Born into poverty and abandoned by her parents, Andrea Evangelina Rodríguez Perozo rises from a life selling sweets in the street to become the first female Dominican doctor in 1911 ...

Looking for something to do this weekend? Here are a few recommendations from Globe writers and critics, covering music, theater, comedy, museums, family events, and more.

Director Thomas Ostermeier brings a combination of devil-may-care boldness and truth to Duncan Macmillan's witty new ...

The 1920s were a period of great change. Vintage photographs provide a glimpse at what life was like for women throughout the ...

Robert Pattinson plays a space traveler who's repeatedly killed and resurrected in the name of scientific research in this ...

Keri Russell has been involved with a ton of great movies and television shows during her impressive career, starting when ...

On International Women's Day 2024, we look back at influential Greek women who have played crucial roles in Greece's history ...

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Pope Leo IX escapes captivity and returns to Rome. 1144: Gherardo Caccianemici is elected Pope Lucius II. 1496: Jews ...

1 827—The first Black-owned and operated newspaper in America begins publishing. It was Free­dom’s Journal. It published weekly in New York City from 1827 to 1829. Editors John Russwurm and Samuel ...

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The USDA 1890 National Scholars Program, which provides scholarships to students attending HBCUs for agriculture-related studies, has reopened its application process. The program, suspended in ...