Two recent books examine why women embrace a politics that puts them last.

Women in Power: Fighting for Democracy in an Age of Authoritarianism explains how the global democratic crisis is entwined with the backlash against women in politics—and how women leaders are ...

During the centennial celebration of the American founding in Philadelphia’s Independence Park on July 4, 1876, a small band of women led by Susan B. Anthony unexpectedly took the stage. “I present to ...

Title IX is one of the most consequential civil rights laws in US history for women. Passed in 1972, it prohibits sex discrimination in education and has vastly expanded opportunity for girls and ...

"It's just so outrageous," offers Sofia Coppola. The Academy Award-winning filmmaker is seated across from me inside No Matter What, an immersive art installation from Planned Parenthood in Greenwich ...

Gloria Steinem, the pioneering journalist and activist who became one of the most recognizable voices of the modern women’s movement, has died at the age of 92. For more than half a century, Steinem ...