WOMEN

Madame Blavatsky, the Woman Who Brought the Occult to America

Blavatsky asserted that she was able to perform extraordinary paranormal feats because she had been given access to an ancient wisdom, known only to a select few.

Actor portrayal of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt taking a stroll.

Katherine Swynford and the Illicit Affair That Birthed Centuries’ Worth of British Monarchs

Katherine Swynford played the long game with John of Gaunt … and won.

10 Fascinating Facts About Cleopatra

The queen has achieved legendary status more than two millennia after her death—which, contrary to rumor, may not have been caused by the bite of an asp.

The gender binary looms large in this sphere.

The Sexist History of Naming Hurricanes After Women Only—And How 1970s Feminists Fought to End It

“I’m sick and tired of hearing that ‘Cheryl was no lady as she devastated such and such a town,’” Roxcy Bolton said. She wasn't alone in her exasperation.

The Queen of Rock and Roll in Barbie form.

Tina Turner Is Getting the Barbie Treatment

The Queen of Rock and Roll was apparently “very involved in the design process” of her Barbie counterpart.

The reverse side of the Anna May Wong quarter.

Pioneering Actress Anna May Wong Is the First Asian American on U.S. Currency

The actress—the first Asian American performer to receive top billing in a Hollywood film—is now pioneering change in a different way.

Remembering Ada Lovelace, the First 'Computer Programmer'

In the 1840s, Ada Lovelace wrote the world’s first machine algorithm for an early computer that existed only on paper.

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