B&W Snapshots of Women in History

In celebration of International Women's Day and Women's History Month, and because women are worth celebrating no matter the date, we've gathered some of our favorite vintage black and white photos of women through history. Spanning the globe from a market in Morocco to the British coast, these photos capture women in their most authentic moments - as workers, artists, mothers, pilots, athletes and as real, everyday women. Here's to you, women of the world.

Women in Photos

Miss Lillian Ward, one of the earliest female plane pilots in 1930.

Photographed by Emil Otto Hoppe, a mother holds her child at the beach circa 1930.

Titled 'Relaxing'. Taken by Emil Otto Hoppe circa 1930.

In 1950, a Yugoslavian woman works with children by her side.

Circa 1964, a Chinese farm woman holds her child.

A woman reads in snow goggles, circa 1930.

This vintage aristotype shows a young woman from the Andes in 1880.

A Parisian woman paints Notre Dame in 1940.

An Indian woman pulls a cart in 1949.

In 1940, a woman picks flowers.

Photographed by Emil Otto Hoppe, this image is titled 'Tragedy Or Comedy? A Tea Shop Tete a Tete, Talking Things Over.'

Circa 1880, an Indian woman poses with a jug.

Young women build a sandcastle in 1930.

A Spanish woman poses with a matador hat in 1880.

A Lepcha woman and child, circa 1949.

A woman feeds a chipmunk.

Workers haul good in St. Vincent, circa 1910.

In Egypt, a Coptic woman is photographed in 1900.

In 1968, Guatemalan women go to market.

Russian women prepare for the beach in 1962.

In 1916, a British woman keeps warm in an officer's coat.

British women of the Women Signallers Territorial Corps circa 1916.

A young Japanese woman poses in 1895.

A female soldier in Jordan, circa 1960.

In Morocco, a Berber woman sits in the market circa 1960s.

In 1938, Wills Moody defeats Helen Jacobs in woman's singles final.

Circa 1940, portrait painter Elisa Sullo poses with her work.

Circa 1960s, an Italian factory worker.

A Moroccan woman rides a bicycle.

Mother and child, circa 1930.

Yugoslavian women working, circa 1960s.

In 1940, a woman looks out over the industrial estuary.