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 Deborah the Judge.  Deborah can be found in the book of Judges, she is a judge appointed by God and the Israelites to help settle matters of disagreements of all sorts.  She was know for being wise, kind and compassionate but also her most notable contribution was being a leader and not just a leader but a military leader, one might say a general.  Deborah led an army to defeat the Cannanites that were planning an invasion of sorts. So what make this story so significant or it should be significant.  Well, for one, Deborah was the only female judge whish was very unusal of the time since the society itself was a patriarchal society and the fact that the men respected Deborah decisions as a judge.  Secondly, A military general came to Deborah and asked that she lead the armies to defende the city-state.  Again a role for men only but here was this woman of some note leading, but there is just one small problem with this story.  Deborah probably pu...