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Fragment from a flag that read "'Kaiser' Wilson Banner East Gate White House Monday, August 13, 1917." The original banner read "Kaiser Wilson Have You Forgotten Your Sympathy With the Poor Germans Because They Were Not Self-Governed? 20,000,000 American Women Are Not Self-Governed. Take the Beam Out of Your Own Eye"

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‘Mr. President, How Long Must Women Wait For Liberty?’

In January 1917, women took turns picketing the White House with a voice empowered by American democracy

January 12, 2017

Clare Hollingworth poses in the streets of Saigon in 1968.

Clare Hollingworth redefined the role of war correspondent

January 10, 2017

Joan of Arc on horseback in an illustration from a 1505 manuscript.

Remembering Joan of Arc, The Gender-Bending Woman Warrior Who Changed History

The Maid of Orleans and her holy voices were in many ways too different to live

January 9, 2017

Dorothy Levitt, one of the first female racecar drivers, wrote some not-so-timeless advice for other drivers way back in 1909.

Advice for Drivers From Dorothy Levitt, the Pre-War Racing Record Breaker You’ve Never Heard Of

Levitt’s story is proof that women were in auto racing almost from the start, and she has some ideas for other drivers

January 5, 2017

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January 2017

After a 2011 version of this statue was installed outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul, they began to pop up around the world.

She’s a silent reminder of the plight of hundreds of thousands of women forced into sexual slavery by Japan during World War II

January 3, 2017

Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel are just some of the Vatican Museums' vast holdings.

Barbara Jatta just smashed through one frescoed ceiling

December 29, 2016

Vera Rubin makes observations through the Flagstaff Telescope.

Her observations confirmed the theory of dark matter, and her activism helped open science to more women

December 27, 2016

The super hero’s tenure as an advocate for empowering women and girls ends after less than two months

December 15, 2016

The tea bag made it possible to brew a single cup of tea rather than a whole pot.

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Ever Wonder Who Invented the Tea Bag?

Its two competing origin stories are linked by one thing: convenience

December 15, 2016

People Have Spent Years Trying to Diagnose Mary Todd Lincoln From Beyond the Grave

Abraham Lincoln’s wife has been called a “wildcat,” “menstrual” and “bipolar” among other things

December 13, 2016

Wikipedia has a woman problem—that women themselves can tackle.

The Beeb’s hosting an edit-a-thon to improve the online encylopedia’s coverage of women

December 8, 2016

Two supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment demonstrate in August 1980.

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These Photos Bring the Women’s Movement to Life

Catching the Wave dramatizes the large and small moments of second-wave feminism

December 5, 2016

Ahead of her time: Foote first identified the greenhouse effect, now a seminal concept in climate science.

This Suffrage-Supporting Scientist Defined the Greenhouse Effect But Didn’t Get the Credit, Because Sexism

Eunice Foote’s career highlights the subtle forms of discrimination that have kept women on the sidelines of science

December 5, 2016

Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, in an undated photo.

When Women Weren’t Allowed to Go to Harvard, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Brought Harvard to Them

Unlike other women’s colleges of the day, the Annex was intimately connected with Harvard

December 5, 2016

Spc. Crisma Albarran volunteered for the U.S. Army. In the future, other women could be required to serve.

Women Won’t Register for the Draft After All

They’re gaining parity within the U.S. military—but women won’t yet be required to register for compulsory service in case of war

November 30, 2016

A national museum of women's history would celebrate the accomplishment of women like these members of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, who went on strike against non-union shoulder pads in 1930.

Will the American Museum of Women’s History ever become reality?

November 18, 2016

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Five Things to Know About Gwen Ifill

The late, great reporter turned curiosity into a career that changed journalism

November 14, 2016

100 years ago, Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to Congress

November 7, 2016

A 1933 Oil painting of the ill-fated aviator by Howard Chandler Christy.

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What to Make of Renewed Claims That Amelia Earhart Died as a Castaway

Reexamination of data from a 1940 skeleton, suggests that the long forearms may match those of the missing aviator

November 2, 2016