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...

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...

Women on Wall Street

From Bloomberg : Siebert wasn't the first woman to rise above gender discrimination in the world of finance. One of the earliest documen...

The Great Female Pilot – Pancho Barnes

From Top Secret Writers : Barnstormer, world speed record holder, crash survivor, stunt pilot, founder of a pilot union, and owner of a fly-...

Book: The Virgin Cure

From The Star Phoenix : The Virgin Cure is set in Manhattan in 1871, when 30,000 children lived in the streets of the city. It is the story...

Loretta C Ford - Hall of Fame Inductee

From Democrat & Chronicle : When Loretta C. Ford was a pediatric public health nurse in the 1960s, she was often the sole medical practi...

Quakers: Burqa Wearers of the 17th Century

From the Guardian : In 1630, a certain oatmeal maker was examined by the highest church court in England, accused of preaching without a lic...