These doctors are playing a critical role in keeping abortion somewhat accessible. By Rosemary WestwoodPublic Health ReporterWWNO...
Women’s History
Explore women’s lives and influence across history, including work, family, politics, activism, culture, and struggles over rights, power, and representation.
The ways in which women a century ago were claiming more autonomy. By Stephanie GortonAuthor A full...
Abortion bans can delay emergency pregnancy care and deepen existing failures in maternal health, leaving women in...
Women have dealt with gatekeeping of their body parts and pleasure for centuries. By Dr. Helen KingProfessor...
There are profound threats toward the universal right to bodily autonomy. By Raquel WillisActivist and Author On...
What does it really mean to be powerful as a woman today? For generations, femininity was framed...
Bicycles took American consumers by storm in the 1890s. Introduction Although it seems very unlikely, bicycles had...
Bharat Mata and the difficult relationship of nation, gender, religion, and citizenship in South Asia. By Dr....
Her character still casts resounding echoes in both myths and history. By Dr. Nathalie ChoubinehIndependent Researcher in...
The cases test statutes known as shield laws. By Shefali LuthraReproductive Health ReporterThe 19th Introduction Since the...
Of primary importance for many Neopagans is the triple goddess. Introduction As we approach Mother’s Day, many...
Births are forced even when a pregnancy cannot possibly result in a liveborn baby. Infant mortality rates...
The study of childhood is in fact the study of a given culture’s construction of childhood. Introduction...
There has been a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy. By Lizzie PresserReporterProPublica By Andrea...
States could see huge economic implications. By Shefali LuthraReproductive Health ReporterThe 19th Tens of thousands of young...
Nightingale embarked for the Crimea on 21 October 1854 with thirty-eight nurses. Florence Nightingale was born on...
Medication abortion is overwhelmingly safe and effective. By Kate Kelly, J.D.Senior Director, Women’s InitiativeThe Center for American...
Women are increasingly being denied routine miscarriage care. By Sofia ResnickReproductive Rights ReporterStates Newsroom Introduction Tabitha Crowe...
Texas continues its crusade against women. By Eleanor KlibanoffWomen’s Health ReporterThe Texas Tribune Introduction Since the U.S....
She fiercely advocated for her team. By Dr. Caitlin MileraResearch Assistant Professor of AerospaceDirector, ND Space Grant...
Aspects of the legal system in Mesopotamia. By Oxford University Press Introduction During the 21st century BCE,...
Doctors couldn’t act until the fetal heartbeat stopped. By Cassandra JaramilloInvestigative ReporterProPublica By Kavitha SuranaReporterProPublica Emergency Josseli...
Men who think God ordained them to rule the world. By Dr. Diane RobertsProfessor of English”University Alumni...
The far-reaching consequences for women of misapplying the Comstock Act. By Sabrina Talukder, J.D.Litigator and Public Policy...
Here are five African American women who changed history. Althea Gibson I always wanted to be somebody....
Male supporters of crusading women reinvented themselves as dashing trophy spouses. The early rap on men who...
Today, the notion of the gaze is widely used in visual culture. Abstract In this theoretical context...
She was honored with statues commissioned by local communities. A Traveling Empress On a journey to Britain,...
State courts have upheld six-week abortion bans. By Dr. Magilla OchAssociate Professor of PoliticsDenison University Since the...
Women had a definite role in various facets of social and political life. Introduction It was not...