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ILN During WWI: Women and Children during the War
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Warrior Women
Unknown, 1917, Press cutting, Reproduction
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Warrior Women
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Title
"The Greatest Thing ... Since Joan of Arc": Warrior Women.
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From the Illustrated London News published August 4th, 1917, page 127. Full titles: Heroines of Russia: Some of the contingent of 200 women that suffered 150 casualties (including 20 killed) at Smorgon and Krevo, and took 100 prisoners; With a portrait of Kerensky and men of the guard of honour: the colours of the women's contingent blessed in St. Isaac's Cathedral
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Unknown
Date
1917
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39.6 x 26.7 cm
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Press cutting
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Reproduction
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Reference Library
For the first time in combat history, the First World War drew women by the thousands on to battlefields and into trenches to fight as soldiers alongside men. These female warriors often hid their gender, with the truth about their identity only revealed if medical treatment was administered.
While most countries did not officially put women in combat roles, Russia was an exception and Russian women served openly in military operations during much of the war. One example is the famous Russian soldier Maria Bochkareva; in 1917, with Russia facing revolution, an all-female battalion was established with Bochkareva as commander. The battalion's mission was to lead the charge and shame men from deserting the cause.
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