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

On Saturday at the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough annual Revolutionary war Living History Day, a new exhibit was featured ...

“That is how I first discovered the early women of science in the Italian peninsula.” As Findlen eagerly flicked the pages, she stumbled upon Cristina Roccati, an 18th-century trailblazer from ...

Americans should know about coverture not just to understand the obstacles 18th-century women faced or the limits of “revolution” in 1776, but also because coverture has never been fully ...

Great entertainer that he is, the British artist doesn’t inhibit himself by pandering to his audience’s sense of their own sophistication ...

As if splashed onto the wall with a monumental brush, Anne von Freyburg’s installations visualize fabric as gestural, ...

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 ...

As is tradition, she received her first tiara as an 18th birthday gift, and the stunning turquoise piece she debuted in the photos has a ... from "the late 19th century" and originally was owned ...