feminism

How It Feels to Be a Muslim Woman Sold by India's Right Wing

By Ismat Ara

How a Domestic Violence Exposé Ushered In a New Era for the Miss America Pageant

By Amy Argetsinger

The Women Mainstream Feminism Forgot

By Mikki Kendall

‘Baby, It's Cold Outside' Was Controversial From the Beginning. Here’s What to Know About Consent in the 1940s

By Olivia B. Waxman
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Women Are Often Told to Be Themselves. That Can Be Dangerous

I didn’t realize how deeply I had fallen down the rabbit hole of motherhood until I was on the dance floor at one of my best friend’s weddings and a song came on that I...

By Alicia Menendez

99 Years After Women’s Suffrage, the Fight for the Vote Continues

The observance of Women's Equality Day on Aug. 26 marks the anniversary of the day the 19th Amendment entered the Constitution in 1920

By Elaine Weiss

The History of the Equal Rights Amendment

The Equal Rights Amendment has a long history in U.S. Congress. So why did the proposed amendment never get added to the Constitution?

By Tara Law

Meet Poppy Northcutt, the Woman Who Helped Bring the Apollo 11 Astronauts Home Safely

"Here it was almost 1970, and we're at the brink of going to the moon, and we still don't have more women? I should have been the 100th."

What Being Malala's Father Taught Me About Feminism

Long before my daughter, Malala Yousafazi, was born, long before we began fighting for girls’ rights to education together, and long before the Taliban’s brutal attack on her brought the world’s attention to her story,...

By Ziauddin Yousafzai

What's Intersectionality? Let These Scholars Explain the Theory and Its History

The movement to expand feminism beyond mainstream discourse is now in its sixth decade

By Arica L. Coleman

'Lucy Stone, If You Please': The Unsung Suffragist Who Fought for Women to Keep Their Maiden Names

She offered American women a revolutionary take on marriage

By Olivia B. Waxman

How Lorena Bobbitt's Place in the Conversation About Domestic Violence Has Evolved

"We thought that Lorena’s case might get domestic violence to the forefront," one advocate recalls.

By Olivia B. Waxman

The Surprisingly Complex Link Between Prohibition and Women’s Rights

Prohibition and women's suffrage went hand in hand

By Olivia B. Waxman

How 343 Women Made French History by Talking About Their Abortions

“One million women have abortions each year in France,” they wrote in a manifesto published in the magazine Nouvel Observateur. “I declare that I am one of them."

By Jess McHugh

Brett Kavanaugh Isn’t the First Supreme Court Nominee Accused of Sexual Misconduct. Here’s What Happened Before

On Oct. 11, 1991, when she testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Anita Hill became the face of what was arguably the biggest sexual harassment case ever seen in the United States up to that time

By Olivia B. Waxman

'I Was Terrified': Inside a History-Making Protest With the Women Who Took on the Miss America Competition

Fifty years before the swimsuit competition was canceled in 2018, these women challenged the pageant status quo

By Olivia B. Waxman

On Women's Equality Day, Here Are 3 Things to Know About the Suffrage Movement

The 19th Amendment was adopted on Aug. 26, 1920

By Rachel E. Greenspan

The First Woman Was Sworn Into the Marine Corps a Century Ago. Now a Group of Veterans Is Trying to Preserve Her Story

See the enlistment papers for the first woman to join the U.S. Marine Corps

By Olivia B. Waxman

‘He Could Have Killed Me.’ Lorena Bobbitt on Domestic Abuse and What She Wants You To Know About Her Case 25 Years Later

Sensational headlines dominated coverage of Lorena Bobbitt's case in 1993, but the incident also raised awareness about domestic violence

By Olivia B. Waxman

Why the End of Miss America's Swimsuit Competition Is a Big Deal, According to Pageant History Experts

It's been both a symbol of empowerment and a symbol of sexism

By Olivia B. Waxman
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