Women's History
Trailblazing Engineer Irene Peden Broke Antarctic Barriers for Women
Originally told she could not go to Antarctica without another woman to accompany her, Peden now has a line of cliffs on the continent named in her honor
New York City Monument Will Honor Transgender Activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera
The two women were instrumental in the 1969 Stonewall Uprising and spent their lives advocating for marginalized groups
The Gendered History of Human Computers
It's ironic that women today must fight for equality in Silicon Valley. After all, their math skills helped launch the digital age
Worn-Out Teeth Expand the Narrative of the Ancient Egyptian Career Woman
Wear patterns suggest a woman buried in the ancient city of Mendes processed papyrus reeds, a job women were not previously known to do
Norma Miller, the ‘Queen of Swing,’ Has Died at 99
An electric performer of the Lindy Hop, Miller dazzled audiences on stage and screen
Dr. Ruth Changed the Way America Talked About Sex
A new documentary chronicles the revolution Ruth Westheimer brought to the air
Nine Women’s History Exhibits to See This Year
Museums around the country are celebrating how the contributions of remarkable women changed everything from human rights to mariachi music
The 19th-Century Lesbian Landowner Who Set Out to Find a Wife
A new HBO series explores the remarkable life of Anne Lister, based on her voluminous and intimate diaries
Boston Museum Launches First Large-Scale Exhibition on Non-Binary Fashion
The show features a tuxedo worn by Marlene Dietrich, a suit worn by David Bowie and contemporary designs by Rei Kawakubo
The First Group of Female Cosmonauts Were Trained to Conquer the Final Frontier
Two decades before the first American woman flew to space, a group of female cosmonauts trained in Star City of the Soviet Union
How Margaret Dayhoff Brought Modern Computing to Biology
The pioneer of bioinformatics modeled Earth’s primordial atmosphere with Carl Sagan and made a vast protein database still used today
How Women Got the Vote Is a Far More Complex Story Than the History Textbooks Reveal
An immersive story about the bold and diverse women who helped secure the right to vote is on view at the National Portrait Gallery
Internet Sleuths Were on the Case to Name the Women Archaeologists in These Excavation Photos
A caption in a book about the excavation at Skara Brae, Scotland, had identified them as ‘visitors’ to the dig
Works of Pioneering Photographer Constance Stuart Larrabee to Be Digitized
The work of Constance Stuart Larrabee, a pioneering photographer, will soon be digitized
Seventy-Five Years Ago, the Military’s Only All-Black Female Band Battled the War Department and Won
The women of the 404th Armed Service Forces band raised morale and funds for the military, but they had to fight discrimination to do so
Meet the Female Inventor Behind Mass-Market Paper Bags
A self-taught engineer, Margaret Knight bagged a valuable patent, at a time when few women held intellectual property
Meet Roxie Laybourne, the Feather Detective Who Changed Aviation
A new Sidedoor episode tells the story of Roxy Laybourne, a Smithsonian scientist who pioneered the field of forensic ornithology
Rita Rapp Fed America’s Space Travelers
NASA’s food packages now in the collections of the Air and Space Museum tell the story of how a physiologist brought better eating to outer space
Women’s Rights Monument in N.Y.C. Approved Amid Accusations of Whitewashing
The original design, which has since been altered, was criticized for minimizing the contributions of black suffrage leaders
Survey Finds White Men Dominate Collections of Major Art Museums
A comprehensive study reveals that 85 percent of artists featured in permanent collections are white, while 87 percent are men
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