Dark Skies Official on MSN

Night Witches: The Women Who Bombed Nazis

As Nazi soldiers occupying the Soviet Union lay in their cots after some of the most gruesome battles in World War II, they ...
TJ3 History on MSN

White Lily of Stalingrad: First Woman Fighter Ace in History

Lydia Litvyak, known as the “White Lily of Stalingrad,” became the first female fighter ace in history during World War II.
Kyiv Independent on MSN

'In every woman, there is a soldier’ – Yaryna Chornohuz, the brave poet fighting Russia

This story was originally published in The Kyiv Independent's first-ever print edition, titled "The Power Within." You can order a copy in our e-store. If there were four women named Yaryna Chornohuz, ...

She Studies the Russian ‘Red Man’ Whose Bloody War Evokes Soviet Tyranny

After winning the Nobel Prize for her searing portraits of the Soviet world unraveling, Svetlana Alexievich worries about the ...
Time

Women in Combat: Listening to Those Who Have Been There

When I heard Leon Panetta’s announcement about lifting the combat restrictions on women in the military, I immediately thought of former Army National Guard Sergeant Paigh Bumgarner. Bumgarner had ...

Women In War: Anatomy Of A Public Opinion Change

For more than 40 years, pollsters have been asking people about allowing women in combat roles. In 1982, when NORC asked ...
The Hill

Hegseth reignites battle over women’s role in military

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s assertion Tuesday that newly proposed military fitness standards may exclude women from certain combat roles has reignited fears about his approach to women in the ...