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North America | United States | Career

There will be more women on the debate stage this week than ever in US history

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This week’s Democratic debates are set to be historic: It’s the first time ever that more than one woman candidate will be onstage at a US presidential debate. On Wednesday, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) will be standing alongside Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) in the first night of the debates. On Thursday, Sens. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and author Marianne Williamson will be among the Democratic contenders duking it out onstage. Throughout America’s nearly 243-year history, there have only been five women candidates who’ve
North America | United States | Career

New Report Says Women Will Soon Be Majority Of College-Educated U.S. Worker

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Women are on track to make up a majority of the college-educated labor force this year, marking a historic turning point in gender parity. While women have made up a majority of college-educated adults for roughly four decades, that strength has not always been reflected in the work force, where men have traditionally dominated. Men still outnumber women as a percentage of U.S. workers, but the gap has narrowed significantly in recent years. This year's first-quarter findings reported 29.5 million women in the labor force had at minimum a bachelor's degree, compared to 29.3 million me
Middle East | Saudi Arabia | Culture

A year on the road: how life has changed for Saudi women since taking the wheel

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Ammal Farahat has been driving in Saudi Arabia for a year. To celebrate, she’s finally registering her car under her own name. She bought her VW Passat five years ago, but had relinquished control of it to her drivers – until now. A year on from the historic decision to lift the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia, thousands of women across the kingdom have spent 12 months leading a freer existence. The move came as part of a series of reforms implemented by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman since he assumed the role of heir apparent last year. It comes as part of a larger pla
North America | United States | History

The 1999 U.S. women’s national team: Instant icons, lasting legends

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Twenty years ago, Brandi Chastain's penalty kick rippled the back of the net and changed the world. Chastain's memorable jersey celebration to mark the U.S.'s victory over China in front of a record crowd for a global women's sporting event has become as iconic as the '99 World Cup finale itself. Riding momentum from the tournament, members of the USWNT logged a number of firsts: They established the first professional women's soccer league, negotiated the first collective bargaining agreement, made soccer a viable career for women. We spoke to 18 players from that historic squad. For them,
South Asia | Australia | Business

50 years after Australia’s historic ‘equal pay’ decision, the legacy of ‘women’s work’ remain

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June 19, 2019 is the 50th anniversary of Australia’s industrial relations system endorsing the principle of “equal pay for equal work”. Yet, five decades on, a gender pay gap remains. The 1969 decision was a breakthrough, but also highlighted the problem of putting principle into practice, given a legacy of past decisions being based on clear notions of “male” and “female” jobs. While various factors contribute to the overall gender pay gap, about 30% is due to gender concentrations by industry and occupation.
North America | United States | History

The black women who did NASA’s math used to be hidden. Now the street in front of its headquarters is named for them

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For decades, the contributions of the black, female mathematicians who helped get NASA astronauts into space stayed essentially hidden. Not anymore. Now, you'll be reminded of what the women did even before you pull into NASA headquarters. That's because the street on which the building sits has been renamed Hidden Figures Way. The new name honors the work of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, the so-called "human computers" who did the complex calculations that made space travel possible.
Europe | Scotland | History

Dale Greig, Early Women’s Marathoner, Is Dead at 82

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Dale Greig had been a champion cross-country runner in Scotland when she decided to run the Isle of Wight Marathon in 1964. It was a bold decision. Not only was it her first marathon; she was also entering what had been an exclusively male preserve. Women were all but excluded from running the 26-mile 385-yard race because the track authorities believed that they were too weak to endure it. There would be no women’s Olympic marathon until 1984. Race organizers on the Isle of Wight were sympathetic enough to let Greig (pronounced GREG) run. But they required her to start four minutes bef
International | History

Celebrating Mien Van Bree, the brilliant and brave pioneer of women’s cycling

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Armitstead, Victoria Pendleton, Laura Trott, Dani King, Emma Pooley, Becky James, Rowsell have all inspired ordinary women to get on their bikes and ride. And though the overwhelming majority of 5,000 women who responded to the survey say they are primarily motivated to ride for health, fitness, fun and enjoyment, over a third are motivated by the desire to participate competitively. But who inspired today’s professional cyclists? And who are the forgotten heroines who built the foundations for the popularity the sport enjoys today? There is a hidden history of extraordinary women,
North America | United States | History

The Real-Life Gidget Reflects on Women in Surf History

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Think back on the popular image of surfing during the post-World War II years when the sport took off in Malibu, Calif., and the surfers you picture are likely to be male. And that image is, in part, correct. While Hawaiians have told stories about women catching waves alongside men in perfect harmony for centuries, surfing in the continental U.S. started out as a boys’ club. But that doesn’t mean women aren’t part of the early history of American and international surfing, as these vintage photos clearly show. And on International Surfing Day, which falls on Monday, it’s worth remembe
Europe | Iceland | Activism

Iceland celebrates Women’s Rights Day today!

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19 June is Women’s Day in Iceland. The date marks the day 101 years ago when Icelandic women were first given the right to vote. Iceland took its first step into real suffrage for women on 19 June 1915, when women aged forty and over were given the right to vote in general elections and stand for public office for the first time. Ever since then, 19 June has been known as ‘Women’s Rights Day’ in Iceland. Many women will be wearing something pink today to mark the occasion.
North America | United States | History

Meet The ‘Rocket Girls,’ The Women Who Charted The Course To Space

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In the 1940s, an elite team of mathematicians and scientists started working on a project that would carry the U.S. into space, then on to the moon and Mars. They would eventually become NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (or JPL), but here's what made them so unusual: Many of the people who charted the course to space exploration were women. Nathalia Holt tells their story in her new book, Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars. Holt tells NPR's Ari Shapiro that the women worked as "computers."
International | History

Global Catholic Network founder Mother Angelica has died

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Mother Mary Angelica, a folksy Roman Catholic nun who used a monastery garage to begin a television ministry that grew into a global religious media empire, has died. She was 92. Known to millions of viewers simply as "Mother Angelica," the founder of the Eternal Word Television Network died Easter Sunday at the rural monastery where she lived about 45 miles north of Birmingham, according to EWTN Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael P. Warsaw. With only $200, the nun began broadcasting a religious talk show from a TV studio put together in the monastery garage in suburban Birming
International | History

5 women inventors you can thank for making your life so much easier

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We live in a cushy and convenient world full of big and small innovations that mean we can spend an entire weekend in bed rather than actually doing something with our lives. But somebody had to make it all possible, and not all great inventors are men in white lab coats hiding behind curtains. Here are are just a few of the women inventors you can thank for making your life a little easier. Amalie Auguste Melitta Bentz (January 1873 – June 1950) Bette Nesmith Graham (March 1924 – May 1980, Dallas, TX) Marjorie Joyner (October 1896 – December 1994) Mary Anderson (1866-1953) Ma
North America | United States | History

Feminist pioneer Claire Kirkland dies at 91

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Claire Kirkland, the first woman elected to Quebec’s legislature and a pioneer in the women’s movement, has died at the age of 91. The McGill University law graduate became a Liberal member of the then-legislative assembly in 1961 and went on to achieve other noteworthy feats, including being the first female Quebec cabinet minister. She held various portfolios, including transport, communications, cultural affairs, tourism, hunting and fishing before quitting politics in 1973. Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard announced Friday that Kirkland will be given special honours during he

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