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20+ Photos of Badass Women You’ve Probably Never Heard Of (But Should Definitely Know)

By James St. James on March 8, 2017 12:21 pm

Today is International Women’s Day which celebrates the struggle for women’s rights. The website BoredPanda has compiled a photo-history of “strong women who had to rise against the odds and fight for their dreams and passions, equality and solidarity among men. Their bravery contributed to shaping today’s world, and has to be remembered.”

Scroll down to see the badassery. Hollywood, are you taking notes? Any ONE of these women deserve biopics!

A Woman Hitting A Neo-Nazi With Her Handbag In Växjö, Sweden (13 April, 1985)

Irena Sendlerowa – Woman Who Smuggled Approximately 2,500 Jewish Children Out Of The Warsaw Ghetto

These Women Were Firefighters At Pearl Harbor

A 106-Year-Old Woman Who Protected Her Home With A Rifle, In Armenia (1990)

Maud Stevens Wagner Was The First Known Female Tattoo Artist In The United States

One Of The Onna-Bugeisha, Female Samurai Warrior Of The Upper Bushi (Samurai), Class In Feudal Japan (Late 1800’s)

Annette Kellerman Promoted Women’s Right To Wear A Fitted One-Piece Bathing Suit (1907). She Was Arrested For Indecency

Russia-Born Valentina Tereshkova Became The First Woman In Space Aboard The Vostok 6

Marina Ginestà Was A French Veteran Of The Spanish Civil War. This Is Her Most Famous Picture At The Top Of Hotel Colón In Barcelona (21 July, 1936)

Komako Kimura, A Prominent Japanese Suffragist Marched On Fifth Avenue In New York City Demanding The Right To Vote (27 October, 1917)

Taramon Bibi Is One Of The Two Female Freedom Fighters In Bangladesh

Ellen O’neal, One Of The Greatests Female Freestyle Skateboarders In The World (1970)

Bertha Von Suttner – First Woman Peace Activist And First Woman To Be Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Smaranda Brăescu, Romanian parachuting Pioneer, Former Multiple World Record Holder (1932)

Sarla Thakral Was First Indian Woman To Fly. She Earned An Aviation Pilot License In 1936 At The Age Of 21 And Flew A Gypsy Moth Solo

Maria Teresa De Filippis, First Female Formula 1 Driver (1958)

Imone Segouin, The 18 Year Old French Résistance Fighter (1944)

Jackie Ormes, America’s First Black Female Cartoonist, And Creator Of Torchy Brow

A Female Lockheed Employee Works On One In Burbank, California (1944)

Bessie Coleman – Pioneering Aviator

The Night Witches – Female Soviet Pilots Of Ww2

Liudmyla Mykhailivna Pavlychenko – “Lady Death” – Soviet Sniper Ww2

Yusra Mardini Syrian Teenage Refugee Who Swam For Hours In The Sea Pushing A Sinking Boat With Other Refugees To Safety

See more at BoredPanda

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