During the Battle of Fort Niagara, a pair of uniformed soldiers and two civilians load and fire a cannon during the War of 1812, Fort Niagara, New...
Joan of Arc , French saint and national heroine who led her troops to victory over the British during the Hundred Years War, carrying a sword and a...
Engraving depicting American housewife Nancy Hart holding British soldiers at gunpoint after killing two of their comrades during the American...
American soldier Deborah Sampson delivering a letter to George Washington. She served in the American Army until she fell ill and her true identity...
Marine Corps Women's Reserve recruitment poster features a uniformed woman and the phrase 'Be a Marine...Free a Marine to Fight,' early to mid 1940s....
Agustina de Aragon , the Maid of Saragossa, a heroine of the Spanish War of Independence, circa 1808. After inspiring the Spanish troops at the Siege...
Woman, in black chador and carrying a G-3 machine gun, holds up her hand in a gesture of defiance to the camera, Tehran, 12th February 1979. She is...
English History, Illustrations, pic: circa AD This illustration shows Boadicea , Queen of the Iceni "haranguing the Britons", She led an ongoing...
Female Khmer Rouge fighter or 'mit naree' carries an AK-47 assault rifle in the jungle of western Cambodia, 15th February 1981.
Each year, thousands of young american women swap their heels and mascara for military fatigues and an M-16 rifle, in a bid to join the ranks of the...
Each year, thousands of young american women swap their heels and mascara for military fatigues and an M-16 rifle, in a bid to join the ranks of the...
Dona Catalina de Erauso , known as 'La Monja Alferez' or 'The Second Lieutenant Nun', 1630. Having escaped from a convent, she disguised herself as a...
Maoist insurgents celebrate in the Rukum District of Nepal April 22, 2004 weeks after their attack on government troops in Beni when they overran the...
Quartet of Italian anti-Fascist women patriots who are helping the Allied forces on the Castelluccio front, are shown relaxing while awaiting orders...
Yugoslav fighters, members of the patriot forces led by Marshal Josip Broz, called Tito, shoot at practice targets while resting at an Allied camp in...
Christian Lebanese young women, members of Kataeb Phalangist party show their skill in handling arms while they train in a village between...
Burqa-clad Afghan women queue with their children for medical treatment at Italian PRT on September 19, 2009 in Herat, Afghanistan. A woman soldier...
Female soldier of Tank Grenadier Brigade 37 of the German Bundeswehr stands at attention with colleagues at a ceremony marking their deployment to...
Margity Mangasha is a female fighter for the Oromo Liberation Front, she is being photographed while on operation against Addis Abeba's troops, on...
Molly Pitcher heroine of the battle of Monmouth in the American War of Indepencence, tamping a gun on the battlefield.
Karan Simons Hasselaer who in 1572 led a company of women in the siege of Haarlem when the city was besieged by Spanish troops.
Soldiers attend a decoration ceremony for 89 new lieutenants, including nine women, on January 11, 2013 at the central city of Kananga military...
Female Indian commandos take part in a final training before a passing out ceremony at a commando training centre on the outskirts of Patiala 230kms...
Women soldiers ride a Japanese motorcycle in the streets of the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, in April 1975. On New Year's Day 1975, Communist...
