On April 26, 1892, Sarah Boone made history as the fourth Black woman in the U.S. to be awarded a patent for her collapsible ironing board invention. Boone’s accomplishment becomes even more ...

It's a rather sexist thing to suggest, but maybe women really should do all the ironing. Their superiority at this particular chore has been confirmed - and so too has the fact that they are better ...

NEW HAVEN — Ainissa Ramirez, a scientist and writer, described her book “The Alchemy of Us” as being about “how technology shaped us.” Her new project, however, is more about how our shapes have ...

Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum outside New York City—a place we know and love that already receives plenty of attention. ‘Woman Ironing’, ...

Today’s automatic washers and dryers take care of our laundry, but anyone who has sopped up the watery overflow of a washing machine with towels or laboriously wrung out handwashed sheets can relate ...

Manhattan Judge Dismisses Duress Suit Over Sale of 1904 Picasso Because of the decision. the work, entitled "Woman Ironing," will remain at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation after ...

Countless people across the globe browse Temu for bargains, but occasionally what turns up on their doorstep can leave them utterly flummoxed. That's precisely what occurred to one woman when she ...