The founder of the school being sued said that female students wearing skirts preserves the idea that a woman is a "fragile vessel that men are supposed to take care of and honor."

In May, the share of working-age women between 25 and 54 who are working or looking for work hit 77.6% — an all-time high. That's a big turnaround from the early days of the pandemic, when millions of women lost jobs as restaurants and other in-person businesses were shuttered, and many more dropped out of the job market to look after children or ailing family members.

She was once the fastest woman in the world. So when Tori Bowie was found dead last month at just 32 years old, it rocked the sport of track and field. And now the tragedy of her death is fully known: Bowie was eight months pregnant, and died due to complications from childbirth.

Tupperware once revolutionized women's roles — in the kitchen and the country's economy — and sealed its place in American lore as a synonym for kitchen storage. It popularized party-style sales. Its plasticware is in museums. But now, the company faces financial peril.

Illinois and Wisconsin have followed Minnesota in implementing task forces to look into disparities around violence against Black women and girls.

"I thought these vulnerable women should have a source of income. One of the women has six children, and her husband passed away. There is no other way for her to bring food on the table."

Emily Pilloton-Lam is a builder, educator and lifelong lover of power tools. With a background in architecture, she founded Girls Garage, a nonprofit design and construction school, to equip the next generation of girls and gender-expansive youth with the personal power and technical tools to build the world they want to see.

Study after study over decades has shown that the workplace can impose an unfair weight penalty on women who are seen as overweight or obese.

After 235 days alone at sea, South African Kirsten Neuschafer won what is widely considered the most challenging sailing competition in the world, which requires participants to rely on celestial navigation alone.

“For men, business attire includes a long-sleeved dress shirt, tie, and sport coat worn with trousers and dress shoes or boots,” the guidance says. “For women, business attire includes tailored pantsuits, business-like dresses, coordinated dressy separates worn with or without a blazer, and conservative, closed-toe shoes or boots.”

A new bill proposed in California would address that by creating a public alert system similar to those designed to help find abducted children and older adults who've gone missing.