The Times Capsule Submit your ideas for the Magazine's 1000-year project. Crossword Puzzle With two sets of clues. Letters From the June 13 issue of the Magazine. THE MILLENNIUM ISSUES The Best of the Last 1,000 Years Best Stories, Best Inventions, Best Ideas. The first of six special Magazine issues. Magazine Cover

A Social Glacier Roars After centuries of submission and subordination, women around the world are achieving critical mass. By Gail Collins VIDEO SPECIAL: Panel Discussion at Lincoln Center The Rest of the Story Understanding the millennium requires looking past the male milestones of traditional history to see the shape of women's lives. By Natalie Zemon Davis and Jill Ker Conway VIDEO SPECIAL: Jill Ker Conway and Esther Dyson SLIDE SHOW: Centuries of Milestones Baby in a Box Every day, technology offers women more choices for how and where to bear children — and a tormenting array of new moral quandaries. By Natalie Angier Through Women's Eyes, Finally After centuries of conforming to female stereotypes created by men, women are taking control of their own image making. By Holland Cotter SLIDE SHOW: Womanly Imagery First Person Female There are some doors a man can open only by being a woman. By Jim Harrison The Greatest Leap How China's women have traveled from the ancient to the modern in four generations. By Sheryl WuDunn AUDIO SPECIAL: Prof. James L. Watson on Women in China Interior Territory Mapping the millennium: Medical perspectives on the female body. By Richard Selzer, M.D. SLIDE SHOW: Mapping Women Power Suffering The lives of the mystic saints offer a cruel lesson in success — and it still works today. By Jennifer Egan SLIDE SHOW: St. Catherine The Truth About Sex — at Any Given Moment Views on woman's sexuality have reflected the ebb and flow of morality, science and religious thought. By Camille Sweeney 35 Younger than ever — and freer. Photographs by Malerie Marder INTERACTIVE CHART: American Women at 35 Irritating Women They tugged at history's sleeve and wouldn't let go. A gallery of nags, zealots and self-promoters. FEEDBACK: Nominate Your Own Notable Agitator Candidate 'When I Was Little, in 1995' To girls and boys of the next generation, the playing field is leveling. By Kim France The Future Is Ours to Lose Without historical awareness, women could still believe that their fate rests in their cleavage and in their stars. By Naomi Wolf TIMELINE: Women's History in the U.S. You Had to Be There Fresh from the runway of history, the actress Salma Hayek is the height of fashion. Photographs by Matthew Rolston SLIDE SHOW: The Runway of History

The Millennial Woman VIDEO SPECIAL: Making the Picture Introduction On Language Genderese By William Safire Listening to Men, Then and Now By Deborah Tannen The Sound of the Virtual Voice By Esther Dyson VIDEO SPECIAL: Jill Ker Conway and Esther Dyson A Man's Place A panel of experts looks at women's economic power. VIDEO SPECIAL: Excerpts From the Panel Discussion Women in Song Songs by women and about women. With audio excerpts from then and now. Food But What Would Martha Say? Martha Stewart has become a supportive coach and a decisive boss. By Molly O'Neill Endpaper Good Housekeeping How to treat your maid; how to converse at table. Mrs. Beeton taught it all. By Margaret Atwood ADVICE GENERATOR: Expert Answers Over Time Salma Hayek

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