Alec Penstone, a 100-year-old WWII veteran, says modern Britain wasn't worth his friends' sacrifice and is less free than ...

In 1928, British author Virginia Woolf asked what women who knew what they wanted—to become creative artists—would need to pursue that goal. Her answer became the title of her celebrated 1929 book “A ...

“Nic!” Viv Jeffers laughingly bellows at one of her players, whose impressive juggling skills become an unintended soundtrack to our conversation, the thump, thump, thump of the soccer ball bouncing ...

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (WTNH) — The New Britain Legislative Delegation held an event Monday night to recognize outstanding women in their community. The event, titled “Women’s History Month: Moving ...

Marigold “Margot” McNeely, who warned British cities of German air attacks during World War II, died Sept. 12 in her Covington home. She was 98. For 30 years after the war, the Britain-born McNeely ...

An adviser who helped Nigel Farage to boost his social media presence has suggested that the UK would have been better off had it not got involved in the Second World War, rather than deciding to ...

For years, posts on social media have claimed that in order to stand up to Nazi Germany during World War II, Allied and Resistance women wore red lipstick because it was well-known that Chancellor ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — Transgender women will be ...

On this day in aviation history, 86 years ago (June 28, 1939), the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) was officially established in Britain. Formed by royal warrant of King George VI, the WAAF was ...

The program to train World War II British pilots was launched in 1941 under the provisions of the Lend-Lease Act. It is a well-known fact that prior to the United States of America’s official entry ...

LONDON (AP) — Transgender women will be excluded from women’s toilets, hospital wards and sports teams after a U.K. Supreme Court ruling, the head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission said ...