22 stunning shots by female photographers

A Palestinian woman pleads with Christian militia in Beirut while a man tries to take children to safety during the Lebanese civil war, Jan. 19, 1976, by Francoise De Mulder.

Members of a newly-formed Bluebell Girls dance troupe from England, during rehearsals at the Nuevo Teatro in Milan, Italy, Nov. 1951, by Grace Robertson.

A woman in Moscow, Russia circa 1990, by Francoise De Mulder.

Prayer in a street in Algiers, Algeria, April, 1990, by Francoise De Mulder.

A group of women washing laundry in a New York hotel, U.S., circa 1965, by Susan Schiff Faludi.

An American Marine 2nd Lieutenant stands with his back to rescue workers swarming the ruins of the American embassy after a suicide bomber attacked killing 63, including 17 Americans, among them CIA station chief Robert Ames, Beirut, Lebanon, April 18, 1983, by Francoise De Mulder.

Billy Nalakandi with his children in his motherland, Kubumi, Australia, by Penny Tweedie.

An anti-apartheid demonstration in Soweto, South Africa, 1989, by Lily Franey.

Pushers (railway station attendants) ensure all passengers are safely on board a train in Tokyo, Japan, March 1988, by Barbara Alper.

Police arrest a part-Aboriginal woman during a demonstration for Aboriginal land rights at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, by Penny Tweedie.

Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma in her bridal dress during her wedding to the ex-king of Romania, in 1948, by Albin Guillot.

A father and son lie down asleep in bed, New York, U.S., 1949, by Rae Russel.

Muammar Gaddafi delivers a speech to demonstrators gathered in a show of support for his return, following his resignation as leader of the Revolutionary Command Council, Libya, by Genevieve Chauvel.

Two lovers on the banks of the River Seine in Paris, France, circa 1960, by Erika Stone.

Migrant workers waiting for relief checks, Calipatria, California, U.S., February 1937, by Dorothea Lange for Farm Security Administration.

Two young boys eating a free breakfast, part of a free breakfast for children program sponsored by the Black Panther Party, New York, U.S., winter 1969, by Bev Grant.

Training of the Guardia Civil, or Spanish Civil Guard, Madrid, Spain, by Christine Spengler.

Workers in a cigar factory in Havana, Cuba, July 1991, by Lily Franey.

Portrait of American actress Carrie Fisher holding a wine glass in one hand, 1980, by Lynn Goldsmith.

Members of the film crew and Swedish-born American actress Greta Garbo (1905 - 1990) during the making of her second film in America 'The Temptress', July 14, 1926, by Ruth Harriet Louise.

Washing lines blowing in the wind at the Butlin's holiday camp in Skegness, Lincolnshire, U.K., July 1, 1955, by Grace Robertson.

Queen Elizabeth II watching her son Prince Charles playing in his toy car while at Balmoral, Scotland, Sept. 28, 1952, by Lisa Sheridan.