On the screen and on the page, today we are accustomed to seeing fictional representations of women detectives kicking in doors, taking down names and sleuthing out villains. From Olivia Benson ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Christine Leigh Heyrman OUT OF THE SHADOWS Six Visionary Victorian Women in Search of a Public ...

Victorian headlines loved a good scandal, and these women delivered it with their stagecoaches stopped, bottles swapped, and alibis that unraveled by lamplight. This set pulls together female outlaws ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.– In the wake of Women’s History Month, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History showcased its newest exhibit, Drawn by a Lady: Early Women Illustrators. This exhibit ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's a classic tale following the lives, loves and tribulations of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. The Good Company Players' latest production "Little ...

Portrait of unidentified woman breastfeeding a baby (1848), daguerreotype (via Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America/Flickr) In a 2012 New Yorker article, Jill Lepore described the ...

Bicycle face’ was thought to cause a state of nervous exhaustion and permanent facial disfigurement – and women were claimed to be especially vulnerable.