The story of a remarkable Indian woman who struggled with the bonds of tradition and finally broke them in old age, told by her granddaughter.

In 2011, why are there fewer than 20 female heads of state around the world? A former President, a Supreme Court justice and other women leaders reflect on the battles they’ve won on the way to the top of their fields, and just how far there still is to go.

Typically, we think of the Middle Ages as a time that offered women very few options, but you might be surprised by some of the accomplishments of medieval women.

Stupak, the Hyde Amendment, and religion. We take a look at some of the threats to abortion access, more than thirty-five years after Roe V. Wade legalized a woman’s right to have an abortion.

We take a look on why domestic violence is a growing problem within the Hispanic community. * THIS PIECE IS IN SPANISH

When Re:sound host, Gwen Macsai was fourteen, the incredible female race-horse, Ruffian, ran straight into her heart and left a permanent impression.

When Helen Vendler was only 13, the future poetry critic and Harvard professor memorized several of Emily Dickinson’s more famous poems. They’ve stayed with her over the years, and today, she talks with ThoughtCast’s Jenny Attiyeh about one poem in particular that’s haunted her all this time. It’s called "I cannot live with You-".

According to Vendler, whose authoritative "Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries" has recently been published, it’s a heartbreaking poem of an unresolvable dilemma, and ensuing despair.

Inuit throat singers, Lydia Etok and Nina Segalowitz, talk about what it means to continue practice of their ancient cultural tradition, throat singing.

Women scientists, past and present. Breaking through the glass ceiling can be tough, especially when you are a woman in a traditionally male-dominated field.

Entering her 19th year as a truck driver, Debbie Seelow is no burly man, but rather a self-described "grandma who loves to knit and crochet." That is, when she's not hauling freight on her 18-wheeler.

Vaudeville entertainer Flossie Turner Lewis reflects on her life, including working with the family act in the minstrel show circuit and finally getting an education.

It turns out, gender is not all that simple at an all-women's college.

A new cheerleading squad at one of the country's pre-eminent women's colleges -- alma mater of Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan -- is raising eyebrows with its short skirts and perky attitudes.

USA is one of the only countries in the world that doesn't offer paid parental leave.

A documentary poem about DJ Guerin, who’s 32, with 7 kids.

A Chicana, African American and Romanian talk about their breast cancer.

Dee Dickson remembers trying to get a job as a shipyard electrician in the 1970s.

Four young Moroccan female soccer players step outside their borders and expectations to come to Oak Brook, Illinois for a women's soccer leadership camp.

Gun violence in Brazil has turned major cities like Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo into war zones. For young people who live in the slums - or favelas - crime offers an escape from a life of crushing poverty. But an organization in Rio de Janeiro is trying to turn kids away from guns and gangs. We bring you a story about how young women in Rio’s slums are fighting for a better future – and breaking down barriers at the same time.

One of the few Beat-era women writers reads her work.

Folk song based on "Hush, Little Baby" without the hushing.