The Super Bowl halftime show didn’t always have the most talked-about pop stars as headliners as it does today. Years back, halftime shows were usually a showcase for the country’s top marching bands and drill teams to perform the national anthem, in addition to a separate...
A crass elder, whose stripper name was Tanqueray, has Hollywood taking notice after a popular photoblog, Humans of New York, shared a series of her stories this week. Her tales of “making costumes for strippers and porn stars in Times Square” while at FIT has...
America in the 1940s was a tumultuous place to live. World War II raged through the first half of the decade, finally ending in 1945 and leaving its mark on the country for decades. During the war, food and supplies were rationed, and, though the end of...
It was named by experts at the National History Museum in London, who wanted to honour Greta’s immensely impressive’ work in bringing climate change conversation to the international table....
She was a real person, and this waxwork is a self-portrait of the artist and businesswoman who founded one of London’s most famous and enduring attractions. ...
Byzantine Princess Anna Comnena was the first woman known to personally record historical events as a historian. ...
Each civilization has its own traditions regarding naming boats, but they are most often feminine names....
A forensic reconstruction of the head of a Neolithic woman who lived in Gibraltar 7,500 years ago was unveiled by the Minister for Heritage Dr John Cortes. Named “Calpeia”, a reference to the Rock’s classical name, her remains had been found and excavated, by archaeologists working...
She's accused of inciting a war that would change the face of an entire continent, but are the whispers about her life a fair reflection on the woman herself?...
The iconic green army men are getting an all-female platoon. Just weeks after stories swirled about a complaint letter penned by an unsatisfied 6-year-old girl from Arkansas in response to a glaring lack of green Army women figurines, one toy maker is officially doing something...