Women's History
The Smithsonian Acquires the Earliest Known Photograph of an American First Lady
The National Portrait Gallery purchased an 1846 daguerreotype of Dolley Madison for $456,000
Who Was 'Lisa Ben,' the Woman Behind the U.S.'s First Lesbian Magazine?
Edythe Eyde published nine issues of "Vice Versa" between June 1947 and February 1948. She later adopted a pen name that doubled as an anagram for "lesbian"
Was This Mysterious Woman a Medieval Warrior?
Buried at a castle in Spain, the woman was found alongside the remains of 22 men who likely died on the battlefield
Meet the Forgotten Woman Who Revolutionized Microbiology With a Simple Kitchen Staple
Fanny Angelina Hesse introduced agar to the life sciences in 1881. A trove of unpublished family papers sheds new light on her many accomplishments
Why the 1924 Democratic National Convention Was the Longest and Most Chaotic of Its Kind in U.S. History
A century ago, the party took a record 103 ballots and 16 days of intense, violent debate to choose a presidential nominee
How the First Black Barbie Was Born
A new documentary tells the story of Black Barbie, and why she has meant so much to so many
The Real Story Behind 'Firebrand' and Henry VIII's Tumultuous Relationship With His Sixth Wife, Catherine Parr
A new film dramatizes how the Tudor queen narrowly avoided execution on charges of heresy
Mary Cassatt's Paintings Take Women's Labor Seriously
A new exhibition challenges longstanding assumptions about the American Impressionist's artistic legacy
Ancient Celtic Elites Inherited Wealth From Their Mothers' Sides
A genetic analysis of opulent burial mounds in Germany sheds new light on how power passed through family lines
Martha Gellhorn Was The Only Woman to Report on the D-Day Landings From the Ground
In June 1944, the veteran journalist hid on a hospital ship so she could report firsthand as Allied soldiers fought their way onto the beaches of Normandy
How Americans Got Hooked on Counting Calories More Than a Century Ago
A food history writer and an influential podcast host tell us how our thinking about health and body weight has—and hasn’t—evolved ever since Dr. Lulu Hunt Peters took the nation by storm
Bette Nash, Longest-Serving Flight Attendant in the World, Dies at 88
Nash became a flight attendant in 1957 and never stopped working
How the Murder of a Black Grocery Store Owner and His Colleagues Galvanized Ida B. Wells' Anti-Lynching Crusade
The saga of People's Grocery stands as a powerful reminder of the centrality of Black radicalism to the food justice movement
Men's Shirts Button on the Right. Why Do Women's Button on the Left?
Nobody knows for sure, but plausible theories include swords, servants and saddles
What the Broadway Musical 'Suffs' Gets Right (and Wrong) About the History of Women's Suffrage
The new show serves as an entertaining history lesson, but even that has its creative limits
The Myth of 'Bloody Mary,' England's First Queen
History remembers Mary I as a murderous monster who burned hundreds of her subjects at the stake, but the real story of the Tudor monarch is far more nuanced
Watch the Trailer for 'Firebrand,' a New Drama About Henry VIII's Sixth Wife, Catherine Parr
Karim Aïnouz’s film features Alicia Vikander and Jude Law as the Tudor queen and king
How Lizzie Borden Got Away With Murder
Class, nativism and gender stereotypes all played a role in Borden's acquittal for the 1892 killings of her father and stepmother
This Filipina Spy Used Her Leprosy as a Cover to Thwart the Japanese During World War II
Enemy soldiers overlooked Josefina "Joey" Guerrero due to her condition. Later, her heroic actions on behalf of the Allies were largely forgotten
At Her Globe-Spanning Nightclubs, This Black Entertainer Hosted a 'Who’s Who' of the 20th Century
Ada "Bricktop" Smith, who operated venues in Rome, Paris and Mexico City, brushed shoulders with the likes of Langston Hughes, Salvador Dalí and Gertrude Stein
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