Proof: Women Are Tougher Than Men

From The Star : Researchers have pieced together strong evidence as to why women are born tougher than men. Science has long believed the “m...

Fortune's 50 Most Powerful Women

From Media Bistro : It’s Friday and it’s lunch time, so you’re probably done with the heavy work load and already thinking about watching th...

Loretta C Ford - Hall of Fame Inductee

From Democrat & Chronicle : When Loretta C. Ford was a pediatric public health nurse in the 1960s, she was often the sole medical practi...

Nigeria: Women Seek Relevance

From The Tribune : The journey so far marks 51 years of Nigeria's independence. Looking at the prospects available to the society, men g...

Saint Katharine Drexel

From Philly Burbs : She was an assertive Philadelphia debutante who dreamed of changing the world and had the family fortune to make it happ...

BBC Accused of Belittling Florence Nightingale

From the Telegraph : A group of nursing academics has written to Lord Patten, chairman of the BBC trust, claiming the corporation has made a...

Saudi Women Welcome Suffrage

From Voice of America : Saudi women are hailing King Abdullah's promise of expanded political rights, with the hope it is another step t...

Kenyan Nobel Laureate Dies

From Inside Africa : Kenyan Wangari Maathai, the first woman from Africa to win the Nobel Peace Prize, died Monday after a battle with cance...

Forgotten Female Artists of the 19th Century

From the Epoch Times : Although in Art History one hears a lot about artists from prior centuries, and recently more and more work is being ...

Quakers: Burqa Wearers of the 17th Century

From the Guardian : In 1630, a certain oatmeal maker was examined by the highest church court in England, accused of preaching without a lic...

10 Stories of Inspiration

From Asian Scientist : Women across the world have made remarkable contributions in the year 2011. In politics, Yingluck Shinawatra of Thail...

Exhibition: Catholic Nuns in American History

From the Observer : South Bend's Center for History is hosting the national traveling exhibition " Women & Spirit: Catholic Sis...

Top 25 Women in Banking

From American Banker come a list of the top 25 women in banking. Nice collection of short biographies - well worth the read.

Saudi Women Have Right To Vote

From the New York Times : King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on Sunday granted women the right to vote and run in future municipal elections, the...

Dahomey's Women Warriors

From Past Imperfect : It is noon on a humid Saturday in the fall of 1861, and a missionary by the name of Francesco Borghero has been summon...

Mossad, Women & Israel

From Spoonfed : Ahead of her new play Honeypot , premièring at New Diorama Theatre, Naima Khan talks to Julia Pascal about Europe's hand...

Women in Wartime

From the Star Tribune : Sorry, but to address the disconnect between what nurses do in a war zone and life on the front lines, this story mu...

Tomb of Mayan Female Ruler

From National Geographic : A woman ruler's skeleton—her head mysteriously placed between two bowls—is one of two royal burials recently ...

Ancient Thracian Burial

From Novinite : The archeological team, led by Daniela Agre, has discovered a treasure during digs at a Thracian mound near the southern vil...

Text Reminders for Abortions

Disturbing article from the Telegraph : Britain's largest abortion provider said it is introducing reminders because some girls and wome...

Tortuous Life of Women & Girls in Brothels

From the Times of India : One doesn't expect socialites to spend a languid rainy afternoon listening to horror stories. Especially when ...

Sil Lai Abrams - No More Drama

From The Grio : As a magazine columnist, motivational speaker and published book author ( No More Drama , Sepia Press Publishing, 2007), you...

China: Hospital Births Saving Babies

From the Herald Tribune : New data show that encouraging Chinese women to give birth in the hospital has contributed to a sharp drop in infa...

New Danish PM: Helle Thorning-Schmidt

From The Hindu : Denmark has elected its first female prime minister, ousting the right-wing government from power after 10 years of pro-mar...

MADAME TUSSAUD... the miniseries

Just had some seriously amazing news! My fourth novel, MADAME TUSSAUD, has been optioned for a miniseries !!! Michael Hirst, who wrote the...

Outlet For Afghan Women Online

Article on the Afghan Women's Writing Project from the New York Times : For the first year or so after its inception, the project was “...

Remains of Legendary Succubus Mistress of Liu Fei Excavated

From China Daily : A Dayunshan Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) tomb in Xuyi county is a great discovery for Jiangsu province. The host of the to...

India: Ganesh Madal Supports The Girl Child

From Express India : If many Ganesh Mandals have adopted the popular sentiment of the Anna Hazare movement against corruption to decorate Ga...

Bangladesh: Birangona - Victims of War

From Women's ENews : The title Birangona is used to honor the 200,000 women who were raped by the Pakistani Army during the 1971 Bangla...

HRH Princess Lalla Aicha

From AllAfrica : French historian Charles Saint-Prot said that all Morocco's friends were saddened by the news of the death, on Sunday, ...

The Lady of Iraq

From the Jerusalem Post : T.E. Lawrence, or Lawrence of Arabia, as he is more commonly known – may have hogged the limelight in early twenti...

Book: The Revenant - a story of the Cherokee Female Seminary

From Tahlequah Daily Press : Ghostly tales have surrounded Seminary Hall for decades. The legendary Florence Wilson, longtime principal of t...

Radium Girls Remembered

From Voice of America : In the early part of the 20th century, the chemical element radium was widely believed to cure a number of ailments....

Book: 50 Years - 50 Women

From the Daily Advance : There is pride in Bill Sterritt’s voice. He’s the proud father a book. It’s a book that has been a labor of love f...

Libyan Women Celebrate Freedom

From Libya News : A sea of colorful headscarves filled Tripoli's Martyr’s Square on Friday afternoon. The crowd danced and sang, waving ...

Maids In America - The Help

From the Sydney Morning Herald : The Help is already a big success. Having blitzed the US box office, it looks like making more money than ...

Wendy & The Lost Boys

From the Washington Post: Whatever flaws Lola Wasserstein had as a mother, she produced more than her share of extraordinary offspring. Her ...

Mistresses Who Changed History

From Slate : Before Monica Lewinsky, Camilla Parker Bowles, or Marilyn Monroe, there was Hagar—the world's first known mistress. Several...

Pucellina of Blois

From the Jerusalem Post : In the second half of the 12th century, a Jewish woman named Pucellina, presumably of Italian ancestry, had dealin...

Female Companionship 1880s - 1890s

From Capital City Weekly : As in most mining camps, Juneau and Douglas had its "girls" who "provided relaxation and companion...