International Women's Day was celebrated at the United Nations on Monday morning.
Women have always earned less than men. In the United States, a woman makes 81 cents for every dollar a man makes -- and that really adds up over a 40-year career.
Eileen Collins' dreams of flying would take her places where only men had gone before, inspiring countless women along the way and leading our nation back to space after an enormous tragedy.
For decades, Harlem Community Newspapers publisher Pat Stevenson has told the stories of New Yorkers and provided a voice for communities that were often overlooked.
Geraldine Ferraro, a New Yorker who was elected to Congress, later made history when she ran for Vice President of the United States.
Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to Congress and the first Black candidate for a major party's nomination for president.