10+ Best Articles on Women
The most useful articles on women from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
Refind focuses on timeless pieces and updates the list whenever new, must-read articles or videos are discovered.
Top 5 Women Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on women by Refind users in 2026 so far.
- The Problematic Myth of Florence Nightingale
- Necessary Yet Invisible: On the Unpaid Labor of Motherhood and Writing
- Another View: Landscapes by Women Artists – a rare chance to see our rapidly changing world from…
- Inequality in life – and death: Newspaper obituaries have long discriminated against women
- Why Are (White) Men So Unambitious?
Videos
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Reshma Saujani Smith College Commencement Speech 2023
Imposter syndrome is not your problem to solve.
Short Articles
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Necessary Yet Invisible: On the Unpaid Labor of Motherhood and Writing
My novel, Soldier Sailor, was recently shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. When I started writing, I did not fully appreciate the need for the Women’s Prize. Creativity, unli…
Inequality in life – and death: Newspaper obituaries have long discriminated against women
Historically, women have been less likely to be the subject of obituaries. Their obituaries tend to be shorter, with biased words and images.
Another View: Landscapes by Women Artists – a rare chance to see our rapidly changing world from…
This is a rare opportunity to see works by female artists that depict the landscape in a multitude of ways.
The Role of Perfectionism for Black Women in Leadership
Just because you can get it done, doesn't mean you should.
In more prosperous societies, are men and women more similar?
How much the sexes differ psychologically depends on how fair and wealthy a country is. But not in the way you’d think
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on women.
Courtney Dauwalter: Step inside the 'pain cave', where rules are remade
Courtney Dauwalter used to teach biology. Now her ultrarunning achievements are challenging centuries-old ideas about the differences in physical capabilities between men and women.
The Problematic Myth of Florence Nightingale
“No matter whether this treatment is carried out by sorcerers, priests, doctors, or old women, we find examples of the historic ancestry of modern nursing and the earliest forms of the art.” –Lavin…
Why Are (White) Men So Unambitious?
“Men don’t need ambition. They have privilege. They rise unless they work hard at sucking.”
A Hidden History of Europe’s Pre-Modernist Women Artists
A recent exhibition documenting four centuries of art from female painters and illustrators provides a new way of looking at an era of art history where women are often left out.
What would the economy look like if it worked for women?
A research team asked women of all backgrounds across the nation what an economy built to work for women should look like.
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