In June 1942, 27-year-old Florence Ebersole Smith was hired as a bookkeeper at Manila’s Philippine Liquid Fuel Distribution Union. The company was run by a Japanese businessman who’d been installed by ...

With hits like “Respect” and “Chain of Fools,” she defined a female archetype: sensual and strong, long-suffering but ultimately indomitable.

In the vast archives of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History resides the title of ownership to a machine named Indomitable that represents a milestone in the history of medical ...

If you’re heartbroken, Kat Wright‘s By My Side might be a perilous listen. Like any good soul album, it’s heavy with moody, plunging grooves, wailing horns and the sort of bittersweet ache that can ...