“Canary Girls”
British and Irish women who worked in munitions manufacturing trinitrotoluene (TNT) shells during World War I
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Nancy Harts Militia
The Nancy Harts militia, formed in LaGrange during the first weeks of the US Civil War (1861-65), was a female military unit organized by the wives of Confederate soldiers to protect the home front.
Pythia
Ancient Greek oracle
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was formed in 1943 at the height of World War II with the intention to help offset possible revenue loss and keep baseball in the public eye.
Daughters of Bilitis
The Daughters of Bilitis were the first lesbian rights group in the United States, founded in San Francisco in 1955.
Mothers of Topaz
In response to the restoration of Selective Service for Nisei, some Issei mothers in Topaz organized to write a petition protesting the continued discrimination against their sons’ citizenship rights.
Partizanke
The contribution of partizanke, or female partisan fighters, to the Yugoslav liberation war was unprecedented in occupied Europe: official statistics of the socialist period report 100,000 women fighting as partisans, and two million participating in various ways to the support of the National Liberation Movement.
Red Zora
With its attacks, the RZ tried to encourage women and girls to form gangs to fight back against the many forms of violence and abuse that they experienced in their everyday lives.
“The Oriental Witches”
1960s Japanese national women’s volleyball team, who dominated the 1964 Olympics (the first time volleyball was an Olympic sport)
6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
The only African-American Women’s Army Corps unit to serve overseas during World War II