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Women

Mexico City, Mexico

Antimonumentas and Antimonumentos

These "antimonuments" confront the Mexican authorities by memorializing the most troubling events in the country's modern history.

The Catacombs of Priscilla

See one of the earliest depictions of a Christian ceremony – with a woman at the center!

Amazon Statue

The 100-foot-tall (30-meter) bronze statue was built to recognize the world's only documented all-female army.

‘El Mural Que Debió Ser’ (‘The Mural That Should’ve Been’)

A modern feminist movement has brought to life the mural that machismo once denied to artist María Izquierdo.

Schütte-Lihotzky believed architecture could be a tool for helping women, children, and the working class.

Meet the Feminist Resistance Fighter Who Created the Modern Kitchen

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky left an indelible mark on Austria, architecture, and how we cook.

Kaja Seruga February 26, 2025

Marm Mandelbaum, who ran her own school for criminals, is among one of many women making history in all the wrong ways.

Women’s Wrongs: Our Favorite Reads

You can champion women’s rights and still revel in the tales of their most infamous wrongs.

Roxanne Hoorn February 21, 2025

Rebecca Bradley (left) was labeled a flapper bandit by the media, and a woman who had lots her mind by her attorney (right).

Meet the Texas Flapper Bandit

A bank robber or a lightning rod for America's growing fear of independent women—who was Rebecca Bradley?

Laura Niebauer January 14, 2025

Guagrilla at the still.

The Women Harvesters Fueling the Rise of an Ecuadorian Spirit

Every bottle of miske starts with their ancestral tradition of collecting agave in the highlands.

Mark Johanson January 9, 2025

Lyme Regis, England

Mary Anning’s Grave

The final resting place of a once-unsung hero of paleontology.

Fujisawa, Japan

‘Benzaiten and the Women of the World’

An eclectic fountain commemorating the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Brougham, England

Countess Pillar

A memorial overlooking a busy roadway is linked with the story of a 17th-century noblewoman’s legal battle for her inheritance.

Clover, Virginia

Grave of Henrietta Lacks

The woman whose immortal cell line continues to shape scientific research was buried near her birthplace in a grave that was left unmarked for nearly 60 years.

In Sardinian folktales, the accabadora was an older woman who slipped into the homes of those lingering near death to send them on their way.

Death as a Woman: The Accabadora of Sardinia

In Sardinian folktales, an older woman gives those at death's door a nudge. But was she real?

Emma Cieslik October 2, 2024

Oxford, Massachusetts

Clara Barton Birthplace Museum

This historic home and museum celebrates the life story of the female founder of the American Red Cross.

Mannheim, Germany

Statue Stephanie de Beauharnais

This easily overlooked statue depicts an important woman in Mannheim's history.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Miss America Statues

Three bronze beauty queens welcome you to “Miss America University.”

This colored wood engraving shows the pig-faced Miss Atkinson.

Regency Londoners Were Obsessed With Pig-Faced Ladies

In 1815, the obsession with swine-ish, upper-class ladies reached a fever pitch.

Sarah Crocker August 6, 2024

Lyme Regis, England

Mary Anning Statue

A beautiful bronze statue of the greatest fossil hunter of the 19th century.