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Hygiene and ritual marked every moment of life for pregnant Aztec women. The tlamatlquiticitl—midwife—offered those in her charge a remarkable 16th-century birthing plan, combining practical ...

A show at the Met offers a feminist revision of Chinoiserie, a decorative style that swept through Europe in the age of ...

A British woman won't give up a 16th-century Italian piece of art that she says her late husband bought in the early '70s—and ...

A Norfolk woman who received a 16th-century stolen masterpiece as a gift has reportedly refused to return it to the museum because her husband 'bought it in good faith'. Barbara De Dozsa claims ...

In the 16th and 17th centuries, people supported capital punishment as it fulfilled their desire for retribution, and also served as a deterrent to others. Women who were said to scold or argue ...

Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive ...