Women and their influence during war time along human history

 Traditionally, men have gone to war, and women have "kept the home fires burning." They have also taken care of their families, have taken over the men's jobs, and sometimes went to war themselves; in earlier/older times, sometimes disguised as a man. Some women where rulers, and more recently some women heads of state, have led their people in or to war. We will analyze to what extent has the contribution of women in the different wars throughout the centuries has been essential.

To begin with, one of the first examples of women related to war was the last Pharaoh of Egypt, or more commonly known as Cleopatra Queen of Egypt. Cleopatra was the last queen of Egypt, she was the daughter of Cleopatra V Trifena and from Plotemy XII, from which she will inherit the throne at the age of 17 years old together with her brother Ptolemy XIII, which was 12 years old and in a close future was going to be her husband. Later, during her power, Ptolemy XII kicked her out from the throne and obliged her to exile to Siria. From Siria, Cleopatra pretended to form a huge army and reclaim hers place in the power. In the year 48 bC Julius Caesar arrived to Alexandria and promised Cleopatra to help her. After a year, Julius Caesar and Cleopatra won over Ptolemy XII, and Julius proclaimed Cleopatra as the new Queen of Egypt. Caesar was assassinated and Marc Antony surged in the life of Cleopatra. Cleopatra and Marc Antony had a romance, which resulted with two babies and in a third baby 5 years later. Octavious declares the war to Marc Antony and Cleopatra and they were defeated, and both Marc Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide and were buried together. Cleopatra was an extraordinary, clever and exceptional manipulator. She used alliances to avoid/stop famines in Egypt several times;, when she was exiled, she search for foreign help and she made an alliance with Julius Caesar. Moreover, she did not only create a military relationship with Rome, she also created a sentimental bond with one of the greatest politicians of all the times.

 On the other hand, Margaret Thatcher involved two countries in a war while she was sitting in her sofa, the war of Malvinas. The cause of this war, was the intent from part of Argentina to claim the soberany of the islands. Margaret Thatcher was the prime minister of Great Britain during the war of Malvinas, she was a tough ruler which ruled Britain with a hard hand and changed the country with her liberal politics. For being a prime minister, she showed her leadership in several instances, for example in april 1982, when she ordered the deployment of military forces into the South Atlantic aiming to regain the Malvinas. Margaret made it clear that she did not regret about anything in a manuscript she wrote giving her opinion about the war. “How can we ask our armed forces who risk their lives just to contemplate a withdrawal if the Argentines wanted to play that way? Once we got us was To finish the job " she wrote. The 2nd of may of 1982, she authorized the attack of the HMS Conqueror submarine to the cruise Manuel Belgrano, "We knew what we had to do, went and did. Britain is great again," said Thatcher.

  In conclusion, the role of women during war time was varied, they did kept the house fire burning and sometimes they did get their hands dirty. They used different techniques to their own favor or to their village like we have seen in the case of Cleopatra in Egypt. They also contributed to the war being spies of taking important decisions from the comfort of a sofa. So, not only men went to war, women also did, directly or undirectly, they stood at home contributing as they could or they went to hell personally.