Abraham Lincoln reading the Bible with abolitionist Sojourner Truth , a formerly enslaved woman, originally Isabella Van Wagener, in a print...
Harriet Tubman American born in slavery, escaped 1849, and became leading Abolitionist. Active as a 'conductor' in the Underground Railroad....
Enormous crowds of women thronged Victoria Embankment, despite a drizzling rain, to participate in the women's procession voicing the demand that the...
Outside Buckingham Palace, English suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst , is arrested and carried away by Superintendent Rolfe at a march, organised by...
American politician, US Representative Jeanette Rankin stands at the podium and speaks before Congress, Washington DC, May 1917. The first female...
Margaret Sanger seated behind a desk and surrounded by twelve other women, New York, New York, circa 1924.
One American female worker drives rivets into an aircraft while another sits in the cockpit on the US home front during World War II. They wear...
Surrounded by minority women at the Houston Civic Center, Coretta Scott King talks of the resolution on minority women's rights that won the support...
American feminist and author Betty Friedan, a founder member of NOW and the author of 'The Feminine Mystique'.
American journalist, activist and feminist Gloria Steinem in her New York City apartment, 2nd November 1990.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton stands on the stage after accepting the party's nomination on the final day of the Democratic...
First Lady Michelle Obama participates in a yoga class during a visit to the Gwen Cherry Park NFL/YET Center on February 25, 2014 in Miami, Florida....
German Chancellor Angela Merkel listens during a news conference with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the German federal chancellory on...
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's opposition leader, arrives at Panasonic Center Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, April 18, 2013. Suu Kyi said on April...
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto poses for a photograph whilst on the Pakistani Peoples Party bus on her welcome home parade on October...
Ilhan Omar, candidate for State Representative for District 60B in Minnesota, gives an acceptance speech on election night, November 8, 2016 in...
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., right, prepares to take a picture in her Capitol office with Supreme Court Justices, from left, Elena...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren addresses a rally in support of Social Security and Medicare on Capitol Hill September 18, 2014 in Washington, DC. The rally...
Federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor makes remarks after being named by U.S. President Barack Obama as his choice to replace retiring Justice David Souter...
President Barack Obama, surrounded by lawmakers, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sen. Barbara Mikulski D-MD, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer...
Amelia Earhart stands June 14, 1928 in front of her bi-plane called "Friendship" in Newfoundland. Carlene Mendieta, who is trying to recreate...
Marie Curie Polish-born French physicist, in 1925 with her daughter Irene Joliot-Curie , nuclear physicist, who worked as her mother's assistant at...
First woman in space Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova is seen during a training session aboard a Vostok spacecraft simulator on January 17,...
In this handout photo provided by NASA, astronaut Ann McClain , is interviewed live on social media by U.S. Chief Data Scientist at the White House...
In this handout provided by NASA, Expedition 50 NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson smiles as she listens to a reporter's question ahead of the final...
Washington, DC On Tuesday, June 14, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, General Lori Robinson, NORAD and USNORTHCOM, gives remarks, at The...
Entertainer Beyonce performs onstage during "The Formation World Tour" at the Rose Bowl on May 14, 2016 in Pasadena, California.
Portrait of American business woman and television personality Oprah Winfrey as she poses with the graduates from the inaugural class at the Oprah...
Actress Robin Wright poses for photographers on the red carpet ahead of the world premiere of the television series 'House of Cards - Season 3...
Actress Emmy Rossum attends the Showtime celebration of the all-new seasons of "Shameless," "House Of Lies" And "Episodes" at Cecconi's Restaurant on...
Jamaican-born singer, fashion model and actress Grace Jones performs onstage during a 1981 concert at Lion Country Safari in Irvine, California. The...
Singer Ariana Grande performs onstage during The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 8, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
Emma Watson speaks at HeForShe 2nd Anniversary Reception at Museum of Modern Art on September 20, 2016 in New York City.
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Correspondent Christiane Amanpour covers the US-led peacekeeping operation in Mogadishu. From a tower she watches and smiles at Somali civilians...
American actress Carrie Fisher on the set of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back directed by Irvin Kershner.
Malala Yousafzai waves to the crowd at a press conference at the Library of Birmingham after being announced as a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize,...
Serena Williams of The United States celebrates during The Ladies Singles Final against Angelique Kerber of Germany on day twelve of the Wimbledon...
American tennis player Billie Jean Moffitt in action during a semi final in the women's singles championship at Wimbledon.
Danica Patrick, driver of the Nature's Bakery Chevrolet, stands on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Hellmann's 500 at...
Yusra Mardini of Syria during a training session at the Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 training pool Olympiapark Berlin on March 9, 2016 in Berlin, Germany.
Boston Marathon: USA Kathrine Switzer in action as BAA co-director Jock Semple attempts to tear off Switzer's bib during race on Union Street....
Ibtihaj Muhammad of the United States reacts against Sofya Velikaya of Russia during the Women's Sabre Team Semifinal 1 Russia vs United States at...
Women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey of the United States holds an open workout for fans and media at Federation Square on November 12, 2015 in...