Janis Joplin’s raw, powerful voice was shaped by blues legend Bessie Smith and the electrifying stage presence of Tina Turner.

The founder of the Mormon Church rocked 19th-century America with his spiritual visions, his belief in polygamy—and even a presidential run. Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder and leader of the Church of ...

As one female pilot wrote, "A woman who can find fulfillment in the skies will never again need to live her life in some man's spare moments." Known as la femme-oiseau (the bird woman) in the French ...