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The term Shield-maiden is a calque of the Old Norse: skjaldmær.Since Old Norse has no word that directly translates to warrior, but rather drengr, rekkr and seggr can all refer to male warrior and bragnar can mean warriors, it is problematic to say that the term meant female warrior to Old Norse speakers.
The Vikings were Scandinavians who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late 8th century to the early 11th century. [67] Viking settlements in Britain and Ireland are thought to have been primarily male enterprises, with a lesser role for female Vikings.
Top Secret Rosies: The Female "Computers" of WWII is a 2010 [1] documentary film directed by LeAnn Erickson. The film is focused on recognizing the contributions of American women serving as human computers during WWII , six of whom went on to program one of the earliest computers, the ENIAC . [ 2 ]
Freydís Eiríksdóttir (born c. 965) [1] was an Icelandic woman said to be the daughter of Erik the Red (as in her patronym), who figured prominently in the Norse exploration of North America as an early colonist of Vinland, while her brother, Leif Erikson, is credited in early histories of the region with the first European contact.
American women in World War II became involved in many tasks they rarely had before; as the war involved global conflict on an unprecedented scale, the absolute urgency of mobilizing the entire population made the expansion of the role of women inevitable. Their services were recruited through a variety of methods, including posters and other ...
This list of World War II films (1950–1989) contains fictional feature films or miniseries released since 1950 which feature events of World War II in the narrative. The entries on this list are war films or miniseries that are concerned with World War II (or the Sino-Japanese War) and include events which feature as a part of the war effort.
The film or miniseries must be concerned with World War II (or the War of Ethiopia and the Sino-Japanese War) and include events which feature as a part of the war effort. For short films, see the List of World War II short films. For documentaries, see the List of World War II documentary films and the List of Allied propaganda films of World ...
American World War II propaganda films (4 C, 80 P) Pages in category "American World War II films" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 334 total.