Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a library full of computers and people wearing hoodies and sneakers stood a woman who appeared to have come straight from the ...

The Black Women Lead project, which honors Black women from the 1700s to the present, has provided me with an opportunity to learn about a different side of American history. The stories of Black ...

From the fight for religious freedom to breaking barriers on the national stage, women from Southern New England have long ...

EXETER — Historian Norra Cardillo is researching the Ladd and Gilman women of Exeter, work she plans to present as part of her master’s portfolio when she graduates from Idaho State University next ...

In October 1774, Penelope Barker did what women of her time and social class weren’t raised to do: figuratively, rather than literally, stir the pot. The 46-year-old wife of a Colonial agent tasked ...

Join Johnson Hall State Historic Site and Old Fort Johnson on Saturday, March 15 as we celebrate Women’s History Month with Remember the Ladies: Colonial Women and Revolutionary Commemoration, ...

Johnson Hall State Historic Site and Old Fort Johnson will host a Women's History Month event this weekend to recognize the historic achievements of Revolutionary War-era women. Remember the Ladies: ...

"Less celebrated than their male counterparts, women have been vital contributors to the arts. Works by women of the colonial era represent treasured accomplishments of American culture and still ...

WASHINGTON, March 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- When people think of the Patriots who fought for U.S. independence in the American Revolution, they rarely think of women. But our Revolutionary War history ...

When cultural historian Diane Schwindt finishes leading demonstrations of Colonial-era cooking, she is drenched in sweat and covered in grime. That's what happens when you stand for an hour over a hot ...