Her commitment to education extended to all ages. In 1922, she opened Fort Worth’s first nursery school for Black children – ...

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano will renew their rivalry this summer with women's boxing on the rise, as they get another big ...

Black women hold fewer leadership roles than their white counterparts, and those who attain prominence often receive less ...

Queen Camilla wore black to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican, but why can Princess Charlene and other royal women wear white?

Meet 21 civil rights activists—past and present—whose bold leadership reshaped history and continues to inspire justice ...

Brown, Canada's first known Black woman artist, is finally getting her due with a museum show in her native Nova Scotia.

A member of Declare Emergency, a climate activist group known for eye-catching protests, was found guilty of defacing a ...

Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love gathered in Salt Lake City to honor her life and legacy after she died of ...

Hewitt was the first Black librarian in Pittsburgh, working at the Carnegie Library’s Wylie Avenue and Homewood branches. To ...

I remember saying: 'If Beyoncé and Serena Williams are two of the richest, most famous Black women in the world and they had terrible birthing experiences, that's such a bigger problem.

In 2016, Battle “established April as International Black Women’s History Month…in the city of Atlanta to uplift and support the achievements of Black and minority women, and to build ...