Boots Quote by Antony Beevor

Women have their uses for historians.

— Ronald Syme

I really want to help write women back into history.

— Anita Sarkeesian

I've been writing American history for a long time, and I've had a hard time finding strong, interesting female characters. There are women, of…

— H. W. Brands

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

“The Second World War created the need for a new generation of female heroes. Where could these women look for role models? The women…

— Kathryn J. Atwood

When I talk with women who have had wonderful experiences in the military it's because their commanders treated them with respect and dignity and…

— Amy Ziering

I read "Women Heroes of World War I" and was absolutely astonished. When we imagine women serving in the First World War, mostly we…

— Kate Quinn

We tend to kind of write women out of history.

— Florence Pugh

“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

I think that a lot of women that know they're going to be part of history somehow decide to have a character to be…

— Salma Hayek

The brave and capable women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have performed admirably.

— Susan Davis

My mother was a tremendous woman. I was just cleaning up old trunks and I found a book with her notes written during the…

— Vandana Shiva