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When Ann Trow Sommers first arrived in New York City in 1831, she had no idea how notorious and vilified she’d soon become. In a matter of years, she’d craft a whole new identity for herself as Madame Restell, a prominent and wealthy abortionist.
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From ‘Hidden Figure’ Katherine Johnson to female Nobel Laureates you may not have heard of, Nina Chhita's Instagram is giving us some important history lessons.
The National Park Foundation is using 23 grants to give influential women and their stories a place of prominence at National Park Service sites across the country.
The daughters of Genghis Khan ruled nations that controlled the Silk Road, the favored route for trading spices, cloth, pottery, and other goods between China, India, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean.
“Larger than life” sums up Bella Abzug. The New York-based Democratic congresswoman gained 1970s notoriety with her big hats and bold feminist voice.
A survey of hundreds of women demonstrated that dating profiles showing men holding cats are perceived as less desirable.
Gloria Steinem is so much more than the world’s most famous feminist—she’s also Christian Bale’s stepmother.
Victorian women weren’t exactly doing HIIT workouts—in fact, they were trying not to break a sweat at all.
If you own a work sweater and have a space heater under your desk, your individual perception of cold might differ from that of your co-workers.
Whether you call it destiny or coincidence, there's no denying that these chance encounters changed the world.
Design expert Sara Little Turnbull was consulting for 3M in 1958 when she was tasked with creating a better bra cup. Eventually, her design would inspire the N95 mask.
There are nearly 40,000 documents from Sally Ride’s career in the Smithsonian’s archives, and you can help make them more accessible.
Gear up for Disney’s live-action ‘Mulan’ with entertaining tidbits about the 1998 animated classic and the story that inspired it.
This bag is decorated with the faces of pioneers like Ada Lovelace, Sally Ride, and many more scientists who paved the way for others.
Although the stunt was obviously a joke, “Vote for Gracie” buttons popped up around the U.S. Harvard students pledged their support for Allen’s campaign.
More than 50 years before the 19th Amendment, legislators in the Wyoming Territory passed a bill granting women voting rights.
In the 1940s, sisters Freddie and Truus Oversteegen used their unassuming profile as teenagers to ambush and kill Nazis in the Netherlands.
The youngest and least-understood member of the famous Brontë sisters was a bestselling novelist whose books shocked critics.
The trailblazing suffragette first learned about civil inequality during several formative years in Battenville, New York.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote, so show your pride and remind others to perform their civic duty with this necklace.
In the late 1970s, three Vermont women saw a need for more athletic support. Their invention—the sports bra—changed athletics forever.
Find out more about Virginia Woolf’s best books, quotes, and the fascinating life she led.
There are 29 statues in Central Park, yet none of real women from history. That will change when a monument to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Sojourner Truth is installed in 2020.
“We heard each of the two sharp hasty screams,” the ‘Pride and Prejudice’ author wrote of her niece’s turn in the dentist’s chair.