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Mononymous artist Mahalaxmi shows some of her Mithila paintings inside her home in Ranti, a small village in Bihar, India.
paintings

India and Nepal’s Mithila Art Is Having a Feminist Renaissance

As the region changes apace, so does an ancient style of painting.
Tricia Taormina November 20, 2019
The Dinner Party.
Brooklyn, New York

'The Dinner Party'

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.
Marrakesh, Morocco

Musée de La Femme (Women’s Museum)

North Africa's first museum of its kind preserves the culture of Moroccan women and their artistic achievements. 
Elsie Wolff Van Sandau's medal in its original case, as it was found in the drawer.
mystery

Found: A British Suffragette's Protest Medal in a Bureau Drawer

No one knows how this piece of history ended up there.
Matthew Taub June 28, 2019
Permanently Closed
Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bloodroot Feminist Vegetarian Restaurant

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.
Posing for a picture at Bloodroot restaurant, 1977 or '78.
restaurants

The Scholar Mapping America's Forgotten Feminist Restaurants

Challenging patriarchy, one eatery at a time.
Reina Gattuso June 21, 2019
Bluestockings storefront in 2006.
New York, New York

Bluestockings Bookstore

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.
literature

The Beloved Japanese Novelist Who Became a Queer Manga Icon

Nobuko Yoshiya’s stories of frustrated, forbidden love helped establish a genre read by millions.
Sabrina Imbler April 4, 2019
Vilnius, Lithuania

Female Pedestrian Lights

These traffic lights celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the women's suffrage movement in Lithuania.
Women returning from the oyster parcs.
sailors

How Oysters Kept a King Satisfied and Women in Charge

In Cancale, the seasonal absence of men meant women ran the show.
Leigh Chavez-Bush October 26, 2018
A garden party using "suffragette china."
restaurants

How Vegetarian Food Fueled the British Suffragette Movement

Some even started a cafe.
Anne Ewbank July 3, 2018
Permanently Closed
San Antonio, Texas

Classmates

What was meant as an innocent piece of art has earned a reputation as the "mansplaining sculpture."
Bratmobile performing in London, 1994.
New York, New York

Riot Grrrl Collection at NYU

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.
Chausath Yogini Temple of Hirapur, Odisha
Mitaoli, India

Chausath Yogini Temple

This ancient goddess temple inspired the design of India’s Parliament House.
The mural leading into a Sister Serpents show.
art

The Forgotten History of the Controversial Sister Serpents

A feminist art collective stirred up trouble in the 1990s before fading from view.
Sarah Laskow March 14, 2018
The scene of the crime: L'Orangerie closed its doors in 2006, after 29 years of business.
restaurants

The Court Case That Killed the 'Ladies Menu'

Upscale restaurants once listed prices only for men.
Natasha Frost February 2, 2018
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania operating amphitheater, 1915.
medicine

Student Life at the First Medical College for Women

The pioneering women who faced jeers and discrimination to become doctors.
Anika Burgess January 4, 2018
Puerto Misahuallí, Ecuador

Sinchi Warmi Amazon Lodge

An exotic jungle hideaway run entirely by indigenous Kichwa women.