Publications in the Womens' Role category Click on any of the publications below to find out more about them, or to purchase PDF copies. Mesdames Tirailleurs and Indirect Clients: West African Women and the French Colonial Army, 1908–1918 IJAHS 44, by S. Zimmerman, pp. 299—322 p. (2011) The Role of Women in Disputing Among the Ila of Zambia: Political Adaptation in Legal Change, WP 46, by C.R. Cutshall, (1981)