Life magazine offers a really neat set of photos of women soldiers, from many countries, during World War II.  Below are some of my favorites.

Women firefighters aim a hose at the fire after the attack on Pearl Harbor:

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A member of the Women’s Royal Naval Service (Britain):

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Italian resistance fighters:

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A member of the Finnish paramilitary:

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England’s first female military pilot: Pauline Gower:

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Chinese women soldiers:

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Via Shakesville.

Lisa Wade, PhD is an Associate Professor at Tulane University. She is the author of American Hookup, a book about college sexual culture; a textbook about gender; and a forthcoming introductory text: Terrible Magnificent Sociology. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram.