FEMINIST ART MOVEMENT: Key Artists Who Reshaped the Art World [1960s-2026]
Introduction: When Women Demanded to Be Seen
In 1989, the Guerrilla Girls plastered New York City with a provocative poster asking: “Do women have to be naked to get into the Met Museum?” Their resea…
Genre-defying Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
The 76-year-old poet, translator and essayist is renowned for her “bold and inventive” approach to blending poetry, prose and everything in between, leading to what the Swedish Academy calls “new for…
The Darkness by Linda Metzner
As a composer and poet, I’m interested in cultural perceptions and assumptions that influence beliefs. In monotheistic religions as well in some types of more recent spiritual thought, the assumpti…
ARETHA FRANKLIN ~ The History Today
Aretha Franklin’s childhood was stolen before she even understood what childhood meant.
When she was six years old, her mother Barbara left Detroit, escaping a difficult marriage. Barbara didn’t a…
Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda and Robin Morgan 2005
About Women’s Media Center
In 2005, Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem founded the Women’s Media Center (WMC), a progressive, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to raise the visibil…
Dorothea Lange’s Five Most Iconic Images
At the National Women’s History Museum
… we’re working to ensure the women whose courage, ingenuity, and leadership shaped our nation are recognized not as footnotes, but as an essential part of our shared history.
Dear Jean…
Hawwa (Eve) in Religion and History
News from The National Museum of Womem in the Arts
WASHINGTON, DC — The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) today announced that Susan Fisher Sterling, the Alice West Director, will retire at the close of 2026, after nearly four decades of se…
During a hurricane, Asheville North Carolina seniors formed a POD that may help them age in place
by Jessica Blough CNN
Asheville, North Carolina 2026
Members of an Asheville pod gather weekly for communal dinners, a tradition that they started in the wake of Hurricane Helene…
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: the new wave of women photographers – in pictures
From Black debutantes to Bolivian matriarchs, this year’s Saltzman-Leibovitz prize shows the diverse subjects being tackled by the next generation of female storytellers.
Winner: Marisol Mende…
Celebrating Women in April and May
April and May are months dedicated to celebrating women’s achievements and raising awareness about women’s rights and challenges. Here are some key observances during these months:
April: Informed…