In 1911, a team of three women with “lesbian-like” relationships – Jane Addams, Sophonisba Breckinridge and Anna Howard Shaw ...

Despite great strides made by the international women’s rights movement over many years ... realization of women’s empowerment and gender equality—protecting the rights and improving ...

The Herald-Leader is celebrating Lexington’s 250th birthday by revisiting key moments in the city’s vibrant history, ...

Thirty years after the landmark agreement on gender equality, the fight for reproductive rights remains critical in the ...

Women took to the streets of cities across Europe, Africa, South America and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day with demands for ending inequality and gender-based violence. On the Asian side ...

It included just 28 words, but a single sentence transformed the civil rights ... women across the United States organized and fought for the right to vote. “There never will be complete ...

This is a call to action demanding equal rights, power and opportunities ... of the gender equality movement. It began with a single day. International Women’s Day started in 1911 as a worldwide ...

Maxine Smith, Dorothy Truitt Walk and Cornelia Crenshaw were civil rights leaders who challenged injustice and made a ...

Maya Angelou is arguably one of the most inspiring women in history. The writer and multi-award winning poet lived an extraordinary life overcoming racial oppression and abuse in the deep south of the ...

Somewhere along the way, the word “feminist” got a bad reputation. It has been twisted into something extreme, something ...

These important women have helped shape not only North Carolina, but also the country. Take a look at the inspiring women in ...