A social worker, she became a Democratic Party insider and joined President Bill Clinton’s cabinet during his second term.

Civil rights groups, labor organizations and politicians praised Alexis Herman as a "trailblazer" who fought for the rights ...

Real Clothes, Real Lives” shows that women have adapted their attire to accommodate their daily activities with ...

Dublin's Monto was Europe's biggest red-light district from 1860 to 1925 with up to 1,600 sex workers at any one time, writes ...

Some 70 years after her death, however, she is finally being recognized for her achievements as possibly Canada’s first Black ...

As the founder of Woman’s Art Journal and the author of influential textbooks, she documented the work of many accomplished ...

When you think of groundbreaking discoveries in science, the names of Albert Einstein, Marie Curie or Isaac Newton often come to mind.

Few Black women of Fort Worth have made history. That’s not because they didn’t have what it takes but because the deck was stacked against them. Opal Lee and Hazel Harvey Peace rise to the top as ...

So I know where this league comes from: a lot of Black women that grew up making this league what it is. And that's kind of the shoulders that we stand on. "So I think that was something I'm very ...

"I think it's important for us to have characters who are more realistic than they are the absolute best representation of us," Brunson told "Good Hang" host Amy Poehler.