In 1973, the Pierre Hotel on Fifth Avenue would not serve unaccompanied women. A legal challenge overturned that ban. By ...

Author Ann Powers and editor Alison Fensterstock contributed to NPR's Turning the Tables and now have a book published about ...

Made Trade compiled a brief history of women and textiles in the United States, drawing on historical museum documents, ...

1. Angela Ponce Angela Ponce made history as the first transgender woman to compete in the Miss Universe pageant in 2018.

Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich made history on Sunday by breaking the women's marathon world record at the 2024 Chicago Marathon.

With flinty perseverance and a golden touch, Belinda Mulrooney earned an unlikely fortune in the frozen north and reshaped ...

The Dutch historian Hans Luijten has done much to advance Jo’s legacy, in part through his book Jo van Gogh-Bonger: The Woman Who Made Vincent Famous. As Jo well understood, the art business was ...

The gender gap among voters in the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump matters beyond politics and portends major ...

Extremists told men they are unnecessary, and many women believed them. The men are with Donald Trump and the women with Kamala Harris.

It was always in the home that children were likeliest to absorb the revolutionary teachings (of Christianity),” writes ...

The tournament of the shock result ended with a brand new world champion: New Zealand. “This means everything to us,” said ...

Chepngetich showcased her incredible athleticism by taking control of the race early. By the halfway point, she had built a 14-second lead over her closest competitor, Sutume Kebede of Ethiopia, and ...