Diane Carlson Evans Dies at 79; Led Campaign for Vietnam Women’s Memorial

A former Army nurse who served in combat, she coordinated a 10-year effort to create a monument recognizing the contributions ...
Human Rights Watch

Vietnam’s Courageous Women Behind Bars

In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, the Vietnam Women’s Union launched a nationwide campaign called “long-dress week” (tuan le ao dai) to “promote the beauty of Vietnam’s women.” ...
Boston Herald

The Vietnam War produced classic Hollywood films — and hardly any classic female roles

“Me love you long time,” a Vietnamese sex worker tells the U.S. troops, swiveling her hips as she hawks her services. “You party?” The first female character in Stanley Kubrick’s Vietnam War classic ...
The National Interest

The American Women Who Served in the Vietnam War are Unsung Heroines

The inspiration for this story came to me from a YouTube video that was originally posted three years ago by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs—but reshared on MSN two months ago via the ...