Female Warriors, Volume II
The book explores the lives and achievements of women who have made significant contributions to the military, politics, and social reform throughout history. It highlights their bravery, strategic thinking, and leadership skills, which enabled them to overcome obstacles and achieve greatness despite societal constraints. The volume covers a range of historical periods and geographical locations, showcasing the diversity and complexity of female warriors' experiences.
By Ellen C. Clayton · First published 1879 · Genre: History, Biography, Non-fiction · 5 chapters · 52,198 words
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During the eighteenth century there were to be found in nearly every European army, one or more female soldiers. They sometimes held commissions as officers, but more frequently served as non-commissioned officers or privates. Those women and girls who enlisted in the British Army were generally wives or sweethearts of soldiers whose regiments had been ordered abroad, and the women, preferring to encounter the dangers and hardships of a foreign campaign rather than the miseries of separation, disguised themselves in male attire and enlisted in some battalion which was embarking for the seat of war. Sometimes, indeed, women, deserted by their husbands, resolved to follow their unfaithful spouses all over the world: and, unable to afford travelling expenses, enlisted at the first recruiting depot, and trusted to chance for meeting with or hearing of the object of their search.
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: Ellen C. Clayton
- Date: 1879 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: History, Biography, Non-fiction, Military, Feminism
- Length: 52,198 words
- Structure: 5 chapters, 504 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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Genres
- History — The book provides historical accounts of female warriors.
- Biography — It includes biographical sketches of various women.
- Non-fiction — The content is factual and based on real events.
- Military — Focuses on the military exploits and roles of women in warfare.
Tags
History · Non-Fiction · Biography · Women's Studies · Feminism · Warfare · Military History · Female Soldiers · Women in Combat · Gender Roles · Sociology · Cultural Studies
Contents
- Captain Bodeaux, Female Officer in the French Army. - Christian Davies, _alias_ Mother Ross. - Female Soldier in the 20th Foot. - Women of Barcelona. - Hannah Snell, Private in the Line and Marines. - Phoebe Hessel, Private in the 5th Regiment. - Paul Daniel, a Female Recruit. - Hannah Whitney and Anne Chamberlayne, Female Sailors. - Mary Ralphson. - "Pretty Polly Oliver. " - Miss Jenny Cameron. - Anne Sophia Detzliffin, Prussian Female Soldier. - Madame de Drucourt (Siege of Louisburg). - Madame Ducharmy (Capture of Guadeloupe). - Chevalier d'Eon. - Deborah Samson, Private, and Molly Macaulay, Sergeant in the American Revolutionary Army. - Elizabeth Canning. - Catherine the Second of Russia and the Princess Daschkova. - Dona Rafaela Mora, Female Captain in the Spanish American Service (How Nelson Lost an Eye.) - Female Sailor on Board Admiral Rodney's Ship
- The Furies - Rose Lacombe - Theroigne de Mericourt - Madame Cochet - Marie Adrian (Siege of Lyons) - Renee Langevin - Madlle
- Dona Maria de Jesus, Private in the Brazilian Army (War of the Reconcave) - Russian Female Soldiers - Juana de Areito (Civil Wars in Spain, 1834) - Anita Garibaldi - Appolonia Jagiello (Rebellions in Poland, 1846 and '48, and Vienna and Hungary, '48) - Bravery of the Croatian Women - Countess Helena St. - - , a Hungarian Patriot - Garde Mobile - Louisa Battistati (Milanese Revolution, 1848) - Fatima, a Turkish Commander (Russo-Turkish War) - Lady Paget (Attack on the Mamelon, June, 1855) - Miss Wheeler (Cawnpore Massacre) - Queen of Naples - Polish Insurrection - Mdlle. Pustowjtoff, Adjutant to Langievicz - Female Polish Chasseurs - Female Lieut
- INDIA. - Indian Amazons - Cleophes, Queen of Massaga - Moynawoti, Queen of Kamrup - Ranee of Scinde - Sultana Rizia - Gool Behisht - Booboojee Khanum and Dilshad Agha, Mother and Aunt of a King of Bijapur - Durgautti, Queen of Gurrah - Khunza Sultana, Regent of Ahmednuggur - Chand Sultana, Regent of Ahmednuggur - Nour Mahal, Empress of Hindostan - Princess Janee Begum - Juliana - Madam Mequinez, Colonel in the Service of Hyder Ali Khan - Begum Somroo, General in the Service of the Emperor Shah Aulum - Begum Nujuf Cooli - Mrs. W., Wife of a British Sergeant - Lukshmi Baee, Ranee of Jhansi - Female Mutineer captured before Delhi, 1857 - Female Guards in the Zenanas of Indian Princes - Begum of Oude - Female Soldiers in Bantam
- SAVAGE AFRICA. - Judith, Queen of Abyssinia - Workite and Mastrat, Gallas Queens - Shinga, Queen of Congo - Mussasa, Queen of Matamba - Tembandumba, Queen of the Jagas - Amazons in Dahomey