“Sylvia Plath is one of American literature’s most beloved poets. The Plath Family Papers are an exciting new research resource that will offer previously unavailable views of her writing,” said Michelle Light, director of the Beinecke Race Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.
According to a new poll from American University's Women & Politics Institute, 83 percent of registered voters believe it is important to elect more women. However, there is a lingering resistance to electing a woman president, with some voters believing Kamala Harris' presidential run made it harder for a woman to be president.
Compared to other women, pregnant women face a 37 percent higher risk of dying from gun violence. Between 2018 and 2021, firearms accounted for nearly 80 percent of all homicides of pregnant women. States with high levels of gun ownership experience the highest rates of firearm homicides of pregnant women.
“The study highlights the importance of educating women and health care professionals about menopause-related symptoms and the availability of safe and efficacious therapies, including hormone therapy,” the authors conclude. “Furthermore, it emphasizes the need for strategies to better identify women with bothersome menopause symptoms so that they can be offered the appropriate counseling and care.”
Denmark is the best country to be a woman and Afghanistan is the worst among the 181 countries included in Georgetown University's 2025-2026 Women, Peace, and Security Index. The U.S. currently ranks 31st, up six spots from the 2023-2024 index.
This summer, the department of women's and gender studies and the department of comparative race and ethnic studies at Texas Christian University will close and be merged with the department of English. The university cites low enrollment as the reason for this decision.
A team of researchers from Johns Hopkins University has found Black and Hispanic women are significantly less likely than Asian and White women to have a successful live birth after fertility treatment. Significant disparities in successful fertility outcomes were also found based on women's educational attainment.
Dr. Gilligan, university professor at New York University, has been awarded the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy from the Inamori Foundation in Japan. The prestigious award honors her groundbreaking contributions to feminist thought over the past six decades.
For the first time, charitable giving to organizations dedicated to supporting women and girls surpassed 2 percent of all charitable giving in the United States in 2022. According to the most recent IRS data, philanthropic funding for women's and girls' organizations totaled $11.4 billion in 2023, with nearly one-fifth of those funds directed towards reproductive health.
