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History is filled with stories of remarkable women who shattered societal norms to become warriors and leaders. These courageous figures took command on the battlefield, challenged the patriarchy ...
Toler, author of the book Women Warriors: An Unexpected History, says it’s important to know the full story of the all-female regiment of warriors who existed from the late 1600s to the early 1900s.
New research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided about what that means.
What ‘The Woman King’ gets wrong — and right — about Dahomey’s warriors The new film tells an embellished story of Dahomey women soldiers.
Prince William hails a group of all-women wildlife warriors working to protect part of the Amazon in Brazil on the series ...
Book Review: Women Warriors in History: 1,622 Biographies Worldwide from the Bronze Age to the Present ...
It is fitting that the Warriors will be bringing the first-ever WNBA team to the Bay area for the 2025 season because they are the same organization that made NBA history by drafting the first ...
A woman’s place is on the battlefield, according to this rousing if scattershot history of female soldiers throughout history focused on lesser-known figures. Grouping tales into topic-based ...
In ‘Forgotten Warriors,’ author Sarah Percy reveals the erasure of women’s involvement in war noting it was “often dismissed, denied and even actively suppressed” ...
In fact, there’s only one recorded full-length, English-language book in history on the tribe, The Amazons of the Black Sparta. Here’s your guide to the history of these warrior women.