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A new film depicting the incredible true story of Irena Gut Opdyke, a Polish Catholic nurse who risked her own life to hide Jews persecuted by Nazi Germany during World War II, debuts in theaters across the country April 15-16. “Irena’s Vow” is told through the eyes of strong-willed 19-year-old Irena Gut.
Vor einem Tag · Excerpt: ‘Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War’. By Marty Skovlund Jr. and Joe Kent. May 27, 2024, 12:00 PM. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent, pictured here in Afghanistan in ...
Vor 3 Tagen · At 16, she experienced a transcendent call to serve the suffering, a call that eventually coalesced into her determination to become a nurse. Her family objected, however, because nursing was an unsuitable occupation for young Victorian women of privilege.
Vor 2 Tagen · This was especially critical in the armaments industry. By 1917, around 950,000 women were employed in British munitions factories alone, producing 80% of the weapons and shells used by the army. Similarly, an estimated 700,000 women worked in Germany‘s munitions factories by the end of the war. However, munitions work was notoriously dangerous.
Vor einem Tag · Ernest Miller Hemingway (/ ˈ ɜːr n ɪ s t ˈ h ɛ m ɪ ŋ w eɪ /; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public image.
Vor 21 Stunden · Since 1994, the official position within the U.S. government has been that no American captured during the war remains alive. In 1962, Dr. Eleanor Ardel Vietti became America's first female ...
Vor 5 Tagen · John XXIII “made Catholicism more modern and compassionate.” St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s “primary obstacle to sainthood was that she was a woman.” As for errors, he calls Sts. Elizabeth Ann and Katharine Drexel “Sister Seton” and “Sister Drexel,” something this writer has never seen as a reference to women religious. It has ...
