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Hacker, Barton C. "Women and Military Institutions in Early Modern Europe: A Reconnaissance," Signs (1981), v. 6 pp. 643–671. Illston, James Michael. ' An Entirely Masculine Activity'? Women and War in the High and Late Middle Ages Reconsidered (MA thesis, University of Canterbury, 2009) full text online, with detailed review of the literature
With up to 13,000 troops and the important generals Zhi and Hou Gao serving under her, she was the most powerful military leader of her time. [9] This highly unusual status is confirmed by the many weapons, including great battle-axes, unearthed from her tomb. [10] One of Wu Ding's other wives, Fu Jing, also participated in military expeditions ...
One of the most notable changes during World War II was the inclusion of many of women in regular military units. In several countries, including the Soviet Union , Nazi Germany , and the United Kingdom in the European Theater , as well as China and Imperial Japan in the Pacific Theater , women served in combat roles, such as anti-aircraft ...
A Companion to Women's Military History (2012) 625pp; articles by scholars covering a very wide range of topics; Hagemann, Karen, "Mobilizing Women for War: The History, Historiography, and Memory of German Women’s War Service in the Two World Wars," Journal of Military History 75:3 (2011): 1055–1093; Krylova, Anna.
McLaughlin, Megan. "The woman warrior: gender, warfare and society in medieval Europe" Women's Studies – an Interdisciplinary Journal 17 (1990), pp. 193–209. Nicholson, Helen. "Women on the Third Crusade", Journal of Medieval History 23 (1997), pp. 335–449. Solterer, Helen.
Mar. 15—CHEYENNE — In honor of Women's History Month, five female leaders discussed the challenges, triumphs and advice they wish they had when starting their careers in the U.S. military.
She fought throughout the war, becoming one of the most decorated women in military history. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] In 1917, Loretta Walsh became the first woman in the United States to enlist openly as a woman. [ 17 ]
The history of women in the Finnish military is, however, far longer than just since 1995. During the Finnish Civil War, the Reds had several Naiskaarti (Women's Guard) units made of voluntary 16- to 35-year-old women, who were given rudimentary military training. The reactions on women in military were ambivalent during the Civil War.