halftheskymovement:  Meet ten intriguing female revolutionaries that you didn’t learn ab

halftheskymovement:

 Meet ten intriguing female revolutionaries that you didn’t learn about in history class! Take for instance Petra Herrera, who went by the name “Pedro Herrera” and fought alongside male soldiers during the Mexican Revolution. There was Lakshmi Sahgal, colloquially known as “Captain Lakshmi, who commanded an all-women regiment that aimed to overthrow British Raj in colonial India. 

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