The tide of history is turning women from beasts of burden and sexual playthings into full-fledged human beings.
Nicholas D. KristofThe greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.
Nicholas D. KristofHalf a million women die each year around the world in pregnancy. It's not biology that kills them so much as neglect.
Nicholas D. KristofChina was probably the worst place in the world to grow up female 100 years ago. There was foot binding, female infanticide, concubinage, and child marriage, and now it's one of the better places. So I really do feel that we're on the right side of history here.
Nicholas D. Kristof