Battle Cries and Lullabies: Women in War from Prehistory to the Present - Hardcover

De Pauw, Linda Grant; Pauw, Linda Grant De

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0806131004 ISBN 13: 9780806131009

Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1998

Synopsis

Beginning with the earliest recorded evidence and spanning the world, explores the varied roles women have played in wartime, from nurse and warrior to soldier's mother, and investigates women's participation in warfare

About this title

From the Back Cover:

IN THIS GROUNDBREAKING WORK, covering thousands of years of history and spanning the globe, Linda Grant De Pauw explores the varied roles women have played in war. De Pauw depicts women as victims and as warriors; as nurses, spies, sex workers, and wives and mothers of soldiers; as warrior queens leading armies into battle, and as baggage carriers marching in the rear. Her historical survey provides context for current public policy debates over women in the military.

About the Author:

Linda Grant De Pauw is President of the Minerva Center (an institution dedicated to studies of women in the military) and Professor Emeritus of History at George Washington University. She is the author of Founding Mothers: Women of America in the Revolutionary Era, “Remember the Ladies”: Women in America, 1750-1815, and Seafaring Women.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0806131004
• ISBN 13: 9780806131009
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 395