Margaret Sanger fought most of her life for women’s rights to control their own fertility.

This pioneering activist was inspired by a personal tragedy.  Her mother, who gave birth eighteen times (eleven children lived) died at the young age of forty-nine. …

More than 11,000 American women were SPARs — Semper Paratus/ Always Ready — freeing up men for World War II military duty.

The SPAR division was created in 1942 when the Coast Guard, like other military branches, found itself in need…