Fifty Years Since the Fall of Phnom Penh

Until just fifty years ago, a married woman in Spain could not open a bank account, obtain a driver's license, accept an inheritance, manage her assets, start a business, or even work and collect a salary without her husband's consent due to the so-called "marital leave," a legal provision that prevented women from becoming full citizens. This is how a woman wrote to ABC newspaper, in the "Letters to the Editor" section of the July 26, 1956, edi…

Fifty years since the fall of Phnom Penh

Khmer New Year in April 1975 began with promise but ended in horror. Days later, the Khmer Rouge seized Phnom Penh, emptied hospitals, executed officials, and began a genocide. By Kerry Murphy