Andrea Gibson, Colorado’s poet laureate, an activist and an author, died July 14 after a battle with ovarian cancer. Here's what to know about them.

Celebrated poet Andrea Gibson has died at the age of 49 after a nearly four-year-long battle with terminal ovarian cancer, their wife, Megan Falley, announced on social media. Famous for their spoken ...

"Though Andrea desperately wished to have lived a longer life, they could not have possibly lived a fuller one," Gibson's ...

Arts Club, Sohaila Kapur, Anuradha Dar, and Anuradha Kapur make theatre on their own terms. ‘Our audiences respond to that ...

Come See Me in the Good Light,” a documentary film made by the poet and their wife dealing with Gibson’s cancer diagnosis in ...

Marianna Marlowe’s "Portrait of a Feminist" isn’t your typical feminist memoir. It doesn’t shout its message or come armed with statistics and slogans. Instead, it invites you into the quiet, powerful ...

P. Janaki's inspiring journey from poverty to poetry showcases the transformative power of education and second chances.

Gender roles are rapidly changing, though, and both men and women are being encouraged to develop a full range of emotional and social skills. Women have indeed come a very, very long way. In the US, ...

Prohibition aimed to curb male violence. Instead, it gave rise to female bootleggers, policy advocates, and a cultural shift ...

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More women who step away from influential, high-power positions for other pursuits — for motherhood or entrepreneurship, for ...

After two people added the name of author J.K. Rowling to the piece and another embroidered a line of stitches through both ...