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A vintage photograph of a diver with a <n>Spotted Porcupine Fish</n>.

Inuit woman <n>Mikininnie Kow-kow</n> nursing twins in Alaska, ca. 1903-1908. Photo by <n>Lomen Brothers</n>.

A portrait of two <n>Cheyenne women</n> taken by photographer <n>Charles Milton Bell</n> in the 1870s.

A student in a classroom in Kabul, Afghanistan, 1969. Photo by <n>Eve Arnold</n>.

A film still from <n>The Chess Players</n> (1977), directed by <n>Satyajit Ray</n>.

A late 19th/early 20th-century portrait from the Qajar dynasty by photographer <n>Antoin Sevruguin</n>.

A 1970 portrait of Palestinian militant <n>Leila Khaled</n>.

Actress <n>Sofia Boutella</n> in the Wadi Rum Desert, Jordan, 2013. Photo by <n>Freddie Bonfanti</n>.

Model <n>Gia Carangi</n> photographed by <n>Mike Reinhardt</n> for <n>Vogue US</n>, May 1979.

<n>The Three Graces</n>, a marble sculpture by <n>James Pradier</n> shown at the <n>Salon of 1831</n>. Photo by <n>Nicolas Bousser</n>.

Taiwanese high school students practicing archery in Taiwan during the Japanese era (1895-1945).

Photo by <n>Richard Blinkoff</n> with hair by <n>Phillip Mason</n>, 1965.

A still from the 1985 film <n>Desert Hearts</n>, directed by <n>Donna Deitch</n>.

<n>Diana, Princess of Wales</n> at the opening of the <n>Sony</n> UK plant in Bridgend, Wales, 1982.

18 Important Times Women Got Very, Very Real In Vintage Bollywood Films