YOU would think Joan of Arc would be a favorite of feminists. After all, she was a military woman who dressed in men’s clothes and played a traditionally masculine leadership role. However, you are unlikely to find St. Joan in any women’s studies curriculum. Why? Solange Hertz explains why in this great article that appeared in the Remnant Newspaper last April. She writes:

Joan of Arc cut her hair short and wore men’s clothes. She particularly fancied beautiful armor and fine horses, which she rode astride, and was admired for her prowess with the lance. She led troops into battle, remaining in armor for six days running if necessary, and never faltered in her objective even after the enemy captured her. They tried her and executed her, not for war crimes, but for being a witch.

We might expect to see her commemorated on a postage stamp or a silver dollar along with other intrepid females who fought for women’s rights or otherwise beat men at their own game. But feminists seem wary of Joan, as if they didn’t quite trust her. Anyway, they don’t often mention her, at least in public, and they certainly don’t carry her banner in demonstrations. That shows a degree of political acumen on their part, for were they to call attention to her it would soon become painfully clear that she didn’t care a fig for equal rights, for either man or woman.

What concerned her was the rights of God. Her sole consideration was the supreme rights of Christ the King over civil society. These she secured by unabashed use of force, putting the lawful male successor on the French throne where he belonged as designated lieutenant of Christ. The banner she carried was white, spangled with fleurs-de-lys. It bore the figure of Christ the King seated in glory holding the world in His hand, flanked by two angels and the names of Jesus and Mary. Joan had it made to order by a Scotch painter in Tours called Hamish Power, to a pattern brought to her from Heaven by St. Margaret and St. Catherine. [cont.]

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