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 ...

Leyla Hussein, an activist and FGM survivor, has spoken out about the ‘absurdly harmful’ breast ironing ritual. The UK National Committee for UN Women said the abusive practice is on the ...

In past centuries, ironing was an almost daily duty of a woman in the home. Before about the 10th century, cloth was ironed with smooth wooden or glass pieces and a pounding stick. Heat was not ...

A RAPE victim battered her attacker with an ironing board shortly after he struck ... loyalty rewards and much more. The woman lashed out at Richard Smith who pounced while she was asleep at ...