March 8 is International Women's Day — a date picked in honor of a remarkable Russian protest. During World War I, women in ...

What Is the Average Weight for Women? The average American woman weighs about 170 pounds and stands about 5 feet, 4 inches ...

Opening the PhotoVogue Festival, this conversation brings together three figures whose work engages, in different ways, with questions of representation, authorship, and institutional responsibility.

WATERTOWN — Jo March, the heroine of Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel “Little Women,” is a feminist icon. Or maybe she buckled and sacrificed too much to societal convention. Better still, perhaps both ...

Sally Wainwright, the creator and writer of “Happy Valley” (policewoman story), “Gentleman Jack” (historical lesbian drama), “Last Tango in Halifax” (septuagenarian romance) and last year’s “Renegade ...

Actor, singer, sex symbol and style icon Brigitte Bardot, who retired from acting and became controversial for her right-wing politics in her later years, has died. She was 91. Bardot died Sunday at ...

Vietnamese competitors won 10 more gold medals on the second official competition day of the 33rd SEA Games on Thursday in athletics, karate, taekwondo, ju jit-su, gymnastics and swimming. Vietnamese ...

Izawa defended her Rizin 108-pound title once again, turning aside Saori Oshima by unanimous decision at Rizin Landmark Vol. 12. The undefeated 28-year-old continues to be one of the most dominant ...

Across reality shows, social media and best-selling books, women raised in the church have increased its profile across pop culture. From top to bottom, a scene from “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” ...

The controversial winner of the World’s Strongest Woman competition was stripped of her title Tuesday after organizers claimed the hulking American never told them she was born a man. Jammie Booker ...

“Suffs,” Shaina Taub’s musical about how women finally secured the right to vote in America, won Tony Awards for its book and score. It lost the best musical race to “The Outsiders,” but the respect ...