The devices were used to track movement and measure productivity—an insightful foreshadowing of our current preoccupation ...

Think of a favorite work of art you’ve seen in New York, and there’s a good chance it was brought to you by a woman.

Author Susan Corso's "Subversive Lovelies" series, set in New York's Gilded Age, explores the lives of four sisters who ...

My surprise at the pronatalist argument against abortion is not because I haven’t heard it before. To the contrary, it is ...

From Lion’s Mane supplements to mushroom 'leather' shoes, mushrooms are having a moment right now. But the trend isn't ...

In a landmark case, a court ruled that the women, now in their 70s and 80s, who were taken from their parents in Belgian ...

Discover the astonishing story of Iraq’s oldest women, with records showing ages surpassing 137 years, breaking global ...

Intended to regulate Black women and reinforce the racial hierarchy, these tignon laws had the opposite effect: Creole women ...

Back in the Middle Ages (a.k.a. the Medieval era, approximately 476-1450 A.D.), virginity was an extremely desirable trait in ...

The Musée Jean-Jacques Henner focuses on women artists, with the exhibition "Elles, les élèves de Jean-Jacques Henner", on ...

The men and women who have covered the White House for the AP dating back to the middle of the 19th century have truly had a ‘front row seat to history,’” former President George H.W. Bush wrote.

By Nainika Nambiar The 19th century saw a lot of changes in Indian society. It was a time of reform and progress in areas ...