Women

From 'Trooper Jane' to rock-throwing Lady Mary Bankes, women had more active roles than once acknowledged, say historians.

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Just a few years ago, Samburu women were using Kirisia Forest for firewood and charcoal. Now they're protecting it, and managing it sustainably.

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

Emma Gatewood set out wearing sneakers, with a duffel slung over one shoulder.

Abandoned by their employers after a months-long sea voyage, countless women found shelter here.

Emily Ford is the first woman and first person of color to complete the grueling hike.

Is it possible to take the misogyny and bigotry out of cursing?

Three elderly women are teaching the music of these famed fisherwomen.

In a country with only a few hundred female monks in the Theravada branch of Buddhism, the lifestyle is quietly radical.

The Golden Fourteen were largely forgotten—but a few veterans and descendants could change that.

Their challenging legacy has complicated preservation and study.

Men hunted, women gathered, right? It's a lot more complicated.

A century ago, women picketing the White House were beaten and imprisoned for demanding their right to vote.

A poet and artist, she penned the recipes in her old age.