Marginalized in early histories of Modernist literature, Hastings left a mark on one of the most influential literary magazines of the early twentieth century.

Many Edwardian progressives and utopians put their hopes in the exceptional individual who was able to overcome obstacles with a force of will.

By dispatching women tennis players on world tours, the US Department of State hoped to garner approval for the American way of life.

One of the few women permitted to wear trousers during the Third Republic, the French artist developed a sense of self through her clothing choices.

Was this revered female figurehead an empowered leader or a tragic victim in her father's wake?

Records from a cancelled exhibition reveal the challenges faced by Black feminist artists and curators in the 1970s.

The sport of Newcomb ball was created by Clara Gregory Baer two years before volleyball. Now forgotten, it's a good bet it lives on in the gyms and beach courts of today.

The mobilization of housewives in 1950s California echoes through US national politics in the twenty-first century.

In fascist Italy, childbirth, breastfeeding and motherhood were given a hybrid structure of industrial management and eugenicist biological essentialism.

Pullman resisted hiring women and did his best to keep attention away from the company’s female employees.