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1915 American woman forms female fighting force
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0:21Now PlayingDate: 11th February 1915
Location: U.S.A ?
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: The New Amazon. Col. J. H. Milbank, an American woman, forms the Order of Columbians. The members are prepared to fight with men in case of necessity.
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LV. Col. Milbank inspecting women soldiers.
SV. Women soldiers practise loading & aiming rifles.
GV. Woman soldiers march past.
Personalities - Armed Forces, Military - Active, Munitions and Armaments, United States of America
war, troops, female, women, World War I, World War 1, WWI, First World War, The Great War,
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