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We celebrate the resilient and revolutionary women who've shaped our world. Discover the stories and legacies of female visionaries, artists, and leaders.
The lives of Medieval women in Europe were not terribly different from other women throughout history: they centered around home, family, and community.
Harriet Ann Jacobs resisted the hand life dealt her, fighting her way to freedom and exposing the horrors of life in the US slave industry.
Vasari, Winckelmann, and Berenson laid the groundwork for the field of art history, but in the 20th century, Linda Nochlin turned it on its head.
Though she never held office, Eva Perón had an outsized role in shaping her husband’s political movement, Peronism, an ideology that outlasted the Peróns themselves.
As icons of strength and leadership, many African women have become figures of great inspiration.
After enduring a childhood of poverty, violence, and discrimination, Rigoberta Menchú, an Indigenous Guatemalan woman, has dedicated her life to fighting for Indigenous rights.
Contrary to the myths about Victorian fashion, corsets were functional and comfortable, although not ideal garments that provided back support.
Since the beginning of the modern era, some women artists used their bodies and public personas as extensions of their creative practices.