Women

The pandemic was hard on working women, but they've come roaring back into the labor force. The share of working-age women who have jobs or want one hit an all-time high in June.

On June 18, 1983, she made history aboard the space shuttle. America's first woman in space had joined NASA after responding to a newspaper ad. "I knew that's what I wanted to do," she said.

A new Pew Research Center report finds that in opposite-sex marriages in the U.S., women's financial contributions have grown, but they're still doing a larger share of housework and caregiving.

A new study finds that women are excelling in the book business. Yet, they still lag in other creative industries. We search for an explanation why.

COVID-19 greatly impacted female entrepreneurship, but the number of women-owned businesses now exceeds pre-pandemic levels.

'Tejanas at the Alamo: Conduits of Remembrance' is a new exhibit curated by the Mexican American Museum of Texas and the Dallas Historical Society. It seeks to share the lives of the Tejana Alamo survivors and celebrate their significant role in Texas history.

March 14 is Equal Pay Day, highlighting the gap between men’s and women’s earnings. Nationally, women average $0.77 for every $1 white men earn.

Watch this episode of the KERA video series "The Shape of Texas" exploring the architecture of Little Chapel in the Woods, a small yet stunning building on the Texas Woman's University campus.

From board composition to decision making, women leaders of color across the country are calling for institutional change.

Age bias is culturally embedded across regions and socioeconomic groups. It rears its head in the workplace, in media representations and beauty "standards," and can be subtle — even unconscious — or overt.