by Mari K Eder | Nov 4, 2025 | Newsletters
Gretchen Kunigk didn’t step into a pair of skis until she was fifteen years old. But she took to it like a natural. In the 1930s, most skiing was not downhill but instead was primarily ski jumping or cross-country skiing. Why? Primarily because the notion of a... 
by Mari K Eder | Jun 3, 2025 | Newsletters
June 1945 ushered in a sudden adjustment to the concept of peace. Major Charity Adams and the 855 soldiers in her unit, the 6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion, were all contemplating a return home to America and to civilian life. There were still challenges for,... 
by Mari K Eder | May 8, 2025 | Newsletters
On May 8th, 1945, the war ended in Europe. While people were dancing in the street in Times Square, New York City Policewoman Mae Foley was on her way downtown. She’d taken the 7 train into Midtown from Queens that morning but didn’t realize she wouldn’t be able to... 
by Mari K Eder | Nov 7, 2024 | Newsletters
In Sisterhood of Spies, her 1998 memoir about the women who served with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during WWII, Betty McIntosh highlighted several events in her recent recollections of her time with the new intelligence agency. She commented,... 
by Mari K Eder | Sep 5, 2023 | Newsletters
August 26th is nationally recognized as Women’s Equality Day, recalling that day in 1920 when the 19th amendment was certified to the Constitution, recognizing women’s right to vote. In 1920, Mae Foley was thirty-four years old, married, with two young children, and...