On 9 January 1923 Edith Thompson and her lover Frederick Bywaters were executed for the murder of her husband, even though there was no evidence she knew he would be stabbed. Why was she convicted, ...

A new book about the first lady reveals how she and the ailing President Woodrow Wilson silenced their critics Rebecca Boggs Roberts - Author, Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of ...

For the first time, the U.S. Mint is featuring a Native Hawaiian woman on a quarter. Edith Kanakaʻole was a Hawaiian cultural icon, teacher and composer. The Edith Kanakaʻole Quarter is the seventh ...

Edith Smith served as a police officer in Grantham between 1915 and 1918 She paved the way for thousands of female police officers - but how did Edith Smith navigate such a male dominated profession ...

Seeing Archie deal with the death of his wife, Edith Bunker, in the All in the Family spinoff, Archie Bunker's Place, changed how some fans perceived the character In real life, actress Jean Stapleton ...

Born in Norfolk in December 1865, Edith Cavell was the eldest of four children. Her father was vicar at Swardeston, a village near Norwich where she grew up. Educated in the UK, Cavell spent five ...