That day—February 1, 1960—helped to push the sit in movement, but what you might not know is Bennett College students also had a hand in making change. RELATED: Greensboro Sit-Ins: Remembering ...

Republic of Korea Women’s Army Corps recruits learn how to handle a U.S. 30-cal. carbine at the WAC Training Center in Seoul. The Women’s Army Corps was officially founded Sept 6, 1950.

To check this out, I obtained a copy of The Women’s Handbook from the 1962-1963 school year. Curiously, there does not seem to have been a corresponding “Men’s Handbook” for me to examine.

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Born in Guantanamo, Cuba, Lucia Nuñez’s family moved to the United States when she was 5 years old. While her family believed in education, they thought it was more important ...

Newsworthy Women. 1960s View of "Modern" Women. Posted: April 23, 2025 | Last updated: April 24, 2025. This video offers a glimpse into the gender roles and societal expectations of the 1960s ...

The voice on the phone in 1966 was gruff and abrupt: "Do you want the Chevy, the Cadillac or the Rolls Royce?" A Chevy abortion would cost about $200, cash in hand, the voice explained. A Cadillac was ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A group of Indigenous women in Greenland has sued Denmark for forcing them to be fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices in the 1960s and 1970s and demanded ...

In her 1994 oral history with the Oregon Historical Society, she said supporting other women remained her goal. Betty Roberts died on June 25, 2011, of pulmonary fibrosis in her Portland home at ...

From 1962 and 1964, the Boston Strangler – later revealed to be Albert De Salvo – murdered 13 women, all of who were between 19 and 85 years old, the Boston Globe reported.