When Kate Warne interviewed for a job at the Pinkerton Detective Agency, no one would have predicted that she would save the life of Abraham Lincoln. When Warne arrived for her interview in 1856, it was assumed that she was there for a secretarial position. Instead, she charmed Allan Pinkerton …
When tattoos began popping up everywhere in our research this week, we took it as a sign and discovered Maud Stevens Wagner, credited as the first female tattooist in the United States. Born in Kansas in 1877, little is known of her early life. By adulthood, Maud was performing as …
Today’s autumnal equinox has us feeling a bit metaphysical, so let’s turn to ancient Greece and the story of the Oracle of Delphi, a collective of women over time whose divine communication with the gods made them among the most powerful women in the ancient world. From about 1400 BC …
Three young Black girls in flowered dresses are pictured laying on a lawn, one gazing skyward, one looking askance and one looking straight at the camera, flowers wrapping her hair, as she seemingly dares the viewer to look away. The photo is from the series Mayflowers by visual artist Carrie …
Naomi Osaka just won her second US Open title. But it’s her social activism that’s also grabbing headlines.
Brenda Berkman was in her apartment in Brooklyn the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 when she got a call from a friend in Kentucky telling her to turn on her TV. That was the moment that Brenda, one of the first female firefighters in New York City, knew something catastrophic …
With dozens of books to her name, author Denise Swanson could be forgiven for easing up on the publishing pedal a bit. After all, her cozy mystery and romance novels have sold tens of thousands of copies worldwide, and her audience on Facebook and other social media has crossed the …
“My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be the comic stories the next.” – Nora Ephron Raised in Beverly Hills, Nora Ephron dreamed of living in New York and becoming the next Dorothy Parker. Instead she became the first …
The tiny rooms look pleasant enough, with curtains in the windows, a light overhead, a coffee cake fresh out of the oven. But look closer, because things aren’t what they seem: in one room, a body’s fallen on the floor; in another, a woman lies face-down in a bathtub. The …
