Franca Viola: The Girl Who Refused to Marry Her Rapist and Made History
A Turning Point in 1965 Sicily In 1965, in the Sicilian town of Alcamo, Italy, a young woman named Franca Viola was abducted and raped for a week. Yet, instead of yielding […]
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The Remarkable Story of Jane Goodall and Her Groundbreaking Chimpanzee Research
The Young Woman Who Changed the World’s View of Chimps, and of Ourselves On 14 July 1960, a 26-year-old English woman stepped off a boat at Gombe Stream Game Reserve, Tanzania, to […]
The Marvelously Inventive Life of Mária Telkes: The Sun Queen Who Revolutionized Solar Energy
Chasing the Sun: The Early Life of Mária Telkes Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1900, Mária Telkes dedicated her life to capturing the power of the sun. Known as “The Sun Queen,” […]
“My First Memory Is Sexual Abuse from My Dad”: Survivor Speaks Out After Father’s Jail Sentence
Aberdeen Woman Breaks Silence on Childhood Abuse A woman from Aberdeen, Scotland, has spoken publicly about being repeatedly raped by her father as a child.Now 33, Nikki Houston has waived her right […]
The Tragic Story of Mary Ann Bevan, the “Ugliest Woman in the World” Who Suffered from Acromegaly
A Dark Era of Public Spectacle From the 1840s through the 1940s, so-called “freak shows” were a popular form of entertainment across the Western world. They were considered a “normal staple of […]
Hero Dog Freyja Walks for Hours to Rescue Missing 2-Year-Old Girl Lost in Freezing Woods
A Miraculous Rescue in the Cold A German Shepherd named Freyja is being hailed as a hero after finding a missing 2-year-old girl who wandered away from her home in Dorchester, New […]
How Christian Bale Is Changing Foster Care With His $22 Million Village Project
A Real-Life Hero Beyond the Screen Christian Bale may have played a superhero in The Dark Knight trilogy, but his latest mission takes place far from Gotham. The Oscar-winning actor is helping […]
Dog Missing for 3 Years Cries with Joy When He Hears His Owner’s Voice
A Heartbroken Search That Never Stopped When Jorge, a black-and-white dog from Tbilisi, Georgia, went missing, his owner Giorgi Bereziani, 62, was devastated.He refused to give up, printing flyers, knocking on doors, […]
Born Different, Unbroken: Amit Ghose ’s Mission to Help Others Love Themselves
Bullied for His Face, Refused Service — Yet Unbroken From brutal childhood bullying to being refused service in a London café, Amit Ghose, 35, from Birmingham, has faced relentless discrimination because of […]
Nigerian Boy – Hope – Once Left to Die as a ‘Witch Child’ Builds Inspiring New Life and Dreams of Becoming an Artist
A New Beginning for Hope Hope, the Nigerian boy once abandoned and left to starve on the streets after being branded a “witch child”, has built a new life filled with dreams […]