Cashier was not the only woman to hide her identity to join one of the Civil War's belligerents. Historians estimate as few as 400 or as many as 1,000 women hid their gender to fight the war as men.

Women in American society, from colonial times to 1860, including issues of race, class and servitude; transformations in pre-industrial work and family relationships; women and slavery; women and ...

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers who went to war — have been serving in combat for centuries.

Donald Trump’s measures ending government diversity efforts are part of a much broader effort to reverse civil rights gains ...

Hanaa, a Sudanese woman who works gathering plastic bottles from bins to feed her children, says she was abducted in western ...

Aamir Khan Productions and Kiran Rao’s directorial "Laapataa Ladies" (Lost Ladies), is making waves internationally as it has been shortlisted for the Best International Film category at the Japan ...

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"Lost Ladies" now competes with acclaimed works such as Christopher Nolan’s "Oppenheimer," Yorgos Lanthimos’ "Poor Things", Jonathan Glazer’s "The Zone of Interest," and Alex Garland’s "Civil War." ...

African Americans in Civil War Medicine” traveling exhibition will be held at the Luzerne County Community College Library ...

Consultations in global, regional and national civil society advisory groups (CSAGs) help UN Women draw upon their diverse expertise, experience, outreach and knowledge. They sharpen ideas and ...

Hospitals workers say at least 19 people were killed all but one of them women when a car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a ...

The army base was earlier named after Braxton Bragg, a Confederate general. The Pentagon said the name will now honor Roland ...