10+ Best Articles on Women
The most useful articles on women from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Women Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on women by Refind users in 2023.
Videos
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Reshma Saujani Smith College Commencement Speech 2023
Imposter syndrome is not your problem to solve.
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The Past and Present of Writing Women Out of Scientific History
The film Oppenheimer is approaching a worldwide gross of $1 billion, making it the highest-grossing biographical film on record. It’s a tragic irony that the scientific genius in whose shadow Oppen…
‘We’re sedating women with self-care’: how we became obsessed with wellness
The industry claims to offer answers for all our stress and symptoms – but we ‘still lack the fundamentals of wellbeing’. How did this happen?
How the women’s movement transformed society
Three recent books explore the contours of the second-wave feminist movement, from titan Betty Friedan to the editors and readers of Ms. Magazine.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on women—all under 10 minutes.
What Is Emotional Labor, and Why Does It Matter?
A new book explains how devaluing emotional labor—disproportionately done by women and other disadvantaged groups—perpetuates inequality.
Emmy Noether: the woman who developed one of the most beautiful theorems in physics
Emmy Noether revolutionized our understanding of the universe by linking the concept of symmetry to the fundamental laws that conserve quantities like energy and momentum.
The Fugitive Princesses of Dubai
As the emirate’s ruler espoused gender equality, four royal women staked their lives on escaping his control.
Females on average perform better than males on a 'theory of mind' test across 57 countries
Females, on average, are better than males at putting themselves in others' shoes and imagining what the other person is thinking or feeling, suggests a new study of over 300,000 people in 57…
«putting ourselves in other people's shoes, to imagine another person's thoughts and feelings. This is known as "»
How Successful Women Sustain Career Momentum
The authors, executive coaches for women leaders, wanted to understand why some women are able to sustain and maintain career momentum, despite the systemic, structural problems women — and especially…
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on women.
The Problematic Myth of Florence Nightingale
“No matter whether this treatment is carried out by sorcerers, priests, doctors, or old women, we find examples of the historic ancestry of modern nursing and the earliest forms of the art.” –Lavin…
Why Are (White) Men So Unambitious?
“Men don’t need ambition. They have privilege. They rise unless they work hard at sucking.”
Why women really don’t get to host late-night TV
Salon talks to former hosts who recall less resources and higher stakes. Executives expose the real problems with how legacy shows are built around men
What would the economy look like if it worked for women?
A research team asked women of all backgrounds across the nation what an economy built to work for women should look like.
Gabrielle Suchon, Philosopher Queen of the Amazons
A notable and noteworthy exception is Gabrielle Suchon. Without any support of this kind, Suchon found a way to research, write, and publish works of rich philosophical argument that received…
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