In occupied Germany, there was one battle the Allies couldn’t win.
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Another Greatest Generation
The veterans of The Second World War are referred to as the Greatest Generation […]
Louisa May Alcott Goes to War
Eager to support the North, the budding author volunteered for a fledgling corps of […]
Drafting Women?
Late in the war President Roosevelt opened a new front—and met surprisingly little resistance…
Daily Quiz for June 5, 2016
Provident Hospital and Training School of Nurses was the first American hospital to feature this.
Enemy of My Enemy
In the quest for India’s independence, one fervent nationalist made a pact with the […]
Daily Quiz for April 5, 2016
Dorothea Dix, Superintendent of Army Nurses for the Union Army, had this nickname.
Daily Quiz for February 25, 2016
The first social welfare program in the United States was established when Congress passed this act.
First Person: James Leavelle’s Extraordinary Timing
James Leavelle conveyed murder suspect Lee Harvey Oswald as he was shot—he also survived Pearl Harbor.
‘How Long Must We Wait?’
Alice Paul wanted action on votes for women, so she took her demands straight to the top