In this groundbreaking work, which covers thousands of years and spans the globe, Linda Grant De Pauw depicts women as victims and as warriors; as nurses, spies, sex workers, and wives and mothers of soldiers; as warrior queens leading armies into battle, and as baggage carriers marching in the rear. Beginning with the earliest archaeological evidence of warfare and ending with the dozens of wars in progress today, Battle Cries and Lullabies demonstrates that warfare has always and everywhere involved women. Following an introductory chapter on the questions raised about women's participation...
In this groundbreaking work, which covers thousands of years and spans the globe, Linda Grant De Pauw depicts women as victims and as warriors; as nur...
The memoir of Grace Porter Miller, one of the 300,000 American women who fought in World War II. After joining the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Porter was assigned to forces in England, where she served as a cryptographic technician near the front lines of combat.
The memoir of Grace Porter Miller, one of the 300,000 American women who fought in World War II. After joining the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Porte...
