Women's History

Featuring 100 original portraits by renowned Jewish female artists from around the world. Embark on a journey to discover the stories of daring Jewish women, past and present, who triumphed over darkness and went on to create a brighter world.

Working in the European theater, China and Washington, D.C., Betty MacDonald, Zuzka Lauwers, Jane Smith-Hutton and Marlene Dietrich, contributed to one of the most covert and successful military campaigns in World War II.

When Shirin Bayat bumps into Kian at a party in London, she is taken aback by the feelings that resurface. It’s been a decade since they were close friends at school, ever since, Shirin has lived with the weight of things left unsaid between them.

In 1940s and 50s America where polio is as dreaded as the atomic bomb, Dr. Dorothy Horstmann, as the world’s best minds race against each other to find a vaccine, must decide what is forgivable, and how much should be sacrificed, in pursuit of the cure.

Three women--Anna, the ex-wife of the charming, tech wunderkind Jake Sarnoff; Samanta, Jake's college girlfriend; and Jessica, Jake's much younger new wife--find their lives entangled as long-held secrets are forced to the surface.

A historical graphic novel inspired by the life of Harlem's legendary mobster, Stephanie Saint-Clair.

Documents the true stories of three pioneering women who defied Victorian-era boundaries to become the first women doctors, discussing how they banded together to support each other and advocate for women’s health in a male-dominated field.

A professor of Egyptology at UCLA explores the lives of the queens of Egypt, including Hatshepsut, Nefertiti and Cleopatra who transcended traditional patriarchal obstacles and describes what the modern world can learn from example.

An account of the 1920 ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted voting rights to women traces the culmination of seven decades of legal battles and cites the pivotal contributions of famous suffragists and political leaders.

Required to have a college education, speak two languages, and possess the political savvy of a Foreign Service officer, a jet-age stewardess serving on Pan Am between 1966 and 1975 also had to be between 5'3" and 5'9", and between 105 and 140 pounds.