Some girls approached me about taking ... two years and we were headed toward marriage after high school. My mom insisted on sewing my prom dress. It had a high collar, long sleeves, many buttoned ...

None of the women invited were allowed to wear masculine clothing and the events were racially segregated. Image caption, A high school prom in Maryland, USA, in 1942. This same model was adopted ...

A high school student's prom pictures have generated a furious ... "In a time where Asian women were silenced they were able to create not only a piece of art but a symbol of activism," he wrote.