Combat Quote by Anonymous

Women have always been the primary victims of war. Women lose their husbands, their fathers, their sons in combat. Women often have to flee…

— Hillary Clinton

We are so used to seeing women as victims of war to be pitied rather than survivors of war to be respected.

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Women are the victims of war... as widows they've faced the trauma of being single parents and livelihoods of families are affected. A lot…

— Kumari Jayawardena

“But what can women do in times of war? They help, they cheer, they inspire, and if their cause is lost they must accept…

— Zane Grey

Women are hit especially hard in regions of ongoing conflict. Before, during, and after conflict, women bear the brunt of the consequences of war.…

— Philomena Kwao

Women are not just victims; they are survivors and leaders on the community-level backlines of peace and stability.

— Zainab Salbi

Working with women survivors of war has taught me that we need to listen to women's perspectives on war in order to understand how…

— Zainab Salbi

War is not women's history.

— Virginia Woolf

In times of conflict, war, poverty or religious fundamentalism, women and children are the first and most numerous victims. Women need all their courage…

— Isabel Allende

History is reticent about women who were common soldiers, who bore arms, belonged to regiments, and took part in battles on the same terms…

— Anonymous

War is not a computer-generated missile striking a digital map. War is the color of earth as it explodes in our faces, the sound…

— Zainab Salbi

I have always believed that women are not victims, we are agents of change, we are drivers of progress, we are makers of peace…

— Hillary Clinton