Before she became Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth volunteered as a truck driver and mechanic during World War II.

My mother was born in Washington, DC, the capital city of the United States, the seat of government, the home of the president, and such a large black

“Heavy Metal Motherland.” Historian Nina Tumarkin coined this term in The Living and the Dead to describe the woman-as-nation statues that rose across Soviet republics during and after World War II…

Rita Hayworth visits a World War II soldiers camp on Mother's Day, C.1940's

Roger Wakefield MacKenzie is the adopted son of the Reverend Reginald Wakefield. His birth parents were killed during World War II; his father's plane went down and his mother was killed in the London Blitz. By 1968, he was an Oxford don and one of the youngest professors at the university. His life changes forever on the day that Dr. Claire Randall and her daughter, Brianna, arrive on his doorstep with a research project concerning a group of Highlanders during the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Roge

A new exhibit in New York explores the life of Edouard Vuillard — a lesser-known, intellectual Parisian artist — and the Jewish tastemakers who supported him at the turn of the century.

During 1940 and 1945, under German occupation, France was the theater of countless acts of valor by ordinary individuals, putting their life on the line for the safety and well being of others. Learn the story of one of them

As part of the revised plans to mark the 75th VE Day anniversary during the coronavirus lockdown announced today, Her Majesty's words will be broadcast on May 8 on BBC One at 9pm.

We will help you defeat Zeus.Gaia The Titans were the second generation of Greek Gods who ruled over Greece before the Olympians and after the Primordials. They were the ones who aided Kratos in his quest for vengeance against Zeus, but later became the secondary group of antagonists upon Gaia's betrayal. It appears that out of spite for the rest of the race given his deep hatred towards Cronos, their king and his own father, Zeus had stripped them of their roles, thus denying all of their right

The Queen Mother attends the Grand Military Gold Cup. Held annually at Sandown Park Racecourse in Esher, Surrey it is a meeting point for the Military, in particularly for Cavalry Officers, with its...

The brand introduces new versions of its foundation and concealer in a campaign titled "Shades of Us."

Part 17 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II

The president attended a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on Monday night, and all of his adult children came along, sharing candid Instagram images of their evening.

Britain's monarch was officially crowned in 1953; however she technically became Queen a year earlier, after the death of her father King George.

These are the amazing images which show what life was like in Nazi Germany, where the youth of the nation were indoctrinated into Adolf Hitler's evil philosophy to create his 1,000 year Reich.

Winner Best Documentary Audience Award, UK Jewish Film Festival 2010This is the story of a group of young Polish women, some barely out of their teens, who outwitted the Nazis during World War II. When 29-year-old social worker Irena Sendle... More

Do you need some tips and ideas for your women's ministry tea? I'm sharing how our team hosted a Mother's Day Tea.

Former NASA astronaut Thomas Stafford, a three-star Air Force general known for a historic handshake in space with a Soviet cosmonaut nearly 50 years ago,

\"In The Hours, Michael Cunningham, widely praised as one of the most gifted writers of his generation, draws inventively on the life and work of Virginia Woolf to tell the story of a group of contemporary characters struggling with the conflicting claims of love and inheritance, hope and despair. The narrative of Woolf's last days before her suicide early in World War II counterpoints the fictional stories of Samuel, a famous poet whose life has been shadowed by his talented and troubled mother, and his lifelong friend Clarissa, who strives to forge a balanced and rewarding life in spite of the demands of friends, lovers, and family.\"--\nThe Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that became a motion picture starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman, directed by Stephen Daldry from a screenplay by David Hare. In The Hours, Michael Cunningham, widely praised as one of the most gifted writers of his generation, draws inventively on the life and work of Virginia Woolf to tell the story of a group of contemporary characters struggling with the conflicting claims of love and inheritance, hope and despair. The narrative of Woolf's last days before her suicide early in World War II counterpoints the fictional stories of Samuel, a famous poet whose life has been shadowed by his talented and troubled mother, and his lifelong friend Clarissa, who strives to forge a balanced and rewarding life in spite of the demands of friends, lovers, and family. Passionate, profound, and deeply moving, this is Cunningham's most remarkable achievement to date.

The role of women in World War II was huge. From the Bletchley Park Codebreakers to the brave nurses that took to the battlefield to save lives by the thousand. Yet it’s only now that we’re discove…

Looking for some fun and unique activities for ladies' groups? Doing activities can be a great way to make new friendships.

Queen Elizabeth II remained a stoic, almost timeless figure in the public's eye for 70 years.