Before Valentine’s weekend crowds fill Houston bars, some nightlife spots are training staff on a program designed to help women who feel uncomfortable, threatened or unsafe during a night out.
After losing her job during the pandemic, a Houston woman turned to her roots — literally. She launched a wine label on her family’s historic land in Shankleville, Texas, with a bigger mission: to revitalize the rural economy, celebrate Black agricultural legacy, and empower women in wine and farming.
A new $5 million federal grant aims to help more women break into high demand, male dominated industries like construction and cybersecurity in Houston. With hands on training and apprenticeships, programs like WANTO are paving the way for women to build rewarding, well-paying careers no four-year degree required.
You can say she’s got one of the best jobs in the world. Emily Kaufman, or “The Travel Mom” as we know her here on Houston Life, travels the world and shares her best tips and recommendations with all of us.
United Airlines says it will welcome more than 50 high school-aged girls from Houston ISD and Sterling Aviation High School to Bush Intercontinental Airport as part of Girls in Aviation Day!
She’s a writer, blogger, and podcast host on a journey to try new things and meet new people. Pamela Lamp is hoping to inspire your life's next chapter with her new book called, "Do The Next New Thing." Learn more about her road to self-discovery and finding "what's next" at any stage in life.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued new guidance on managing pain during IUD insertion, but doctors say the updated advice — while a step in the right direction — doesn’t tackle all of the sources of discomfort during the procedure.
International Women's Day is a day that recognizes and upholds the achievements of women around the world, as well as promotes gender equality.
The gender wage gap in Harris County continues to grow, according to a University of Houston study.
March marks Women’s History Month, and the world has spent the past few weeks highlighting and remembering some of the most famous achievements by women throughout the course of history.
Whether it’s relaxing, getting in a much-needed workout or being productive, as women, it’s nice to take that break for ourselves when we’re able -- even if we have to make the time.
Freedom Floral, a full-service flower shop in Houston’s Spring Branch district, opened in the summer of 2020 by three moms, Chelsea Wrobel, Bridget Azzam and Jenna Scott, all on a mission help support other local women in business and share the power of the female tribe.
Jacqueline Cochran was a record-breaking aviatrix, entrepreneur and political mover and shaker who was close enough with President Lindon B. Johnson he refused to let her call him Mr. President.
While the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is known for celebrating excellence in music history, it’s not know for celebrating musicians of a certain category: Women.
The title of the most-decorated athlete ever belongs to United States swimmer Michael Phelps, who won 28 medals competing in five different Summer Olympics from 2000 to 2016. But there are so many highly decorated female Olympians, too.
Sandra Day O’Connor not only had a degree from one of the most prestigious universities in the world -- Stanford University in California -- but also a law degree she earned from the same institution in just two years.
Harriet Tubman did so much for others -- she escaped slavery and went on to become a leading abolitionist, leading enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad.
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