In February 1861, the Pinkerton agent, posing as the disguised president-elect’s sister and caregiver, safely escorted him to Baltimore

The right to vote, insisted some women, would undermine their efforts to promote the public good.

“Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature,” at the Victoria and Albert Museum, explores the art and stories behind Potter’s world-famous creations, such as "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," as well as her lesser-known achievements as a sheep breeder and a scientific illustrator of fungi and beetles.

A single reference in the historical record has spawned an array of adaptations, most of which overstate the anonymous figure’s role in the Culper Spy Ring.

The Underground Railroad conductor’s understanding of botany, wildlife biology, geography and astronomy allowed her to guide herself and others to safety.

Film censorship sparked the beloved cartoon character’s mid-1930s makeover

An exhibition on view at the Detroit Institute of Arts focuses on Italian women artists who held their own in the male-dominated art world.

How 16-year-old Emma Tenayuca made her way to the frontlines of labor activism.

The week after the Civil War broke out in April 1861, Barton began nursing Union soldiers at an improvised camp inside the U.S. Capitol in the Senate chamber, and soon took her skills to the front lines. Barton also worked to improve the fortunes of formerly enslaved people, drafting them as nurses in battlefield hospitals and teaching them to read.

Joan Mitchell (1925-1992) was a star of the Abstract Expressionist movement, a peer of Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. But she was also an athlete—a champion figure skater—and that athleticism translated to her art.

How a team of fearless American women overcame medical skepticism to stop whooping cough, a vicious infectious disease, and save countless lives.

In 1963, the civil rights leader shoved aside a guardsmen’s bayonet with disgust and defiance; photography preserved the charged moment.