You are being provided with a book chapter by chapter. I will request you to read the book for me after each chapter. After reading the chapter, 1. shorten the chapter to no less than 300 words and no more than 400 words. 2. Do not change the name, address, or any important nouns in the chapter. 3. Do not translate the original language. 4. Keep the same style as the original chapter, keep it consistent throughout the chapter. Your reply must comply with all four requirements, or it’s invalid.
I will provide the chapter now.

WARRIOR WOMEN
 
 
       “Molly Pitcher” is the legendary name of either Mary Ludwig Hays
McCauley  or Margaret Hays. The story is that “Molly” carried
pitchers of water to Patriot troops to cool the canons during a battle in
the American Revolution.
 
            Hanna Reitsch was a German aviator who was a test pilot for the
Luftwaffe during World War II. She flew the last Luftwaffe plane out
of Berlin in 1945.
 
            The Nigerian Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, is the first
organization to use women in a majority of its suicide bombings.
 
            Deborah Sampson Gannett fought in combat for the Patriots during
the American Revolution under the name Robert Shirtliff. When her
gender was revealed, Gannett was given an honorable discharge.
 
            North Korea practices “selective conscription” for women, which
means if a woman has the skills the military needs, then she really has
no choice but to join.
 
            In Greek mythology, the Amazons were a society of all-female
warriors and hunters. They only had relations with men to produce
female offspring; boys were either killed or returned to their fathers.
 
            Israel requires women as well as men to serve in its military and is
one of the few militaries where women serve in combat roles.
 
            WAVES is an acronym that stands for Women Accepted for
Volunteer Emergency Service. This was a branch of the US Navy
Reserve where women served as officers in non-combat roles during
World War II.
 
            Major Margaret J.  “Hot Lips” Houlihan is one of the best known
fictional military women. She was a nurse with the rank of major in
the M*A*S*H franchise.
 
            Norway and Israel both began allowing women in all military units
in 1985. Norway became the first NATO country to do so.
 
            Warrior goddesses were not uncommon in the ancient world. The
Greek goddess Athena, the Assyrian goddess Ishtar, and the Egyptian
lioness headed goddess Sekhmet, were all martial deities.
 
            “Apache” was the name of a mysterious female sniper who fought
for the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War. She was killed in 1966 by
American sniper, Carlos Hathcock.
 
       During World War II, more than 1,000 female snipers fought for the
Red Army. A regiment of female fighter pilots also took on the
Luftwaffe.
 
       Boudica known in Latin chronicles as Boadicea or Boudicea, and in
Welsh as Buddug, was a queen of the British Iceni tribe who led an
uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60
or 61. She personally led battles against the Romans before being
defeated and taking her own life.
 
            In 2000, women comprised just 4% of all US military veterans, but
it’s estimated they’ll be 18% in 2040.
 
            Marina Raskova was the Red Army’s first combat pilot. She was
killed during the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943.
 
            About a quarter of Eritrea’s fighters were female during its War of
Independence (1961-1991) from Ethiopia. Today, young women are
conscripted into the Eritrean military.
 
       “Axis Sally” was the nickname for two American women—Mildred
Gillars and Rita Zucca – who broadcast pro-Axis propaganda during
World War II. Both women served time in prison for their Axis
activities.
 
            Ulrike Meinhof was a founding member and the ideological brains
behind the 1970s German leftist terrorist group, Red Army
Faction/Baader Meinhof Group. She died in prison in 1976.
 
            In 2005, American soldier Leigh Ann Hester (deployed to Iraq)
became the first female since World War II to be awarded the Silver
Star and the first ever to be cited for valor in close quarters combat.
 
            In 1976 the US service academies began admitting women and in
1980 the first 54 graduates entered the military as officers.
 
       In the conservative Islamic nation of Iran, women serve in the Basij
volunteer militia. It’s estimated that there are 600,000 women combat
capable in this force.