The 22-year-old inaugural poet inspired millions with her original work, “The Hill We Climb.”

A journalist who quit her job and divorced her husband fell in love with her disgraced subject, whose sentencing appeared to awaken her to America’s broken criminal legal system.

Brooklyn fashion designer Simone Williams has broken the Guinness World Record for largest women’s afro with hair that is 4’ 10’’ in circumference.

Vivian Lord asked toymakers why the iconic toy soldiers weren’t available as women — and BMC Toys made the nonexistent figurines a reality.

The character of Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, will be the first Muslim superhero to appear on screen for the studio in a Disney+ show as well as Marvel movies.

Jones will become the first Black woman to run a major cable news network in February 2021 after current MSNBC President Phil Griffin steps down.

“Losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable grief, experienced by many but talked about by few.”

Proposition 115 would have banned abortions after 22 weeks, which are rare nationwide, signaling a win for reproductive rights.

The dynamic group of women of color, Reps. AOC, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and Ayanna Pressley, have been reelected for a second two-year term to the House of Representatives.

In an op-ed for NowThis, Sen. Elizabeth Warren addresses Americans who may feel discouraged this week after the rushed confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett: “There has never been a more righteous time to get in this fight.”

A Supreme Court justice hasn’t been confirmed with the support of just one party since 1869, according to The National Journal. Barrett is the 220th federal judge confirmed under President Trump and GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell.

Elizabeth Warren’s protégé, Michelle Wu, is running for mayor in Boston — and focusing her message on why the wealthiest country in the world can’t provide its citizens with food.