Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From left: Elizabeth Cary, Mary Sidney, a miniature believed to depict Aemilia Lanyer, and Anne Clifford - Alamy “Any woman born ...

Shakespeare’s Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance; By Ramie Targoff; Alfred A. Knopf 320 pp., $33.00 But Woolf was wrong. Shakespeare had a daughter named Judith. His sister was Joan, and there’s ...

March is Women's History Month, a time dedicated to honoring the powerful, inspiring and trailblazing women who have contributed amazing things to our world. What better way to celebrate this month ...

A look inside the lives of several female authors who used male pseudonyms to shape literature and bypass societal boundaries.

Black History Month is a time to cultivate space for reflection, honor, and appreciation of the contributions of Black communities past, present, and future. Among these contributions, Black women ...

For example, the term “chick flick” is used to trivialize romance genre films predominately written and directed by women.

Literary Women, a nonprofit with decades of experience spotlighting and supporting female writers in Long Beach, is a beloved local group for just that reason. It was established in 1982 by Harriet ...

Christy Stratton and Jenny Kilgen, the only two female writers to work on season one of the Nickelodeon sitcom The Amanda Show, have alleged that they were made to split a single salary - something ...