Women You Should Know
Even Jane Goodall Had a Sexist Boss
A new book by the anthropologist Keriann McGoogan reveals the drama behind the rise of the world's most famous women primatologists.
People
Women You Should Know
María Corina Machado Won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. For That, It’s a Woman We Have to Thank.
Without Bertha von Suttner, an Austrian pacifist, the Nobel Peace Prize might never have come into existence.
Women You Should Know
So Long, Jilly Cooper. It’s Been a Scream.
The author Jilly Cooper has died at 88. Her 18 novels and memoirs give us glorious insight into a bygone era.
Women You Should Know
Remembering Jane Goodall
The barrier-breaking primatologist, who dedicated her life to conservation and humanitarian projects, died aged 91.
Women You Should Know
Why RBG’s Complicated Legacy Doesn’t Bother Me
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.
The Interview
If She Were Here Today, She’d Be President
Written out of the history of suffrage, Jeannette Rankin was a remarkable feminist and congresswoman. The author Lorissa Rinehart finally tells her story.
Forgotten Feminists
Five Tech Pioneers Who Should Be As Famous as Zuckerberg and Bezos
These five women should be as famous—and well off—as Silicon Valley's finest.
Women You Should Know
What to Make of Vogue's New Editor, Chloe Malle
Chloe Malle’s appointment comes at a moment when Vogue faces an identity crisis.
Forgotten Feminists
The Tech Mogul “Steve” Who Looked Out for Women
Her software company would change everything; perhaps most notably how—and where—women could work.
Women You Should Know
The Dignified Revenge of Pamela Denise Anderson
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.
Forgotten Feminists
The Life and Untimely Death of One of America's First Feminists
There’s no way of knowing what Margaret Fuller might have achieved if she hadn’t died in the summer of 1850.
The Interview
‘Because it Feels So Urgent’
We are on the edge of an AI revolution that is going to transform our society. What are we doing about it?
The Interview
‘The Chaotic, the Creative, the Instinctive, the Structured, the Mathematical’
An immersive project at Canterbury Cathedral marks the 1969 moon landing—and the women from a Navajo reservation in New Mexico who made that landing possible.
The Interview
'Slut-Shaming' is Evolving. This Author Set Out to Understand Why.
The author Leora Tanenbaum's new book, Sexy Selfie Nation, offers advice on how we can shut down a uniquely harmful form of gender discrimination: slut-shaming.
The Interview
If You Could Take a Pill That Erased Feelings of Guilt, Would You?
Imagine if women could unabashedly do their thing without worrying about others’ feelings.
Forgotten Feminists
70 Years After Her Death, Britain’s First Female Landscape Designer Finally Gets Her Due
Fanny Wilkinson designed more 75 public gardens in London during her 20-year career. Now she's being commemorated by the sculptor Gillian Brett.