FReeper Canteen ~ Part X of Women Warriors: Women Revolutionaries ~ March 23, 2004

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[LaDivaLoca]

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Part X: Women Revolutionaries

In 1670 Alyona, a former nun, led a troop of rebels who took the Russian town of Temnikov. She was eventually captured by government soldiers and burned at the stake.

In Mexico both Zapata's and Pancho Villa's peasant armies included women revolutionaries called "soldaderas" who originated in the ranks of the camp followers who provided water, food, clothing and medical care for the troops. The soldaderas organized their own units, armed themselves with pistols and rifles and engaged in battle alongside the men. Adelita, heroine of the revolutionary song, fought with Zapata's forces. During the Mexican War of Independence in 1810 Gertrudis Bocanegra raised an army of women and led them in battle. She died in 1817 after being arrested and tortured. (Click on picture for link to additional information)

The two pictures above show very different views of soldaderas. The first artist on the top, Jose Guadalupe Posada, shows the soldadera as a menacing figure, a soldier who is ready to fight; the only thing distinguishing her from a male soldier is her dress. The second artist, Angel Martin, portrays the soldadera as a sexual being, upholding the stereotype that the purpose of a soldadera was to seduce the male soldiers. (Arrizon 22-23)

The view portrayed in the last picture distorted the image of soldaderas because in reality, they were ordinary women that were extraordinary only in their will to fight for what they believed in. Most of them were mestizas or Indian women, including schoolteachers and wives of soldiers who had nowhere to go. They were both educated and uneducated, rich and poor. Many soldaderas went into battle with their children on their backs. Soldaderas showed just as much courage as their male counterparts during combat. They were also important because they had other skills that sustained the troops. They cooked, foraged for food, nursed wounded or sick soldiers, or performed other much-needed tasks. (Arrizon 1-23)

Baltazara Chuiza led a revolt against the Spanish in Ecuador in 1778 ... Micaela Bastidas fought alongside her husband, Tupac Amaru in the Peruvian rebellion of 1780, leading troops of both men and women in battle. (Micaela, picture on the right)

In 1780 Manuela Beltran organized a peasant uprising to protest excess taxation in Columbia and led her forces against government troops. She was the first person to publicly challenge the Spanish exploitation. When the Spanish crown increased taxes,  Manuela took from the tax collector's hand the edict and tore it - something previously unseen. She organized a peasant revolt in the main cities of the north east. The news and success of the revolt served as a catalyst for a revolution throughout the New Granada. But when the word reached the Viceroy, a head-hunt for Manuela was organized, resulting in her decapitation. She was the first seed of defiance against the colonizer and became a national martyr.

Lorenza Avemanay, a South American Indian, led a revolt against the Spanish in Ecuador in 1803.

Juana Azurduy was a guerilla leader in Bolivia in the early 1800s

In 1825 Ana Monterrosso de Lavelleja was the leader of the "Thirty-three Orientales", a guerrilla force which fought the Spanish in Uruguay.

Louisa Battistati, an Italian patriot, defended the town of Milan for 5 days and afterward the nearby town of Bettabia, during the Revolution of 1848.

Mariana Braceti, a Puerto Rican revolutionary in the 1860's, led troops of men and women in battle and was known as the "golden arm" because of her skill with a sword.

Candelaria Figuerdo was 16 when she joined the Cuban revolutionary forces in 1868 and is said to be the first woman to fight in the ranks in defense of Cuba.

Mahal Hazrat, the Begum of Oudhad, was an Indian Muslim queen who defended Lucknow against the British during the Indian Mutiny of 1857-1858. Sword in hand, Begum Hazrat Mahal led forces herself and directed army operations. (Click on picture for additional information)

Lakshmi Bai, the Rani of Jhansi, was another woman prominent in the Indian Mutiny. She was the regent for her infant son and the military advisor for the Jhansi army. When Jhansi was attacked by the British she called on all noblewomen to defy purdah and join her on the battlefield. She was killed in battle at the age of 22. (Click on picture for additional information)

Tarabai of Rajasthan led male and female troops into battle against the British during the Mutiny. She died on the battlefield after being stabbed in the back by a British soldier while trying to carry one of her wounded soldiers to safety ... There were a number of women in the Rajput Army included one all female cavalry troop.

Louise Clemence  Michel, a leader of the Paris Commune, prevented General Franco's Nationalist from taking over the city through repeated guerilla attacks on his forces. In 1871 the women of the commune banded together, armed themselves and joined the fighting as an all female brigade.

Next Tuesday, Conclusion of Women Warriors
American Women in Uniform

[StarCMC]

If you want a really good laugh at scrambling Dims, click here! Believe me, it's worth the click!!

[LaDivaLoca]

I really like that picture with our President with the caption "Start your engines." Mind if I steal......uh.....borrow it?

[LaDivaLoca]

Hello, aomagrat! Sorry, I've been missing you and everyone else here. Thank you for this bit of history about HMS Renown.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From the men in the Military and the Canteen

[StarCMC]

WOW -- Is THAT gorgeous Tonk!! Thanks!!!

[LaDivaLoca]

AWESOME graphic of the Pledge, Hope.

Here's a petition by Grassfire.org for the Pledge:

GrassFire.org - Real Impact Online.

[LaDivaLoca]

I have been enjoying this series . . . but now you have fallen into the N.O.W. league of historic distortions. LOL! not by a long shot!

"The second artist, Angel Martin, portrays the soldadera as a sexual being, upholding the stereotype that the purpose of a soldadera was to seduce the male soldiers." Not my words.  I probably should have put them in quotations but I thought this one at the end, "(Arrizon 22-23)," would be enough.

THAT is the response of the left-wing socialist with no self-esteem nor confidence whose first and only purpose is to divide a free nation any way possible - for "United we Stand - Divided we Fall"  please read the next para which starts as " The  VIEW  portrayed in the last picture  DISTORTED  the image of soldaderas ......."  


That painting is GLORIFYING women as warriors (no arguments from me ) . THe artist painted her as beautiful as possible (Horrors!) but if you can think beyond n.o.w. manifesto and maybe educated and enlightened yourself with the classic arts ( been there done that ), you will see the glorification of MAN as warriors in the paintings and sculpture (HUBBA! HUBBA!) - Idealized figures and hardly reality - but I see no National Organizxation for Males crying about "sexploitation" of their bodies  (THANK GOODNESS!) . Click on my name and check my  FR webpage - updated it recently. Noticed the graphic on my background? Noticed the main graphic on every Women Warrior thread?  Hang on ..........  I think I hear N.O.W. knocking on my door.

As Antonio Gramsci taught his communist minions....

Form or infiltrate international organizations to promote goals such as "global understanding," "economic development," "transfer of resources" ...

Both Capitalism and Judaeo-Christian culture must be destroyed before a Communist revolution can succeed ...

When propagating revolutionary ideas, cloak them in polite terms Thanks for the link - I will check out the site when I get a chance.  Looks interesting. Welcome to the Canteen and hope you continue to visit us.

[tomkow6]

 

Hey, TXRADIOGUY !

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

[SevenofNine]

OHHH Pinky and the brain

Gee Brain what are we going do tonight
Take over the world Pinky

That was my fav cartoon in 1990s

Well report off UK Guardian has info details on how IDF target the slain Hamas leader and his bio on it

Kinda cool they track him down by cell phone
OH OKAY

Also BBC wire reporting that Hamas has pick some loser who was target by IDF last January this guy going down COUNT ON IT

They miss him by that muchhhhhh

Also SKy news wire reporting that Vlad of Russia is not amused with NATO he claim that maybe Russia miltary response may be in order if Litutairia Latvia and other countries are allow join NATO

SHUT UP

Vlad take care of your Russia miltary dude report off Interfax wire that mothership of Russia sub Peter the Great is fallen apart

[tomkow6]

Hey, Seven! How ya feeling?

[LaDivaLoca]

Female Language Patterns... "Go Ahead" (with raised eyebrows) This is NOT permission; it's a dare! If you mistake it for permission, the result will be the woman will get upset over "Nothing" and you'll have a "five-minute" discussion that will end with the word "Fine."

LOL! OMGoodness - so true, Valin. Thanks for the laugh.

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[SevenofNine]

This is too funny report off Ananova site guess who be chosen be Earth offical ambassor to Alien world

F**** OZZY OSBOURNE

SHARONNNNNN I met F*** MR SPOCK LOL!

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