Brazen Women

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Madam Moll, Gangster from The Late 20’s with her M1928 Thompson in front of a bank safe she just robbed…

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I would think that the first rule of bank robbery would be don’t stop for selfies but what do I know?

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A woman named Victoria Woodhull,  ran for the office in 1872, 136 years before Clinton made her first run in 2008. Woodhull, who died nearly twenty years before Clinton was even born, hazarded a path on which no woman before her had ever dared to tread. Even more amazing is that she did it almost 50 years before the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 gave women the right to vote. On Election Day, November 5, 1872, Victoria Woodhull couldn’t even vote for herself. 

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Advertising Post card woman in rollerskates

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Aleksandra Samusenko in 1943, the only female tank officer in the Soviet 1st Tank Army

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Woman with shotgun and dog, Florida, ca. 1910s

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Annie Edson Taylor who took a barrel ride down the Niagara Falls in 1901 and became the first daredevil to survive the 174-foot journey and tell the tale – via Messy Nessy Chic

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Miss Maude Odell, one of the first women taxi drivers in New York, 1923

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1922, mont ventoux, mahan on morgan and a woman like monkey...

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Sylvia Vanderpool-Robinson is considered the mother of hip-hop. She was an American singer, musician, record producer, and record label executive. She was best known for her work as founder/CEO of the hip hop label Sugar Hill Records. She is credited as the driving force behind two landmark singles in the genre; "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang, and "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.

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Kate Warne was the first female detective in the United States. She is most known for being a part of the Pinkerton team sent to Baltimore on February 3, 1861, that uncovered a plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln while he was changing trains in Baltimore on his way to Washington, DC, to take the oath of office. 

There are no known photographs of Warne, but it is suspected that the person standing behind Pinkerton in this photo of him in front of his tent during his civil war service may be that of Kate Warne. Although no known photos of her are known to exist, we believe that the person in this photo could be her. She was known to have been with Allen Pinkerton at the time this photo was made. Note that this is the only person in the photo that does not have facial hair. Note the clothing and what appears to be a women when you look close.

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Dottie Kamenshek was called the best player in women's baseball and was once recruited to play for a men's professional team. (National Baseball Hall Of Fame Library)

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A female gas station attendant, Chicago, 1927

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Photo shows Fraulein Kussin and Mrs. Edwards who had a boxing match on March 7, 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

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Ruth Law.  Bought her first airplane from Orville Wright in 1912 at age 21.  First woman to do a loop-de-loop.  First woman authorized to wear a uniform by the U.S. Military.  She’s cute!

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Australia’s first women Olympians, Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie, 1912

Format: Gelatin silver photographic print

Notes: Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie were Australia’s first women Olympians, winning gold and silver in the 100 metres freestyle, Stockholm, 1912

From the collections of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au