How 'plucky' heroines of 1914-18 conflict seized chance to advance women's freedoms
As the 75th anniversary of the blitz – Germany’s sustained bombing campaign of the UK in the second world war – approaches, these beautiful and striking pictures show the famous bombsites, the tin helmets, the victory rolls and the carry-on spirit
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Including Keira Knightley, Sofia Coppola, Joel Edgerton, and the creator of Star Wars himself.
This Hero Wars strategy guide is your one-stop shop if you need to know more about each of the heroes that are currently available in the game.
The Opium Wars in the mid-19th century were a critical juncture in modern Chinese history. The first Opium War was fought between China and Great Britain from
On December 27th the world lost yet another much loved star after the passing of Carrie Fisher, the actress best known for her star role ... Continue Reading »
In 1937 Gerda Taro became the first female war photographer to die on the front line, killed at the age of 26.
A female NAAFI worker carrying a tray of apple pies destined for American troops.
From his first Twitter post in 2016, the caustically satirical photomontages of @Coldwar_Steve have become a cult phenomenon. Here are some highlights
Dedicated to 20th-century people and culture, 'Lost In History' posts pictures that illuminate our past in ways we haven't seen before. Or have simply forgotten about!
War is hell, and tragedy, and terrible, terrible posters.
Jewish women and children, who have been selected for death, walk in a line towards the gas chambers in a horrifying image published in a new book.
The force is strong with these.
I think I'm going to have to buy my laundry room a large "Rosie the Riveter" poster. It's come a long way, baby! Since Day One of moving in, I knew that there was a (pun-intended)
As the world marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Edith Friedman Grosman, who was 17 when she arrived at the Nazi concentration camp, tells her harrowing story in a new book
JoachimNapolon Murat (oakim napole mya born Joachim Murat Italian Gioacchino Napoleone Murat German JoachimNapoleon Murat 25 March 1767 13 October 1815) was a Marshal of France and Admiral of France under the reign of Napoleon. He was also the 1st Prince Murat, Grand Duke of Berg fr
Our Skills for the Future Trainee, Maja, gives us an insight into women on the GSA's Roll of Honour who were part of the Scottish Women's Hospitals.
In Jean Rhys's novels, women exhibit a particular kind of English suffering, a perfect illustration of the female condition in the interwar years.
The Imperial War Museum commissioned female artists during the First World War to record the varied contributions of women to the war effort. Here are some of the works they produced.
Émile Jean-Horace Vernet (1789-1863), who painted using the name Horace Vernet, was the son and grandson of artists, as this Wikipedia entry states. His father was Carle Vernet (1758-1836) and his grandfather was Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789). Horace was born in the Louvre, where his parents were living at the Revolutionary time. According to his father's sketchy Wikipedia entry, Horace's aunt was a victim of the Terror. However, the rest of the family avoided her fate despite their connections to the Ancien Régime. As for the adult Horace, he made sure to have ties to whatever régime was in power, be it Bourbon, Orléans or Bonaparte. Due to these connections as well as his talent, Vernet had a successful career in those pre-modernist times. His subject matter was military scenes, Orientalism and portraits. Examples are below. Gallery Statue of Vernet at l'Hôtel de ville de Paris An indication of regard for Vernet. Napoleon - 1815 An early work painted the year of Napoleon's return and Waterloo. Napoleon's Tomb - 1821 Painted the year after Napoleon's death on St. Helena. Napoleon Bonaparte Leading the Troops Over the bridge of Arcole - 1826 Vernet painted several scenes of Napoleon's battles. Charles X of France - c.1826 Study of Olympe Pélissier as Judith - 1830 Olympe Pélissier (1799-1878) had an interesting life, as this link indicates. Portrait of a Lady - 1831 La prise de Constantine - 1837 The French Foreign Legion during the conquest of Algeria. Self-Portrait - 1835 Note his North African garb here an in the statue in the first image. Scene from the Mexican Expedition of 1838 - 1841 Arabs Traveling in the Desert - 1843
Carla Olman Peperzak donned a blue-and-white nurse’s uniform and made her way to Amsterdam’s Central Station. She had received word that an aunt and five cousins would be passing through on the way to Westerbork, the Nazi detention center in northeast Holland. Her uncle had already been seized by the Nazis. So when Peperzak found her relatives in a railcar waiting on the tracks she asked if she could take the youngest one.
The female guards at Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Ravensbrück are less well known than their male counterparts, but they were no less brutal
