The U.S. is celebrating the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in 2020. On Aug. 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, making the amendment law and ensuring that ...

Christine Nix broke barriers in law enforcement, making history as the first African American woman to serve in the Texas ...

WASHINGTON ‒ California Sen. Laphonza Butler is the lone African American woman in the Senate and only the third Black woman to ever serve in the chamber. Six months into the job, the Democratic ...

The importance of understanding women’s and Black women’s history lies in recognizing the significant yet often overlooked contributions they have made across various fields, in everything from ...

Giva Wilkerson leads Project HEAL to help those who can't afford treatment. Giva Wilkerson is an African-American woman and one of the nearly 30 million Americans who suffer from an eating disorder.

Angela Adams, and the African American Leadership Alliance of Milwaukee team, is working to make Milwaukee a global ...

Black BRAND celebrates 10 years with Hidden Figures Honors, recognizing Black women leaders and supporting Black-owned ...

Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander was a woman of many firsts, including being the first Black woman to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the first Black woman to earn a PhD in ...

As we enter International Black Women’s History Month, Black art has always been a means of documenting and creating history, putting out powerful stories that depict Black women’s experiences, ...