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Introduction | |
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In the Beginning: Women Warriors of Myth and Early History | |
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Amazons | |
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Arab Women Warriors | |
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Boudicca | |
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Brunhilde and Fredegund | |
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Cartimandua | |
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Cleopatra VII | |
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Tomoe Gozen | |
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Women Warriors in Ancient Greece and Rome | |
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Zenobia | |
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The Captains and the Queens: Women Leaders and Commanders, Directing War and Conflict | |
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Catherine II | |
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Elizabeth I | |
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Ethelfleda | |
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Gandhi, Indira | |
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Isabella of France | |
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Isabella I of Spain | |
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Matilda | |
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Meir, Golda | |
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Rice, Condoleezza | |
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Sforza, Caterina | |
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Tamara | |
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Thatcher, Margaret | |
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Tz'u-hsi | |
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Runaways and Roaring Girls: Mavericks, Misfits, Malcontents, and Wild Ones: Women Seizing the Chance of War to Live and Fight as Men | |
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Barry, James | |
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Dahomey, Warrior Women of | |
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Durova, Nadezhda | |
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Joan of Arc | |
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Michel, Louise | |
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Sampson, Deborah | |
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Sandes, Flora | |
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Velazquez, Loreta Janeta | |
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Rebels and Revolutionaries: Women Taking Up Arms for a Cause | |
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Bochkareva, Mariya | |
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Eritrea, Women Combatants | |
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Figner, Vera | |
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FLN Bombers | |
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Lakshmi Bai, Rani of Jhansi | |
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Long March | |
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Molly Pitcher | |
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Partisans | |
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Santamaria, Haydee | |
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Tamil Tigers | |
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Tubman, Harriet "Araminta" | |
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Vietnam Women Fighters | |
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Creature Comforts: Courtesans, Consorts, and Camp Followers: Women Drawn into War to Minister to Men | |
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Camp Followers | |
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Comfort Women | |
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Conquistadoras | |
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Leaguer Ladies | |
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Lynch, Elisa | |
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Mata Hari | |
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Royal Navy | |
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Soldaderas | |
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Tenepal, Malinalli | |
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Travers, Susan | |
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Vivandieres | |
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Into Uniform: Women Mobilized to Support the War Effort | |
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Air Transport Auxiliary | |
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Auxiliary Territorial Service | |
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Civil Defense | |
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Conscription | |
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Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services | |
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First Aid Nursing Yeomanry | |
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Helferinnen | |
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Israeli Defense Forces | |
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Lotta Svard | |
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NATO Armed Forces | |
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Red Army Women Soldiers | |
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Rosie the Riveter | |
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Soviet Women in War Industries | |
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United States Armed Forces | |
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US Air Force | |
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US Army | |
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US Marine Corps | |
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US Navy | |
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Voluntary Aid Detachment | |
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Women's Army Auxiliary Corps | |
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Women's Auxiliary Air Force | |
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Women's Auxiliary Army Corps | |
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Women's Royal Naval Service | |
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At the Sharp End: Modern Soldiers, Sailors, and Airwomen | |
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Cochran, Jacqueline | |
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Duckworth, Tammy | |
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Hester, Leigh Ann | |
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Holm, Jeanne | |
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Hopper, "Amazing" Grace | |
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Litvak, Lily | |
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Lynch, Jessica | |
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McGrath, Kathleen | |
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McSally, Martha | |
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Mixed Antiaircraft Batteries | |
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Night Witches | |
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Raskova, Marina | |
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Reitsch, Hanna | |
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Rossi, Marie T. | |
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising | |
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Healing Hands: Doctors, Nurses, Medics, and Health Workers | |
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Ang, Swee Chai | |
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Army Nurse Corps | |
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Barton, Clara | |
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Bickerdyke, Mary Ann | |
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Bullwinkel, Vivian | |
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Chisholm, Mairi, and Elsie Knocker | |
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Dix, Dorothea | |
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Etheridge, Anna | |
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Inglis, Elsie | |
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Keil, Lillian Kinkela | |
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Nightingale, Florence | |
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Seacole, Mary "Mother" | |
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US Military Nurses and Doctors | |
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Walker, Mary Edwards | |
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Recording Angels: Singers, Entertainers, Artists, Propagandists, and Chroniclers of War, the Good and the Bad | |
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Al Haideri, Sahar Hussein | |
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Amanpour, Christiane | |
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Bourke-White, Margaret | |
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Deuell, Peggy Hull | |
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Frank, Anne | |
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Gellhorn, Martha | |
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Gillars, Mildred Elizabeth | |
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Kirkpatrick, Helen | |
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K'tut Tantri | |
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Lynn, Vera | |
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Politkovskaya, Anna | |
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Toguri, Ikuko | |
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Valkyries, Furies, and Fiends: Ruthless Opportunists, Sadists, and Psychopaths Unleashed and Empowered by War | |
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Ammash, Dr. Huda Salih Mahdi | |
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Braunsteiner, Hermine | |
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England, Lynndie | |
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Grese, Irma | |
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Khaled, Leila | |
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Lakwena, Alice | |
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Mbandi, Jinga | |
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Mukakibibi, Sister Theophister | |
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Plavsic, Biljana | |
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Suicide Bombers | |
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Tribal Revenge | |
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Armies of the Shadows: Spies, Agents, and Underground Workers | |
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American Civil War | |
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Atkins, Vera | |
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Bentov, Cheryl | |
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Brousse, Amy Elizabeth | |
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Cohen, Lona | |
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de Jongh, Andree | |
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Hall, Virginia | |
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Khan, Noor Inayat | |
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Manningham-Buller, Eliza | |
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Office of Strategic Services | |
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Rimington, Stella | |
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Sansom, Odette | |
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Sendlerowa, Irena | |
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Skarbek, Krystyna | |
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Special Operations Executive | |
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Szabo, Violette | |
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Vertefeuille, Jeanne | |
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Werner, Ruth | |
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Witherington, Pearl | |
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Afterword | |
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Index | |