Investing Quote by Alex Palmer

Sales of corsets doubled between 1948 and 1958, possibly as part of the process of putting women back into the box, as they gave…

— Lucy Worsley

By 1917, thanks to the new munitions factories and the women that worked in them, the British Empire was supplying more than 50 million…

— Saul David

“Thus, a battleship cost around £10m in 1940. Building that battleship today might cost £500m, but to build a battleship representing the same proportion…

— David Edgerton

That a modern battleship of 48,000 tons would have to defend itself against wood and fabric biplanes with its main armament was a salutary…

— Richard Hough

Between 1939 and 1945 you produced weapons and war equipment valued at thirteen billion dollars, 70 per cent of which you shipped to your…

— Anonymous

“a Marine company or two had less tactical value than a cruiser, let alone a battleship.”

— C.J. Carella

That so-called feminine ardor for clothes shopping had been flagging for some time. Between 1980 and 1986, at the same time that women were…

— Susan Faludi

“The bulkheads were close together, the ceilings low above their helmets. Not much space in there to waste aboard the older ships. Every millimeter…

— Christina Engela

“When the bombers got back to their base, the steel cylinders were taken from the racks and shipped back to the United States of…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I'm a big supporter of this product for women. And [my relationship with the brand Berlei] was so organic. I would go to the…

— Serena Williams

“Author says the ineffectual U.S. Navy of two centuries ago lost two thirds as many men to duelist bullets as to sea hazards.”

— Joseph Wheelan

If you look at it, the corset is a very beautiful item, but when I put one on, I realized how little you could…

— Florence Pugh