Keywords: Epirote women Aug1914.jpg en Armed group of Epirot women in Gjirokaster August 1914 el Ένο λο τμήμα α ό Η ειρώτισσες Αργυρόκαστρο 1914 http //www warmuseum gr/ Athens War Museum Άγνωστος/Unknown Αύγουστος 1914/August 1914 http //cultureportalweb uoi gr/cultureportalweb/popup php photo_id 15532 lang gr They were local women - farmers'wives and daughters who in both WW1 and again in WW2 took up weapons to keep their families safe while their men were away Heroines in the truest sense of the word PD-old Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus History of Albania Epirus Former countries Political geography 1914 establishments History of Greece |