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The Greatest Upset in Quiz Show History

Agnes Scott vs. Princeton, GE College Bowl, 1966.
by Lynn Q. Yu via Slate on August 6, 2018
Photographs of Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman.

When Wilde Met Whitman

As he told a friend years later, "the kiss of Walt Whitman is still on my lips."
by Michèle Mendelssohn via Literary Hub on July 16, 2018

When Salad Was Manly

Esquire, 1940: “Salads are really the man’s department... Only a man can make a perfect salad.”
by Jessamyn Neuhaus, Elizabeth Fakazis, Manisha Claire via JSTOR Daily on June 6, 2018
Man wearing a red Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses rides a big yellow motorcycle.

How Feminists Invented the Male Midlife Crisis

Because most tales and treatises about this near-cliché of midlife crisis center on men, you might be misled to think they have nothing to do with women’s lives.
by Susanne Schmidt via Zócalo Public Square on June 1, 2018
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Gender in America

An exploration of the gender norms that have shaped Americans' everyday lives and the varied efforts to push back against those social expectations.

An Investigation Into the History of the 'Ditz' Voice

How pitch, tonality, and celebrity imitation have portrayed cluelessness.
by Jody Amable via Atlas Obscura on March 1, 2018

The Secret Feminist History of Brown Paper Bags

Tracing the connection between a ubiquitous paper product and the women’s liberation movement.
by Tove Danovich via Eater on November 15, 2017
Women with field hockey sticks in a physical education class circa 1920.

The Physical Education of Women is Fraught With Issues of Body, Sexuality, and Gender

A new book, ‘Active Bodies,’ explores the history.
by Nina Renata Aron via Timeline on September 21, 2017
Illustration of Daniel Sickles in front of the White House.

In 1859, a Murderous Congressman Pioneered the Insanity Defense

After gunning down his wife's lover in broad daylight, Daniel Sickles tried to escape the gallows by claiming he was out of his mind.
by Betsy Golden Kellem via Narratively on September 12, 2017

How Women Got Crowded Out of the Computing Revolution

Blame messy history for the gender imbalance bedeviling Silicon Valley.
by Stephen Mihm via Bloomberg on August 19, 2017

From Boy Geniuses to Mad Scientists

How Americans got so weird about science.
by Lisa Hix via Collectors Weekly on August 4, 2017
Mike and Karen Pence.

History Suggests We Should Be Paying More Attention to Karen Pence

Donald Trump's children aren't the only family members with political power in the Trump administration.
by Melissa J. Gismondi via Nursing Clio on July 11, 2017
Amelia Earhart and plane.

Amelia Earhart Taught America to Fly

How Earhart and other women pilots of her day helped overcome Americans’ skepticism about flight.
by Erin Blakemore, Joseph J. Corn via JSTOR Daily on July 7, 2017

A Short History of the Tomboy

With roots in race and gender discord, has the “tomboy” label worn out its welcome?
by Elizabeth King via The Atlantic on January 5, 2017

No Girls Allowed

How America's persistent preference for brash boys over "sivilizing" women fueled the candidacy of Donald Trump.
by Rebecca Onion via Slate on October 28, 2016
A depiction of the female reproduction system in an early sex ed film.

Slut-Shaming, Eugenics, and Donald Duck

The scandalous history of sex-ed movies.
by Lisa Hix via Collectors Weekly on December 12, 2014
Marlo Thomas holding hands with children.

'Free To Be You and Me' 40th Anniversary: How Did a Kids Album By a Bunch of Feminists Change Everything?

Forty years ago this fall, a bunch of feminists released an album. They wanted to change … everything.
by Dan Kois via Slate on October 22, 2012
Mannequins model Black fashion ranging from ethnic apparel to suits.

Turning Style Into Power: How the Black Dandy Used Clothing to Challenge Authority

At the Met, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" shows how clothing became a way for Black men to assert presence and push back against control.
by Richard Thompson Ford via The Yale Review on May 20, 2025
Several women on bicycles.

The Surprising History of Women and Bicycling

It's not about the bike or the bloomers.
by Maya Rodale via Hidden Herstories on March 31, 2025
A Wages for Housework protest on Boston Common, June 1977.

The Fight for Wages for Housework

In the Seventies, one feminist movement campaigned to make domestic labour both visible and recompensed.
by Alice Vincent via New Statesman on March 5, 2025
Norma Gabler gives a press conference on July 20, 1977 holding up books in her hand.
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The Woman Who Gave Today's Book-Banning Moms a Blueprint

Norma Gabler's work in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s foreshadowed today's campaigns.
by Katie Gaddini via Made By History on November 13, 2024

How a 1920s Survey Changed the Way Americans Thought About Sexuality

A researcher challenged the idea that women did not – and should not – experience sexual desire.
by Anya Jabour via The Conversation on August 27, 2024
A Caesar salad, the restaurant where it originated, a salad being prepared at a restaurant table, and a lettuce farm.

How the Caesar Salad Changed How We Eat

A look at this iconic salad’s origin story and its evolution into a cornerstone of accessible American cooking.
by Jessica Carbone via Serious Eats on July 2, 2024
Three photographs of Mother Jones with each becoming less pixelated until the final image is clear.

America’s Best Made-Up Person

On the transformation of Mary Harris into Mother Jones.
by Garry Wills via Mother Jones on June 20, 2024
Joni Mitchell.

How Joni Mitchell Pioneered Her Own Form of Artistic Genius

On the long and continuing struggle of women artists for recognition on their own terms.
by Ann Powers via Literary Hub on June 17, 2024
Mary A. Hallern sitting in her military uniform.

The Little Colonel That Could: Mary Hallaren and the Fight for Women in the Military

After World War II ended, government and military leaders were ready to return women to their domestic roles. But one woman had other ideas.
by Tanya L. Roth via The Saturday Evening Post on February 18, 2024
Person holding a blonde American Girl doll and American Girl bag

All Dolled Up

How American Girl transformed the doll world—and why millennials love it so.
by Jayne Ross via The American Scholar on November 30, 2023
French photographer Catherine Leroy in between two soldiers in Vietnam

Catherine Leroy Parachutes into Danger

When the Pentagon wanted a photographer to record the largest airborne assault in the Vietnam War, the most qualified candidate was a young French woman.
by Elizabeth Becker via American Heritage on November 6, 2023
Ghostly woman.

Why Are There So Many Female Ghosts?

Female ghosts seem to dominate the afterlife. Whether the spirits are real or not, the reasons for the disparity could be revealing.
by Nathaniel Scharping via Atlas Obscura on October 6, 2023
Two women fighting

How to Fight Like a Girl

Women have been punching each other in the face (during boxing matches) since the early 1700s.
by Randy Roberts, Ashawnta Jackson, Peter Radford, Cathy van Ingen via JSTOR Daily on April 14, 2023
Women looting a bakery during the Richmond Bread Riot.

What Happened at the Richmond Bread Riot?

The Richmond Bread Riot broke out during the Civil War when working-class women in the South became fed up with food shortages.
by Kellie B. Gormly via HISTORY on April 1, 2023
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