Shote Galica
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| Years of service | 1915–1927 |
| Rank | Commander |
| Battles/wars | Balkan Wars Drenica-Dukagjin Uprisings |
Shote Galica (10 November 1895 – 1 July 1927), born as Qerime Radisheva, was a
Biography
She was born in Radisheve village of
Fushë-Kruja, where she died at the age of 31. She is remembered for the saying Life without knowledge is like a war without weapons.[4]
The Albanian people honor Galica for defending the national cause, celebrating her as a martyr of the nation.[citation needed] She is one of the principal subjects of the essay collection No Man's Lands: eight extraordinary women in Balkan history, by the Anglo-Kosovan writers Elizabeth Gowing and Robert Wilton.
Family
In July 1924 she took part in the battle for Drenica (Arbania e Vogël, Little Albania). In July 1925 after the death of her husband
Royal Yugoslav
forces.
See also
References
- ISBN 0-8108-5309-4.
- ISBN 9781780764313.
- ^ Mehmet Bislimi, Shote Galica / Qerime Halili 1895 - 1927 (in Albanian), retrieved 2014-12-12,
Shota e Radisheves, ishte moter e gjashte vellezerve...njohu Azem Galicen, me te cilin u martua ne vitin 1915
- ISBN 9780810874831.
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