About 36 years ago, Douglas Wilder made history as the first African American elected governor in the United States when he took office in Virginia. Serving from 1990 to 1994, Wilder’s victory was a ...

A Lutheran pastor inspired in her youth by a Catholic priest and nuns is set to become the first female presiding bishop of the Kenya Evangelical ...

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivered the Democratic response to President Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday night as the party attempts to counter the president's message.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex listened intently as teenage evacuees from Gaza described how their lives had been shattered by war. Prince Harry and Meghan appeared emotional during their visit to the ...

America’s 250-year history features prominent men who built and shaped the nation. But less is known about the women whose ...

President Donald Trump took the podium on Tuesday for his first official State of the Union address of his second term, touting the nation's economy and calling America "the hotte ...

In the 1970s, the agency that provides health care to Native Americans sterilized thousands of women without their full and ...

Minnesota has zero convictions for female genital mutilation despite hundreds of thousands at risk nationwide and the state's ...

In her new book, the CBS News journalist highlights women who pushed America to live up to its founding promises of liberty, equality, and the pursuit of happiness for all.

A recently sworn-in Asheville Police officer has been arrested and charged with Assault on a Female following an ...

Rosa Oyoo, Ida Odinga’s mother and the late Raila Odinga’s mother-in-law, is recognized as the first African woman to be ...