Meet the world's oldest female barber. A 108-year-old Japanese woman is overjoyed at the recognition
A 108-year-old Japanese woman has been named the world's oldest female barber by the Guinness World Records this week.
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The Golden 14: How Black Women Exploited a Loophole to Serve During World War I
The Golden 14 were attached to the USS Triton during World War I and served as the Navy's first enlisted Black women.
Jeannette woman served in Six Triple Eight, the predominantly Black Women's Army Corps during World War II
A recent Netflix movie shines a light on the Six Triple Eight. It was the only predominantly Black Women's Army Corps unit stationed in Europe during World War II. The women were from all over the ...
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The Secret World War II History of Koh Samui, the New Setting for ‘The White Lotus’
Behind the dreamy scenery of the HBO show’s latest location lurks an explosive story of Thailand’s involvement in the ...
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Alice Allison Dunnigan: The pioneering White House correspondent
Discover the remarkable life of Alice A. Dunnigan, the first African-American female correspondent at the White House and a ...
The battle over the Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial was finally opened in 1941, in the midst of another global conflict. Over the decades, as the ...
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How Britain's Secret Decoy Ships Outfoxed German U-Boats During World War I
World War I was raging off the British Isles when the German submarine UC-18 surfaced to attack easy prey on the chilly morning of February 19, 1917. Its target, the Lady Olive ... the Q-ship hoisted ...
Woman celebrates 107th birthday surrounded by six generations of family: ‘Nothing short of extraordinary’
Mary Thomas, born on Feb. 14, 1918 — while World War I was still raging — celebrated her birthday ... Family members baked ...
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The Trailblazing Nurses Who Kept the Tuskegee Airmen Flying
As the U.S. war machine churned to life during World War II, the need for manpower began to push the limits of the ...
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The Latest: Trump criticizes Zelenskyy for saying end of the war ‘is still very, very far away’
U.S. President Donald Trump slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday for suggesting that the end of Russia’s ...
With his nation at war, Winston Churchill dressed in a wartime onesie
Winston Churchill made a political statement by wearing a wartime onesie he called a “siren suit,” which could be quickly ...