WOMEN WARRIORS AT DAHOMEY.
As soldiers, the Amazons are formidable enemies. They are armed with flintlocks and load and fire rapidly. Time and again they have shown the most desperate courage ami reckless daring. Trained in a school where every womanly sentiment is suppressed, where they are taught that they are not weak, but strong, and that to know no fear is the crowning excellence they should strive for, they aie unsexed and become unnaturally ferocious. It is a trite saying that women can fall lower than men. It is certain that they can do and dare as much in battle as men, at least in Dahomey.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume V, Issue 45, 8 November 1890, Page 3
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107WOMEN WARRIORS AT DAHOMEY. New Zealand Graphic, Volume V, Issue 45, 8 November 1890, Page 3
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