These 50 Women Changed The Entire Course Of History
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A Muslim woman covers the yellow star of her Jewish neighbour with her veil to protect her from prosecution. Sarajevo, former Yugoslavia. [1941]
![A%20Muslim%20woman%20covers%20the%20yellow%20star%20of%20her%20Jewish%20neighbour%20with%20her%20veil%20to%20protect%20her%20from%20prosecution.%20Sarajevo%2C%20former%20Yugoslavia.%20%5B1941%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/732-934x.jpg)
Kathrine Switzer becomes the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, despite attempts by the marathon organizer to stop her. [1967]
![Kathrine%20Switzer%20becomes%20the%20first%20woman%20to%20run%20the%20Boston%20Marathon%2C%20despite%20attempts%20by%20the%20marathon%20organizer%20to%20stop%20her.%20%5B1967%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/1421-934x.jpg)
Afghan women at a public library before the Taliban seized power. [c. 1950s]
![Afghan%20women%20at%20a%20public%20library%20before%20the%20Taliban%20seized%20power.%20%5Bc.%201950s%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/3412-934x.jpg)
Photograph of a samurai warrior. [c. late 1800s]
![Photograph%20of%20a%20samurai%20warrior.%20%5Bc.%20late%201800s%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/702-934x.jpg)
A Swedish woman hitting a neo-Nazi protester with her handbag. The woman was reportedly a concentration camp survivor. [1985]
![%20A%20Swedish%20woman%20hitting%20a%20neo-Nazi%20protester%20with%20her%20handbag.%20The%20woman%20was%20reportedly%20a%20concentration%20camp%20survivor.%20%5B1985%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/2106-934x.jpg)
Marina Ginesta, a 17-year-old communist militant, overlooking Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War. [1936]
![Marina%20Ginesta%2C%20a%2017-year-old%20communist%20militant%2C%20overlooking%20Barcelona%20during%20the%20Spanish%20Civil%20War.%20%5B1936%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/1133-934x.jpg)
Anna Fisher, “the first mother in space” [1980s]
![Anna%20Fisher%2C%20%22the%20first%20mother%20in%20space%22%20%5B1980s%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/573-934x.jpg)
Jeanne Manford marches with her gay son during a Pride Parade. [1972]
![Jeanne%20Manford%20marches%20with%20her%20gay%20son%20during%20a%20Pride%20Parade.%20%5B1972%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/536-934x.jpg)
Jeanne went on to found the rights group “Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays”.
Maud Wagner, the first well know female tattooist in the United States. [1907]
![Maud%20Wagner%2C%20the%20first%20well%20know%20female%20tattooist%20in%20the%20United%20States.%20%5B1907%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/5111-934x.jpg)
Women boxing on a roof in LA. [1933]
![Women%20boxing%20on%20a%20roof%20in%20LA.%20%5B1933%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/1915-934x.jpg)
Sabiha Gökçen of Turkey poses with her plane, in 1937 she became the first female fighter pilot.
![Sabiha%20G%F6k%E7en%20of%20Turkey%20poses%20with%20her%20plane%2C%20in%201937%20she%20became%20the%20first%20female%20fighter%20pilot.](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/1322-934x.jpg)
A woman drinking tea in the aftermath of a German bombing raid during the London Blitz. [1940]
![A%20woman%20drinking%20tea%20in%20the%20aftermath%20of%20a%20German%20bombing%20raid%20during%20the%20London%20Blitz.%20%5B1940%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/2120-934x.jpg)
106-year old Armenian woman protecting her home with an AK-47. [1990]
![106-year%20old%20Armenian%20woman%20protecting%20her%20home%20with%20an%20AK-47.%20%5B1990%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/544-934x.jpg)
Volunteers learn how to fight fires at Pearl Harbor [c. 1941 – 1945]
![Volunteers%20learn%20how%20to%20fight%20fires%20at%20Pearl%20Harbor%20%5Bc.%201941%20-%201945%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/927-934x.jpg)
A captured Soviet soldier is given water by a Ukrainian woman after being captured. [1941]
![A%20captured%20Soviet%20soldier%20is%20given%20water%20by%20a%20Ukrainian%20woman%20after%20being%20captured.%20%5B1941%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/3314-620x.jpg)
A mason high above Berlin. [c. 1900]
![A%20mason%20high%20above%20Berlin.%20%5Bc.%201900%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/584-934x.jpg)
Margaret Bourke-White, a photographer, climbing the Chrysler Building. [1934]
![Margaret%20Bourke-White%2C%20a%20photographer%2C%20climbing%20the%20Chrysler%20Building.%20%5B1934%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/742-934x.jpg)
Railroad workers at lunch. Many were the wives and even mothers of the men who left for war. [1943]
![Railroad%20workers%20at%20lunch.%20Many%20were%20the%20wives%20and%20even%20mothers%20of%20the%20men%20who%20left%20for%20war.%20%5B1943%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/3510-934x.jpg)
Some of the first women sworn into US Marine Corps. [August, 1918]
![Some%20of%20the%20first%20women%20sworn%20into%20US%20Marine%20Corps.%20%5BAugust%2C%201918%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/4310-934x.jpg)
Girls deliver heavy blocks of ice after male workers were conscripted [1918]
![Girls%20deliver%20heavy%20blocks%20of%20ice%20after%20male%20workers%20were%20conscripted%20%5B1918%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/553-934x.jpg)
Members of the Hell’s Angels gang. [1973]
![Members%20of%20the%20Hell%27s%20Angels%20gang.%20%5B1973%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/782-934x.jpg)
Ellen O’Neal, one of the first professional female skaters. [1976]
![Ellen%20O%u2019Neal%2C%20one%20of%20the%20first%20professional%20female%20skaters.%20%5B1976%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/445-934x.jpg)
Parisian mothers shield their children from German sniper fire. [1944]
![Parisian%20mothers%20shield%20their%20children%20from%20German%20sniper%20fire.%20%5B1944%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/830-934x.jpg)
Winnie the Welder. [1943]
![Winnie%20the%20Welder.%20%5B1943%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/5210-934x.jpg)
Winnie was one of 2,000 women who worked in US shipyards during World War II.
Two women show uncovered legs in public for the first time in Toronto. [1937]
![Two%20women%20show%20uncovered%20legs%20in%20public%20for%20the%20first%20time%20in%20Toronto.%20%5B1937%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/1134-934x.jpg)
Filipino guerilla, Captain Nieves Fernandez, shows a US soldier how she killed Japanese soldiers during the occupation. [1944]
![Filipino%20guerilla%2C%20Captain%20Nieves%20Fernandez%2C%20shows%20a%20US%20soldier%20how%20she%20killed%20Japanese%20soldiers%20during%20the%20occupation.%20%5B1944%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/1228-934x.jpg)
A Dutch woman refuses to leave her husband, a German soldier, after Allied soldiers capture him. She followed him into captivity. [1944]
![A%20Dutch%20woman%20refuses%20to%20leave%20her%20husband%2C%20a%20German%20soldier%2C%20after%20Allied%20soldiers%20capture%20him.%20She%20followed%20him%20into%20captivity.%20%5B1944%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/1519-934x.jpg)
Komako Kimura, a prominent Japanese suffragist at a march in New York. [October 23, 1917]
![Komako%20Kimura%2C%20a%20prominent%20Japanese%20suffragist%20at%20a%20march%20in%20New%20York.%20%5BOctober%2023%2C%201917%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/673-934x.jpg)
Elspeth Beard, during her attempt to become the first Englishwoman to circumnavigate the world by motorcycle. [1980s]
![Elspeth%20Beard%2C%20during%20her%20attempt%20to%20become%20the%20first%20Englishwoman%20to%20circumnavigate%20the%20world%20by%20motorcycle.%20%5B1980s%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/young-elspeth-beard-bmw-motorcycle-934x.jpg)
The journey took 3 years and covered 48,000 miles.
Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel. [1926]
![Gertrude%20Ederle%20becomes%20the%20first%20woman%20to%20swim%20across%20the%20English%20Channel.%20%5B1926%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/2614-934x.jpg)
A woman suffrage activist protesting after “The Night of Terror.” [1917]
![A%20woman%20suffrage%20activist%20protesting%20after%20%22The%20Night%20of%20Terror.%22%20%5B1917%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/2811-934x.jpg)
33 suffrage activists had been arrested for ‘obstructing traffic’ and were badly beaten by prison guards.
A mother plays with her child on the beach. [c. 1950s]
![%20A%20mother%20plays%20with%20her%20child%20on%20the%20beach.%20%5Bc.%201950s%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/1716-934x.jpg)
Aviator Amelia Earhart after becoming the first woman to fly an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean. [1928]
![Aviator%20Amelia%20Earhart%20after%20becoming%20the%20first%20woman%20to%20fly%20an%20aircraft%20across%20the%20Atlantic%20Ocean.%20%5B1928%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/3610-934x.jpg)
Afghan women studying medicine. [1962]
![Afghan%20women%20studying%20medicine.%20%5B1962%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/473-934x.jpg)
A British sergeant training members of the ‘mum’s army’ Women’s Home Defence Corps during the Battle of Britain. [1940]
![A%20British%20sergeant%20training%20members%20of%20the%20%u2018mum%u2019s%20army%u2019%20Women%27s%20Home%20Defence%20Corps%20during%20the%20Battle%20of%20Britain.%20%5B1940%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/407-934x.jpg)
The iconic photo of a concerned pea-picker and mother of seven children during the Dust Bowl. [1936]
![The%20iconic%20photo%20of%20a%20concerned%20pea-picker%20and%20mother%20of%20seven%20children%20during%20the%20Dust%20Bowl.%20%5B1936%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/4115-934x.jpg)
Women’s Liberation Coalition March, Detroit, Michigan. [1970]
![Women%27s%20Liberation%20Coalition%20March%2C%20Detroit%2C%20Michigan.%20%5B1970%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/4212-934x.jpg)
Women’s league roller derby skaters in New York. [March 10, 1950]
![Women%27s%20league%20roller%20derby%20skaters%20in%20New%20York.%20%5BMarch%2010%2C%201950%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/446-934x.jpg)
The first women’s basketball team from Smith College [1902]
![The%20first%20women%u2019s%20basketball%20team%20from%20Smith%20College%20%5B1902%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/455-934x.jpg)
18 year old French Résistance fighter, Simone Segouin, during the liberation of Paris. [19 August 1944]
![18%20year%20old%20French%20R%E9sistance%20fighter%2C%20Simone%20Segouin%2C%20during%20the%20liberation%20of%20Paris.%20%5B19%20August%201944%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/463-934x.jpg)
A Los Angeles Police Officer looks after an abandoned baby in the drawer of her desk. [1971]
![A%20Los%20Angeles%20Police%20Officer%20looks%20after%20an%20abandoned%20baby%20in%20the%20drawer%20of%20her%20desk.%20%5B1971%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/483-620x.jpg)
Female snipers of the Soviet 3rd Shock Army. [May 4, 1945]
![Female%20snipers%20of%20the%20Soviet%203rd%20Shock%20Army.%20%5BMay%204%2C%201945%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/493-934x.jpg)
Voting activist Annie Lumpkins at the Little Rock city jail. [1961]
![Voting%20activist%20Annie%20Lumpkins%20at%20the%20Little%20Rock%20city%20jail.%20%5B1961%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/537-934x.jpg)
Annette Kellerman posing in a swimsuit that got her arrested for indecency. [c. 1907]
![Annette%20Kellerman%20posing%20in%20a%20swimsuit%20that%20got%20her%20arrested%20for%20indecency.%20%5Bc.%201907%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/602-934x.jpg)
A mother shows a picture of her son to returning prisoners of war in an attempt to find him. [Vienna, 1947]
![A%20mother%20shows%20a%20picture%20of%20her%20son%20to%20returning%20prisoners%20of%20war%20in%20an%20attempt%20to%20find%20him.%20%5BVienna%2C%201947%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/2713-620x.jpg)
Leola N. King, America’s first female traffic cop, Washington D.C. [1918]
![Leola%20N.%20King%2C%20America%27s%20first%20female%20traffic%20cop%2C%20Washington%20D.C.%20%5B1918%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/6112-934x.jpg)
Erika, a 15-year-old Hungarian fighter who fought for freedom against the Soviet Union. [October 1956]
![Erika%2C%20a%2015-year-old%20Hungarian%20fighter%20who%20fought%20for%20freedom%20against%20the%20Soviet%20Union.%20%5BOctober%201956%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/683-934x.jpg)
American nurses land in Normandy. [1944]
![American%20nurses%20land%20in%20Normandy.%20%5B1944%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/693-934x.jpg)
A Lockheed employee working on a P-38 Lightning [Burbank, California, 1944]
![A%20Lockheed%20employee%20working%20on%20a%20P-38%20Lightning%20%5BBurbank%2C%20California%2C%201944%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/7111-934x.jpg)
A Red Cross nurse takes down the last words of a British soldier. [c. 1917]
![A%20Red%20Cross%20nurse%20takes%20down%20the%20last%20words%20of%20a%20British%20soldier.%20%5Bc.%201917%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/7210-934x.jpg)
Female pilots leaving their B-17, “Pistol Packin’ Mama” [c. 1941 – 1945]
![Female%20pilots%20leaving%20their%20B-17%2C%20%22Pistol%20Packin%27%20Mama%22%20%5Bc.%201941%20-%201945%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/762-934x.jpg)
Sarla Thakral, 21 years old, the first Indian woman to earn a pilot license. [1936]
![Sarla%20Thakral%2C%2021%20years%20old%2C%20the%20first%20Indian%20woman%20to%20earn%20a%20pilot%20license.%20%5B1936%5D](http://www.distractify.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/08/8110-934x.jpg)
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