Throughout his papacy, Francis took steps to appoint and integrate women into leadership roles in the Vatican.

Rhianan Rudd gouged a swastika into her forehead in a declaration of her love for Adolf Hitler. She had just turned 15. A ...

Archaeologists in Peru said Thursday they found the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman at the sacred city of Caral, ...

The Whickers and Sheffield DocFest have announced this year’s shortlist… The Whickers, in partnership with Sheffield DocFest, ...

Tribeca Festival has unveiled its audio storytelling lineup, sponsored by Audible, featuring a dynamic mix of live episodes, ...

Author Dava Sobel discusses how she discovered the many forgotten female scientists who were mentored by Marie Curie in early ...

Devotees of the human figure, Cecily Brown and Christina Ramberg turn the Benjamin Franklin Parkway into a showplace for the ...

Archaeologists working at a site in south Wales have uncovered dozens of skeletons – mostly women – which offer a “window ...

Claire Hoffman's superb biography traces the life of Aimee Semple McPherson, a star preacher whose legacy lives on in L.A.

Quick, name a few stereotyped roles for women in literature. Whore with a heart of gold, overachiever, shrew. Victorian angel ...

An interdisciplinary study led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) reveals that women living in the region of ...

The Whickers, the documentary funding platform established in memory of legendary journalist Alan Whicker, and Sheffield ...