“The History of Female Warriors” in 2 volumes is a book written by Ellen C. Clayton that features memorials of female valour and heroism throughout history, from the mythological ages to the 19th century. This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of contents:
Mythology
Warlike Goddesses
The Amazons
The Sarmatians
Semiramis, Queen of Assyria
Atalanta (Argonautic Expedition)
Camilla, Queen of the Volscians
Cleopatra
Candace, Queen of Ethiopia
Ancient British, Caledonian, and German Female Warriors
Combats of Roman Ladies
Nero's Amazons
Arab and Greek Heroines at the Siege of Damascus
Ayesha, Widow of the Prophet
Saidet, Queen of Persia
Libyssa and Valasca, Queens of Bohemia
Wanda, Queen of Poland
Moors in Spain
Female Knights of Tortosa
The Crusades
French, German, and Genoese Amazons
Eleonora of Aquitaine
Margaret, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the Semiramis of the North…
Jeanne d'Arc, the Maid of Orleans
Margaret of Anjou
Isabel the Catholic
Eleonora of Toledo, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Female Warriors of the Reformation
Mary, Queen of Scots
Queen Elizabeth
Christina of Sweden
The Amazons in South America
Lady Offaley (Irish Rebellion, 1641)
Countess of Derby (Civil Wars in England)
Incident at the Coronation of William and Mary
Captain Bodeaux, Female Officer in the French Army
Hannah Whitney, and Anne Chamberlayne, Female Sailors
Madame de Drucourt (Siege of Louisbourg)
Catherine the Second of Russia and the Princess Daschkova…
The French Revolution
Martha Glar and other Swiss Heroines
Augusta Frederica Krüger, Prussian Soldier
Mrs. Heald and Mrs. Helm (Chicago Massacre)
Bobolina (Greek Revolution)
Russian Female Soldiers
Anita Garibaldi
Civil War in America
Indian Amazons
Cleophes, Queen of Massaga
Sultana Rizia
Nour Mahal, Empress of Hindostan
Judith, Queen of Abyssinia
Shinga, Queen of Congo
Amazons in Dahomey
