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Women warriors: an unexpected history

Creator: Toler, Pamela D.

From Vikings and African queens to cross-dressing military doctors and WWII Russian fighter pilots, Women Warrior reclaims lost stories of women for whom battle was not a metaphor, debunking the pervasive claim that women do not, and should not, fight"--

OCLC #: 1045724319
ISBN #:
- 0807064645
- 9780807064641
Call #: UB416.T65 2019
Physical Location: Pritzker Military Museum & Library — Electronic Resource — UB416 .T65 2019
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice: Boston : Beacon Press, 2019.
Physical Description: 1 online resource
Contents:
- Introduction: "Women Do Not Fight"
- Chapter One : Don't Mess with Mama
- Chapter Two: Her Father's Daughter
- CHECKPOINT: Her Mother's Daughter
- Chapter Three: The Widow's Rampage
- Chapter Four: The Most Powerful Piece on the Chessboard
- CHECKPOINT: Queen in All but Name
- Chapter Five: Joan of Arc of [Fill in the Blank]
- Chapter Six: Wo-manning the Ramparts
- CHECKPOINT: Molly Pitcher(s)?
- Chapter Seven: In Disguise
- Chapter Eight: No Disguise Needed
- CHECKPOINT: Was She or Wasn't She.
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