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[Image Description: An image of former Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi.] via The Quint

Let’s look at female Presidential leadership in the United States vs everywhere else in the world

Safa Shoaib
Woman in white dress with red trim next to a drawing of a pandemic doctor with a beak mask

Historically accurate Halloween costumes to wow any Zoom party this year

Olivia McCormack
Richard Rothwell's portrait of Mary Shelley, depicting the woman facing the viewer. The woman wears an off the shoulder top and has dark hair and pale skin.

Remembering Mary Shelley, the goth icon of the Romantic era

Helena Ong
A girl in a dark room posing with a glowing jack-o-lantern.

Do you know how pumpkins became the jack-o-lanterns we know and love?

Tatayana Allen
[Image Description: A portrait of Nur Jahan.] via Cultural India

Nur Jahan, the twentieth wife: the Empress who stole her husband’s thunder

Safa Shoaib
A woman laying down with a bundle of grapes in her hands with apples and pears laying beside her.

Did women in Ancient Greece have a skincare routine?

Tatayana Allen
Patsy Mink stands at a podium to announce the creation of the Congressional Asian American Pacific Congress. Behind her, from left to right, stands Representatives Don Edwards and Norman Mineta, House Delegate Robert Underwood, Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Neil Abercrombie.

Remembering Patsy Mink, a trailblazer in Asian American politics

Helena Ong

The evolution of Halloween costumes: how did we go from eerie spirits to Wonder Woman?

Safa Shoaib
A 19th century illustration of the 1571 naval Battle of Lepanto.

This Avengers-worthy 16th century battle made October into the month of the rosary

Helena Ong
This is a drawing of a court scene from the Salem Witch Trials. A woman wearing a black and white dress is standing on a stand in the middle of the court in handcuffs and is surrounded by spectators.

I Googled the Salem Witch Trials so you don’t have to – and they are hella confusing

Tatayana Allen
A suffragette meeting in Caxton Hall, Manchester England. Banners showing the WSPU slogan "Deeds Not Words" hang above.

Civil disobedience in a corset: the hard truth behind England’s suffragettes

Helena Ong
Chinese poster of Chairman Mao and other national leaders at a moon festival gathering, outside under trees and lanterns.

What is the Mid-Autumn Festival happening around the world and when was it first celebrated?

Helena Ong