women soldiers

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Joan of Arc

the lily maid
1999
A biography of the fifteenth-century peasant girl who led a French army to victory against the English, witnessed the crowning of King Charles VII, and was later burned at the stake for witchcraft.

Women in combat

a reference handbook
2011

Women soldiers, spies, and patriots of the American Revolution

2004
Profiles eight women whose served as soldiers, spies, and patriots during the American Revolution including Deborah Samson, Nancy Morgan Hart, Margaret Corbin, Elizabeth Martin, and others.

When I was a soldier

a memoir
2005
Presents the memoirs of Valerie Zenatti, who at eighteen, enlisted in the Israeli army, endured harsh conditions and surroundings, and participated in top secret missions for the Israeli Secret Service, and describes her French-Jewish heritage and personal struggles.

An uncommon soldier

the Civil War letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, alias Private Lyons Wakeman, 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers
1994

The secret soldier

the story of Deborah Sampson
1975
A brief biography of the woman who disguised herself as a man and joined the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

Deborah Sampson goes to war

1984
A biography of the woman who served in the army during the Revolutionary War under the name Robert Shurtleff and who later lectured about her experiences.

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