In “Motherland,” the journalist Julia Ioffe charts the Russian campaign to emancipate women — and the country’s failure to ...

Women artists made most of the first cave drawings. People with uteruses create life itself. Slumber parties; solidarity; activism; caregiving; discovery; innovation, and evolution. Women, we hold ...

For many, 2023 was a year of momentous change and loss, marked by events that will be chronicled in history books for generations to come. Longstanding tensions in the Middle East erupted when Hamas ...

A SHORT HISTORY OF WOMEN—John Langdon-Davies—Viking ($3). It is no compliment to women that histories which deal with their past behavior must be so labeled; histories of the world’s affairs seldom ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State English Department Head Lara Dodds is earning national recognition for advancing women’s contributions to early modern literature.

Each year, we pore over thousands of new books, seeking out the best novels, memoirs, biographies, poetry collections, stories and more. Here are the standouts, selected by the staff of The New York ...

“Of course the women were important, but it was because they were our muses.” With these words, Roland Penrose, second ...

Today, more women than men are entering medical school and pursuing a career in medicine. Who were some of the pioneering women physicians, and what challenges do contemporary women in medicine face?

BEYONCE: (Singing) Girls. Who run the world? Girls, girls. Who run the world? Girls. DETROW: Global newsmakers like Taylor Swift and Beyonce produce record-setting tours. Mary J. Blige, Cher and Big ...