true profiles of women at war from antiquity to Iraq
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Miles, Rosalind
- Creator
- Cross, Robin
- Publish Year
- 2008
- Shelfmark
- WER 8 2008
- Thesaurus
- oorlog en vrede, militaire beroepen, leidinggevende beroepen, spionnen, pioniers, vrouwen in mannenberoepen, beroepen in de gezondheidszorg en hulpverlening, piloten, prostituees, historisch, wereld
- Description
- These categorized and alphabetized biographical essays describe the different roles of women in war, such as: war leaders (Cleopatra, Elizabeth I, Margaret Thatcher): combatants (Molly Pitcher, Lily Litvak, Tammy Duckworth): spies (Belle Boyd, Virginia Hall, Noor Inayat Khan): reporters and propagandists (Martha Gellhorn, Tokyo Rose, Anna Politkovskaya), but also comfort women, nurses