Valentine’s Day 1946: The first general-purpose electronic computer blossoms
It’s fitting, then, that the first general-purpose electronic computer, ENIAC, or Electronic Numerical Integrator and ...
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Honoring the first minority Women's Army Corps: The 6888th Battalion
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the first and only all-Black female unit to be deployed overseas during ...
I accidentally found out my mother's role in WWII. Now I'm honoring women like her. | Opinion
I knew my mom was a WAC (Women’s Army Corps) but didn't know the details or historical significance until Tyler Perry released 'The Six Triple Eight' ...
Bush Center event to honor women’s US Army battalion that delivered mail in WWII
The Bush Center will honor the legacy of the Six Triple Eight battalion on Feb. 12. A Netflix film about the unit was ...
How an all-Black female WWII unit beat the odds stacked against them
The Six Triple Eight shares the story of an all-Black battalion of WACs that faced unimaginable challenges while serving overseas during WWII.
Vet of ‘Six Triple Eight’ regiment made US history before returning to inspire NC town
I am proud of her for wanting to do that. Back then being an African American and a woman in the military, they looked down ...
Nike, NFL women's sports Super Bowl commercials draw backlash amid national trans athlete controversies
Two Super Bowl ads were the subject of online criticism by advocates for protecting female athletes from trans inclusion amid ...
60 years of progress in expanding rights is being rolled back by Trump − a pattern that’s all too familiar in US history
Donald Trump’s measures ending government diversity efforts are part of a much broader effort to reverse civil rights gains ...
Swedish woman convicted of genocide
A Swedish court has sentenced a woman to 12 years in prison on genocide charges – in the country’s first criminal case over ...
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Exhibition celebrates Somerset women in the Second World War
To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, a new exhibition at Somerset Rural Life Museum will shine a ...
Russia-Ukraine war: Red Cross opens probe to find out fate of 50,000 missing people
Shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the ICRC created a special bureau of its Central ...
Lost futures, marital rape, and exploitation: How child marriages in Iraq commodify women
Sharia law, which influences much of Iraq’s legal system, permits child marriage under certain conditions, often tied to the ...