The funeral procession of Emily Wilding Davison in 1913 - the suffragette who killed herself by running in the way of the King's horse at the Epsom Derby.
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The Suffragettes
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Leader of the suffragettes Emmeline Pankhurst is carried away by policemen in London in 1914.
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Margaret Sanger
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Women outside the court in New York waiting for Margaret Sanger, who was arrested for distributing information about contraception in 1917.
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Women during the war
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With so many men away fighting overseas during World War One, women step up to take on traditionally male jobs to help with the war effort. This photo shows women in a factory making gas-masks in 1918.
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The first female MP
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Lady Nancy Astor is elected to the UK parliament in 1919 - a year after some women won the right to vote.
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The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
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Amelia Earhart completes the journey in 1928.
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Women in World War Two
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Women step up in the second world war. In this 1941 photo, a group of women prepare a tank in their factory which would be given to UK allies the USSR .
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Marching for equal pay
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A woman marches for equal pay in London in 1952.
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Rosa Parks
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The civil rights activist who refused to move from the front of the bus (where white people sat) in 1956.
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The first woman to go into space
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Russian astronaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman to do so in 1963.
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Dagenham factory workers strike
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In 1968, sewing machinists go on strike over equal pay. It later contributes to the Equal Pay Act of 1970.
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Gloria Steinem
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Gloria Steinem - A spokesperson and face of the women's liberation movement in the 1970s (and now).
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Roe vs Wade
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The landmark supreme court case Roe vs Wade led to the legalisation of abortion in the US in 1973. Pictured is feminist attorney Gloria Allred with Norma McCorvey (Jane Roe the plaintiff who challenged the courts) in 1989.
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Feminists protest the Miss World pageant
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A group of campaigners outside the Royal Albert Hall, where the competition was being held, in 1971.
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Battle of the Sexes
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Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in the famous 1973 tennis match.
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Refuge
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Women protesting against the lack of refuges for victims of domestic abuse in London in 1975.
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The first woman inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame
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Aretha Franklin is welcomed in 1987.
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The first speaker of the House of Commons
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Betty Boothroyd is the first and only female speaker in parliament.
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The first woman in charge of a Muslim-majority country.
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Benzir Bhutto first becomes Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988.
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Maya Angelou reciting at the inaugration
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Maya Angelou becomes the first woman and African-American to recite at a presidential inauguration when she reels off her poem 'On the Pulse of Morning' at Bill Clinton's in 1993.
Olivia Blair is Talent Editor at Hearst UK, working predominantly across Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire and Harper's Bazaar. Olivia covers all things entertainment and has interviewed the likes of Margot Robbie, Emma Stone, Timothée Chalamet and Cynthia Erivo over the years.