10 Inspiring Images of Women Making History

Time and again, women have rebelled to force change in how society treats and perceives them by challenging the status quo, often putting their own lives at risk. Indeed, they have changed and continue to alter the course of history with courage and resolve.

These inspiring photographs of the early pioneers and trailblazers of gender equality offer a glimpse of their triumphs and struggles.

#1 First few Women to join US Marine Corps at the oath ceremony in 1918.

#2 French Women protect their kids when German Snipers started firing after liberation of Paris (26th August 1944).

#3 Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to run Boston Marathon in 1967. The race organizer was not too happy about it.

#4 Female Pilots during World War 2.

#5 Maud Stevens Wagner (February 1877 - January 30,1961) was a circus performer and the first known female tattoo artist in the United States.

#6 A 106-year-old woman guards her home with AK 47, in Degh village, near the city of Goris in Southern Armenia. (1990s)

#7 Annette Kellerman; pro swimmer, vaudeville star and film actress posing in a swim suit that got her arrested for indecency. c. 1907.

#8 'Winnie The Welder'- working at dockyard

#9 Leola N. King, America's first female traffic cop, in 1918.

#10 Nurses reach Normandy, France in 1944 to control the casualties.

Source: wittyfeed.com