She and her staff at Union Carbide created synthetic materials that improved various industrial processes, including purifying water. She also developed a way to make emeralds.

Poor, sad Lady Edith. Early on in "Downton Abbey," the PBS "Masterpiece Classic" family saga, it seemed that the much-overlooked, undervalued middle sister of the Crawley clan had been dealt a rough ...

Another season of Downton Abbey has come to a close, and once again, Lady Edith is unlucky. Unlucky in love, unlucky in life. She's unluckier than Bates, and he went to jail for something he didn't do ...

The Soundtracking presenter says she’s glad her wild days falling out of the Met Bar were before social media SHE once confessed to rarely turning up to present her Radio 1 afternoon show without a ...

Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas. She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. His ...

For the first time, a Native Hawaiian woman is being featured on a U.S. coin. Edith Kanaka'ole played a key role in keeping many Hawaiian traditions alive. Here's Heidi Chang reporting from Honolulu.

A new book about the first lady reveals how she and the ailing President Woodrow Wilson silenced their critics Rebecca Boggs Roberts - Author, Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of ...

A tribute to a pathbreaking Pentecostal historian who also knew the value of a cannoli to a grad student. When I started writing my biography of Charismatic evangelist Kathryn Kuhlman, I went to Edith ...

First lady Edith Wilson, center, and President Woodrow Wilson, left, arrive in New York October 11, 1918 to take part in the Liberty Day Parade. (AP Photo) Rebecca Boggs Roberts opens Untold Power, ...