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How one photographer shared America’s untold stories

Remembering Jill Freedman — Driven by empathy for victims of injustice, Jill Freedman used her camera to give a voice to the voiceless.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

The unsung photographer of the 20th century

Celebrating Ida Wyman — Uncelebrated for most of her life, Ida Wyman spent decades amassing an extraordinary archive of street photography.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

A grassroots guide to surviving the patriarchy

From the ground up — In the ’70s, the bestselling New Woman’s Survival Catalog drew attention to the power of local activism.

  • Activism
  • Miss Rosen

Fire Starters: the women fighting to be vikings

Huck docs — Fire Starters is a new Huck film that follows two young women as they try to gain access to the all-male fire festival, Up Helly Aa.

  • Film
  • Huck

The highs and lows of starting a union from scratch

‘It’s time to take power back’ — Last year, a number of violence against women workers united to build the sector’s first-ever union. So how much has it helped?

  • Activism
  • Eve Livingston

Spotlighting the forgotten women of photography

Occupy the void — This month, the London Art Fair is celebrating 10 women who blazed a trail for the generations that followed them.

  • Art
  • Hannah Clugston

If Labour wants real change, it should elect a woman leader

Now there’s a radical idea — The PLP’s apparent decision to throw their weight behind a London-based male candidate feels dispiriting, if not surprising. Haven’t we been here before?

  • Opinion
  • Dawn Foster

The woman who transformed photography in the ’30s

Remembering Dora Maar — For decades, Dora Maar was known primarily for being Picasso’s muse and mistress – in fact, she was a revolutionary in her own right.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

The young skateboarder smashing stereotypes in India

Kamali power — For six-year-old Kamali, skateboarding has become a way of creating major positive change – breaking down barriers that have held women back for generations.

  • Film
  • Eva Clifford

The heaven and hell of being a teenage girl, in photos

Re-Visions — In a series of staged images, American photographer Marcia Resnick travelled back in time to recapture her childhood in ’50s New York.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

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