Women and Girls

Opinion | Three Child-Free Women Swap Mothers for a Day

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Opinion | Three Child-Free Women Swap Mothers for a Day

I’m a woman who has never wanted children. For years, the person who had the hardest time accepting that was my mother. Since two of my closest friends also chose a child-free life, I came up with a small experiment: We swapped moms. Each of us sat down for an open conversation not with our … Read more

Blue Origin Flight Takes 6 Women, Including Gayle King and Katy Perry, to Space

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Blue Origin Flight Takes 6 Women, Including Gayle King and Katy Perry, to Space

The broadcast journalist Gayle King and the singer Katy Perry made a brief trip into space on Monday on a flight operated by Jeff Bezos’ private company, Blue Origin. It was the first time an all-female crew had been to space since 1963. Their flight, on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, lasted about 10 minutes … Read more