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The Barbie ‘Inspiring Women’ series is honoring one of the world’s most iconic primatologists and conservationists.

Norma McCorvey and lawyer Gloria Allred attend a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building in 1989.

The woman known as "Jane Roe" left an enormous mark on the nation’s political landscape—one that’s still at the fore a half-century later.

Faye Dunaway as notorious gangster Bonnie Parker and Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow in 'Bonnie & Clyde' (1967)

Though organized crime tends to be a boys' club, there have been a slate of deadly women who have broken into its ranks.

French feminist philosopher Simone De Beauvoir

Her best-known work, 'The Second Sex,' set off a feminist bombshell that continues to shape today’s debates

Betty Reid Soskin preserved the history she had experienced first-hand.

She was the National Park Service’s oldest ranger and brought her astonishing lived experiences to the job.

She's remembered for raising the alarm over the dangers of pollution and pesticides in her 1962 bestseller.

Reese’s Book Club’s LitUp fellowship aims at getting more diverse books published. Here’s how to apply.

Painting of Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea.

If you know anything at all about Sacagawea, you probably know she was a guide on the Lewis and Clark Expedition (also known as the Corps of Discovery) to explo

Victoria Woodhull, Althea Gibson, Hypatia

There’s no shortage of trailblazing, boundary-breaking women who never got their due.

Larger-than-life figures tend to inspire myths that fit their reputation, and this is especially true of history’s famous female leaders.

Lawmakers have been trying to make the Equal Rights Amendment happen for almost a century.

Almost 100 years have passed since the Equal Rights Amendment was first proposed. Here are the facts you should know.

The Dairy Maid and House Matron badges of yore seem a little outdated today.

The Dairy Maid, Invalid Cooking, and House Matron badges that Girl Scouts of yore worked toward seem a little outdated today.

Although the first few years of the National Park Service were dominated by male employees, it didn’t take long for women to make their marks.

Find out more about the life of Kitty O'Brien Joyner, NASA's first female engineer.

Georgia Gilmore's food helped feed the civil rights movement.

Georgia Gilmore played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement—one of feeding and funding those at the frontlines. A marvelous cook, she took it upon herself to bring together a secret society-esque group of women who used food to fuel the movement.

Audre Lorde’s poems, speeches, and books helped write the future of feminism. Here are some facts about the woman behind the work.

The spy thriller 'The 355' gets its title from a Culper Spy Ring agent known only as “355.” Who was she?

Tompkins Harrison Matteson's 1853 painting Examination of a Witch, which depicts the 17th-century investigation of Mary Fisher in New England.

Europe’s witch trials spanned several hundred years and claimed thousands of innocent lives. Catalonia is making symbolic amends.

Who was Ida B. Wells? A journalist, suffragist, civil rights leader, and now the latest doll in Barbie’s ‘Inspiring Women’ series.

Maya Angelou at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in 2010.

The U.S. Mint has officially shipped its Maya Angelou quarters—earning the ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ author another “first” to her name.

The magician P. T. Selbit performing a sawing a woman in half trick.

The magic trick of sawing a woman in half was first performed a century ago by P.T. Selbit, a British magician.

Discover 10 of the best gifts to give loved ones this holiday season from women-owned businesses like Ruggable and Parachute.

Norway's Martinsen Marielle Elisabeth Mathisen mid-play during the 2018 World Cup final against Greece.

Months after the Norwegian women’s beach handball team protested the bikini mandate, the International Handball Federation has updated its rules.

For many years, the nude model for Gustave Courbet's 'L’Origine du monde' remained unknown.

Jane Goodall is Getting the Barbie Treatment—With a Doll Made of Recycled Plastic

Who Is the 'Roe' in Roe v. Wade?

10 Notorious Female Gangsters

5 Fast Facts About Simone de Beauvoir

Betty Reid Soskin, America's Oldest National Park Ranger, Has Retired at Age 100

11 Facts About 'Silent Spring' Author Rachel Carson

Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club Is Accepting Applications for Its Underrepresented Women Writers’ Fellowship

9 Facts About Sacagawea

22 Influential Women You Probably Didn't Learn About in School

5 Myths About Women Leaders From History

9 Facts You Should Know About the Equal Rights Amendment

11 (Fortunately) Retired Girl Scout Badges

11 Trailblazing Women Who Made National Park History

11 Facts About Kitty O’Brien Joyner, NASA’s First Woman Engineer

Georgia Gilmore, the Alabama Cook Who Fueled the Civil Rights Movement With Food

11 Things You Should Know About Audre Lorde

Agent 355: The American Revolution’s Most Mysterious Female Spy

Catalonia Is Posthumously Pardoning More Than 700 Victims of Its Witch Trials

Ida B. Wells Is Mattel’s Latest ‘Inspiring Women’ Barbie Doll

Maya Angelou Is Now the First Black Woman to Appear on a U.S. Quarter

The Magician and the Suffragette: The Strange History of Sawing a Woman in Half

10 of the Best Gifts to Give This Holiday Season From Women-Owned Businesses

Women’s Beach Handball Players No Longer Have to Compete in Bikini-Style Bottoms

The Mystery Model In Gustave Courbet's Most Scandalous Painting