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History of women in combat

POSTED: 09:06 AM PST Jan 24, 2013 UPDATED: 09:37 AM PST Jan 24, 2013

Women have played a role in major combats throughout history.

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But in 1988, a new restriction, known as the “risk rule,” allowed the military to bar women even from noncombat roles to avoid exposing them to undue risks of direct combat, hostile fire or capture, according to The New York Times.

Female soldier Afghanistan

Women in Combat - Joan of Arc

Women in Combat - Revolutionary War

Women in Combat - Civil War

Women in Combat - World War I

Women in Combat - World War II

Women in Combat - WASP

Women in Combat - Germany

Women in Combat - Female Pilots

Women in Combat - Peru

Women in Combat - Vietnam

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Women in Combat - Ban

Women in Combat - Shannon Faulkner

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