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Luz del Fuego (née, Dora Vivacqua; early stage name, Luz Divina; February 21, 1917 – July 19, 1967) was a Brazilian feminist, ballerina, naturist, and striptease artist who performed with live snakes.
La Mujer en la Revolución Mexicana. Mexico City: Instituto Nacional de Estudios Históricos de la Revolución Mexicana, 1961. Reséndez, Andrés (April 1995). "Battleground Women: Soldaderas and Female Soldiers in the Mexican Revolution". The Americas. 51 (4): 525– 553. doi: 10.2307/1007679. JSTOR 1007679. Ruiz-Alfaro, Sofia (2013).
The Nurse on a Military Tour (Italian: La soldatessa alla visita militare, lit. 'The female soldier on the military visit') is a 1977 commedia sexy all'italiana film co-written and directed by Nando Cicero and starring Edwige Fenech .
Margaretha (died after 1611) was a soldier in the Dutch States Army. She fought in the Dutch Revolt against Spain, making her one of the first female soldiers in Dutch history. [5] Catalina de Erauso (1592–1650), the Nun Lieutenant, was a semilegendary Spanish adventurer. Aal de Dragoner (died before 1710), served as a Dutch dragoon.
The following is a list of women in war and their exploits from about 1800 up to about 1899. For women in warfare in the United States at this time, please see Timeline of women in war in the United States, pre-1945. Only women active in direct warfare, such as warriors, spies, and women who actively led armies are included in this list.
The Tempest (Italian La Tempesta) is a Renaissance painting by the Italian master Giorgione dated between 1506 and 1508. Originally commissioned by the Venetian noble Gabriele Vendramin, the painting is now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia of Venice, Italy. Despite considerable discussion by art historians, the meaning of the scene remains elusive.
William Etty, 1823, shortly before The Combat was painted. William Etty was born in 1787, the son of a York baker and miller. [1] He began as an apprentice printer in Hull. [2] On completing his seven-year apprenticeship he moved at the age of 18 to London "with a few pieces of chalk crayons", [3] with the intention of becoming a history painter in the tradition of the Old Masters. [4]
Two Soldiers and a Serving Woman with a Trumpeter (c. 1650–1655) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the Kunsthaus Zürich, in Switzerland. The painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1908, who wrote: "278. Officers resting in ...