365 Items Tagged

Women

Rochester, New York

Susan B. Anthony's Grave

The gravestone of the suffragist leader attracted extra visitors during the 2016 election.

Detail of an erotic fresco from Pompeii's preserved House of the Centenary.

The Ancients Used Hyena's Foot for Childbirth—And Identified Copper As a Contraceptive

Ancient Greek and Roman ideas about sex, disease, and contraception were often bizarre, but occasionally prescient.

Lakshmi Ramgopal November 7, 2016

A London book distributor reads the sequel to Fanny Hill during the book's 1964 obscenity trial in the UK.

The 200-Year Old Book That Sent the East Coast Into a Sex Panic

New Jersey, Massachusetts and New York all held obscenity trials.

Arianna Rebolini November 7, 2016

Follett at her typewriter in 1928.

The Wunderkind Writer Who Disappeared Without a Trace at Age 25

Barbara Newhall Follett was poised to be a force in 20th century letters. What happened?

Abby Norman November 4, 2016

Washington, D.C.

The Portrait Monument

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

The Wesleyan Chapel's three original walls.

Seneca Falls, New York

Wesleyan Chapel

What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.

A beguinage in Bruges, Belgium.

The Medieval Movement of Holy Women That Shaped Belgian Cities

The devout, wandering mystics were consigned to beguinages, which are now prime tourist spots.

Tom Cassauwers October 25, 2016

Thousands of women died because of the highly flammable nature of crinoline skirts. (Photo:

The Strange Secret Behind the Tragic Deaths of Oscar Wilde's Half-Sisters

The fiery 1871 fate of the famous author's family was successfully hushed up for years.

Mariana Zapata October 21, 2016

Three camoufleurs in the Women’s Reserve Camouflage Corps make one woman disappear into the forest floor.

Why Women Pretended to Be Creepy Rocks and Trees in NYC Parks During WWI

Can you find the camouflaged women hiding in these photos?

Lauren Young October 6, 2016

Permanently Closed

A tag for a Warner's Coraline corset.

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Warner Brothers Corset Factory

This factory made "health corsets" that were a step towards liberating women's bodies.

Lucille Mulhall with her kneeing horse at the Calgary Stampede, 1912

The Ballad of Lucille Mulhall, America's Original Cowgirl

As a 14-year old, she roped steers in front of President Roosevelt.

Eliza McGraw September 28, 2016

science fiction

One of the Earliest Science Fiction Books Was Written in the 1600s by a Duchess

Meet Lady Margaret Cavendish.

Natalie Zarrelli September 16, 2016

The Brilliant MI6 Spy Who Perfected the Art of the 'Honey Trap'

During WWII, Betty Pack used seduction to acquire enemy naval codes.

Hadley Meares September 8, 2016

A 1963 Pilurs-Smith DSA-1 Miniplane built by Tracy Pilurs, winner of the 1962 Women's National Aerobatic Championship.

Cleveland, Ohio

International Women's Air & Space Museum

A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.

Annie Oakley's grave.

Versailles, Ohio

Annie Oakley's Grave

The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.

Meet One of the World's Few Female Clock Whisperers

Lili von Baeyer keeps historic timepieces ticking.

Tao Tao Holmes August 24, 2016

The Olympic Committee Spent Years Concern-Trolling Women About 'Wandering Wombs'

But the women's-only Olympics of 1922 disproved doctors, doubters, and the IOC.

Natalie Zarrelli August 17, 2016

Simone Biles, mid-move, during the August 9th team competition.

From the Biles To the Wolf Jump, This Cheat Sheet Will Help You Talk Gymnastics

Here are the complicated moves you may (or may not) see during the finals.

Cara Giaimo August 11, 2016