We would transport goods, cook meals, set up camp sites, and carry the equipment for the soldiers. We were said to almost always be spotted carrying cooking utensils, cooking equipment, plants and animals. Many of us soldaderas were also invaluable to preparing and assisting the male soldiers fighting in combat. Us soldaderas also made other significant contributions to our armies. Following a battle, we would raid the corpses of soldiers in search of valuable loot and other goods. In the combat itself we would accompany the troops and would fig ht side by side with men and we served as nurses. We would aid and bandage the soldiers, and even carry them back to base on oxen.
Finally we were smugglers who would bring ammunition, medicine and other goods to Mexic
o from the United States. We were the best smugglers because American border officers did not suspect us women as having any attachment to the war.
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