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1 day ago · Fitted with a wooden prosthetic, 27-year-old Hall wasn’t a woman to let this mishap defeat her, so when war broke out, she was determined to do her bit. Rejected by the U.S. Foreign Service, Hall found a position with Britain’s Special Operations Executive, a spy outfit that trained her in the dark arts of espionage.
5 days ago · In the BBC’s long history, few women compare to Audrey Russell. Witty, levelheaded, and resilient, Russell became the corporation’s first female news reporter and the first woman ever to officially be given the title of war correspondent, paving the way for many more female journalists to come.
3 days ago · "She went to the World War 2 frontlines and was the visual voice for the victims of conflict for the female readers of British Vogue at a time when women were not given permission to...I asked her son, Anthony Penrose, a creative consultant on the film, and a very close collaborative partner of mine, why all the other [cinematic ...
5 days ago · When Kate Winslet stumbled upon the extraordinary story of Lee Miller she didn’t want to let go. Miller was an American photographer who became a correspondent for British Vogue during the Second World War, shooting everything from London after the Blitz to the liberation of Dachau.
5 days ago · Malala Yousafzai (born July 12, 1997, Mingora, Swat valley, Pakistan) is a Pakistani activist who, while a teenager, spoke out publicly against the prohibition on the education of girls that was imposed by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP; sometimes called Pakistani Taliban).
- Malala Yousafzai initially became famous for her childhood activism against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP’s) restrictions on education for g...
- After her school was closed by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Malala Yousafzai and her family fled the region. In Peshawar at age 11 she gave...
- For her work in drawing global attention to the threat to girls’ education in Pakistan, in 2014 at age 17 Malala Yousafzai became the youngest Nobe...
- Malala Yousafzai attended Khushal Girls High School and College in Mingora, Pakistan, until it was closed by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). S...
5 days ago · Despite her excellent credentials, she struggled to find employment as a lawyer, because of her gender and the fact that she was a mother. At the time, only a very small percentage of lawyers in the United States were women, and only two women had ever served as federal judges.
3 days ago · From fearless combatants to intelligence operatives, women played vital roles in the war effort, challenging traditional gender roles and making significant contributions to victory. This video...
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