Making History
In 1967, Katherine Switzer became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon. As you can see, the race organizer was none too happy about it.
French mothers shielding their children from gunfire in 1944.
Turkish aviator Sabiha Gökçen in the plane that she used to become the first female fighter pilot in 1937.
Annette Kellerman posing in the swimsuit that got her arrested for indecency in 1907
Some of the first females to join the U.S. Marine Corps. swear in during a 1918 ceremony.Source: Distractify
Maud Wagner, the first female tattooist, in 1907.
106-year-old Armenian woman protecting her home in 1990.
Ellen O'Neal, one of the first female professional skateboarders in 1976
The first women's basketball team in 1902.
Women boxing on a Los Angeles rooftop in 1933.
Leola N. King, America's first female traffic cop, in 1918.
Gertrude Ederle after becoming the first woman to swim the English Channel in 1926.
Afghan women studying medicine in 1962.
Muslim woman protects a Jewish woman by covering her gold star in Sarajevo during World War II.
Amelia Earhart, who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928.
Female members of Hell's Angels in 1973.
Margaret Bourke-White climbing on the Chrysler Building to take a photograph in 1934.
Women participating in a roller derby in 1950.
In 1967, Katherine Switzer became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon. As you can see, the race organizer was none too happy about it.
French mothers shielding their children from gunfire in 1944.
Turkish aviator Sabiha Gökçen in the plane that she used to become the first female fighter pilot in 1937.
Annette Kellerman posing in the swimsuit that got her arrested for indecency in 1907
Some of the first females to join the U.S. Marine Corps. swear in during a 1918 ceremony.Source: Distractify
Maud Wagner, the first female tattooist, in 1907.
106-year-old Armenian woman protecting her home in 1990.
Ellen O'Neal, one of the first female professional skateboarders in 1976
The first women's basketball team in 1902.
Women boxing on a Los Angeles rooftop in 1933.
Leola N. King, America's first female traffic cop, in 1918.
Gertrude Ederle after becoming the first woman to swim the English Channel in 1926.
Afghan women studying medicine in 1962.
Muslim woman protects a Jewish woman by covering her gold star in Sarajevo during World War II.
Amelia Earhart, who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928.
Female members of Hell's Angels in 1973.
Margaret Bourke-White climbing on the Chrysler Building to take a photograph in 1934.
Women participating in a roller derby in 1950.
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