Women

This International Women's Day, we look back on some of our favorite interviews with influential women.

Expert readers discuss Alice Walker's The Color Purple on this archive episode of the Talk of Iowa book club.

Individuals rely on birth control to treat a host of medical conditions. But birth control has become a hot-button issue, embroiled in political debates. And that worries some patients and providers about future access to the medications.

Amy Adams takes a bite out of motherhood in Nightbitch, the new film adapted from Rachel Yoder’s 2021 debut novel. Here’s how you can see it before it opens nationwide in December.

On this special edition of Talk of Iowa, a taste of the storytelling event, Stories to Tell My Daughter

Women across the U.S. will get a report with their mammogram results that tell them about their breast density assessment thanks to a new federal law that took effect this week.

Julie Moffitt, 57, dreamed of running Western States, a 100-mile race through California's grueling Sierra Nevada Mountains. Almost a decade later, she made it to the finish.

The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that a law that will ban abortion at around six weeks of pregnancy can take effect.

Megan Gustafson and Kate Martin overlapped for one year at the University of Iowa. Now they share the court playing for the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces. The former Iowa players reflect on their Hawkeye roots and leveling up in the professional league.

The overturning of Roe v. Wade and pandemic workforce shakeups have inspired women across the country to strike against gender inequality.