The Herald-Leader is celebrating Lexington’s 250th birthday by revisiting key moments in the city’s vibrant history, ...

100 years ago British women finally won the right to vote.* The incredible work of the suffragettes – ordinary women who stopped at nothing to get their voices heard – paved the way for a century of ...

As we celebrate 100 years of women’s suffrage we take a look at the lesser known women of the suffragette movement. While the Pankhursts and Emily Wilding Davison became household names, there ...

With fewer freedoms and rights than men, in 1900 women were second-class citizens in Britain. Hundreds of thousands of supporters held meetings and signed petitions. However, some women believed ...

A petition signed by 25 Irish women demanding women's right to vote was presented to parliament in London in 1866 by John Stuart Mill As the North of Ireland was known for its radical politics, it ...

Headline performer Wynonna Judd wasn't the only woman who received a standing ovation or sang a multi-platinum chart-topping song on country radio at Wednesday evening's 10th-anniversary event ...