By: Mundo.com - 5 June 2017, 12:54
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Throughout history, women have faced many injustices and thank you to these inspiring female fighters who have inspired us with their braveness, braking all the rules and barriers, and so changing the world we know now. Just imagine those young women who dared to show their legs for the first time, or to perform works that at that moment were only destined for men, such as the famous Amelia Earhart.
These girls changed the world!
Kathrine Switzer, First Woman to Enter Boston Marathon
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Kathrine Switzer became a hero of the women’s rights movement in 1967 after she officially completed the then all-male race. Having registered under the name KV Switzer, her gender went unnoticed by officials at the start line, but a few miles in she was attacked by an angry official who tried to pull her off the course, creating an enduring image of women’s rights history.
Malala Yousafzai
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Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate.
Maud Wagner
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Maud Stevens Wagner was a circus performer and the first known female tattoo artist in the United States and in the entire world. As an apprentice of her husband, Wagner learned how to give traditional "hand-poked" tattoos, despite the invention of the tattoo machine, and became a tattooist herself.
Aircraft Mechanic in 1944
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This girl was one of the first workers of Lockheed, and although we don't have much information about her, it's known that she was very skilled as mechanic, reason why they hired her to work the rest of the guys.
These brave war nurses
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Although nurses have been women throughout history, these American girls were the first brave women to travel to war to help heal and assist on the battlefields.
Anna Frank
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Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank was a German-born diarist. One of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust, she gained fame posthumously following the publication of The Diary of a Young Girl, in which she documents her life in hiding from 1942 to 1944, during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II.
Simone Segouin
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Simone Segouin, also known by her nom de guerre Nicole Minet, is a former French resistance fighter who served in the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans group. Among her first acts of resistance was stealing a bicycle from a German military administrator, which she then used to help carry messages. She went on to take part in large-scale or otherwise perilous missions, such as capturing German troops, derailing trains, and blowing up bridges.
Margarete Bourke-White
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Margaret Bourke-White was an American photographer and documentary photographer. She is best known as the first foreign photographer permitted to take pictures of the Soviet five-year plan, the first American female war photojournalist, and to have her photograph on the cover of the first issue of Life magazine.
The first time women dare to show their legs
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These two girls were some of the brave women who decided to go out on the street showing their legs, and willing to change the world of criticism in which they lived. That was back in Toronto in 1937.
Gertrude Ederle
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Gertrude Caroline Ederle was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in five events. On 6 August 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel
Amelia Earhart: First Woman to Fly Across the Atlantic Alone
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Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this accomplishment.
The army of mothers in 1940
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These ladies are absolutely admirable, they were a group of mothers who in The Battle of Britain in 1940, formed the famous "mothers arm", and in this image they are being trained by a sergeant.
Annette Kellerman, the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume
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Annette Marie Sarah Kellermann was an Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress, writer, and business owner. Kellermann was one of the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume, instead of the then-accepted pantaloons, and inspired others to follow her example. Kellerman's swimming costumes became so popular, that she started her own fashion line of one-piece bathing suits.
Anna Lee Fisher, one of the first women in space
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Astronaut Anna Fisher joined NASA in 1978 and became the first mother to fly in space when she launched on her space shuttle mission.
Women volunteers at Pearl Harbor
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These are some of the women who decided to set aside the alleged weakness to serve during Pearl Harbor.
Members of the Hells Angels gang
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The first and only women to become part of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang.
Ellen O'neal, the first skateboarder
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She is considered the godmother of women's professional skateboarding, she became the first girl to perform this sport in 1976.
Eva Perón
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After moving to Buenos Aires in the 1930s, she had some success as an actress. in 1945, she married Juan Perón, who became president of Argentina the following year. Eva Perón used her position as first lady to fight for women's suffrage and improving the lives of the poor, and became a legendary figure in Argentine politics.
Michelle Obama
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Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is an American lawyer and writer who was First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She is married to the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady.
Coco Channel
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Coco Chanel was a leading French modernist designer, whose patterns of simplicity and style revolutionised women’s clothing. She was the only designer to be listed in the Time 100 most influential people of the Twentieth Century. Coco Chanel helped create women’s clothing that was simpler and more practical. She also introduced trousers and suits for women – something which had not been done before.
