Bertha Lutz established the leading suffrage organization in Brazil in 1922. Within a decade of its formation, the Brazilian Federation for the Advancement of Women (BFAW) had achieved its goal. The ...

The fortune teller Catherine Deshayes Monvoisin, called La Voisin, was the central figure in the “Affair of the Poisons,” a lurid criminal case that implicated persons at the highest levels of French ...

Unknown artist. Angelina Emily Grimké 1805–18805–1879), n.d. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.

Born into an established family in Lincolnshire, Anne Askew seems to have been well-versed in biblical literature by the time of her marriage to Thomas Kyme. The match had been arranged by her father ...

Judy Chicago (American, b. 1939). The Dinner Party (Heritage Floor; detail), 1974–79. Porcelain with rainbow and gold luster, 48 x 48 x 48 ft. (14.6 x 14.6 x 14.6 m ...