Introducing the Master List of Historical Women in Combat

Regularly I get messages from readers with stories of family, friends, and colleagues arguing that women can’t properly serve in military roles. Which is goddamn infuriating, since women have been doing that for all of recorded history. So I decided to start up a (non-comprehensive) list of women in combat to try and help y’all win arguments. You can find it here.

And as for the actual email that set all this off:

(I’m still mad)