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How Women Are Using Digital Platforms to Find Parity in the Arts

Queens State Senator James Sanders, left, and Brooklyn Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte, two elected officials involved in the effort to get more contracts for minority- and women-owned businesses and enterprises.

For the First Time Ever, NYC Taps Woman-Owned Firm to Manage $100M Retirement Plan

By Madina Toure
A memorial service for the late Shirley Chisholm, the country's first African-American congresswoman, in 2005.

Shirley Chisholm Could Become 2nd Black Woman to Have Statue in US Capitol

By Madina Toure
Viewers at NMWA in front of work by Amy Sherald.

Help the #5WomenArtists Social Media Challenge Succeed…By Making It Unnecessary

By Margaret Carrigan
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Women's Suffrage in the United States, record numbers of women march along 5th Avenue in New York City on August 26, 1970.

The History of the Women’s Rights Movement in 18 Images

By Kaitlyn Flannagan
Statues of pioneers for women's suffrage Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucretia Mott are seen in the US Capitol Rotunda.

Women’s History Month: Remembering the Founding Place of America’s Women’s Movement

By Michael Sainato
Janelle Monae, Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer in Hidden Figures. The film won't be released until January, but the book it's based on is released today.

Meet the Black Female Mathematicians Who Helped America Win the Space Race

By John Bonazzo
Participants in the 2015 Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at MoMA in New York.

March Was a Banner Month for Women in the Arts Online

By Alanna Martinez
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Self-portrait in a Straw Hat, 1782.

Museums’ Social Media Campaign Sheds Light on Overlooked Women in Art History

By Alanna Martinez
(Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images).

Council Members Cap Women’s History Month With Bill to Help Moms Return to Work

By Will Bredderman
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