Human history is much deeper, more complex, and more nuanced than you probably remember from school. Many history books, ...

Although our history books are filled to the brim with the names of men who helped lead globally consequential revolutions, ...

Just more than 100 years later, it’s possible that the United States may elect its first female president, demonstrating the true potential of a century’s worth of activism and persistence through ...

Jenn Colella as Carrie Chapman Catt (center) in Suffs, a new Broadway musical about the women's suffrage movement Joan Marcus In 1776, Abigail Adams famously implored her husband, John, who was ...

As their numbers grew, the women made a bold decision: they would no longer live under the authority of “unsanctified” ...

Suffragist heroes Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony seized control of the feminist narrative of the 19th century. Their influential history of the movement still governs popular ...

In the summer of 2023, Oxfam launched an initiative called A New Era for Black Women to spotlight the voices and priorities of low-wage earners. We are working with Black women’s advocacy groups in ...

Today, Surrealism is thought of as being synonymous with artists like Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Max Ernst, or Man Ray. Over the years, names of women artists like Frida Kahlo, Remedios Varo, and ...