If you’re running low on your quarter stash, now might be the coolest time to head to the bank to stock up. As announced by the U.S. Mint last fall, five pioneering American women will appear on the ...

ALBANY, N.Y (NEWS10) – A group of women in Guatemala have been passing down the tradition of weaving for more than two thousand years. It’s a tradition Mayan Hands, a nonprofit in Albany, is on a ...

Archaeologists working in Guatemala have unearthed a monument with the earliest known depiction of a woman of authority in ancient Mayan culture, the Canadian leader of the research team said Monday.

Barefoot and draped in the colorful embroidery of traditional Maya huipil garb, 20-year-old Sitlali Yovana Poot Dzib steps up to the plate, wiggling her bat overhead as she faces the pitch. The field ...

Many anthropologists have studied the culture of the Maya, Mexico’s indigenous people. Crystal Sheedy ’08 is one of the first women to do it in the ancient Maya language. In doing so, she found that ...

The coin honoring the late poet and civil rights activist went into circulation Monday and pays tribute to her 1970 autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou is making history once ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

In her book Talking Back, Feminist Thinking, Black Thinking, bell hooks talks about how often ‘feminist women (many of whom are white) say they want to hear women who until now haven’t had a voice, ...

Barefoot and draped in the colorful embroidery of traditional Maya huipil garb, 20-year-old Sitlali Yovana Poot Dzib steps up to the plate, wiggling her bat overhead as she faces the pitch. The field ...

The US Mint has begun rolling out quarters featuring iconic African American poet and activist Dr. Maya Angelou, marking the first time a black woman has appeared on the coin. “Each time we redesign ...

Maya Angelou and Anna May Wong are among the women featured on quarters in 2022. Americans will soon be seeing the face of the late Maya Angelou on U.S. quarters. On Monday, the United States Mint ...