women’s history

“The Modern Young Girl Is A Delight”: Flapper Fashion Of The Jazz Age

Flapper fashion meant embracing your freedom from constrictive corsetry and flaunting the luxurious designs of the Jazz Age.

By Kellen Perry • Jul 11, 2017

“The Modern Young Girl Is A Delight”: Flapper Fashion Of The Jazz Age

Flapper fashion meant embracing your freedom from constrictive corsetry and flaunting the luxurious designs of the Jazz Age.

By Kellen Perry • July 11, 2017

Arkansas Law Says Women Seeking Abortions Need Dad’s Ok First, Even If He’s A Rapist

Civil rights organizations have filed a lawsuit against the bill, with the first hearing taking place this week.

By All That's Interesting • Jul 11, 2017

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Arkansas Law Says Women Seeking Abortions Need Dad’s Ok First, Even If He’s A Rapist

Civil rights organizations have filed a lawsuit against the bill, with the first hearing taking place this week.

By All That's Interesting • July 11, 2017

Remarkable Tattooed Mummy Brought Back To Life In Stunning Realistic Recreation

We still may not know what killed the Señora of Cao in Peru 1,600 years ago, but we now know what she looked like when she was alive.

By All That's Interesting • Jul 5, 2017

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Remarkable Tattooed Mummy Brought Back To Life In Stunning Realistic Recreation

We still may not know what killed the Señora of Cao in Peru 1,600 years ago, but we now know what she looked like when she was alive.

By All That's Interesting • July 5, 2017

French Fitness Model Killed By Exploding Whipped Cream Can

Rebecca Burger, a well-known Instagram model, was killed after a whipped cream can exploded and struck her in the chest.

By All That's Interesting • Jun 22, 2017

Weird News

French Fitness Model Killed By Exploding Whipped Cream Can

Rebecca Burger, a well-known Instagram model, was killed after a whipped cream can exploded and struck her in the chest.

By All That's Interesting • June 22, 2017

When Liberation Meant Demonization: France’s “Ugly Carnivals”

After France was liberated from German occupation, many within the country borrowed Nazi tactics to publicly shame women.

By Savannah Cox • Jun 19, 2017

When Liberation Meant Demonization: France’s “Ugly Carnivals”

After France was liberated from German occupation, many within the country borrowed Nazi tactics to publicly shame women.

By Savannah Cox • June 19, 2017

Erendira Wallenda Hangs By Just Her Teeth Out Of Helicopter High Above Niagara Falls

Aerialist Erendira Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dangled from a helicopter, held up only by her teeth, over Niagara Falls.

By Gabe Paoletti • Jun 15, 2017

Weird News

Erendira Wallenda Hangs By Just Her Teeth Out Of Helicopter High Above Niagara Falls

Aerialist Erendira Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dangled from a helicopter, held up only by her teeth, over Niagara Falls.

By Gabe Paoletti • June 15, 2017

Man Outraged At Women-Only “Wonder Woman” Screenings Gets Perfect Response From Mayor

The Mayor of Austin had some choice words for a man angered by women-only screenings at an Austin, Texas, movie theater.

By All That's Interesting • Jun 2, 2017

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Man Outraged At Women-Only “Wonder Woman” Screenings Gets Perfect Response From Mayor

The Mayor of Austin had some choice words for a man angered by women-only screenings at an Austin, Texas, movie theater.

By All That's Interesting • June 2, 2017

Who Pays For Prostitutes? One Photographer Found Out By Paying Their Customers To Pose

Who pays for prostitutes? Renowned photographer Cristina de Middel turned her camera on sex workers' clients in an effort to uncover the often-ignored half of the controversial industry.

By All That's Interesting • May 31, 2017

Who Pays For Prostitutes? One Photographer Found Out By Paying Their Customers To Pose

Who pays for prostitutes? Renowned photographer Cristina de Middel turned her camera on sex workers' clients in an effort to uncover the often-ignored half of the controversial industry.

By All That's Interesting • May 31, 2017

Deeds, Not Words: 38 Photos That Show The Militant Side Of The Suffrage Movement

Women didn’t win the vote by holding up signs and waiting for men to give them permission. They took the fight to the streets – and, though history usually brushes over the dirty details, it was sometimes violent. Some of the more militant suffragettes smashed windows, set buildings on fire,...

By Mark Oliver • May 25, 2017

Deeds, Not Words: 38 Photos That Show The Militant Side Of The Suffrage Movement

Women didn’t win the vote by holding up signs and waiting for men to give them permission. They took the fight to the streets – and, though history usually brushes over the dirty details, it was sometimes violent. Some of the more militant suffragettes smashed windows, set buildings on fire,...

By Mark Oliver • May 25, 2017

The Unexpected And Brutal History Behind Women’s Boxing

Though women’s boxing still struggles to break into the mainstream, there is a long and storied history of female involvement in the sport. The evolution of gender equality in boxing went way backward before its slow climb forward. The early 1700s had raw British female fighters like Elizabeth Wilkinson boxing...

By Erin Kelly • May 18, 2017

The Unexpected And Brutal History Behind Women’s Boxing

Though women’s boxing still struggles to break into the mainstream, there is a long and storied history of female involvement in the sport. The evolution of gender equality in boxing went way backward before its slow climb forward. The early 1700s had raw British female fighters like Elizabeth Wilkinson boxing...

By Erin Kelly • May 18, 2017