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In this week’s Fenland Citizen letters, a writer says the area desperately needs more assisted living communities.
DEARBORN, Mich., May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Henry Ford proudly announces the opening of Our War Too: Women in Service, a groundbreaking special exhibition honoring the extraordinary ...
A 77-year-old retiree in Kennewick empowers young women welders at a local trade school with a trailer project — sparking skills, friendship and a dream journey to Texas in an upcycled camper ...
SWEETWATER, Texas — The National Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) WWII Museum, located in Sweetwater, commemorates the trailblazing women who broke barriers in a male-dominated field. Lisa ...
“Some of the most inspiring 501 fans I’ve met are women like Phyllis Gould, a WWII Rosie who was one of the first three women welders at the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California,” she says.
Banned from flying in the U.S., these 25 American women headed to Britain to help ferry military aircraft—and fascinated the public with their free-wheeling lives.
Wednesday is the 80th anniversary of VE Day, marking Germany’s unconditional surrender and the end of WWII in Europe. A new book “Spitfires” tells the little-known contribution American ...
WATCH: Black women’s WWII unit, ‘Six Triple Eight,’ receives congressional honor Politics. Updated on Apr 29, 2025 5:43 PM EDT — Published on Apr 29, 2025 12:40 PM EDT ...
"Look at the women welders, now that's a familiar job," says Jane Tucker, now 97. She left rural Lineville, Alabama in 1943, with her mom and sister to work in a shipyard.
Rosie the Riveters honored for service in WWII. NEW ORLEANS – A hero's welcome greets 18 women at the National World War Two Museum.Staff and museum visitors line a plaza, waving American flags ...
"Look at the women welders, now that's a familiar job," says Jane Tucker, now 97. She left rural Lineville, Alabama in 1943, with her mom and sister to work in a shipyard. Emily Kask / for NPR ...