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In Pelosi, Women Admire a Leader with Calm, Cool Confidence
As they watched House Speaker Nancy Pelosi step forward to wrangle an unruly Congress over the years or stare down a bombastic president, many women across the country saw a version…
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Giorgia Meloni and the Politics of Power Dressing
The first female prime minister of Italy wears Armani. It began in late October, when Giorgia Meloni, the founder of the hard-right Brothers of Italy party and the leader of the conservative…
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Where Learning Is Against the Law: A Secret School for Afghan Girls
On a quiet residential street, teenage girls with school bags swiftly entered a large green gate. They were dressed in traditional garb, their faces covered, and many were holding copies of the Quran, Islam’s holy…
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In Search of Enheduanna, the Woman Who Was History’s First Named Author
“She Who Wrote,” an exhibition at the Morgan Library, explores the world of an ancient Mesopotamian priestess who wrote with a strikingly personal voice.
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How Michigan’s Mimi Bolden-Morris went from Muck City water girl to graduate assistant coach
At the edge of the Florida Everglades, the black soil of Muck City is known for producing two things: football players and sugar cane. The small communities of Pahokee and Belle Glade have a reputation…
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How Kathryn Nesbitt became one of the World Cup’s first female refs
Kathryn Nesbitt had spent a decade balancing parallel careers in analytical chemistry and soccer officiating when, in 2019, she put her scientific brain to work and synthesized a solution for the most…
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Karen Bass Becomes First Woman Elected as Los Angeles Mayor
Ms. Bass, a longtime congresswoman and state lawmaker, defeated Rick Caruso, a billionaire developer, to lead a city where frustration levels are high.
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Michelle Obama says Americans weren’t ready for her natural Black hair
She wanted to wear braids but said she straightened her hair as the U.S. ‘adjusted’ to a Black first lady
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A ‘rainbow wave’ of candidates made history. What’s next for them?
When James Roesener answered the phone to speak to a reporter on Thursday, it was impossible not to hear his smile. Roesener, a 26-year-old high school graduate and store manager in Concord, N.H., was two…
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Pelosi, dominant figure for the ages, leaves lasting imprint
Pelosi, composed and in command at a time of chaos (January 6, 2022), tart but parochial-school proper at every turn, is the one whom lawmakers have obeyed, tangled with, respected and feared for two decades. It didn’t always look pretty but she held the party together.