Women Warriors: An Unexpected History
- ISBN-10
- 0807064327
- ISBN-13
- 9780807064320
- Series
- Women Warriors
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-02-26
- Author
- Pamela D. Toler
Description
"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"--
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- 2017-08-15
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