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...

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...

Lionesses of Syria

From Mail Online : Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has recruited an army of women to guard checkpoints and carry out security checks in an ...

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...

Mary Louise Rasmuson

From the New York Times : Mary Louise Rasmuson, who joined the Women’s Army Corps when it was formed during World War II,   rose to be its d...

"Napalm Girl" Photo Turns 40

From KTUL : It only took a second for Associated Press photographer Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut to snap the iconic black-and-white image ...

Women Violated in War Denied Memorials

From We:news : Japanese officials are trying to remove a small monument to Korean "comfort women" in New Jersey. Rochelle Saidel s...

Ancient Female Gladiator

From Live Science : A small bronze statue dating back nearly 2,000 years may be that of a female gladiator, a victorious one at that, sugges...

Anna - Countess of the Covenant

I have just finished reading the fascinating story of Lady Anna Mackenzie - Anna, Countess of the Covenant by Lady Mary McGrigor - and what...

Women, War and the Making of Bangladesh. Remembering 1971

From the Express Tribune : “War destroys the vulnerable and unfortunately the individual sufferings of non combatants are seldom highlighted...

BBC Accused of Belittling Florence Nightingale

From the Telegraph : A group of nursing academics has written to Lord Patten, chairman of the BBC trust, claiming the corporation has made a...

Women in Wartime

From the Star Tribune : Sorry, but to address the disconnect between what nurses do in a war zone and life on the front lines, this story mu...

Farewell White Mouse

F rom ABC News: Nancy Wake biographer Peter FitzSimons knew Australia's 'force of nature' better than most. "I've dealt...

Women Survivors of The Alamo

From My San Antonio : In a July 10 column, reader Richard Villanueva asked if there were other female survivors of the siege and battle of t...

Rape in Wartime - Part II

From CNN - Silence Lifted : A growing movement wants to peel back that rug. Scholars are revisiting old testimonies and documents -- and see...

Rape In Wartime

From CNN - Listening to the Victims : It began as a headache. Then her throat started to feel tight. A dull pain welled in her chest and her...

Rebecca Carr by Steve Martin

From PAL-ITEM : The Wayne County Soldier's Registry for the Civil War lists more than 3,500 men. In that book is one woman who "ear...