suffrage
The Forgotten Cookbooks That Fueled Women’s Suffrage
From “pie for a doubting husband” to “spaghetti a la suffragette,” these recipes came with a side of activism.
All Stories
warrior queens
6 Epic Female Warriors You Don’t Want to Mess With
From California’s mythic warrior queen to the swole women of Sparta to female hunters in ancient Peru.
subculture
Meet Kenya's Sisterhood of Badass Bikers
The women-only motorcycle club offers skills learning, solidarity, and support that echoes pre-colonial networks.
korean war
How Women—and Their Hair—Transformed South Korea
Newly fashionable in the 1960s, wigs brought millions of dollars into the war-ravaged country.
oddities
Podcast: The Office of Collecting and Design
Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
women's history
The All-Female Culinary Clubs of 20th-Century France
Even Julia Child was a member.
explorers
This Is What a Polar Explorer Looks Like
Thirty-three-year-old Harpreet Chandi recently became the first woman of color to make the difficult solo trek to the South Pole.
woman explorers
A Botanical Mystery Solved, After 146 Years
How a young illustrator’s attention to detail—and a determined Victorian woman's legacy—led to the discovery of a new species in an old painting.
guitar
Podcast: The Kalamazoo Gals of the Old Gibson Guitar Factory
Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
sake
The Ancient, Female Origins of Booze
Beer, sake, and a certain flowery wine had their start as women's work.
newspapers
The Women Behind the First Black Music Magazine
In the late 19th century, "The Musical Messenger" had a message to send.
biology
Monitoring a Rare Carnivore in California's Klamath Mountains
The Hoopa Valley Tribe’s wildlife division maintains some of the most detailed documentation of fishers in North America.
endangered animals
Podcast: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
steam
The Japanese City Where Food Is Steamed in Hell
Chefs have been cooking with Beppu's hot-spring “hells” for centuries.
zeppelins
The Woman Who Taught the World How to Fly
Clara Adams was one of the first frequent flyers—a role as important to aviation history as the first pilots.
women in conservation
The ‘Queen of the Mantas’ Who Became a Force of Nature
Lauded for her research on gentle giants of the sea, Andrea Marshall is using her fame to find hope for our troubled oceans.
livestock
Podcast: Kulning
Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
ice cream shops
The All-American Dairy Bar Still Thrives in Arkansas
The inspiration for Dairy Queen lives on in mom-and-pops across the state.
