Duckworth has acquired What Ails Her?: A History of Women’s Health by historian and content creator Mina Moriarty. Editorial ...
She fought to give women the right to divorce and campaigned on behalf of children born out of wedlock. But in late 18th century France, her radical thinking proved too much for her contemporaries in ...
Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the ...
Olympe de Gouges is a name you might remember from your history classes as another casualty of the French Revolution’s bloody Reign of Terror. It’s names like ...
In 1950, James Baldwin and his lover, the painter Lucien Happersberger, set out from Paris for the mountains of Switzerland, where Baldwin, then around 25, hoped to climb his way out of a creative ...
Olympe de Gouges pursued her literary career with new publications: plays, novels and essays. She confirmed her commitment to denouncing slavery by publishing her Réflexions sur les hommes nègres ...
TAKING DECISIVE ACTION GLOBALLY TO PROTECT AMERICANS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order suspending duty-free de minimis treatment for low-value shipments, closing the ...
Section 1. Background. In Executive Order 14193 of February 1, 2025 (Imposing Duties To Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border), I declared a national emergency regarding the ...
On Friday, the La Chapelle district welcomed the first of 10 sculptures displayed during the opening spectacle of the 2024 Summer Games in the French capital, representing pioneering French women from ...
Women in France secured the right to vote on 21 April 1944 through a wartime decree issued by the provisional government under General de Gaulle. "Women are voters and eligible [for election] under ...
Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The writer is emeritus professor of history at San Diego State University and author of ‘Fearless Women: Feminist ...