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Unearthing Forgotten Female Leaders from History
Ahead of her imminent talk at the Emirates Literature Festival, she explains why understanding the past is vital to safeguarding gender equality today
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A Life in Congress: Lauren Underwood Learns What It Costs
As a single Black woman in the House, the 36-year-old Illinois Democrat tries to balance who she is versus what she does
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The Women of Venus
Nearly every feature on the surface of Venus is named after a goddess, heroine or real-life famous woman. This Women’s History Month, take a deeper look at who we see when we look at the brightest planet in the sky.
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Nancy Pelosi Untethered: Former Speaker Revels in Newfound Freedom
The former speaker isn’t in charge of anything now but is doing exactly what she wants in what some call ‘Pelosi 3.0’
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For First Time, Women Represented in All Parliaments of the World
For the first time ever, there are women MPs in every single country on Earth, the Interparliamentary Union, IPU, said on Friday.
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The Gender Pay Gap Has Barely Budged in the Past Two Decades
U.S. women have earned roughly 82% as much as men for the last 20 years, per recently published Pew Research Center analysis. Why it matters: Although women continue to outpace…
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110 Years Ago This Week, Women Marched on Washington for Right to Vote
One of the first large-scale civil rights protests in the nation’s capital — to secure voting rights for women — took place 110 years ago this Friday. The “Great Suffrage Parade”…
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There’s a Way to Add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution – And We Did It
The constitutional rights of women and queer people in this country are no joke. Can someone tell Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby? In his opinion piece earlier this month declaring the death of…
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A Majority of Women Say They Could Do Their Boss’s Job Better
64% of women say they could do their boss’s job better than them, but they aren’t getting the chance
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Conservation Trailblazers
Meet six women who are changing how conservation is done at TNC, from conference rooms to local communities.