The war-hungry women written out of photographic history

The war-hungry women written out of photographic history Lee Miller was famous for her shots of the second world war, but there were many ot...

Wanted: Adriana Rivas

Adriana Rivas with Manuel Contreras From the Australian : AUSTRALIA is being asked by Chile's Supreme Court to extradite a woman accused...

Obit: Professor Halet Çambel

From Hurryet Daily News : One of the most important figures in the archaeology world, Istanbul University’s retired academic Professor Halet...

The Lady in Number 6

The Lady in Number 6 - Malcolm Clarke's documentary profiles 109-year-old pianist Alice Herz Sommer , the oldest living Holocaust survi...

Helena Wright and The Sex Factor In Marriage

Helena Rosa Wright From a rather interesting article by Paul Spicer at the Mail Online with the headline of " Desperate wives and the ...

Muse: Monika Pon-su-san

From BBC News : Earlier this year Vladimir Tretchikoff's portrait Chinese Girl, often referred to as The Green Lady, was sold for almost...

From the Smithsonian : In the spring of 1913, women in six states had the right to vote in all elections: Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wa...

Mary Leakey - Matriarch & Archaeologist

From the Christian Science Monitor : She was a talented artist, specializing in early Stone Age, able to flawlessly draw early tools and art...

FBI Files On Lana Peters

From the Huffington Post : Newly declassified documents show the FBI kept close tabs on Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's only daughter aft...

Iran: Four Women Stoned To Death

Varying reports are surfacing that four Iranian women have been stoned to death. Read More Here -:  MFS - The Other News : Based on reports ...

Indigenous “Grandmother” Shamans

From Republica : Hundreds gathered at Boudhanath Stupa on Sunday to welcome 13 indigenous “grandmother” shamans from across the world to Nep...

Polyandry In The Himalayas

From the China Post : In ancient times, the sons of almost every family in the region of Upper Dolpa would jointly marry one woman but the p...

Women in Advertising

From Advertising Age :  In the "Mad Men" view of the world, women were just beginning to make headway in the industry in the 1960s...

Tikva Levi & Mizrahi

From Haaretz : Tikva Levi was only 52 when she died on August 1, but during her short lifetime she wielded a great influence on Israeli soci...

WWII Female Marine Honoured

From The Richmond Register : After training at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, Campbell was sent to Camp Pendleton in San Diego, where women...

Obit: Joan Uebelhoer

From the News Sentinel : When no one else spoke against inequality, Joan Uebelhoer did. Uebelhoer, longtime activist for the rights of women...

History of Nylon Stockings

From Threaded : Nylon stockings made their debut in my hometown, Wilmington, Delaware, on October 24, 1939. That’s because Wallace Hume Caro...

Evelyn McHale - Most Beautiful Suicide

From Iconic Photos : The photo was taken on May Day, 1947 at the bottom of the Empire State Building. Photography student, Richard Wiles, wa...

Oceanographer Marie Tharp

From Huffington Post : On February 2, 2009, thanks to  Google Ocean  , the ocean floor's topography was revealed for millions of people ...

Interview: Irene Bedard

From Indian Country Today Media Network : Since portraying Mary Crow Dog in the Television production of  Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Kne...