In the 19th century, several English women wrote accounts of their world travels. While considered by some as second-rate travellers, they were just as restless as their male contemporaries.

Welcome to Women of the Century, a commemoration of the 19th Amendment, a major step toward the universal right to vote in the United States. Here you will find interviews with trailblazing ...

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kansas (March 18, 2021) -- On June 12, 1948, President Harry Truman signed the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act, which legally permitted women to serve in any of the four ...

A 19th-century reformer’s vision could help advance women’s rights in 2022 The prescription to augment the push for equality March 25, 2022 More than 3 years ago ...

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 (no longer on demand). Hidden in American history, all women's medical schools began to appear in the mid 19th century long before women had the right ...

Women from a 19th-century farming community in the Netherlands probably didn’t breastfeed their babies because they were too busy working. It is the first time that widespread artificial feeding ...

The film follows the challenging and illuminating history of 19th-century women doctors. Filmmaker Valerie Scoon's documentary explores the history of the early women physicians. Filled with grit ...

Discover showtimes, read reviews, watch trailers, find streaming options, and see where to watch Daring Women Doctors: Physicians in the 19th Century (2020). Explore cast details and learn more on ...

Historians have unearthed new evidence that, because of a strange loophole in New Jersey's state constitution, more than 100 women voted before 1807. But that power didn't last.

Smashing the patriarchy is hard work. The Doctors Blackwell, by historian Janice P. Nimura, profiles two sisters who faced what was a daunting lack of choices for 19th century women. They achieved ...