Retro photos that clearly illustrate the difficult situation of women in different eras (17 photos)
There is much to be said about the status of women in society today, but it is certainly better than most periods in the past. 
These women were arrested by the police just because they were wearing bathing suits with exposed legs, Chicago, 1922 
The International Queen of Posture, 1957 
USSR female snipers, 1945 
Woman brutally executed for cheating on her husband, Iran, 1954 
The faint of heart should not read, but the execution took place in the following stages: they covered them with earth until they were completely immobilized, then they stoned them to death, and then they buried them completely and trampled the grave with their feet.
A mother saves her children from attackers by swimming across a river during Operation Piranha, South Vietnam, 1966 
The photo won the author the Pulitzer Prize, which he shared with the family after finding it later.
One of them is the bride, and the other is the groom's sister. The second leads the first to the river, where the bride will be doused according to the ritual, Udmurtia, 1930 
A washbasin-massager that women used for their breasts, 1930 
Filing an application for marriage registration, Tajikistan, 1970s 
Girl photographer, Berlin, 1910 
The women in the photo are prisoners, and the man is their guard, New Orleans, 1963 
Red Light District, Amsterdam, 1968 
Even a woman can fix a tank, England, 1940 
Smallpox vaccination administered by a Health Department worker to nightclub dancers, New York City, 1947 
Girl with arrow in leg arrested, Belgian Congo, 1908 
Strip club employees wait to go on stage, Soho, London, 1968 
An example of a newspaper ad from the past: phone sex, 90s 
