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In 1643 during the English Civil War, Blanche the Countess of Arundel, defended Wardour Castle against a Parliamentarian army while Brilliana the Countess of Harley, who was pregnant at the time, defended Brampton Castle against the King's army.


In 1524 the King of France and the Constable de Bourbon were at war. The King's armies laid siege to Marseilles. Ameliane du Puget, the governor's daughter, led a troop of women who broke the siege. They dug a mined trench known as the Tranchee des Dames which became the modern day Boulevard des Dames.


In 1518 in Guienne, France, the Protestant Garrison, a group of 350 girls, were pressed into service to construct and defend fortifications in the wars against the Emperor Maximilian.


In 1568 two sisters, Amaron and Kenau Hasselaar, defended the Dutch city of Haarlem against a Spanish invasion. They organized and led a battalion of 300 women who fought on the walls and outside the gates.


In 1569 Marguerite Delaye lost an arm fighting in the battle which lifted the siege of Montelimar. A one-armed statue of her was erected by the grateful town.


Sisters we salute YOU!