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Two Capuchin monks are in charge of the Leper Colony at Harrar, Abyssinia. They are Father Charles, who has been 32 years in the Leper Colony without once returning to Europe,and 80-year-old Father Pierrre, who has been 37 years in the Colony, but...
Keystone Press Agency Ltd.
Wives of the Apollo-14 astronauts (from left) Louise Shepard, Joan Roosa and Louise Mitchell.
Daily Mirror
Wives of the Cosmonauts in a Holiday Resort
The wives of the Russian cosmonauts, Major Yuri Gagarin and Major Gherman Titov, relaxing in a holiday resort in Russia
Fotokhronika TASS
Woman in Purdah Speaks at Trades Union Rally
Breaking the bond of tradition is a woman in purdah addressing a political mass rally in Aden organised by the Front for Liberation of Occupied South Yemen (FLOSY) and leaders of the Trades Union Congress. The rally was held to commemorate the fir...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
Ethiopia, today, is ravaged by famine. But custom prevents thousands of women from growing the drought-resistant crops which the men no longer cultivate.
UNICEF
The government of People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, which gained independence in 1967, has taken a number of steps to educate the citizens and to grant social rights for women. The tradition of covering [a woman's] head is seen rarely today. ...
Lankadeepa