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U.S. Military Lacks Female Leadership 10 Years After Last Restrictions Removed for Women
Just 10 years ago, women were banned from combat. Now, they're on the front lines, climbing the ranks.
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We Won’t Apologize for Being an All-Female Clergy
This Easter will be especially significant for one of England’s cathedrals. Leicester Cathedral will be marking the Christian festival with what it believes is England’s first fully-female clergy team at the helm. The five women…
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As Women’s Basketball Grows, Equity Is Trying to Catch Up
The N.C.A.A. has begun putting in place recommendations from a report on the disparities between men’s and women’s basketball. But there are differing assessments for a path forward.
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Nancy Pelosi on How Women Can Succeed in Politics & Business
At Wall Street Journal event, the first female House speaker says, ‘You have to be prepared to throw a punch, for the children’
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Women of the Year: In Congress, Record Numbers, Record Diversity and New Power
It hasn't been easy and it hasn't been fast, but the rising tide of women in Congress is changing Capitol Hill and the country.
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Lexington Businesswoman Would Head DHEC Board if Confirmed by Senate
Seema Shrivastava-Patel is Gov. Henry McMaster’s choice to head the state DHEC board, a politically appointed panel that hears permit appeals and helps set agency policy.
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Throughout History, Women Have Forged a New Type of Leadership
Today, for the first time in history, four women lead the House and Senate Appropriations Committees—one of the most powerful committees on the Hill. Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) are the chairperson and…
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Patricia Schroeder, Congresswoman Who Wielded Barbed Wit, Dies at 82
Former congresswoman Patricia Schroeder, a megaphone for the women’s movement, the first woman to serve on the House Armed Services Committee and a liberal Democrat known for her barbed wit, notably coining the term “Teflon…
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The Women Who Stood with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Sustained a Movement for Social Change
Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, “Trailblazers and Torchbearers,” dives into the stories…
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How Women Are Transforming Leadership for Climate Justice
Climate change impacts girls and women differently than boys and men: over 80% of people displaced due to climate change are female. Women are stepping up to combat climate change in ways the men before them haven’t.