In 1861, Kate Warne kept the president-elect safe from an assassination plot on his train journey to Washington.

Their lives and value were defined almost solely in relation to men: their fathers and husbands. But some women found ways to claim their own power.

Women infused their protests with creativity, PR savvy and in-your-face urgency.

Meir earned the title, in part, because of her steely leadership during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

Despite a landslide loss, the Arizona Republican ignited his party's ultra-conservative wing for decades to come.

One of America's most revered presidents, Roosevelt also had his share of missteps—from trying to pack the Supreme Court to incarcerating Japanese Americans.

Long before Martha and Oprah, as far back as the late colonial era, these successful business women were breaking glass ceilings.

The 14th Amendment's guarantee to "due process" provided a basis for these five Supreme Court rulings that have impacted Americans' lives.

Were financial institutions victims—or culprits?

The 1979 invasion triggered a brutal, nine-year civil war and contributed significantly to the USSR's later collapse.

From the Bolsheviks' Red Terror and Stalin's Great Purge to forced hospital 'treatments,' the secret police agency—and its earlier incarnations—used consistently brutal tactics.

The Marquis de Lafayette was only the beginning.

That sucking sound back in 1992? The votes he spirited away from the mainstream parties.

The image captures a defining historic moment, as Barack Obama and his top advisers anxiously watch the high-stakes SEAL Team Six operation unfold.

Before the 9/11 mastermind was killed in a SEAL Team raid in his Abbottabad, Pakistan compound, he and his family lived isolated, austere lives there.

This selection of enduring eateries reflects the nation's mosaic of cultures.

Electric appliances large and small promised reduced drudgery.

From the Osage murders to the Oklahoma City bombing, these crimes stand among the biggest and most complex the Bureau has faced.

Here’s how the profession’s most chaotic—and harrowing—day unfolded.

Russia began encroaching into Alaskan territory in the mid 18th century, eventually establishing settlements as far south as California.