As part of Angela Hill’s Jan. 18 story on purses and one woman’s movement to lighten her load, we asked readers to tell us about the craziest thing they have stashed in the handbag.

A study was performed on women's purses. A health team went to a local mall and took samples from the bottom of 50 women's purses. The purses were swabbed with cotton swabs along the entire bottom ...

They thought women were walking around with underwear draped from their wrists. A purse was not a purse; it was an outline of women’s most secret places. I asked for a purse again when I turned 12.

The exponential growth of the U.S. Women’s Open purse is a truly significant one for women’s golf. Consider that the winner at Pine Needles Resort in June will earn $1.8 million; that’s more ...

Ty Votaw, LPGA commissioner, offered his state-of-the-tour message Wednesday at the Nabisco Championship, but it came with a warning label.

The Center for Environmental Health tested purses from 100 of the nation's top retailers and found what it said were disturbingly high levels of lead. The CEH reached the first ever settlement ...