In 1978, Ride and five other women became the first group of female astronauts in the U.S. A new book by a longtime curator ...

Historian Valerie Neal reveals how women astronauts transformed NASA and redefined what it means to explore space.

Nichelle Nichols ' life has moved at the kind of warp speed her " Star Trek " character Lt. Nyota Uhura took for granted.

Martha Layne Collins, who as the only woman to serve as governor of Kentucky revolutionized the state’s economy by landing Toyota Motor Manufacturing, died at 3 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, in Lexington.

As a life-long consumer of newspapers, I have read many odd headlines. “Three Mice Make Radiation Ride in Model Man-in-Space Cabin,” from the Oct. 13, 1960 front page of The Marietta Times is a great ...

Balboa Park's San Diego History Center will officially launch its Center for Women’s History Thursday, a new hub that will ...

Meeting social activist Martin Luther King, Jr. convinced her otherwise — and their fateful encounter happened not a moment ...

Stacker compiled a list highlighting 28 LGBTQ+ people who made a mark on history, referencing articles, personal letters, and books.

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