Not many people know Alice Austen by name, but because of her we see a glimpse of LGBTQ life that existed alongside polite Victorian society.

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 ...

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 ...

In our age of digital influencers, it could be easy to believe that building a professional network is a modern phenomenon. However, long before the dawn of social media, women artists in late ...

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 ...

Brande Victorian has masterfully worked her way up the ranks of print journalism from being an intern to her current role as Senior Entertainment Editor at Essence Magazine, which is no easy feat for ...

On the fronts of 19th-century postcards displayed in Caribbean shops, women in traditional Indian styles portrayed the islands as lush and exotic tourist destinations. The models posed coyly, dressed ...

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 ...

For centuries, social survival depended on far more than wealth or family name. A single mistake at dinner, an improperly ...

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 ...