With March being Women’s History Month, the museum held a special Women’s History Day event on Saturday.

Before the marches, women were already fighting. Meet the Soviet bombers, the deadliest sniper in history, and the spy who ...

The famous World War II propaganda image of ‘Rosie the Riveter’ may have been directly inspired by women like Norman Rockwell ...

WASP pilot Gertrude Tomkins Silver crashed off Calif. coast in 1944. Oct. 8, 2009 — -- The fog rolled in from Santa Monica Bay just after noon on Oct. 26, 1944, just three hours before Gertrude ...

Many of you know the story of World War II and the sacrifice of millions of men who went overseas to keep us safe, but few know the significant role millions of women played during the war efforts.

Netflix's new WWII drama The Six Triple Eight is based on the real-life exploits of the all-black, all-women 6888th Battalion, which reopened lines of communication between the front lines and the ...

LOUISIANA (KLFY) — During World War II, the mail system in Europe was backlogged by more than two years. This resulted in U.S. soldiers being unable to get mail or send letters to their loved ones ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – The Gary Sinise Foundation is inviting women who served on the home front during World War II to apply for a special trip to the National WWII Museum this spring. The foundation ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKRC) - The only all-female and predominantly Black unit that served overseas during WWII received a Congressional Gold Medal 80 years after making history through an unprecedented ...

Women veterans from the Civil War, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War are not exempt from Defense Department's sweep of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts within the U.S.

Looking back on her remarkable career, retired Army Colonel Edna W. Cummings can justly say that “the odds ain’t good, but good stuff happens.” Those words were never truer than on April 29, 2025, ...