Peg Bracken — The Cookbook Author Who Aimed to Keep Women Out of the Kitchen

Funny, subversive and sympathetic to the plight of the housewife, Peg Bracken helped women put dinner on the table so they could get back to what they really wanted to be doing.

8 Women-Owned Businesses Adding Beauty and Creativity to the World

You can feel good, not guilty, about where your money is going at every one of these independently-owned enterprises.

‘Racism is Still a Public Health Crisis’

Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson on the Black maternal mortality crisis and what it would take to change things.

‘Pilates Girl’ is a Fantasy That Requires the Salary of a CEO and the Schedule of a Tradwife

A recent episode of the dating show ‘Love is Blind’ showed a man complaining that his new partner ‘doesn’t do pilates every day.’ That’s a problem.

Menopause Can Make You Better at Your Job. Now There’s a Thought.

Support for menopause at work isn’t just a nice thing to do. It’s an economic imperative.

People Were Calling Me an Economist. And I Was Like, ‘Am I?’

In her book “The Double Tax,” the economist Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman explains why Black women pay more for their hair products and their homes, get paid less at work, and are underestimated at every turn.

7 Books That Will Spark Lively Book Club Discussions

Some books are so good you just need to talk about them. These picks from Persistent contributors, some older and some new, will give you a lot to chew on.

Are You a Working Woman In Midlife? This One's For You.

A new wave of menopause-related research is revealing just how much menopause can affect women's working lives. And it's not all bad.

Who Benefits From Working From Home? It Depends

New research shows men and women experienced working from home very differently before — and after — the pandemic.

The Motherhood Penalty Hits Women’s Academic Careers Hard, According to a New Study

Women are 29% less likely to remain at universities eight years after having a first child, with lasting impacts on pay, tenure and research output, a large Danish study has found.

In Kitchens, Markets and Homes—A Resourceful Feminism Emerges in North Korea

Long before North Korea signaled its next leader might be female, its women were quietly making change.

Poems And Poets That Will Touch Your Heart and Expand Your Thinking

In honor of National Poetry Month, we asked Persistent contributors to share their favorite poems.