mikkeneko: dreadpiratekhan:dreadpiratekhan:A Swedish woman hitting a neo-Nazi protester with her
mikkeneko: dreadpiratekhan: dreadpiratekhan: A Swedish woman hitting a neo-Nazi protester with her handbag. The woman was reportedly a concentration camp survivor. [1985] Volunteers learn how to fight fires at Pearl Harbor [c. 1941 - 1945] Maud Wagner, the first well-known female tattoo artist in the U.S. [1907] A 106-year old Armenian woman protecting her home with an AK-47. [1990] Komako Kimura, a prominent Japanese suffragist at a march in New York. [October 23, 1917] Margaret Hamilton, lead software engineer of the Apollo Project, standing next to the code she wrote by hand that was used to take humanity to the moon. [1969] Erika, a 15-year-old Hungarian fighter who fought for freedom against the Soviet Union. [October 1956] Sarla Thakral, 21 years old, the first Indian woman to earn a pilot license. [1936] Voting activist Annie Lumpkins at the Little Rock city jail. [1961] (freakin’ immaculate) Now with more awesomesauce! Female pilots leaving their B-17, “Pistol Packin’ Mama” [c. 1941 - 1945] The first basketball team from Smith college. [1902] Filipino guerilla, Captain Nieves Fernandez, shows a US soldier how she killed Japanese soldiers during the occupation. [1944] Afghani medical students. [1962] (man, screw fundamentalism.) A British sergeant training members of the ‘mum’s army’ Women’s Home Defence Corps during the Battle of Britain. [1940] and just to wrap up… Nina Simone, one of the most talented vocalists of the 20th century. Women have always been there. remember whenever a Serious Historical Movie is made showing Serious Historical Things that include only a parade of unbroken men, that is a deliberate filmmaking choice. -- source link