History in the Headlines » Women’s History http://www.history.com/news Catch up on new discoveries, explore important anniversaries and get the history behind today's headlines. Fri, 24 May 2013 11:00:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en U.S. Military Lifts Ban on Women in Combat http://www.history.com/news/u-s-military-lifts-ban-on-women-in-combat Remembering Long-Distance Swimmer Gertrude Ederle http://www.history.com/news/remembering-long-distance-swimmer-gertrude-ederle Remembering Sally Ride, Space Pioneer http://www.history.com/news/remembering-sally-ride-space-pioneer The Angels of Bataan and Corregidor: 70 Years Later http://www.history.com/news/the-angels-of-bataan-and-corregidor-70-years-later Last World War I Veteran Dies at the Age of 110 http://www.history.com/news/last-world-war-i-veteran-dies-at-the-age-of-110 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Joan of Arc http://www.history.com/news/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-joan-of-arc First Woman to Circle the Globe Honored at Last http://www.history.com/news/first-woman-to-circle-the-globe-honored-at-last Remembering Marie Curie on Her 144th Birthday http://www.history.com/news/remembering-marie-curie-on-her-144th-birthday Secret Agents in Hoop Skirts: Women Spies of the Civil War http://www.history.com/news/secret-agents-in-hoop-skirts-women-spies-of-the-civil-war Who Was Mary Surratt? http://www.history.com/news/who-was-mary-surratt Inspiration for Iconic Rosie the Riveter Image Dies http://www.history.com/news/inspiration-for-iconic-rosie-the-riveter-image-dies A New Female Pharaoh for Ancient Egypt? http://www.history.com/news/a-new-female-pharaoh-for-ancient-egypt The Mother Who Saved Suffrage: Passing the 19th Amendment http://www.history.com/news/the-mother-who-saved-suffrage-passing-the-19th-amendment