Celebrating the stoicism and endurance of the heroic women of World War Two, who served in the Allied forces and on the home front between 1939 and 1945

Avec le temps... Avec le temps, va, tout s'en va. On oublie le visage et l'on oublie la voix, le coeur, quand ça bat plus, c'est pas la peine d'aller chercher plus loin, faut laisser faire et c'est très bien. Avec le temps... (...) Avec le temps, va, tout s'en va, et l'on se sent blanchi comme un cheval fourbu et l'on se sent glacé dans un lit de hasard et l'on se sent tout seul peut-être mais peinard et l'on se sent floué par les années perdues. Alors vraiment, Avec le temps on n'aime plus.

As a little girl growing up in Cedar City, Utah, Alyce Rohrer sat on her grandmother’s porch and watched the butterflies and the birds. It wasn’t their beauty she was drawn to so much though, as it…

Tanto si la genética te ha dotado con una espectacular melena morena, como si tu color de pelo es producto de las maravillas de la cosmética, hay ciertas tendencias de maquillaje que te quedarán mejor que otras. Desde el eyeliner retro hasta los labios más marcados, pasando por las sombras irisadas, te desvelamos los maquillajes más favorecedores para ti.

Let's talk about 1940s hairstyles for a bit! We're all familiar with the face-framing, often elaborate hairstyles of the 1940s, especially during WWII. Perhaps the most iconic form is the victory rolls. But while victory rolls are lovely and often one of the easiest to re-create for someone into vintage...

Original Caption: Chippers in a Shipyard [Shipbuilding. Three Women Working], 1942 U.S. National Archives' Local Identifier: 86-WWT-85(33) Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 Labor Women Persistent URL: research.archives.gov/description/522892 For more information about records related to women and women’s issues at the U.S. National Archives, visit: www.archives.gov/research/arc/topics/women/ Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. For information about ordering reproductions of photographs held by the U.S. National Archives' Still Picture Unit, visit: www.archives.gov/research/order/still-pictures.html. Reproductions may be ordered via an independent vendor. The U.S. National Archives maintains a list of vendors at www.archives.gov/research/order/vendors-photos-maps-dc.html. Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted

During a shoot-out with German soldiers, Gordon's six comrades died, but he managed to...

Tom Crean, a remarkable and little known Irishman, ran away to sea aged fifteen, became a polar explorer extraordinaire, but unfortunately until recently, remained an unsung hero in his homeland.

COLONIE — Sitting in her apartment, Lillian Yonally often watches planes coming into the local airport and remembers an earlier time in her life when one of the best things to do was to fly a…

Berets are an easy hair accessory to go vintage. The simple hat style of the beret has been around for ages and so can fit with most decade looks you may be aspiring to. You can put it with the right vintage outfit from your favorite decade […]

Washed ashore. A poignant pause in a short series of sea fishing posts, reeling in sentiment for those fishermen who fight the sea, in love with the sea, yet inevitably helpless in the incidenc…

[Photo] King Haakon VII of Norway, Crown Prince Olav, and Hans Reidar Holtermann inspecting a Sten gun, Scotland, United Kingdom, circa 1943

I remember loving Out of Africa when it came out years ago but had forgotten most of the story. We rented it the other night and I was not ...

A 1249. Crew members aboard the destroyer HMS VANITY manning the 0.5 inch Vickers water-cooled machine gun in quadruple Mark III mounting.

In this striking historical photo from 1906 at Cape Ann, MA, a hardworking fisherman takes a moment to mend a net, clad in a weathered raincoat and puffing on his pipe. His weather-beaten face and focused expression tell tales of a life at sea, where resilience and skill are paramount. The timeless nature of this photograph evokes a sense of admiration for the dedication and craftsmanship of those who made their living on the waters.

Wars are always started by the adults, but not only adults take part. War does not spare anyone, so armed kids aren't a rare occurrence. Sometimes they

Referente de las letras noruegas, Grieg participó en el congreso de intelectuales por la cultura. Visitó algunos frentes y plasmó con detalle escenas de la contienda. Su publicación nunca vio la luz en España. Ahora, una campaña de micromecenazgo busca fondos para rescatar del olvido este rico testimonio del verano del 37.