From tough love to unwavering enthusiasm, a look at some notable relationships throughout history between female artists and their protégées.

Reed made several discoveries in genetics and dedicated her career toward supporting women scientists. Yet she herself fell into obscurity.

Iten, a small town in the Great Rift Valley, became the long-distance-running capital of the world. Then, within a span of six months, two élite athletes were found dead.

The first Black woman to serve as chief economist at the Labor Department advanced the idea that helping Black women — through measures like raising wages in care professions and canceling more student debt — is the best way to construct an economy that functions better for everyone.

The Sports Bra in Portland, Ore., is a rarity dedicated exclusively to women’s sports. The latest highlight was the N.C.A.A. women’s basketball final.

Author Kate Fagan writes, "For a men’s team, one World Cup victory earns you immortality; for the women of the U.S., three gets you a shot at stability. To borrow a line from Jay-Z, women’s sports is always trying to reintroduce itself. Or rather, being forced to. But should it?"

Dylan Thomas stayed there. So did Bob Dylan. And Rita Paul, its doyenne, welcomed them all.

What does it look like to thrive in the second half of one’s life? That may depend on whether you’re a man or a woman.

Jessica Grose write, "When we veer toward a focus on the mental health challenges of everyone except straight teenage boys, it’s time to take a step back. Historically, it hasn’t worked out great for women and girls when our emotional lives are treated as a crisis: We’ve been painted as hysterical, even susceptible to demons, and, alternatively, depending on the era, frigid or oversexed."

Turmoil at Chief, a women’s networking organization, raises a long-simmering question: Is amassing power for corporate women a worthy goal in itself?

He turned a run-down tavern into a drag cabaret that became a hub and a fund-raising powerhouse for the L.G.B.T.Q. community as well as a beloved Portland, Ore., institution.