"La Adelita"was a young women who was in love with a sergeant who travels with him and his regiment. Adelita took part in military action in the capacity of Nurse,not out of infatuation with a sergeant,a popular myth goes. Adelita came to be an archtype of a women warrior in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. An Adelita was a soldadera,or a women soldier,who not only cooked and caRed for the wounded but also actually fought in battles against Mexican Government Forces. In time the word Adelita was used for the soldaderas,who became a vital force in the Revolutionary War efforts. The term "La Adelita" has since come to signify a Women of StreNgth N' Courage!