Women Warriors: An Unexpected History - Pamela D. Toler
Category: History
Narrator: Rosemary Benson
Tags: History, Documentary, Autobiography & Biographies
Duration: 9 hrs and 48 mins, The woman warrior is always cast as an anomaly - Joan of Arc, not GI Jane. But women, it turns out, have always gone to war. In this fascinating and lively world history, Pamela Toler not only introduces us to women who took up arms, she also shows why they did it and what happened when they stepped out of their traditional female roles to take on other identities. These are the stories of women who fought because they wanted to, because they had to, or because they could., Among the warriors youll meet are:, - Tomyris, ruler of the Massagetae, who killed Cyrus the Great of Persia when he sought to invade her lands - The West African ruler Amina of Hausa, who led her warriors in a campaign of territorial expansion for more than 30 years - Boudica, who led the Celtic tribes of Britain into a massive rebellion against the Roman Empire to avenge the rapes of her daughters - The Trung sisters, Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, who led an untrained army of 80,000 troops
