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Ecaterina Teodoroiu ((:ekateˈrina te.odoˈroju); born Cătălina Toderoiu; January 15, 1894 - September 3, 1917) was a Romanian woman who fought and died in World War I, and is regarded as a heroine of Romania. In Romanian historiography, Ecaterina Teodoroiu is placed in the context of gendered experience of the Great War on the Eastern Front, on the same pedestal as Queen Maria of Romania. She was born in the village of Vădeni (nowadays part of Târgu Jiu), in the historical region of Oltenia, in Southern Romania. After studying for 4 years in Vădeni and Târgu Jiu and graduating from the Girls' School in Bucharest, she was to became a teacher when the Romanian Kingdom entered World War I on the Allied side, in 1916.〔(Ecaterina Teodoroiu's biography )〕 In October 1916, Ecaterina joined the Romanian Army during the first Jiu battle when General Ion Dragalina's 1st Army repulsed the 9th German Army offensive. A Scouts' member, she had initially worked as a nurse but she subsequently decided to become a front-line soldier, being deeply impressed by the patriotism of the wounded and by the death of her brother Nicolae (Sergeant in the Romanian Army). It was an unusual decision for a woman of that epoch, so she was sent to the front rather reluctantly. However, soon she proved her worthiness as a symbol and as a soldier. She was taken prisoner but managed to escape by killing two, or perhaps three German soldiers. In November, she was wounded and hospitalized, but came back to the front where she was soon decorated, advanced in rank to ''Sublocotenent'' (Second Lieutenant) and given the command of a 25-man platoon.〔Ion Mocioi, ''Ecaterina Teodoroiu: eroina poporului român'', Scrisul Românesc, 1981.〕 For her bravery she was awarded the Military Virtue Medal, 1st Class. On September 3, 1917 (August 22 Old Style), she was killed in the Muncelu-Varnița area, during the last phase of the Battle of Mărășești (in Vrancea County), where she was hit in the chest by German machine gun fire. According to some accounts, her last words before dying were: "Forward, men, I'm still with you!" 〔Arina Avram, ''Femei celebre din România'', Editura ALLFA, 2014.〕 She was buried in the city center of Târgu Jiu, and her grave is honored by a monument erected in 1936 by Miliţa Petraşcu. File:Ecaterina Teodoroiu Muzeul Militar Regele Ferdinand.jpg|Ecaterina Teodoroiu portrait File:Monumentul Ecaterinei Teodoroiu, lângă Panciu - vedere laterală.JPG|Panciu memorial at the site of her death ==See also== *Flora Sandes *Milunka Savić *Maria Bochkareva *Women in the military 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ecaterina Teodoroiu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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