3 Astronauts Walk Into NPR ...
The women plus NASA's chief scientist came to talk space exploration, women in STEM, and common misconceptions. Oh, and which foods they wished they had in space.
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Mother And Child Behind Bars: The Women Of Afghanistan's Prisons
In Afghanistan, a woman who has premarital sex or cheats on her husband can be charged with moral crimes and imprisoned. Many of these women serve their time with their children by their side.
Nation's Only All-Women MBA Program To Close
Simmons College in Boston has announced it will transition its brick-and-mortar program to an online-only degree for women and men.
2 Women Are Graduating From Army Ranger School — What Does It Mean?
What did they do? How did they do it? Where do they go from here?
Women, There's A Reason Why You're Shivering In The Office
Air conditioning standards are based on the needs of a 155-pound man. Researchers say it's time to admit that women don't need to be chilled as much and crank up the thermostat.
School-Lunch Program Provides Unexpected Benefits For Rural Indian Women
A simple job as a cook at a school can help women in Northern India make big changes in their lives — including escaping domestic violence. For Saroj, it freed her from decades of abuse.
Jeb Bush And Florida's 'Scarlet Letter Law,' Explained
While Jeb Bush was governor, Florida had a law requiring some women to list their sexual encounters in the newspaper. What's the controversy all about, and what did Bush have to do with it, exactly?
From Harpies To Heroines: How Shakespeare's Women Evolved
In her new book Women of Will, Tina Packer traces Shakespeare's maturation — and, she argues, the corresponding transformation of his female characters from caricatures to fully-realized humans.
Sex Discrimination Trial Puts Silicon Valley Under The Microscope
Ellen Pao was vying to be one of the few women at the top of the venture capital world. Then she was fired. Now she's suing, in an industry where women often say they are sidelined and passed over.
Women's Work Is Never Done On The Farm, And Sometimes Never Counted
The percentage of female farmers is climbing — slowly, according to federal figures. But those numbers don't take into account the many new roles women are filling on multigenerational family farms.