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Library of Congress Taking Military Sexual Trauma Seriously
One California court system is working to address the challenges facing women veterans, still coping with abuse they endured during their service.
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Denise Nestor Haunted Womanhood
A biography by Ruth Franklin captures Shirley Jackson’s punishing upbringing and marriage, which perhaps informed the destruction of heroines in her work.
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Brynn Anderson / AP The CEOs of Sorority Row
Despite negative stigmas associated with Greek life, affiliated women leverage their chapter experiences in the job search.
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Tami Chappell / Reuters When Women Lead Soldiers Into Battle
The age of the female combat officer is coming.
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FX The Corner of Hollywood and Motherhood
FX’s new comedy Better Things, created by and starring Louie’s Pamela Adlon, is an acerbic look at the life of a working actress raising three children.
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Why Aren't There More Dolls for Boys?
How one woman quit her dream job to fight sexism in toys
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP A Woman Pilot Receives the Military Funeral the Army Denied Her
After a years-long battle for recognition, Elaine Harmon, a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, was interred at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday.
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Lessons From a Life in Two Genders
A Barnard professor answers the question: What does it mean to be a woman who had a boyhood?
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Rebecca Clarke The Particular Challenges of Guarding Women Prisoners
Bisera Habibija, a lieutenant at a state corrections facility in Utah, talks about how she’s seen the inmate population change over the last decade.
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Michael Kraus / gdvcom / Shutterstock / Kara … Sex Ed Without the Sex
In West Texas, a Christian pregnancy center has grown increasingly involved in reproductive life—including teaching sex ed in public schools.
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Graywolf Press / Trace Ramsey / Zak Bickel … When 'The Miracle of Life' Doesn't Happen
In The Art of Waiting, Belle Boggs explores the meaning of infertility in a culture that venerates parenthood above all else.
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AP What Programming's Past Reveals About Today's Gender-Pay Gap
When men enter a female-heavy field, perceptions of women don’t improve—perceptions of the job do.
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Library of Congress Why America Needs More Housewives Like Phyllis Schlafly
The conservative activist fought the organization and empowerment of women, by organizing and empowering women.
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Meet the Latino Drag Queens Defying North Carolina's Anti-LGBT Law
At the Miss Hispanidad Gay 2016 pageant, the competition is for more than just the title of queen.
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AP Phyllis Schlafly's Successful Counter-Revolution
Donald Trump is a testament to the lasting influence of one of the 20th century’s most talented and effective political organizers.
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Tidal Can Porny Music-Video Catwomen Have It All?
Kanye West’s “Fade” video is another of 2016’s sexy celebrations of domestic bliss.
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Rick Lord / Shutterstock At Work in Two Genders
Observations from accomplished trans women about power and leadership in the office
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Jorge Lopez / Reuters The Pill, the Condom, and the American Dream
Poor kids are finally narrowing the achievement gap with rich kids. Is contraception the cause?
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Erin Siegal / Reuters Sketchy Pharmacies Are Selling Hormones to Transgender People
Burdened by cost and medical discrimination, many people are taking a do-it-yourself approach to transitioning.
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Bettmann / Getty The Mail-Order Brides of Jamestown, Virginia
In its early days, the first English settlement in America had lots of men, tobacco, and land. All it needed was women.
