May 8 marks 80 years since people across Europe celebrated the Allied victory over Nazi Germany. While the fighting in the ...

Banned from flying in the U.S., these 25 American women headed to Britain to help ferry military aircraft—and fascinated the ...

In “Spitfires” by Becky Aikman, the saga of wartime American women pilots comes vividly to life.

Tupperware targeted women who were interested in working, Tupperware, Inc. During the Second World War, women proved that they could do "men's" work, and do it well. With men away to serve in the ...

The Six Triple Eight cleared a years-long backlog of mail in just three months. Eighty years later, the unit is finally ...

It is estimated that about 16 million Americans served in the armed forces during the course of World War II, including hundreds ... so-called bracero program, women hired farmworkers, and most ...

Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code-breaker during World War II who kept a military ... Parsons, who was born March 2, 1921, served in the Navy’s WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency ...

The women were sent to Europe to clear a backlog of 17 million pieces of mail waiting to be sent to U.S. troops.

The National Historical Commission of the Philippines has posted photos of Filipino women who exhibited gallantry during World War II (WWII) in commemoration of the Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum Rosie the Riveter called women to join the workforce during World War II. But there was another recruitment campaign aimed at mobilizing ...

Alexievich’s book recounts the experiences of hundreds of Soviet women who volunteered in World War II after a staggering ... a manga stunned many in the industry. “It was beyond my ...