In 1976, a woman from Roanoke, Virginia, named Rhoda received a prescription for two drugs: estrogen and progestin. Twelve months later, a local reporter noted Rhoda’s surprisingly soft skin and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Enforcement of binary gender norms has led to unwanted medical interventions on intersex and cisgender children. Javier Valenzuela ...

But while the idea that gender isn’t binary (i.e. there’s more than just men and women out there) may seem new to many people, gender non-conformity isn’t a 21st-century creation. Examples of people ...

Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, Vol. 87, No. 3, SPECIAL ISSUE: WOMEN'S AND GENDER HISTORY IN PENNSYLVANIA, PART 1 (Summer 2020), pp. 449-453 ...

Gender roles are stereotypes regarding attitudes, attributes, and actions imposed on men and women based on gender. These kinds of preconceptions are usually harmful to society — yet, understanding ...

In the spring of 2007, the Organization of American Historians (the nation’s premier body of professional historians, teachers, and public advocates of U.S. history) asked me to take a look at what ...

Pronouns are small but controversial words, especially regarding gender identity. Myles explores the history of gender pronouns and asks: why do they matter? This video was co-produced with Peer ...

The story of a young visionary who cast off gender and started a successful American movement for freedom, tolerance, and love. At age 18, Jemima Wilkinson dedicated herself to religion. Born in 1752, ...

Life courses and gender roles -- Marriage and family -- Sex, body, and medicine -- Labor, profession, and everyday life -- Religions -- Arts, literature, and education -- Five women to remember "Women ...