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Obsessed with comics from a young age, she was a pioneer in a male-dominated field and later documented the contributions of other women.

Though both documentaries follow programs for rising high school seniors, their differences speak volumes about the challenges the participants face.

Balancing confidence with broad smiles, the high school students in this documentary understand that camaraderie goes hand in hand with political ambition.

In “My Black Country,” the musician and author who cracked a Nashville color barrier is telling her story — and hearing her songs reimagined.

The pop superstar teased a move to country, then tackled so much more. Three critics and a reporter explore her new album’s inspirations, sounds and stakes.

An inaugural digital exhibition, “Becoming Visible,” traces the paths of five notable women whose stories have been largely erased.

The Oscar best picture hopefuls “Barbie” and “Poor Things” look nothing alike, but their central characters go on similar journeys.

Interest in the book of hours has being growing steadily, thanks to the volumes’ sumptuous illustrations, and the rich insights they provide on life in the Middle Ages.

At opening night of the pop star’s Guts World Tour, her devotees wore lavender and screamed their hearts out.

The opening night of the pop star’s Guts World Tour had sparkle and abandon, but making her songs feel big didn’t require much besides the songs themselves.

Her single “Texas Hold ’Em” debuted atop the country airplay chart after its release during the Super Bowl.

The “Aya” series explores the pains and pleasures of everyday life in a working-class neighborhood in West Africa.

Young women brought the drama, Jay-Z surprised with a barbed speech and heroes long absent from the show’s stage made welcome returns at the 66th annual awards.

Taylor Swift and SZA could make history at the 66th annual awards on Sunday night, where young women dominate the nominations, and revered older artists will take the stage.

A new novel about Thomas Mann’s longstanding American translator portrays a woman ahead of her time and, despite her shortcomings, important to leading Mann to a Nobel Prize.

The Annenberg Inclusion Initiative’s latest report finds that women’s involvement in the biggest hits of 2023 was greatly improved over previous years.

“I’m not going to go into this aging process silently or happily,” said the artist, who is emerging from a creative slump with electrifying new work.

In the late 1940s, she was the only woman working on radio documentaries for CBS’s Edward R. Murrow. In Los Angeles, she was a pioneering newscaster and anchor.

After years of fighting to win parity and recognition for women in theater, Julia Jordan said: “Everybody gets produced now. There’s much more competition. In a good way.”

She got her start on Broadway at 15. But after finding a dearth of roles for Black women, she ultimately turned to one-woman shows that addressed racism and sexism.

The “Color Purple” star talks candidly about her battles to get cast and paid her worth. Even as an Oscar-nominated veteran, she had to audition for her new film.

From the pop supernova Olivia Rodrigo to a memoirist whose long-held ballet aspirations stalled at the barre, young women gave voice to their longing this year in memorable ways.

Albena Danailova, a violinist who became the orchestra’s first female concertmaster, is a leader and intermediary who helps preserve a signature sound.

In books and magazine articles, she uncovered the forgotten story of the actresses and screenwriters who helped create the film industry.