Women Warriors: An Unexpected History Slawek Ligus an illiterate North African servant

an illiterate North African servant and street vendor

she was named a "Living Legend" by Sport Diver Magazine

precocious seven-year-old daughter

Note that the pictures on the cover are a graphical Table of Contents

Women Warriors: An Unexpected History Slawek Ligus an illiterate North African servantWho says women don't go to war? From Vikings and African queens to cross dressing military doctors and WWII Russian fighter pilots, these are the stories of women for whom battle was not a metaphor. The woman warrior is always cast as an anomaly Joan of Arc, not GI Jane. But women, it turns out, have always gone to war. In this fascinating and lively world history, Pamela Toler not only introduces us to women who took up arms, she also shows why they