Sheffield, who took office as Detroit mayor Jan. 1, is the latest Michigan woman to make political history since women won ...

When Terri McCullough was a young college graduate in Northern California in the early 1990s, she knew she wanted to do good in the world somehow — and that she wanted to work for a woman. In 1991, ...

Earlier this week, the Indian women's cricket team made history by winning its first World Cup title, nearly 50 years after the side played its first international match. The women fought hard for ...

Human history is much deeper, more complex, and more nuanced than you probably remember from school. Many history books, especially the ones you read in class, focus on major events like battles and ...

Celia Cruz, Angela Davis, Mia Hamm, and Kitty Cone are American women who spoke out and broke barriers. In this new video miniseries, students interviewed Smithsonian staff to learn about these ...