women's rights

In 1850s Vermont, Achsa Sprague swore that the spirits who helped her walk again also possessed her with a crucial mission: freeing every soul in America.

Since the 19th century, women have abandoned restrictive undergarments while pursuing social and political freedom.

Two new books on the history of feminism emphasize global grassroots efforts and the influence of American women labor leaders on international agreements.

Interrogated, examined, blackmailed: how law enforcement treated abortion-seeking women before Roe.

Nobody was listening, so she brought some rocks.

Hell hath no fury like a man with a vaginal douche named after him.

Letting panic about fertility rates drive policy is dangerous.

The Scottsboro Case quickly became one of the most infamous international spectacles that would eventually define the interwar period.

Support for and opposition to the ERA are not positions that are fundamentally tied to either conservatism or liberalism.

Mabel Ping-Hua Lee fought for the rights of women on two sides of the world.

The turmoil of the coronavirus pandemic could push the amendment across the finish line after a century of work.

A new biography of the pioneering doctors shows why “first” can be a tricky designation.

A voice for working-class women and an icon for all kinds of women, Parton has maintained her star power throughout life phases and political cycles.

One of the most powerful phrases in the Civil Rights Act is often viewed as a malicious joke that backfired. But its entrance into law was far more savvy.

Hispanic women and the fight for the 19th Amendment in New Mexico.

The Equal Rights Amendment sparked debate from its very beginning, even among many of the women who had worked together for suffrage.

For two centuries, black women have linked their ballot access to the human rights of all.

How the politics of American imperialism often intersected with calls for women's suffrage.

Ed Ayers visits public historians in Boston and Philadelphia and explores what “freedom” meant to those outside the halls of power in the Revolutionary era.

From Amelia Earhart to Michelle Obama, meet 100 women who defined the last century.