The History of Women Warriors from a World Civilization point of view: looks at ancient women warriors of Arabia, Africa, India, the Bristish Isles, Egypt, the Middle East and North America. The chapter on North America spends a great deal of time on Native American Women Warriors and female colonists who fight Indians in defense of their homes and family. Also includes Molly Pitcher, Margaret Corbin, Emily Geiger, Fanny Campbell (a privateer) and Lucy Brewer, whom the author assumes is authentic. Includes Sarah Borginis, Rose Greenhow, Belle Boyd, etc. Talks briefly about the WAC AAA experiment during World War II and contemporary servicewomen during Grenada and Panama and Operation Desert Storm. Book is footnoted.

This is a helpful book for anyone trying to get a handle on martial women, but it is not particularly scholarly or academic. It's a great read for enthusiasts and those with general interest in women's studies or military history. Overall it's a massive undertaking to catalog women warriors across time and culture and David E. Jones does an excellent job. ( )

Amazing that I really had no idea what an ancient, common phenomenon women in the military is. Entire all-female battalions, in modern Europe. Something in me is a little shocked by the idea, but my worldview will adapt.But the book itself was no more than a string of anecdotes. Some interesting and told in detail over a few pages, others given only a couple of lines. Rather tedious to read; I would have liked some analysis, statistics, drawing together of threads. And I wish his sources had been more accessible from the main text.