Cristina Roccati graduated from the University of Bologna when few other Italian women earned degrees, and she taught physics ...

Legally, there were few distinctions between married white women and enslaved women and men in 18th-century America.

It’s one of Abigail Adams’s most famous lines. Early in 1776 — not even 12 months after the battles of Lexington and Concord ...

There’s an ick about chinoiserie. A palpable unease gurgles beneath the veneer of politesse and delicate refinement on display in “ Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie ,” The Met’s ...

This hub of American colonial history features cobblestone streets, botanical gardens, theme parks—and a 300-acre living ...

The Museum of Jewish Montreal – former home of the restaurant, bar and icon of Montreal’s golden age of nightlife, Le Lux – ...

The docent then went into the art made by women in 18th century France, including paintings made by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, who was the official artist to Marie Antoinette. The group ...