The first National Women's Rights Convention was held in Worcester in 1850. The events include a play, a modern-day replica of the convention, and the Harvey Ball honoring Harriette Chandler. Three ...

They called themselves the “Women in Red.” Dressed in crimson robes and white caps, they marched with faces downturned in silent protest against Israel’s government in the year before the war in Gaza.

Thirty years after the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, promised to advance women’s rights and empowerment ...

Earlier this month, Professor of History and Africana Studies Keisha Blain published her new book, “Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights.” In the book, Blain explores how Black ...