Category: History - Other
Semiramis, Queen of Assyria--Harpalyce, daughter of Lycurgus, King of Thrace--Atalanta (Argonautic Expedition)--Camilla, Queen of the Volscians--Tomyris, Queen of the Massagetæ--Telesilla the Poetess--The Two Artemisias (I. and II.) Queens of Caria--Mania, Governess of Æolia--...
Lady Offaley (IRISH REBELLION, 1641)--Lady Arundell--Lady Bankes--Countess of Derby (CIVIL WARS IN ENGLAND)--Helena Zrinyi, Wife of Tekeli, the Hungarian Patriot--Incident at th...
10. did. Without once quitting her husband, she slew every Turk who camewithin reach of her sword. She continued to fight with the same ardour till the close of the engagement, and wherever she was seen a Turkish corpse remained to mark her presence...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Maria d'Estrada, and other Spanish Women serving under the command of Cortez--Catalina de Erauso, the Monja Alferez (Nun-Lieutenant)--Doña Maria Pacheco (Confederacy of the Holy...
6. CHAPTER VI.THE CRUSADES--French, German, and Genoese Amazons--Eleonora of Aquitaine--Matilda of Boulogne--Empress Maud--Aldrude, Countess of Bertinoro--Empress Constantia--Nichola de Camvi...
4. CHAPTER IV.Henda, Wife of Abu Sofian, an Arab Chief--Forka, an Arabian Lady--Woman of Yemaumah--Arab and Greek Heroines at the Siege of Damascus--Khaullah--Prefect of Tripoli's Daughter--A...
3. CHAPTER III.Hypsicrates, Queen of Mithridates the Great--Cleopatra--Candace, Queen of Ethiopia--Boadicea and her Daughters--Ancient British, Caledonian, and German Female Warriors--Combats...
7. CHAPTER VII.Jeanne d'Arc, the Maid of Orleans.--Margaret de Attendoli, Sister of Sforza--Bona Lombardi and Onorata Rodiana, Female Condottieri--Marulla (Turks in Europe)--Margaret of Anjou-...
2. CHAPTER II.Semiramis, Queen of Assyria--Harpalyce, daughter of Lycurgus, King of Thrace--Atalanta (Argonautic Expedition)--Camilla, Queen of the Volscians--Tomyris, Queen of the Massagetæ-...
5. CHAPTER V.Libyssa and Valasca, Queens of Bohemia--Wanda, Queen of Poland--Moors in Spain--Women of Tudmir--Female Knights of Tortosa--Alleged Origin of the word "Infantry"--Queen Carcas--...
1. CHAPTER I.