Women You Should Know

In the early 20th century, Audrey Munson was the face of beauty, virtue, and nationhood. Then America discarded her.

Lindsay Dahl has devoted her career to getting toxic chemicals out of our homes, water and air, but the progress she’s worked for is under attack. Here’s what we all can do about it.

Audiences for women’s sports are surging and investment is rising. But a mismatch between viewership and advertising is curbing how far the boom can go.

Amanda Holden’s new book ‘How To Be a Rich Old Lady’ unpacks perpetually confusing financial concepts.

Before they became marketing opportunities, International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month were milestones in a much longer and larger struggle.

Economist Corinne Low’s new book explores the myth of the tradwife, the trap of flexibility, and how unrealistic expectations are crushing women.

As her husband, Rob Reiner, grabs most of the headlines following the couple’s shocking murder, we remember Michele Singer Reiner’s creative and philanthropic work.

Known as Sophie Kinsella, Madeleine Wickham wrote more than 30 books selling over 45 million copies.

As world leaders gather in Brazil for this year’s global climate talks, the women on the frontlines of defending the world’s forests and rivers tell us why they won’t be taking part.

Her legacy will leave a mark on the country’s history, the political aspirations of women, and the lives of all Americans.

President Trump's demolition of the White House's East Wing ignores that this "small building" has long been the symbolic heart of the nation.

They stopped cleaning and cooking; they stopped doing laundry and they stopped looking after their children. They’d had enough.

A new book by the anthropologist Keriann McGoogan reveals the drama behind the rise of the world's most famous women primatologists.

Without Bertha von Suttner, an Austrian pacifist, the Nobel Peace Prize might never have come into existence.

The author Jilly Cooper has died at 88. Her 18 novels and memoirs give us glorious insight into a bygone era.

The barrier-breaking primatologist, who dedicated her life to conservation and humanitarian projects, died aged 91.

Nothing will take away from the immense wins Ruth Bader Ginsburg secured for those who couldn’t stage their own fights. But she was complicated, and so is her legacy.

Chloe Malle’s appointment comes at a moment when Vogue faces an identity crisis.

Pamela is not the sum of her scandals or the product of her movie credits. Her latest ‘rebirth’ is just Pamela, once again, being herself.

The photographer Nancy Borowick takes on a taboo topic and puts mothers at the center.

Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent victims of the financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring, died at the age of 41.

In a world in which wealth and opulence seem to beget political power, I long for a leader with un-showy discipline. I can’t help thinking of Angela Merkel.

The activist and former president of Planned Parenthood died on Monday, aged 67.

The founder of Planned Parenthood advanced women's rights immeasurably. But many of her views were far from progressive.

Two years after her passing, the jury's still out.