women in politics

How John and Jessie Frémont explored the frontiers of legend-making.

Erasing the women of the founding era makes it harder to see women as leaders today.

The legal academy has grown dismissive of Justice O’Connor, but the Supreme Court is not a law school faculty workshop. She saw herself as a problem-solver.

Charles Postel on the temperance crusade that galvanized the American women's movement.

A brief history of the Massachusetts suffrage movement, and it's opposition, told through images of the time.

When Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor to be the first woman on the Supreme Court, her views on abortion became a source of intense speculation.

Two new books recount the leading role women have played in Appalachian social justice movements.

The history of presidential campaigns shows the extent to which the language of politics remains gendered.

One hundred years later, it’s time to challenge a long-held bias.

Private-labeled teas helped fund success during the suffragist movement. Today’s activists might learn from their model.

In 1928, women wanted more than just the vote. They wanted to do everything a man could do. Even fly the Atlantic.

Babies have been playing in the political arena for a long time.

Women have always come to the aid of men in power, but the costs of such actions have not always been immediately apparent.

A review of "Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women’s Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics."

Despite their large role in civil rights activism, black women have frequently been excluded from prominent positions in protests.

Godey’s Lady’s Book, one of the most influential American publications of the nineteenth century, tried to halt the Civil War.

Hillary Clinton is the most maligned presidential loser in history. What’s going on?

Jeanette Rankin was the first woman to become a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. And she once tried to outlaw war.

The notorious president came close to naming a woman to the Supreme Court.

How feminism and antifeminism created Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.