American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

Nurses in war zones carry out lifesaving interventions on the spot, whether in the field, civilian facilities under attack, or in makeshift medical tents. Their ability to make quick decisions and ...

She learned to walk silently across fields and through the woods at night ... Congress awarded her a pension for her service as a Civil War nurse, but not as a soldier spy. When she died from ...

Pullman porters did more than carry bags, they paved the way for higher education opportunities, the professional working ...

Local Sudanese media report the RSF also surrounded the refinery with fields of landmines to slow ... violence targeting oil workers in another civil war. South Sudan broke away to become its ...

In 1958, Williams chaired the Committee to Combat Racial Injustice, which organized to defend two Black boys, ages 7 and 9, ...

As Myanmar’s civil war heads into a fifth year ... agriculture, law, technology, nursing and music, among others. Some have ties to foreign universities and have sent students abroad to study.

The coup and ensuing civil war have ravaged Myanmar’s economy ... doctors, teachers, nurses and other educated professionals. It is hard to track how many women are involved in the trade ...

She was one of just 500 Black nurses to serve during World War II, out of a total of 50,000 ... she transferred to Lockbourne Army Air Field in Columbus, Ohio, where she joined the nursing ...

Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped ...

Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has granted automatic employment to 16 nursing graduates of Sudan International University who were evacuated from the war-torn country in 2023. The governor ...