At the Morgan Library & Museum, an exhibition looks at the museum’s first director, whose remarkable career broke prejudicial barriers as she helped hone the tastes of avid collector J.P. Morgan.

She was the Most Beautiful Woman in Puppetland. She had a pretty good run on TV, too. Lynne Marie Stewart, known for playing the ethereal Miss Yvonne on “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” has died, her friends ...

Willa Brown’s life was marked by many significant firsts for her and American history. The Black travel history-maker was an ...