Tam Gray
Fifth Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Was a Woman
Bertha von Suttner went to work at once on a novel whose heroine suffers all the horrors of war; the wars involved were those of the author's own day on which she did careful research. The effect of Die Waffen nieder [Lay Down Your Arms], published late in 1889, was consequently so real and the implied indictment of militarism so telling that the impact made on the reading public was tremendous. more »
Women in the Stars
We have highlighted exceptional women whose contributions to the advancement of science deserve to transcend anonymity and occupy a place in history. We have tried to give visibility and to value the contributions of women astronomers from different epochs and countries. more »
Herta Muller, Partial Text of Two Novels and Nobel Facts
Herta Müller, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed" joins the 11 women who have won the prize previously more »
Do Those High Heels Really Mean Future Pain?
National data reveal that foot and toe symptoms are among the top 20 reasons for physician office visits among patients ages 65-74 years more »
