Isvecli gazeteci ve yazar Stieg Larsson'in dogum yil donumu (15 Agustos 1954)
"Amerikan ic savasina yaklasik 600 kadin katildi. Erkek kiyafeti giymislerdi. Belki de ideolojik acidan rahatsiz edici oldugundan, Hollywood, tarihin bu kesitini gormezlikten geldi. Tarih kitaplarinin, cinsler arasi siniflara aldirmayan kadinlarla hep sorunu olmustur, bu sinir baska hicbir yerde, savas ve silah soz konusu oldugundaki kadar keskin degildir. Bununla birlikte, kadin savascilar -Amazonlar- hakkinda Antik Cagdan gunumuze ulasan bir suru soylence vardir. Tarih kitaplarinda yalnizca 'prenseslere' yer verilir, yani yonetici sinifin temsilcilerine. Erkekler acisindan ne kadar rahatsiz edici olursa olsun, bazen tahta bir kadin oturur. Savas, cins ayrimi gozeterek baslamadigindan, bazen ulkeyi bir kadin yonetirken patlar ve bunun sonucunda tarih kitaplari, tipki Churchill, Stalin ya da Roosevelt'e yer verdigi gibi savasci kralicelere de yer vermek zorunda kalir. Asur'u kuran Semiramis, Ingiltere'de Romalilara karsi kanli bir ayaklanmayi yoneten Boadicea yalnizca iki ornektir. Ustelik Boadicea'nin, Times Nehri uzerindeki Westminister Koprusu'nun, Big Ben'e bakan tarafina bir heykeli dikilmistir. Eger bir gun yolunuz oraya duserse onu mutlaka selamlayin.Bununla birlikte tarih kitaplari, silah kullanmayi ogrenip cephede erkeklerle yan yana savasan, siradan kadin savascilara genel olarak kayitsizdir. Ama tarih kitaplari gormese de onlar vardir ve kadinlarin katilmadigi savas neredeyse yoktur." Ari Kovanina Comak Sokan Kiz
"An estimated 600 women served during the American Civil War. They had signed up disguised as men. Hollywood has missed a significant chapter in cultural history here – or is this history too ideologically difficult to deal with? Historians have often struggled to deal with women who do not respect gender distinctions, and nowhere is this distinction more sharply drawn than in the question of armed combat. But from antiquity to modern times, there are many stories of female warriors, of Amazons. The best known find their way into the history books as worrior queens, rulers as well as leaders. They have been forced to act as any Churchill, Stalin, or Roosevelt: Semiramis, from Nineveh, who shaped the Assyrian Empire, and Boudicca, who led one of the bloodiest English revolts against the Roman forces of occupation, to cite just two. Boudicca is honoured with a statue on the Thames at Westminster Bridge, opposite Big Ben. Be sure to say hello to her if you happen to pass by. On the other hand, history is reticent about women who were common soldiers, who bore arms, belonged to regiments, and took part in battles on the same terms as men, though hardly a war has been waged without women soldiers in the ranks."
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