Author Pamela D. Toler discusses her new book, “Women Warriors: An Unexpected History,” which explores ordinary women who did extraordinary things around the globe and why women throughout history went to war and how those reasons related to their roles as mothers, daughters, wives, or widows, peacemakers, poets or queens.
About Pamela
Armed with a Ph.D. in history, a well-thumbed deck of library cards, and a large bump of curiosity, author, speaker, and historian, Pamela D. Toler translates history for a popular audience. She goes beyond the familiar boundaries of American history to tell stories from other parts of the world as well as history from the other side of the battlefield, the gender line, or the color bar. Pamela is the author of eight books of popular history for children and adults. Her work has appeared in Aramco World, Calliope, History Channel Magazine, MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History and Time.com.