female warriors
Shield maidens, perhaps
Female warriors are women who engage in combat or military action.
The phrase appears in historical and mythological contexts—Amazons, shieldmaidens, warrior queens—and in contemporary discussions of women in armed forces or combat roles: The exhibit featured female warriors from cultures around the world.
In fiction and gaming, female warriors are stock characters, often with distinctive armor or fighting styles.
- HippolytaAmazon sovereign
- AmazonsLegendary all-woman fighters
- servicewomenWomen in military roles
- Joan of ArcMedieval French military saint
- women in combatFemales serving in warfare
Candace · valkyries · Artemisia · ancient world · Durga · Trojan War · Kali · battle cry · Wonder Woman · Nubia · war goddess · Zenobia · shield · blade · spear · Greek mythology · Norse · warpaint
- AmazonAmazon, river, Amazon River, Amazon rainforest, rainforest
- AmazonsHippolyta, shieldmaidens, Themyscira, horseback archery, matriarchy
- women in literaturewomen writers, feminist literature, women's literature, heroines, tragic heroines
- Amazon artHippolyta, battle scenes, mounted combat, archers
- notable womenRosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Florence Nightingale, Susan B. Anthony
female warriorsfighting men
Soldiers engaged in combat
men-at-arms · braves · samurai · knights · legionnaires
female warriorsnoncombatants
Those exempt from warfare
camp followers · war brides · war widows · women and children · refugees
female warriorspeacemakers
Those who resolve conflicts
healers · nurses · pacifists · caregivers · nurturers