In “Spitfires” by Becky Aikman, the saga of wartime American women pilots comes vividly to life.

April 12: Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies while convalescing in Warm Springs, Georgia. September 2: Japan surrenders to the Allies, World War II ends. Eleanor is elected as head of the United ...

Eleanor Roosevelt's war time travels to support U.S. soldiers were considerable and mind-boggling: in the Pacific theater alone, she would meet with an astonishing 400,000 troops. National ...

And that was one of the great, great victories scored during World War II for us. Brown v. Board of Education, in the 50s, wasn't implemented. She worked hard to implement it? Eleanor Roosevelt ...

World War II Veteran May Brill meeting with Shree Sengupta and 3 year old Ambika SenGupta, who share the same birthday 97 years apart. Photo courtesy of Arts4All Foundation [/caption] ...

Eleanor was the elder daughter of William ... 1204 and was buried in the abbey church at Fontevrault next to Henry II.

Eighty years ago today, as World War II was approaching its denouement ... When Truman, newly sworn in, asked first lady Eleanor Roosevelt what he could do for her, she replied, “Is there ...

As president, Truman was known for his straight talk and decisiveness. He made many world-shaping decisions, some within months of taking office. One momentous decision was to drop atomic bombs on the ...