“Women non-combatants always see battles from a different perspective. Not in the battlefield and consigned to waiting, they find things to do. Anything to feel useful, to stave off the helpless feeling that the men you love might be dead or dying. It's a woman's way to measure a battle, by the length of time it takes to wash your floor.” War Book:The North-West Is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel's People, the Metis Nation Source: The North-West Is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel's People, the Metis Nation