Activists in the 19th century also rallied for improvements to women’s education, a cause that is arguably reflected in Tissot’s The Newspaper (1883). The print features a woman peering at a ...

The 19th Amendment was a key step for women's rights in the U.S. Women won the right to vote more than a century ago, but access to the ballot has never been equal.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with South African actress Thuso Mbedu about her role in "The Woman King," a new movie about woman warriors in 19th century West Africa.

Welcome to Women of the Century, a commemoration of the 19th Amendment, a major step toward the universal right to vote in the United States. Here you will find interviews with trailblazing ...

Many people of the late 19th century must have liked seeing, and being, women adorned with large, enhanced backsides. To suggest that fashion is a cycle divorced from context is to suggest it ...

Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters ...

More than half of the community’s founding pioneers were women, most of whom were typical upper class, 19th-century wives and mothers. With them in charge, Lily Dale flourished into a resort ...

The Countess of Castiglione, a ravishing Italian aristocrat living in 19th-century Paris, both captivated and scandalized the French court. In the 1850s, she was known as the most beautiful woman ...

Advice to Single Women sounds like it could have been written yesterday. But, in fact, it's a 116-year-old Victorian self-help book, that's just been unearthed by the British Library.

These Stunning 19th-Century Artworks Reveal the Contradictions of the Modern Woman A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in ...