A 16th-century Florentine noblewoman, Lisa Gherardini was the wife of a successful silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo ...

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 ...

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 ...

Now, nearly a century after her death in 1931, she is the 16th woman recognized on the quarter through the US Mint’s American Women’s Quarter Program, a four-year initiative in partnership ...