Women weren't allowed to serve in the armed forces on the battlefield, but they aided the war effort in clerical roles or as cooks, seamstresses, laundresses, or nurses during the Revolutionary War
Recent history of changes in women's roles includes having women in the military in many ... Pakistan is the only country in the Islamic world to have women appointed in the high ranking ... wives were regarded to fill an important role as sutlers in the household organisation of the army: prostitutes, however, were banned.
