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Things I like: suffragettes, war workers, factory girls, socialites who got stuff done, ladies who ruled countries, and women who changed the world, even if it was just a little bit. Click on photos for sources.

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Florida State University student Karen Graffius at an anti-war demonstration, 1969.

Florida State University student Karen Graffius at an anti-war demonstration, 1969.

The Vietnam Women’s Memorial, Washington, DC. The memorial is dedicated to the almost 10,000 women who served in the Vietnam War.  Most were nurses, all were volunteers. This section of the monument is called Hope.

The Vietnam Women’s Memorial, Washington, DC.

The memorial is dedicated to the almost 10,000 women who served in the Vietnam War.  Most were nurses, all were volunteers.

This section of the monument is called Hope.

The Vietnam Women’s Memorial, Washington, DC. The memorial is dedicated to the almost 10,000 women who served in the Vietnam War.  Most were nurses, all were volunteers. This section of the monument is called Faith.

The Vietnam Women’s Memorial, Washington, DC.

The memorial is dedicated to the almost 10,000 women who served in the Vietnam War.  Most were nurses, all were volunteers.

This section of the monument is called Faith.

The Vietnam Women’s Memorial, Washington, DC The memorial is dedicated to the almost 10,000 women who served in the Vietnam War.  Most were nurses, all were volunteers. This section of the monument is called Charity.

The Vietnam Women’s Memorial, Washington, DC

The memorial is dedicated to the almost 10,000 women who served in the Vietnam War.  Most were nurses, all were volunteers.

This section of the monument is called Charity.

Eileen Anderson holding up a protest sign at an anti-war rally in Miami Beach during the 1972 GOP Convention.

Eileen Anderson holding up a protest sign at an anti-war rally in Miami Beach during the 1972 GOP Convention.

Marine wives at Camp Pendleton, California waiting for the return of prisoners of war, 1973.

Marine wives at Camp Pendleton, California waiting for the return of prisoners of war, 1973.