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sports

When Ancient Greece Banned Women From Olympics, They Started Their Own

Sadly, historians lack good documentation on the badass Heraean Games.
Lauren Young August 10, 2016
olympics

Watch Women Face Off in an Intense 1927 Tug of War Competition

The one-time Olympic sport can get very fierce.
Lauren Young August 9, 2016
San Diego, California

Women's Museum of California

This San Diego museum is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.
Underneath Her Secret is Patience at night
Phoenix, Arizona

'Her Secret Is Patience'

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.
saints

The Medieval Prophetess Who Used Her Visions to Criticize the Church

Hildegard of Bingen fought the patriarchy from her cloister.
Hadley Meares July 13, 2016
politics

Why Women Led Anti-Suffrage Campaigns Against Themselves

Why deprive oneself of the right to vote? It's complicated.
Ella Morton July 11, 2016
Menie Muriel Dowie
literature

The 1890 Version of 'Wild' Saw a 10-Week Slog Through the Carpathian Mountains

Feminist travel writer Menie Muriel Dowie was understandably irate about her book's reception.
Atlas Obscura June 30, 2016
medicine

How Man-Midwives Armed With Rusty Forceps Shook Up Obstetrics

Men in the delivery room were not well received.
Ella Morton June 29, 2016
Fans at the World Series in 1916. A quarter century earlier, Ella Black opened doors for baseball-loving women everywhere.
sports

America's First Woman Baseball Writer Broke Glass Ceilings Without A Bat

Ella Black bucked stereotypes and brought female fandom to the forefront.
Cara Giaimo June 17, 2016
Amelia Bloomer introduces Susan B. Anthony to Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Seneca Falls, New York

When Anthony Met Stanton

This statue commemorates the meeting of the most influential minds of the women’s rights movement.
Susan B. Anthony House & Museum
Rochester, New York

Susan B. Anthony Museum & House

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."
literature

How a 1918 Author Introduced the World to the Concept of Female Pleasure

Married Love by Marie Stopes was revolutionary in its frank depiction of sexuality.
Tao Tao Holmes June 10, 2016
exploration

The First Woman to Drive Around the World Wore Men’s Breeches and Had a Pet Monkey

Aloha Wanderwell was the Amelia Earhart of the automobile.
Lauren Young June 3, 2016
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fashion

When American Feminists Were Pilloried for Daring to Wear Bloomers

Turns out that there is no garment that women can't get criticized for wearing.
Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite May 31, 2016
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crime and punishment

Meet ‘Deadshot Mary,’ a 1930s Undercover Cop Superstar

How one NYC policewoman became a media sensation.
Hadley Meares May 25, 2016
An illustration from one of Rose Mackenburg's articles for the <em>Winnipeg Tribune.</em>
ghosts

The Female Ghost Buster Who Rooted Out Spiritual Fraud for Houdini

How Rose Mackenberg took on phantoms and fakes.
Tony Wolf May 5, 2016
Susan B. Anthony's grave after Tuesday's New York Primary. (Photo: Greta Paige-Mann/Twitter)
gravestones

Susan B. Anthony's Grave Covered in 'I Voted' Stickers After Primary

It was a sticky tribute.
Cara Giaimo April 21, 2016
A painting of the city of Canton circa 1800, where Ching Shih lived before she became a pirate.
pirates

The Chinese Female Pirate Who Commanded 80,000 Outlaws

Ching Shih, who lived and pillaged during the Qing Dynasty, has been called the most successful pirate in history.
Urvija Banerji June 15, 2022