Herstory Sessions

Ancient Warrior Women


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Women can fight too! These ancient warrior women were tough, and had some pretty awesome skills, and are pretty deadly with their weapons. (There are several foreign names from several languages in this episode, and I did my best to find pronunctiations and say them correctly, but apologize for any incorrect one that may have happened.) Sources https://www.worldhistory.org/amazon/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/141029-amazons-scythians-hunger-games-herodotus-ice-princess-tattoo-cannabishttp://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180826-the-legend-of-benins-fearless-female-warriorshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahomey_Amazonshttps://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/valkyries/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/viking-warrior-women-reassessing-birka-chamber-grave-bj581/7CC691F69FAE51DDE905D27E049FADCDhttps://www.vikingsbrand.co/blogs/norse-news/vikings-shield-maidenhttps://sarehlovasen.wordpress.com/2020/12/26/who-were-the-onna-bugeisha-and-onna-musha/https://www.historyhit.com/facts-about-the-onna-bugeisha-japans-female-samurai-warriors/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onna-musha#Famous_onna-mushahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakano_Takekohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunoichihttps://www.mysterytribune.com/kunoichi-closer-look-female-ninja-spies-old-japan/
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Herstory SessionsBy Britni Arnold