WOMEN

The reverse side of the Anna May Wong quarter.

Pioneering Actress Anna May Wong Is the First Asian American on U.S. Currency

The actress—the first Asian American performer to receive top billing in a Hollywood film—is now pioneering change in a different way.

This holiday season, give your wife presents she'll love using year-round.

13 Unique Gifts Your Wife Will Love

Looking for a gift your wife will love? Whether your spouse is a fitness fanatic, reader, or coffee lover, there's a gift here that will fit her perfectly.

13 Facts About Lady Jane Grey, England’s Unlucky Nine Days’ Queen

Lady Jane Grey is seen as an innocent victim of Tudor Dynasty politics, and her rightfulness to the crown is debated to this day.

10 Women Automotive Pioneers

Since the earliest days of motoring, there have been women determined to compete with men at the highest levels.

Katherine Parr lived a fascinating life, both before and after marrying Henry VIII.

10 Facts About Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's Wife Who ’Survived’

Katherine Parr is remembered as Henry VIII’s lucky queen, the one who got away, or, as the old rhyme says, the one who “survived.”

Marge Callaghan of the Fort Wayne Daisies slides into home plate during a 1948 game.

The Real-Life Women’s Baseball League Behind ‘A League of Their Own’

Here’s what Penny Marshall's ‘A League of Their Own’ got right (and wrong) about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

Nichelle Nichols in Woman in Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA (2021).

Woman In Motion: How 'Star Trek' and Nichelle Nichols Forever Changed the Face of NASA

Though Nichelle Nichols was best known for her role as Lieutenant Uhura on 'Star Trek,' she also played a key role in the formation of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program and inspired generations of STEM leaders.

Amelia Earhart is getting some overdue recognition.

A Monumental Moment: A Long-Awaited Statue of Amelia Earhart Will Be Unveiled at the U.S. Capitol This Month

The pioneering aviator who died under mysterious circumstances in 1937 will soon take a place of prominence in the National Statuary Hall Collection.

Jane Goodall is Getting the Barbie Treatment—With a Doll Made of Recycled Plastic

The Barbie ‘Inspiring Women’ series is honoring one of the world’s most iconic primatologists and conservationists.

Norma McCorvey and lawyer Gloria Allred attend a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building in 1989.

Who Is the 'Roe' in Roe v. Wade?

The woman known as "Jane Roe" left an enormous mark on the nation’s political landscape—one that’s still at the fore a half-century later.

Faye Dunaway as notorious gangster Bonnie Parker and Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow in 'Bonnie & Clyde' (1967)

10 Notorious Female Gangsters

Though organized crime tends to be a boys' club, there have been a slate of deadly women who have broken into its ranks.

French feminist philosopher Simone De Beauvoir

5 Fast Facts About Simone de Beauvoir

Her best-known work, 'The Second Sex,' set off a feminist bombshell that continues to shape today’s debates

Betty Reid Soskin preserved the history she had experienced first-hand.

Betty Reid Soskin, America's Oldest National Park Ranger, Has Retired at Age 100

She was the National Park Service’s oldest ranger and brought her astonishing lived experiences to the job.

11 Facts About 'Silent Spring' Author Rachel Carson

She's remembered for raising the alarm over the dangers of pollution and pesticides in her 1962 bestseller.

Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club Is Accepting Applications for Its Underrepresented Women Writers’ Fellowship

Reese’s Book Club’s LitUp fellowship aims at getting more diverse books published. Here’s how to apply.

Painting of Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea.

9 Facts About Sacagawea

If you know anything at all about Sacagawea, you probably know she was a guide on the Lewis and Clark Expedition (also known as the Corps of Discovery) to explo

This Utah mountain is one of the geographic features to be renamed.

Hundreds of Mountains, Rivers, and Other Sites in the U.S. With Racist Names Are Being Rebranded

A racist and misogynist term for Native American women will no longer appear in the names of geographic sites managed by the federal government.

Victoria Woodhull, Althea Gibson, Hypatia

22 Influential Women You Probably Didn't Learn About in School

There’s no shortage of trailblazing, boundary-breaking women who never got their due.

5 Myths About Women Leaders From History

Larger-than-life figures tend to inspire myths that fit their reputation, and this is especially true of history’s famous female leaders.

Lawmakers have been trying to make the Equal Rights Amendment happen for almost a century.

9 Facts You Should Know About the Equal Rights Amendment

Almost 100 years have passed since the Equal Rights Amendment was first proposed. Here are the facts you should know.

The Dairy Maid and House Matron badges of yore seem a little outdated today.

11 (Fortunately) Retired Girl Scout Badges

The Dairy Maid, Invalid Cooking, and House Matron badges that Girl Scouts of yore worked toward seem a little outdated today.

11 Trailblazing Women Who Made National Park History

Although the first few years of the National Park Service were dominated by male employees, it didn’t take long for women to make their marks.

11 Facts About Kitty O’Brien Joyner, NASA’s First Woman Engineer

Find out more about the life of Kitty O'Brien Joyner, NASA's first female engineer.

Georgia Gilmore's food helped feed the civil rights movement.

Georgia Gilmore, the Alabama Cook Who Fueled the Civil Rights Movement With Food

Georgia Gilmore played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement—one of feeding and funding those at the frontlines. A marvelous cook, she took it upon herself to bring together a secret society-esque group of women who used food to fuel the movement.

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