"Warrior Women" makes visible the ongoing intergenerational narrative reverberations (Young, 2003; 2005) shaped through Canada's residential school era which denied the communal and cultural, economic, educational, human, familial, linguistic, and spiritual rights of Aboriginal people.
Davis-Kimball weaves science, mythology and mystical cultures into a bold new historical tapestry of female warriors, heroines and leaders who have been left out of the history books-- until now.
At the front she fell in with a friendly former coalminer, Tom Dunn, a sapper in 179th Tunnelling Company, 51st Division. In the stalemate of trench warfare, engineers on both sides ran tunnels from their lines into no man's land, ...
In one of the best-known examples, Irish-born Kit Cavanagh (1667– 1739), also known as Christian Davies, Christopher Welsh, and "Mother Ross" at various points in her career, claimed she enlisted to search for her first husband after he ...
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • With this book, the acclaimed author created an entirely new form—an exhilarating blend of autobiography and mythology, of world and self, of hot rage and cool analysis ...
The women warriors in these tales have lived through a variety of mishaps, experiencing the consequences brought on by misinformation and the misguided efforts of institutions and individuals.
In Iron Men, Wood Women: Gender and Seafaring in the Atlantic World, 1700–1920, edited by Margaret S. Creighton and Lisa Norling, 1–33. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. ... Westport: Greenwood Press, 1988. Rizzo, Betty.
Warrior Women and Popular Balladry, 1650-1850 identifies this heroine and her significance as a figure in folklore, and as a representative of popular culture, prompting important reevaluations of gender and sexuality.
A Chinese American woman tells of the Chinese myths, family stories and events of her California childhood that have shaped her identity.
Some prominent anthropologists have been joined by an eminent military historian in declaring that military combat - at all times and in all places - has been a male activity....
Jesuss view of women was radical.