women's history month

On Thursday, Vice President Mike Pence tweeted about International Women's Day, praising women's contributions to the country and also applauding the Trump administration for working to "empower" women across the country. Pence's tweet didn't go over…

Google has rolled out its International Women's Day 2018 Google Doodle — a collaboration between 12 women artists from 12 different countries around the world, available for exploring all day March 8. Each artist contributed a comic strip sharing a p…

Today is International Women's Day, and as with years past, Google has rolled out a commemorative Doodle, this time honoring women from all around the world. The International Women's Day Google Doodle displays 12 comic strips written and illustrated…

March is National Women's History Month, in which everybody from the Library of Congress to your local bookstore celebrates American women and their contribution to national history. However, the origins of Women's History Month are often misrepresen…

Women's History Month might be winding down, but Bustle's love for women in literature never does. That's why I've got this list of historical fiction books about incredible women. Inspired by real-life heroines, these stories will remind you just ho…

This March, to celebrate the glory of Women's History Month in the best way we know how, Bustle is featuring not only women from the past, but women who are making history now. And one woman who's definitely in that category — and should enter into y…

After a successful Senate campaign that earned endorsements from the likes of Barack Obama and Joe Biden, California Sen. Kamala Harris is quickly becoming a household name. Before winning her seat in 2016, Harris had a lengthy legal career: She serv…

Women’s History Month is typically lauded as an opportunity to celebrate women’s achievements throughout history. But whose history are we championing, exactly? As a young brown girl growing up in the Heartland, the women’s history I was taught in th…

You've definitely heard that a picture is worth a thousand words. So why has no one ever thought to combat sexism using that axiom? Enter Kamie Crawford and Nicholas Ferroni, a pair of activists armed only with some terrible old advertisements and a …

I live in a country where abortion is illegal. I live in Ireland, a country that is home to hundreds, if not thousands, of international companies who choose it for its lower taxes and its high quality of life. I live in a country that is considered …

Change cannot happen without hope, but when every day brings with it a new story about the rapidly alarming realities of life in Trump's America — 24 million people are at risk of losing their health insurance, acts of violence and anti-Semitism is …

The Academy Award-nominated film Hidden Figures has done a fantastic job of reminding us all that white men aren’t the only heroes of the space age. Over the decades, and even centuries, women have played a crucial role in many incredible celestial d…

It is National Women's History Month, and as such, I think it's only right and reasonable that in between killing it as work and hanging out with the women you are inspired by (colloquially known as "your friends"), you watch as many feminist masterp…

It's here! The nation's first museum dedicated to women in American history is opening in New York City this spring, and it won't be the last. Brought to us by (and sharing a building with) the New York Historical Society, the Center for Women's Hist…

The first Girl Scouts meeting to ever take place occurred in Savannah, GA on March 12, 1912. Juliette Gordon Low was 51 years old at the time, and she brought together 18 girls in her hometown to enjoy the great outdoors as well as inspire one anothe…

One of the things I find most inspiring is women openly supporting and lifting each other up. With so many obstacles on the road to gender equality, we don't need to create another one by getting in our own way — despite our culture's nasty habit of…

March is Women’s History Month, a time to honor women’s countless historic achievements and celebrate those who fought and continue to fight for women’s equality. To commemorate the occasion, Girls Scouts of the USA teamed up with Toddlewood to photo…

You may have heard of the amazing ways people showed support for women's rights yesterday, but the cast of Hamilton honored International Women's Day by doing something truly awesome. Because you needed another reason to love Hamilton, right? OK, ho…

The night before International Women’s Day, a new fighter for women’s equality appeared in New York: The “Fearless Girl” statue, a bronze girl facing down Wall Street’s famous “Charging Bull.” Put in place in honor of a day when women around the coun…