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Snodgrass, Mary Ellen, author.

Women warriors in history : 1,622 biographies worldwide from the Bronze age to the present / Mary Ellen Snodgrass.

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2023]

©2023

vii, 505 pages ; 26 cm

""History paints war out to be a man's business, but there is an army of women warriors who stand between the lines of history books, waiting to be seen. This biographical dictionary tells the story of the females who armed themselves against threats to self, family, home and country. Spanning 17 periods of world history, it compiles the names and daring deeds of 1,622 female fighters, from Bronze Age archers and Viking raiders, to helicopter pilots and commanders of aircraft carriers. Entries summarize heroes such as the Old Testament judge Deborah, Joan of Arc, Elizabeth I, Aisha, Mary Spencer-Churchill, Calamity Jane, Cleopatra VII, Molly Pitcher, Aung San Suu Kyi and- surprisingly- Julia Child. Along with the famous stand the unheralded scrappers and risk-takers swept up in fierce crises."-Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

Women soldiers -- Biography.

Women and war -- History.

Women in war -- History.

Biographies.

1,622 biographies worldwide from the Bronze age to the present

Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-497) and index.

Bronze Age, 3300-1200 BCE -- Iron Age, 1200 BCE-500 CE -- Middle Ages, 400-1400 -- Viking Age, 770-1066 -- High Middle Ages, 1000-1300 -- The Crusades, 1096-1291 -- Late Middle Ages, 1300-1500 -- Renaissance, 1400-1600 -- Early Modern Era, 1600-1750 -- Early Modern Civil Wars, 1640-1804 -- Colonial Wars and Revolutions, 1700-1850 -- Napoleonic Era, 1793-1815 -- Wars of Independence, 1815-1825 -- American Civil War, April 12, 1861-April 9, 1865 -- The Great War, 1914-1918 -- World War II, September 1, 1939-September 2, 1945 -- Afghan War, October 15, 1999-September 11, 2021.

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