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Vintage Women's Portraits

Black and white portraits of notable women from the mid-20th century, featuring classic fashion and poses, evoking a nostalgic mood.

Expert - Dr. Eleanor Schonell is a psychologist and Doctor off Philosophy. Has an intense interest in people. Her husband is a professor and she has a son and daughter. September 22, 1954. (Photo by David R. Jones).

Madame Genevieve Tabouis, famous French journalist whose political opinion and prediction is followed by top government officials. September 18, 1953.

EDITORIAL ONLYQueen Elizabeth II broadcasting her first Christmas message in 1952 after the death of her father. Elizabeth II, born 1926. Queen of the United Kingdom. From The Queen Elizabeth Coron

On 10 October 1971, the West German Women's Peace Movement (WFFB) celebrated its 20th anniversary in Dortmund. Prof. Dr. Klara Maria Fassbinder, Germany, Europe

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Juliana during the celebration of Prince Bernhard's birthday, in the garden of Palace Soestdijk, 29 June 1981. June 29, 1981

Anefo photo collection. Congress on social democracy, held in the Innergasthuis in Amsterdam. Ina Brouwer (CPN). November 6, 1981. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Dame Mary Gilmore Australian literary and Labor pioneer, who is 83 today. She says Australians are developing a national culture now, believes we are in for a "wave of good, strong, really Australian writers." August 16, 1948.

Margery Louise Allingham (19041966) - English crime writer, best known for her detective stories featuring gentleman sleuth Albert Campion. Date: circa 1960

From Writing To Diplomacy Woman Author New U.S. Ambassador to Rome -- A recent photo of Mrs. Clare Booth Luce, author ***** fame for her hitting play the ***** at the age of 50 she is ***** diplomacy for a career.Her nomination as ambassador to Italy was recently confirmed by the U.S. Senate. It was the first ***** women has been ***** to such an important embassy at Rome.Mrs. Luce, who has been a ***** for many years, is the wife of Henry Luce, ***** owner and publisher. March 9, 1953. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

La escritora Mercè Rodoreda. Barcelona, febrero de 1972.

Anefo photo collection. Minister Irene Vorrink in Lower House, head. October 30, 1975

Anefo photo collection. Marijke van den Brandhof writer of the book "A young vermeer of 1937", a book about the painter Han van Meegeren. Books, writers, art history, portraits, Brandhof, Marijke van den. October 1, 1979. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Wilhelmina Drucker Prize awarded in Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Mrs. C.H. Hanske Evenhuis-van Essen (chairman of the association of women's interests) with the price. January 24, 1973. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Madam Chiang Kai-shek -- Born: Shanghai, 1938 A.B. With Honors, Wellesley College, 1917 Sister-In-Law of Sun Yat-Sen married Chiang Kai-Shek, 1927 photographed in New York, Mar. 5, 1943. March 21, 1943. (Photo by Wide World Photo).

Mrs. Odette Sansom, G.C. Weds A study of the smiling bride seen after her wedding today February 15. Mrs. Odette Sansom, 34 year old French woman who was awarded the George Cross for heroism in Germany, and who Baffled the Gestapo by posing as the wife of Captain Peter Churchill, D.S.O., M.C., her commanding officer became 'Mrs. Churchill' when she was married at Kensington Register Office. February 26, 1947. (Photo by Associated Press Photo)

Constance B. Motley, raising hand in V sign after becoming first African American woman to serve in the New York State Senate, Walter Albertin, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, February 6, 1964

Anefo photo collection. Sylva salmanson press conference, wife of Russian writer Edward Kuznetsov in connection with book (at Schiphol). March 2, 1978. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Party council VVD Utrecht. Vice-chairman Mrs. E. van Raalte-Tuijnman. September 18, 1981. Utrecht, Utrecht

Anefo photo collection. Josephine Baker makes TV recording press conference for the recordings in Amsterdam, head. May 3, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Fanny Blankers-Koen. September 19, 1968

Anefo photo collection. Sustain dike retirement. Queen Juliana. 19 June 1979. Soestdijk, Utrecht (Prov)

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Queen Juliana. 1967

Anefo photo collection. Mrs. M. Miedema. Portraits, Miedema, M .. February 21, 1983

Virginia Simms Model Released. Vintage Photograph. Middle age woman wearing dark blazer and pearl necklaces looking at camera in front of white background

Anefo photo collection. Mrs. Samkalden doped black diamond at diamantary max printer, PAROOL command. February 7, 1973

Anefo photo collection. State Secretary E. Veder-Smit. January 3, 1978

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives: State Secretary Ms Haas, Kop. 12 June 1980

Mrs. Paul Robeson, Authoress -- Wife of the World famous baritone. Photographed while she was questioned by the Senate Permanent Investigating Sub-Committee at Washington; she refused to say whether or not she is a Communist, but stated that she was a 'very loyal American'. August 5, 1953. (Photo by Camera Press)

Duchess Of Windsor - Portraits - Personality. June 06, 1954.

London, Peggy Guggenheim portrait in front of an Alexander Calder sculpture, 1964.

Margaret Coombes. July 23, 1954.

Anefo photo collection. Valeria Gyenge, Hungarian swimmer from Olympic Games. October 23, 1956

La cantaora La Niña de los Peines (Pastora María Pavón). 1941.

Dame Edith Evans, on-set of the film, "A Doll's House", directed by Patrick Garland, Anglo-EMI Film Distributors, Paramount Pictures, 1973

Elizabeth Kenny (1880-1952), an Australian nurse who developed physical therapy treatment for polio victims. She was among the world most admired women and was portrayed by Rosalind Russell, in the 1946 film, SISTER KENNY. 1950 photo of Kenny waving from the ocean liner, Queen Mary.

Photograph of Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading (1894-1971) an English aristocrat, philanthropist, founder and chairman of the Women's Voluntary Service (WVS). The WVS is now known as Royal Voluntary Service. Dated 1939

Miss Marion Taylor. Sect. trained child Psychologist. September 15, 1953. (Photo by Stuart William MacGladrie/Fairfax Media).

Maria Goeppert-Mayer (June 28, 1906 - February 20, 1972) was a German theoretical physicist. Goeppert completed her Ph.D. at the University of Gottingen in 1930, and in that same year, she married Joseph Edward Mayer, an assistant of James Franck, and moved to the United States (Mayer's home country). In 1946 she became a voluntary Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago and was offered a part-time job as a Senior Physicist in the Theoretical Physics Division at the Argonne National Laboratory. It was during her time at Chicago and Argonne that she developed a mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells, the work for which she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963, shared with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Paul Wigner. She is the second female laureate in physics, after Marie Curie. In 1960, she was appointed to Professor of Physics at the University of California. Although she suffered from a stroke shortly after arriving there, she continued to

Vintage Photograph. Portrait of a older woman with a gentle smile.

Eleanor Roosevelt speaking at the United Nations in July 1947, Anonymous

Duchess of Bedford. November 08, 1954.

Eleanor Roosevelt speaking at the United Nations in July 1947 / Anonymous / Photograph / 1947 / USA / Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum / Portrait,History

Edith Piaf at home, 1959.

Anne Franks (1929-1945) world famous diary charts two years of her life from 1942 to 1944, when her family were hiding in Amsterdam from German Nazis. The diary begins just before the family retreated into their Secret Annexe.

March 17, 1972. Josefina Manresa, widow of Miguel Hernández, Interviewed by Tico Medina for Abc on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Poet's death.

Germany: Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003), working on the film 'Triumph of the Will', Berlin, 1934

GABRIELA MISTRAL - POETISA CHILENA - PREMIO NOBEL DE LITERATURA. Author: JOSE MARIA LOPEZ MEZQUITA (1883-1954). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Empress: Empress Dowager of Japan, snapped at arrival at the Palace in Tokio recently to visit her son, Emperor Hirohito. She had been staying at Kaeuizawa since mid-August. January 1, 1945.

Photograph of Queen Salote Tupou III (1900-1965) during her visit to Buckingham Palace. Dated 20th Century

Kozi La Monte. July 23, 1954.

Kirk Douglas, Rome 1962.

Princess Chumbhat Phong Boriphat -- Representative from Thailand at the International Red Cross Conference at Toronto, 1952. She is the cousin of the King of Thailand. October 13, 1952. (Photo by Camera Press).

Addresses Labor Convention - Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt addresses delegates of merged AFL-CIO unions today at the 71st Regiment Armory. She told the delegates that "since you have his new power you will accept greater responsibility as citizens." December 8, 1955. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

María "La burra". Peña "El Gallo". Morón de la Frontera, Sevilla. 1986.

Anefo photo collection. Her Majesty Queen Juliana arrives at Schiphol. Queen Juliana held a brief speech. February 5, 1969. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Elsevier photo collection. Leiden, Russian scholar Prof. Dr. P.L. Kapitza (Director Institute Physical Moscow) receive Kamerlingh Onnes medal. September 23, 1968. Leiden, South Holland

Sir Robert Garran & Wife - Former Solicitor Gen. of Aust - Personality. July 1, 1933.

Zinaida Vissarionovna Ermolyeva (1898-1974), Anonymous

Eleanor Roosevelt at age 60 making a radio address - October 11, 1944

Portrait of Rosa Parks at the White House after receiving the 1996 Presidential Medal of Freedom, Washington, D.C. - digital file from original item | Library of Congress

Anefo photo collection. Eva Schloss booklet "memories Jewish girl", left mother Fritzi Frank. April 24, 1989

Madam Chiang Kai-Shek. December 01, 1948.;Madam Chiang Kai-Shek.

1936 poster portraying Isidora Dolores Ibarurri GÛmez (1895 ñ 1989) known as 'La Pasionaria'. Spanish Republican leader of the Spanish Civil War and communist politician of Basque origin

Carmen Jara. "El Pozo de las penas". Los Palacios, Sevilla.

Betty Friedan (1921 - 2006) American feminist writer and activist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century. In 1966, Friedan co-founded and was elected the first president of the National Organization for Women (NOW).

Soledad Acosta Kemble de Samper (1833-1913). Colombian writer and journalist.

Portrait of Simone Veil painted on a wall

Anefo photo collection. Congress Komitee Cruise missiles Rotterdam. KKN chairwoman Sinie Strikwerda spoke Congress KKN Rotterdam. February 22, 1986. Rotterdam, South Holland

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (1913-2005), American Civil Rights activist. Booking photo taken at the time of her arrest for refusing to give upe her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus to a white passenger on 1 December 1955.

This woman's place is in the house -- the House of Representatives! : Bella Abzug for Congress - digital file from original | Library of Congress

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