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Women in society. Women have contributed to military activities including as combatants. The following list describes women known to have participated in military actions in the 18th century. For women in warfare in the United States at this time, please see Timeline of women in war in the United States, pre-1945 .
1780s. 1781: Kate Barry warns the American militia that the British were approaching before the Battle of Cowpens. Her warning gives the colonists enough time to prepare and win the battle. 1782–1783: Deborah Sampson serves in the American army during the American Revolutionary War while disguised as a man.
The following is a list of women in war and their exploits from about 1800 up to about 1899. For women in warfare in the United States at this time, please see Timeline of women in war in the United States, pre-1945. Only women active in direct warfare, such as warriors, spies, and women who actively led armies are included in this list.
Time Era Time Period Notes on setting Missing Link: 1988 Lower Paleolithic 1 Mya The struggle of the last of the Australopithecine against the rising Homo. Quest for Fire: 1981 Middle Paleolithic 80,000 BC The story is set in Paleolithic Europe, with its plot surrounding the control of fire by archaic humans. Out of Darkness: 2022 Upper Paleolithic
Pioneering women military historians included Joanna Bourkeand Amanda Foreman, who contributed to re-orientating military history towards a "multidisciplinary approach that embeds war in its political, social, cultural and personal contexts".[2] However, women remain under-represented in academic military history. [3]
1830s–1850s: Woman Chief (c. 1806–1858) was a chief and leading warrior of the Crow. She earned fame in battle and sat on the Council of Chiefs, where she ranked third among the chiefs of 160 lodges. She married four wives and was later involved in peace treaty efforts.
Campbell, D'Ann. (2012) "Almost Integrated? American Servicewomen and Their International Sisters Since World War II" in A Companion to Women's Military History ed by Barton C. Hacker and Margaret Vining pp 291–330; Carreiras, Helena. Gender and the military: women in the armed forces of Western democracies (New York: Routledge, 2006)
This is a list of conflicts in Europe ordered chronologically, including wars between European states, civil wars within European states, wars between a European state and a non-European state that took place within Europe, and global conflicts in which Europe was a theatre of war.