Leigh Behrens

It was as students in a 1987 Columbia University Law School civil rights class that the idea came to Caroline Kennedy and Ellen Alderman. ''We were struck by the stories...

It starts with forts, those boyhood bastions of male exclusivity. Eventually it evolves into sports-trophy-laden studies, basements and even retreat rooms claimed from garage space. Men`s dens-private male spaces-are where...

Now there`s a way for parents to keep in touch with their out-of-sight offspring. Kid Konnection, a new paging system, is the brainchild of Leslie Gilmore, 25, an Aurora, Colo.,...

The next leader of the Church of England believes the church should lift its ban on women priests. ''The idea that only a male can represent Christ at the altar...

Cultivating a measure of mirth in the workplace is more than merely amusing. In fact, says the March issue of Working Woman magazine, infusing your on-the-job persona with levity can...

Scientists working on the Magellan space probe mission mapping the surface of Venus are seeking the names of women of accomplishment to assign to craters and other surface features on...

Good news for women plagued by vaginal yeast infections. The Food and Drug Administration has approved over-the-counter-sales of two of the drugs most often prescribed to combat the condition. In...

When she took the reins of the Illinois Film Office, Suzy Kellett set her sights high: ''My goal was to make Illinois a household world (in the film industry). Kind...

Women and men are dialing different frequencies when it comes to radio listening. Generally, the former prefer AM specialty and FM easy listening, contemporary hits, urban contemporary, and urban dance...

Mary McGarry Morris is used to people qualifying their praise of her work. ''I understand that,'' the author says. ''Certainly when you write about pain, that (reluctance to rhapsodise) is...