Random Fascinating Historical Photos We Wish We Learned About In School (19 items)

(#12) New York's Luna Park At Night (1904)
(#2) Rachel Parsons Working On A Steam Turbine (c. 1914-1918)

From the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums:

These images belong to the Parsons’ "Women Laborers" photograph album, taken at Parsons’ Works on Shields Road during the First World War.

The factory was founded by engineer Charles Parsons, best known for his invention of the steam turbine. In 1914, with the outbreak of war, Parsons’ daughter Rachel, one of the first three women to study engineering at Cambridge, replaced her brother on the board of directors, and took on a role in the training department of the Ministry of Munitions, supporting the increasing amount of women taking on jobs in industry to support the war effort.
(#1) Soldiers In The Korean War (August 28, 1950)

From the National Archives:

A grief stricken American infantryman whose buddy has been killed in action is comforted by another soldier. In the background a corpsman methodically fills out casualty tags, Haktong-ni area, Korea.
(#13) London Police Arrest A Suffragette (c. 1910-1915)
(#4) The Jarrow Ladies Fire Brigade (1916)

From the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums:

[D]uring the First World War, so many working-age men were called up that women had to be recruited to fill many roles in traditionally male environments for the duration of the conflict. Some roles were paid and others voluntary. Women could now find themselves in action on the Home Front as a member of the local fire brigade, a postal worker or a tram conductress, as in the photos above.
(#9) Hélène Dutrieu (September 26, 1911)

From the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum:

Helene Dutrieu of Belgium was known as the "girl hawk" of aviation because she was the most daring and accomplished woman pilot of her time. She first soloed in France in 1909 and within a year was setting altitude and distance records. She thrilled the world in September of 1910 by flying non-stop from Ostend to Bruges, Belgium and she became the first Belgian woman to receive a pilot license [and the fourth in the world] on November 25, 1910.