Warrior Women

Joan of Arc was an unlikely war hero With 10000 beaten men and very long odds against the advancing English army she scored a miraculous string of victories over the surprised English battalions by leading the charge into their front lines She returned the throne to Charles VII but it all went horribly wrong when she was captured tried for witchcraft and heresy and burned at the stake

Grace OMalley blew away the notion of a womans place in the 16th century and taught the boys a lesson of their own The daughter of Black Oak an Irish pirate chieftain Grace was dead set on a life of glory at sea with her father In defiance against her mothers ideal of the quiet life of a lady she shaved her head and was forever teased by her siblings with the nickname Bald OMalley

In the late 1800s as the last of the Apache were being hunted down a few bands chose to fight back Fighting alongside the males was a powerful medicine woman deadly with a bow and a rifle As a young girl Lozen decided that tidying up the tent and cooking buffalo stew wasnt for her As she reached puberty she wandered off alone into the desert and discovered her special powers

A young woman brought the greatest empire in Asia to its knees 200 years ago She held the respect of 60000 warriors who followed her into battle The fate of China was in one womans hands Her name was Wang Conger Is she the real Mulan There is no doubt that the tradition of women warriors is woven into the fabric of Chinese history And the most remarkable of them all was Wang Conger

Boudica was married to King Prasutagus of the semiautonomous Iceni tribe When he died he bequeathed half his kingdom to his young wife and half to Emperor Nero to appease Rome Thinking they could intimidate the young woman into complete submission the Romans flogged Boudica raped her daughters and stole her lands Boudica took up the sword rallied her warriors and went on a rampage