The film has been screening at embassies around the world to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the women’s strike, offering inspiration to feminists internationally.
A new exhibition seeks to resist the erasure of women’s achievements in the arts and to reclaim “the rightful place of women in art history.”
A new book, “Blackbirds Singing,” offers a collection of speeches and quotations from African American women who have fought back against their words being distorted, trivialized, and ignored.
When we discount the role of women speakers in U.S. history, we lose out on the diverse mix of voices and views that got us to this point — and we miss out on the knowledge of an inspirational past.
The documentary Nothing Compares provides a necessary reassessment of the Irish singer’s legacy.
In 1962, the Environmental Protection Agency did not yet exist, there was little public awareness about environmental issues, and corporate polluters practiced unfettered use of pesticides with little regulation.
Elsie Robinson was once the most famous American newspaper writer, but she, along with many other notable women, has been all but forgotten.
Suffs, at the Public Theater in New York, does not shy away from the darker aspects of the suffrage movement, including conflicts among women.
Sculptor Amanda Matthews created the Girl Puzzle monument honoring Bly and dedicated to women whose histories are absent in public art.
The filmmakers who created the Emmy-winning RBG turn the spotlight on the chef and author who was “deceptively groundbreaking and culturally important.”
The New-York Historical Society exhibition traces the life of the “staunch, If discreet, feminist.”
The author, Wells’ great-granddaughter, aims to introduce the journalist, activist, and anti-lynching leader “to a younger generation and other people who might not be as familiar with her life.”
These recent works by Black women historians challenge conventional narratives of the history of the United States.
In her posthumous memoir, Edie Windsor details her vivacious sex life and in the process shatters stereotypes not only about lesbians but about older women in general.
This month is a good time to recognize the urgency of questions about what it means to be a woman.
We must be intentional about preventing the erasure of black women’s history.
Harper was an outspoken activist for decades on abolition, temperance, public education, voting rights, and women’s equality. Why isn't she a household name?
A new resource on media and the suffrage movement sheds light on the central role of media in any campaign for social change.
