women

Angelina Jolie - International Women's Day

Angelina Jolie: Why Girls Deserve Love and Respect on International Women's Day

I have spent the last two months in and out of surgeries with my eldest dau...

I have spent the last two months in and out of surgeries with my eldest daughter, and days ago watched her younger sister go under the knife for a hip surgery. They know that I...

7 Female Trekkers Who Helped Reclaim Nature, One Step at a Time

The history of exploration is also women's history

The remains of a Stalin-era gulag in Chukotka, far eastern Russia.

What I Learned About Beauty by Interviewing Women Who'd Been Prisoners of the Soviet Gulag

I decided I’d interview only women, because they were less documented than ...

I decided I’d interview only women, because they were less documented than the male prisoners

Melinda Gates speaks during an event with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Bill Gates in February 2018.

Melinda Gates: Here's Why I'm Committing $1 Billion to Promote Gender Equality

In 2018, there were more men named James running Fortune 500 companies than...

In 2018, there were more men named James running Fortune 500 companies than there were women. This year, only one CEO on that list of 500 is a woman of color. Women are 51 percent...

Alice Paul unfurls a banner from the balcony of the National Women's Party headquarters, celebrating the ratification of the 19 Amendment by Tennessee.

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

No One Told Me Exactly What to Expect From Menopause. But the Messages I Did Get Were Very Wrong

I was 50 when I woke in my dark attic bedroom in Brooklyn, my heart speedin...

I was 50 when I woke in my dark attic bedroom in Brooklyn, my heart speeding and my body incandescent with heat. I did not feel simply hot, no, I was being smothered by an...

Representative Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) in Washington D.C., on Jan. 3, 2019.

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik Has a Plan to Get More Republican Women Elected

Representative Elise Stefanik can pinpoint the moment that crystallized the...

Representative Elise Stefanik can pinpoint the moment that crystallized the issue for her: It was the week after the midterm elections, and the newly elected members of the House of Representatives lined up for a...