Comments on: Women in Combat–As Men http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/09/13/women-in-combat-as-men/ Romancing The West Sat, 18 May 2013 15:42:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: jan http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/09/13/women-in-combat-as-men/#comment-66876 jan Sat, 22 Sep 2012 07:56:27 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=34849#comment-66876 Amazing, Mary. Amazing, Mary.

]]> By: Patricia B. http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/09/13/women-in-combat-as-men/#comment-66616 Patricia B. Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:51:05 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=34849#comment-66616 Once again, women proved they were as capable as men, but had to go "underground" to do it. I think Jennie Hodgers was Punished by commitment to an insane asylum more because the authorities had not discovered her deception for so many years, not because they really thought she was crazy. Anyone who persists in believing women are weak and not capable of fighting for their country, their family, or themselves, obviously doesn't know or refuses to acknowledge what history has shown for centuries. Who do they think protected the family and the land while husbands were away at war, prospecting for gold, or traveling elsewhere for a job. They may not always win, but they will fight as hard as they can to protect those they love. Thanks for another great post, Mary. Once again, women proved they were as capable as men, but had to go “underground” to do it. I think Jennie Hodgers was Punished by commitment to an insane asylum more because the authorities had not discovered her deception for so many years, not because they really thought she was crazy.

Anyone who persists in believing women are weak and not capable of fighting for their country, their family, or themselves, obviously doesn’t know or refuses to acknowledge what history has shown for centuries. Who do they think protected the family and the land while husbands were away at war, prospecting for gold, or traveling elsewhere for a job. They may not always win, but they will fight as hard as they can to protect those they love.

Thanks for another great post, Mary.

]]> By: Mary Connealy http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/09/13/women-in-combat-as-men/#comment-66546 Mary Connealy Fri, 14 Sep 2012 04:35:01 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=34849#comment-66546 Thanks for the title Susan. I'm looking forward to reading these books. Thanks for the title Susan. I’m looking forward to reading these books.

]]> By: Susan Grondin http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/09/13/women-in-combat-as-men/#comment-66545 Susan Grondin Fri, 14 Sep 2012 03:58:49 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=34849#comment-66545 Noble Cause: A Civil War Novel of Love and War by Jessica James deals with this very subject. She also wrote Shades of Gray which is the same story but with a different ending because so many of her readers ask for it. The heroine is a lady soldier in disguise for the North whose greatest adversary is a conferate colonel. They later meet and fall in love while she heals from wounds and bad treatment sustained in a prison camp. They have some very good discussions of how both sides felt about the war. There are always 2 sides and sometimes our enemies aren't as bad as we think when we get to know them personally. Anyway, for further reading on the subject you described...I recommend Jessica James. Noble Cause: A Civil War Novel of Love and War by Jessica James deals with this very subject. She also wrote Shades of Gray which is the same story but with a different ending because so many of her readers ask for it. The heroine is a lady soldier in disguise for the North whose greatest adversary is a conferate colonel. They later meet and fall in love while she heals from wounds and bad treatment sustained in a prison camp. They have some very good discussions of how both sides felt about the war. There are always 2 sides and sometimes our enemies aren’t as bad as we think when we get to know them personally. Anyway, for further reading on the subject you described…I recommend Jessica James.

]]> By: Karen Kay http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2012/09/13/women-in-combat-as-men/#comment-66543 Karen Kay Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:30:49 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=34849#comment-66543 Okay, Mary, I'm a little upset over them sending her to a mental institution, also -- for pretending to be a boy... Geez... Okay, Mary, I’m a little upset over them sending her to a mental institution, also — for pretending to be a boy…

Geez…

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