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Women Warriors: An Unexpected History 

byPamela D. Toler

The woman warrior is always cast as an anomaly—Joan of Arc, not GI Jane. Women Warriors combines archival sources, narrative history, and voices from the period, allowing the evidence to complicate easy judgments and familiar explanations. Seen through the lens of history, Women Warriors explains not only what happened, but why competing interpretations still matter. By the end, the unexpected history emerges as a layered story of competing motives, unintended results, and choices made under pressure. Women Warriors emphasizes the specific circumstances that made this story possible and the consequences that followed.

Publisher

Beacon Press

Publication date

2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

240

ISBN

9780807028339