Virginia Wright-Peterson, a researcher and author, joined The Lift to discuss women’s roles during World War II ahead of a talk on Thursday at the Bong Veterans Center. Women in the Northland and ...

Bending River Films in Canton Township is producing "Women of War: Homefront Heroines,” a documentary exploring the crucial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Left to right, top) Melissa Tanzillo, apprentice welder; Jocelyn Mak, structural steel welder; Dori Luzbetak, volunteer; Angel ...

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — More than 75 years after World War II, a group of African American female soldiers in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion are being honored as heroes. They faced ...

March is Women’s History Month, and we are surrounded by histories of outstanding women. In recent years declassified records, newly discovered documents, and a resurging interest in family histories ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sept. 2, 2025, marked the 80th anniversary of V-J Day, the day Japan formally surrendered and ended World War II. Dolly Marshall, ...

When author Becky Aikman decided in 2019 to write a book about the 25 American female pilots who flew planes for the Royal Air Force during World War II, she discovered that all but one of the women ...

The Korean comfort woman statue in Glendale was unveiled last month, reigniting the conversation about former sex slaves of Japanese soldiers during World War II. Tomorrow, August 15, marks the 68th ...

Women in Allied countries during World War II wore red lipstick because Germany's Nazi Chancellor Adolf Hitler hated it. Rating: True (About this rating?) For years, rumors have circulated that women ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - As the nation’s boys and men went off to war -- it was women who kept America running. Mothers, wives and sisters -- answering the call during World War II -- and they weren’t ...