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Women’s History

We celebrate the resilient and revolutionary women who've shaped our world. Discover the stories and legacies of female visionaries, artists, and leaders.

How to Gain Power as a Medieval Woman
How to Gain Power as a Medieval Woman

What were the paths to power for Medieval women in a world ruled by men?

Comparing Austen & Ibsen: Women & Finance in 19th-Century Literature
Comparing Austen & Ibsen: Women & Finance in 19th-Century Literature

While Jane Austen’s romance often distracts us from her heroines’ realities, Henrik Ibsen stares financial oppression dead in the face and offers his heroines hope.

Agatha Christie: Queen of…Theater?
Agatha Christie: Queen of…Theater?

Despite her fame as a murder mystery writer, Agatha Christie had a significant—though lesser known—impact on and love for the world of theater.

Nochlin’s “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?”: A Summary
Nochlin’s “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?”: A Summary

Linda Nochlin burst onto the feminist scene with this provocative question about women artists. Her answers would make her famous and change art history.

5 Pioneering Women in Music
5 Pioneering Women in Music

Discover five pioneering women in music: a gospel queen, an electronic music pioneer, a punk icon, a pop legend, and a French Resistance member.

What Was the Women’s Land Army?
What Was the Women’s Land Army?

As British men fought on the frontlines during the World Wars, the Women’s Land Army was given a vital task as part of the war effort: feeding the nation.

Joséphine Bonaparte: Empress of the French
Joséphine Bonaparte: Empress of the French

Born into French nobility during a time of change and becoming an empress, Josephine Bonaparte lived a storied life full of trials and tribulations.

Lucrezia Borgia: Femme Fatale or Innocent Pawn?
Lucrezia Borgia: Femme Fatale or Innocent Pawn?

A sexualized figure from late medieval Italy, was Lucrezia Borgia a salacious femme fatale or an innocent pawn in her family’s insidious machinations?