When I was a small child, my mother often brought me along when she taught physical education at a small women’s college, run by nuns who were happy to have a young married woman to handle fencing ...

In the early 20th century, most Western women still bound their cores in corsets. Not so with Annette Kellerman, the record-setting Australian swimmer who told a crowd of New York City socialites in ...

BRAINERD — Mya Tautges is guaranteed to walk on the podium Saturday, Nov. 16. The Brainerd Warrior senior qualified for the championship heat of the Class 2A State swimming finals in all four of her ...

Esther Williams stood on a tiny platform six stories above an MGM Studios pool. Wearing a gold sequined bodysuit and crown to match, she shimmered like a Technicolor Venus. Moments later, as she ...

Cross-Stitch author Barrera blends memoir and biography to deliver a unique portrait of Mexican author Elena Garro (1916–1988), who helped pioneer magical realism. Garro married Continue reading » The ...