i. Women as Rebels: Writers and political thinkers began idealising women who rebelled against social norms. In the 1930s, a famous novel by Nhat Linh caused a scandal because it showed a woman leaving a forced marriage and marrying someone of her choice, someone who was involved in nationalist politics. 

ii. Heroes of Past Times: Rebel women of the past were similarly celebrated. In 1913, the nationalist Phan Boi Chau wrote a play based on the lives of the Trung sisters who had fought against Chinese domination in 39-43 CE. In this play he depicted these sisters as patriots fighting to save the Vietnamese nation from the Chinese. 

iii. One of the most venerated was Trieu Au who lived in the third century CE. She left home, went into the jungles, organised a large army and resisted Chinese rule. 

iv. Women as Warriors- In the 1960s, photographs in magazines and journals showed women as brave fighters. 

v. Women as workers -They helped in nursing the wounded, constructing underground rooms and tunnels and fighting the enemy. 

vi. Women in Times of Peace Now the image of women as workers begins to predominate.