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Tracie Hall, who is the first Black woman to head the American Library Association, has been named one of Time's 100 most influential people.

In Persuasion , mourning and renewal are not separate. Jane Austen (1775–1817) finished this novel during her own last illness and it has a quality of reflection all its own. Anne Elliot, living quietly in the country, has lost people she loves, and a chance at love, but as she moves once again into a broader world—a world of friendship, imagination, and of the wide seas toward the end of the Napoleonic Wars—life begins for her for a second time. This April, when we all will be living wit...

The Untold Truth Of The Women Who Ruled Ancient Egypt By Sarah Crocker/Jan. 28, 2021 4:40 pm EDT When considering the pharaohs of ancient Egypt, who do you imagine? Probably a man, right? Hes wearing a crown of some sort, sporting some nice eyeliner, and generally lording it over everyone as a god on Earth. But, what about the goddesses? Turns out, there were a fair number of women who ruled over ancient Egypt, from its very beginnings to the final dynastic pharaoh on the throne at the time o...