Women in Culture

From innovative artists and pioneering scientists, to the women who campaigned for universal suffrage and social equality

In collaboration with

International Museum of Women now part of Global Fund for Women

Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, National Park Service

Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, National Park Service

and 46 more collections

The trailblazers

Explore the far-ranging impact women have had on all aspects of culture

Madame C.J. Walker

The businesswoman

Marta Vieira da Silva

The athlete

Chiquinha Gonzaga

The composer

Zaha Hadid

The architect

Uemura Shoen

The painter

Mary Anning

The paleontologist

Women of STEM

The scientists

Marie Curie

The scientist.

Rha Hye-Seok

The feminist artist

Dolores Huerta

The politician

Rachel Carson

The environmentalist

Savitribai Phule

The teacher

The Khasi Community

The matriarchs

Mu Sochua

The activist

From athletes to astronauts

The women showing how it's done

SPORT

The Game Changers

Women in sport and the challenges that remain

PHILANTHROPY

The Philanthropic Associations

Women-operated charitable and philanthropic societies in Philadelphia

CULTURE

The Sea Women of South Korea

Professional women divers who don't use equipment

SPACE

The Women of NASA

Meet the scientists who helped usher in a brave new world of women in STEM

Boldly going where no woman has gone before

It's Time to Remember the Forgotten Women Scientists of History

Broadly Editor Zing Tsjeng on filling in the gaps of history

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Jess Wade

Scientific superpowers: Dr. Gadget

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Dr Ying Lia Li

Scientific superpowers: The sensational extra sense

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Yewande Akinola

Scientific superpowers: Channeling the elements

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Farah Ahmed

Scientific superpowers: The science of tomorrow

Who run the world?

10 Inspiring Latinas Who’ve Made History

Meet the Latinas who’ve shaped the U.S. today

11 Women Who Changed the World

Celebrating these inspirational women from around the world

Creating change, together

From Stonewall and Beyond

Pictures of the LGBTQI+ figures who fought for equal rights

Meet the suffragettes

The soldiers in petticoats who fought for women's right to vote

Suffragettes on Film

The original media disruptors

Suffrage and The Flower City

Rochester's contributors to the struggle for women's suffrage

Creating a Political Culture

How a political presence for women was established in American public consciousness

The Road to Equality

Celebrating the stories behind 100 years of women's rights in the UK

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Sisterhood and equal rights

Women who rocked the system

Women and the Fight for Civil Rights

"The revolution will not be televised..."

Legislating History

A look at 100 years of women in Congress

African-American Women and the Civil Rights Movement

Standing up for change, against all odds

The pop culture icons

The artist

Georgia O'Keeffe

Mother of American modernism

The performer

Carmen Miranda

Original Brazilian bombshell

The choreographer

Martha Graham

Innovator of American dance

The model

Naomi Campbell

One of the first supermodels

The author

Virginia Woolf

Pioneering 20th century writer

The actress

Nutan

Iconic Indian film actress

The singer

Gloria Estefan

International music sensation

The sculptor

Edmonia Lewis

First African-American sculptor to achieve worldwide fame

Artworks by women

SCULPTURE

Kara Walker’s 'A Subtlety'

An homage to overworked artisans

DESIGN

Sophie Taeuber-Arp

One of the most influential artists you might not have heard of

PHOTOGRAPHY

7 Early Women Photographers

Seeing the history of photography through a new lens...

CERAMICS

Jewish Women Ceramicists from Germany

Forgotten biographies and artworks from afteer 1933

PERFORMANCE

Live Art and Feminism in the UK

Women and feminists use their bodies to make art

PRINTS

Indian Protest Posters

Women who refuse to be silenced

Making her mark

10 Self-Portraits Made by Women

Expanding the frame of self-portraiture

10 Women Artists You Should Know

From Angelica Kauffmann to Mequitta Ahuja

Artifacts, paintings, and more in high resolution

The Brown Sisters

Sind Muslim Women's National Guard

Sojourner Truth

Frida Painting Her Father's Portrait

Pank-a-Squith Board Game

Corset

Women's Suffrage Memorabilia

Gloria Steinem Portrait

Women Unite

Beauty from Nature: Art of the Scott Sisters

Yuendumu: Same Jukurrpa, Same Country

Mary Cassatt Self-Portrait

Women in fashion

Women at the top of the style stakes

Mary Quant

An innovator of the swinging 60s

Vivienne Westwood

Fashion and activism

Katharine Hamnett

The inventor of the slogan t-shirt

Stella McCartney

Responsible, modern, and sustainable

Anya Hindmarch

Luxury accessories

Victoria Beckham

A style icon

Women in action

Watch videos, interviews, and more

Gloria Steinem on Feminist Activist

Celebrating the Women in the Olympic Games

The New Amazon

Visibility for Women's Football

Who is Poly styrene?

MadC's Wall

Winsome Pinnock on How Feminism Influenced Her Writing

Women in India: Unheard Stories

From pioneers of the past to innovators of the present, meet the women who have changed Indian culture forever

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