Much of the iconography we associate with witches, from the pointy hat to the cauldron, originated from...
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After the development of craft beer in the early 1980s, more women started to once again infiltrate...
Some evangelical women are beginning to speak out about the limits of complementarian theology. By Yonat ShimronNational...
Evangelical Christian churches say a man’s authority is in God’s plan and women have a duty to...
A glimpse of the everyday challenges and triumphs medieval women faced during the Middle Ages. By Erin...
Women as warriors—or certainly hunters and not simply gatherers—have a long history reaching back thousands of years...
Throughout the wartime years, the need for workers in agriculture, as well as in manufacturing and the...
Honoring the unsung heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. My project, Mug Shot Portraits: Women of the...
Studying history is like detective work—especially when the rebellion of Black women has been left out of...
It is typical of Trump to belittle “an opponent as weak while portraying himself and his supporters...
These women have made an ugly deal with a movement that is ultimately ambivalent toward them. The...
Even without the right to vote, Black women engaged in political organizing and partisan debates. Today, Black...
Queen Bona helps us understand how elite Renaissance women acquired, maintained, and negotiated power. Among the women...
Lucy and Suzanne’s story shows that quiet, persistent rewriting of the narrative of oppression can be a...
It can be hard to estimate broad social trends in the Middle Ages, but some sources allow...
A new book explores the photographer’s dedication to feminism and civil rights in the early 20th century....
Exploring one of the earliest bids by a woman to secure celebrity through curation of “personal brand”....
These women have had massive impacts on our laws and the advancement of human rights. Emma Lazarus...
All opportunities for education, prospect, liberation and development were closed to women. By Khelifa Arezki and Katia...
Her work as an attorney in the 1970s changed the court’s approach to women’s rights and how...
The very concept of “woman” changed in a number of ways during the Middle Ages. Introduction Women...
Kübler-Ross was one of the central figures in the hospice care movement. Introduction Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (July 8,...
She was the first woman to be elected head of the American Heart Association. Introduction Helen Brooke...
The final step toward ratification hinged on the decision of one young man in Tennessee: State Rep....
How suffragists first used hunger strikes as a form of resistance and protest. Introduction Asylum seekers held...
A new paper makes the case that scholars have ignored the role of female ceramicists in Greece...
A warrior for every social justice movement of her day, Abzug stood on the front lines protesting...
After years of struggle, on Aug. 18, 1920, Tennessee became the final state needed to ratify the...
As the last Ptolemaic heir of Alexander the Great, she remained committed to his policy of cultural...
Geologist and cartographer Tharp changed scientific thinking about what lay at the bottom of the ocean. Introduction...