Herstory/History

For generations, women endured violence that society treated as a private problem. This is the story of how finding the right words changed law, culture, and countless lives. Before It …

updated from December 13, 2025 FGM victims’ fury as academics compare practice to cosmetic surgery Any honest critique of global efforts to address female genital mutilation must begin here: Girls’ …

If you’re Gen X, you probably grew up hearing the name Strom Thurmond long before you ever heard the name Essie Mae Washington-Williams. For many of us, Thurmond was the …

If the public tantrums around males being tested could stop, that would be great because biological tests, some extremely invasive, have always been a part of the lives of women …

Who Were the Women of the WPC? Founded in Montgomery in 1946 by Mary Fair Burks, an English professor at the historically Black Alabama State College (now Alabama State University), …

Until the killing of Black men, Black mothers’ sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a white mother’s son, we who believe in …

Before history knew her as a symbol, Mary Lumpkin was a woman. She was a mother. A Survivor. A person whose life carried both unimaginable hardship and extraordinary strength. Mary Lumpkin …

The people carrying the pain and the burdens are often the people least heard Those with the most protection do not get to dictate the survival choices of those who …

Affirmation: My body belongs to me. My voice matters. My boundaries are worthy of respect. I do not have to surrender my comfort, safety, or dignity to make someone else …

For generations, women have been told they were imagining “it.” You can fill in the blank for millions of untold “it” things. “If you speak up, you’re difficult.” “If you …