changed
The oft-overlooked lives of America's first ladies are on display in house museums across the country
In 1909, 22-year-old Alice Ramsey made history as the first woman to drive across the United States
During WWI, the Woman’s Land Army of America mobilized women into sustaining American farms and building national pride
Photographs by Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Eudora Welty display the empathy that would later infuse her fiction
Author Elaine Showalter discusses the lasting influence of Harriet Beecher Stowe and why Gertrude Stein is overrated
How girl groups changed American music
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