Soldaderas… tortilla makers and fighters of the Mexican Revolution

A Mexican history tidbit to remember the sacrifices and honor strong women of all countries... Tortillas were battlefield food during the Mexican Revolution between 1910-1920. 900,000 Mexicans lost their lives in that war, but the outcome was a constitutional republic for Mexico. Following the troops were "soldederas". Women, wives, and rebels who cooked tortillas, delivered ammunition, tended to the wounded, and fought on the front lines.

From Tortillas (a cultural history) by Paula E Morton:
"If a woman's husband was killed, she often would take over his uniform and gun. Almost every troop had a famous lady colonel or lady captain... and ear-ringed girl armed to the teeth and among the headlong, reckless fighters, one of the first... "La China" was a former tortilla maker who led a female contingent of angry (some might even say "nasty"! (emphasis mine)) women "some in rags, some in plundered finery, wearing silk stockings and dresses, sandals, straw hats and gun belts, these women became the terrors of the region," writes historian John Womak."