Powerful Photos Of Women Who Changed History Forever.

These women have changed history forever by being strong, brave, and human, regardless of society’s expectations for them. A Muslim woman covers the yellow star of her Jewish neighbour with her veil to protect her from prosecution. Sarajevo, former Yugoslavia. [1941] 49 Likes 14 Shares

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Kathrine Switzer becomes the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, despite attempts by the marathon organizer to stop her. [1967] 37 Likes 11 Shares

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Photograph of a samurai warrior. [c. late 1800s] 20 Likes 3 Shares

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A Swedish woman hitting a neo-Nazi protester with her handbag. The woman was reportedly a concentration camp survivor. [1985] 24 Likes

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Anna Fisher, "the first mother in space" [1980s] 26 Likes 4 Shares

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Jeanne Manford marches with her gay son during a Pride Parade. [1972] 17 Likes 5 Shares

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Sabiha Gökçen of Turkey poses with her plane, in 1937 she became the first female fighter pilot. 29 Likes 6 Shares

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A woman drinking tea in the aftermath of a German bombing raid during the London Blitz. [1940] 20 Likes 4 Shares

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106-year old Armenian woman protecting her home with an AK-47. [1990] 210 Likes 48 Shares

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Volunteers learn how to fight fires at Pearl Harbor [c. 1941 - 1945] 20 Likes 2 Shares

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A mason high above Berlin. [c. 1900] 18 Likes 2 Shares

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Members of the Hell's Angels gang. [1973] 6 Likes 4 Shares

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Ellen O’Neal, one of the first professional female skaters. [1976] 14 Likes

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Parisian mothers shield their children from German sniper fire. [1944] 85 Likes 14 Shares

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Winnie the Welder. [1943] 23 Likes 2 Shares

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Two women show uncovered legs in public for the first time in Toronto. [1937] 22 Likes 1 Share

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Filipino guerilla, Captain Nieves Fernandez, shows a US soldier how she killed Japanese soldiers during the occupation. [1944] 7 Likes 3 Shares

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Elspeth Beard, during her attempt to become the first Englishwoman to circumnavigate the world by motorcycle. [1980s] 13 Likes 1 Share

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Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel. [1926] 17 Likes 1 Share

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A British sergeant training members of the ‘mum’s army’ Women's Home Defence Corps during the Battle of Britain. [1940] 17 Likes 2 Shares

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Annette Kellerman posing in a swimsuit that got her arrested for indecency. [c. 1907] 33 Likes 10 Shares

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A mother shows a picture of her son to returning prisoners of war in an attempt to find him. [Vienna, 1947] 25 Likes 3 Shares