But as you’ve written and spoken about, it was common in the 19th century to experiment on enslaved Black women. He wasn’t unique in this. So I really wrote the book to be more inclusive.

Understanding how New York’s abortion laws functioned in the 19th century creates a new perspective on abortion bans in 2024. They, too, are far more of a weapon of class warfare than a war on ...

More than a 19th-century actress, Binodini Dasi was a woman who dared to write her life in ink, on her own terms. Her memoir ...

Throughout the 19th Century, it locked up women it suspected of soliciting students or dons in the Spinning House. No evidence was needed, no fair trial was offered and sentencing was arbitrary.

The 19th Amendment was a key step for women's rights in the U.S. Women won the right to vote more than a century ago, but access to the ballot has never been equal.

None would be punished for breaking it in the 19th century. After all, women took care of their private matters privately. ... Poor dear. Or, It could have been any of us.

In the early decades of the 19th century, evangelicals by and large were postmillennialists — that is, they believed that Jesus would return after the faithful had reformed society according to ...

One such thread is the surprisingly large number of young women incarcerated in the latter half of the 19th century. Women hadn’t been a real presence in the jails of early Berkshire, but ...

Explore the significant contributions and enduring impact of 19th-century female entrepreneurs in shaping today's business world.