Las Soldaderas & the Saint Patrick's Battalion

More often than not, we only hear one side of history and many stories go unheard. Today, we bring you the tale of Las Soldaderas, women who fought during the Mexican Revolution and whose contributions to victory often go uncredited. Because yesterday (3/16/22), was Saint Patrick's Day, MJ tells us about the Saint Patrick's Battalion, who fought for Mexico during the Mexican-American war. Take caution when listening, as there are some horrible things that happen during war (lots of death, rape and in this case, hangings). No listener story today, since we are not doing our usual spooky topics. If you have spooky stories you want us to share on the podcast, please email [e-mail]. This month, our Patreon funds will be donated to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman USA organization, for more information or to donate directly to them, visit https://mmiwusa.org/ For more spooky stories, watch us on Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@espookytales For pictures on the places we discuss each episode, check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/espookytales/ Tweet us https://twitter.com/EspookyTales Like us on Facebook and join our facebook group https://www.facebook.com/EspookyTalesPodcast/  Support Espooky Tales on Patreon and receive bonus episodes, shoutouts, stickers and more! https://www.patreon.com/Espookytales Music Credit:  Silent Night (Dark Piano Version)-Myuu       Link for sources Episode art credit: "soldaderas" by LALO VAZQUEZ is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podsights - https://podsights.com/privacyPodcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices