基本説明
Entries profile over 300 women, focusing particularly on those who fought. Quotations, statistics, and information on women and war appear in sidebars throughout the text.
Full Description
In 1942, during the battle of Stalingrad, fighter pilot Liliia Litviak became the first woman to shoot down an enemy aircraft. In the 1850s, Lakshmi Bai, a horsewoman, good shot, and Rani of the Indian principality of Jhansi, rallied her subjects and defended the principality against a British siege. From antiquity to the present, thousands of women have served in the military as soldiers, sailors, physicians, and pilots, yet their stories have been hidden from history. This book tells their stories, with particular focus on women who fought.
Entries profile over 300 remarkable women of the military, covering such groups as the Amazons, women in the Spanish Civil War, and Native Americans. The full sweep of their experience is contextualized through an extensive timeline and introductory survey. Additional tidbits—quotations, statistics, information on women and war—appear in sidebars throughout the text. Lists grouping entries by geographical regions, time periods, and branch of service serve as finding aids for researchers, making this a unique resource for students, scholars, and the general reader.
Contents
Foreword by Gerhard Weinberg
Preface
List of Entries by Geographic Region
List of Entries by Time Period/Conflict
List of Entries by Role/Branch of Service
List of Entries by Prisoner/POW Status
Introduction: A Historical Overview of Women in the Military and in War
Abbreviations
Entries
Timeline
Appendix A: Women as Prisoners of War: A Bibliographic Survey
Appendix B: Women, Medicine, and the Military: A Bibliographic Survey
Bibliography
Index
About the Contributors
