In the late 19th Century, at a time when elite institutions like Harvard only admitted men, the “seven sisters” liberal ...

(Reuters) -Wisconsin's top state court on Wednesday said an 1849 state law banning abortion in virtually all cases cannot be ...

UK lawmakers voted to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales, aiming to end prosecutions of women under a 19th-century ...

Alcott’s novel, written during the mid-19th century, revolves around the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—as they navigate the challenges of growing up in a time of ...

A popular Reddit thread posted in mid-March 2025 claimed a 19th-century housekeeper named Williamina Fleming became an astronomer when the director of the Harvard Observatory got frustrated with ...

Works like Tissot's The Convalescent (1872), pictured here, reflect a sense of unease over a modernizing society that was sweeping women up in its fray. Art Gallery of Ontario. Gift of R.B.F. Barr ...

Once passed, this will finally put a stop to the criminalisation of people who have abortions and do away with an archaic law ...