women's history month

When a black-and-white image first appeared on author Kaia Alderson’s timeline, it triggered a bevy of questions while providing very few answers, like a photographic time capsule burst open, spilling forth with mystery. The women in the photo were…

Conventional wisdom is that the majority of true crime readers are women, an observation borne out of a 2010 study that found that women are bigger true crime fans than men. Anecdotally, at least, it seems women also make up the overwhelming…

Like a lot of girls who grew up in the 1990s—2000s, I was obsessed with the Royal Diaries books, a series with gold pages and ribbon bookmarks that introduced infamous royal women through a fictional diary kept during their tween years. It was how I…

In the summer of 1936, a short, snappy, and stealthily radical self-help book for single women became a surprise bestseller. In the depths of the Great Depression, Live Alone and Like It: A Guide for the Extra Woman celebrated women’s pleasure and…

In this op-ed, New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney explains why the Equal Rights Amendment still hasn't been ratified, her efforts over the last 20 years to change that, and why she thinks 2019 could be the year. After the results of the midterm…

If you've ever gone to a woman doctor who didn't question your right to access birth control, or tell you that the pain from menstruation was all in your head, you can thank some of the first female doctors in Western medicine: Sabat Islambouli, Kei…

Though you likely celebrate women all year round, Women's History Month in March is a unique time to remember and honor women from history who've shaped the way we live today. If you want to commemorate it with Instagram quotes and sharing some…

What started out as just one week in 1981 to celebrate women and nonbinary people from all walks of life, with different cultures and upbringings, has blossomed into a full month — Women's History Month. March is now a time to both reflect on the…

Happy Women's History month! So, one of my personal goals for the new year was to be more conscientious about where I spend my money, and because that's been at the forefront of my mind, I've noticed a lot of people around me who are striving to do…