Female WWII Pilots to Receive Medals

Oren Dorell and Malia Rulon write in USA Today: “Congress is awarding the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor, to members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, a civilian branch of the Army Air Force. Fewer than 300 of the 1,100 survive.…

Home Fires: Women’s Work

“As of 10 years ago, women have been allowed to serve in the Israeli Defense Force (I.D.F.) in any capacity that male soldiers serve, including combat units. . . . Meanwhile, back here in the United States, women in the military are still seen as less capable and something of a curiosity,” writes Catherine Ross for The New York Times’ blog the Opinionator.

Our Daughters Should Not Be Cut

Lynn Harris writes for Salon: “Female genital mutilation isn’t just a problem in other countries. It’s happening here, and we need to face it.”