Womens Military History

By ANGELOtheGREEKandPAULtheGYMNAST

  • Queen Kittur Chennamma fights against the British in India.

    because the british were waging war on the indians and because she was queen at the time she had to step up to the plate

  • juana galan takes it to the streets

    she charged into battle against the french calvery to protect her homeland

  • Female nurses first included among personnel at U.S. Navy hospitals.

    this was an imporgtant event in womens history because its a steping stone for women to become more and more involved in womens history

  • Laskarina Bouboulina fights in the Greek War of Independence.

    this was important because i am approximently 10% greek and my partner is 100% greek also the women had new ideas of warfare tactics
  • Cathy Williams Dresses as man to fight as a Buffalo Soldier

    Cathy Williams Dresses as man to fight as a Buffalo Soldier

    She was the only documented woman to fight in the civil war dressed as a man

  • theres a SPY in our ranks!!!!!

    pauline who was an actor went undercover and was used fvery tactically for an advantage in the civil war to the union
  • Calamity Jane Serves as a Scout in the U.S. military

    Calamity Jane Serves as a Scout in the U.S. military

    Jane got recognition as a good scout when she would fight indians and was a bounty hunter for some time

  • the modoc war

    this is big because men now respected women enough to allow them to help them decide tactics for battle
  • army and navy corps established

    army and navy corps established

    when they have a offical corp because women were treated unequally before
  • Flora Sandes, an English woman, joined a St. John Ambulance unit in Serbia

    Flora Sandes, an English woman, joined a St. John Ambulance unit in Serbia

    and subsequently became an officer in the Serbian army

  • Over 2,800 women serve in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps during WW1

    Women also receive training in small arms, first aid and vehicle maintenance in anticipation of being used as home guards.

  • Olga Krasilnikov, a Russian woman, disguised herself as a man and fought in nineteen battles in Poland

    She received the Cross of St. George.

  • Nurses in the New Zealand Army Nursing Service serve on hospital ships and in hospitals at the front in France.

    It showed the women of other nations that they do matter and are needed.

  • Russia fields 15 formations of female battalions for several months in 1917

    two (the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death and the Perm Battalion) are deployed to the front. By the end of the year, all battalions are dissolved.

  • During America's involvement from 1917–1918, 21,480 U.S. Army nurses (military nurses are all women) serve in military hospitals in the United States and overseas

  • During the Spanish Civil War, women militia members known as milicianas fight on the front lines with men

  • The (U.S.) Naval Reserve Act permits the enlistment of qualified women as nurses.

    This act made a lot of women in the U.S. decide to be a nurse for their country and helped a lot in WW2.
  • women in world war 2

    women in world war 2

  • Airforce Service Pilots received the Congressional Gold Medal.

  • women allowed to fight on front lines

    now they arent being restricted in the military anymore