Women Wartime Spies
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Author |
: Ann Kramer |
Publisher |
: Grub Street Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 261 |
Release |
: 2012-07-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781844683826 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1844683826 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis Women Wartime Spies by : Ann Kramer
“A thrilling, challenging and educational book . . . examines the roles of spies such a Edith Cavell, Mata Hari, Violette Szabo and Noor Inayat Khan” (Pennant Magazine). Women spies have rarely received the recognition they deserve. They have often been trivialized and, in cinema and popular fiction, stereotyped as vamps or dupes. The reality is very different. As spies, women have played a critical role during wartime, receiving and passing on vital information, frequently at considerable risk. Often able to blend into their background more easily than their male counterparts, women have worked as couriers, transmitters, and with resistance fighters, their achievements often unknown. Many have died. Ann Kramer describes the role of women spies during wartime, with particular reference to the two world wars. She looks at why some women chose to become spies, their motives, and backgrounds. She looks at the experience of women spies during wartime, what training they received, and what skills they needed. She examines the reality of life for a woman spy, operating behind enemy lines, and explores and explodes the myths about women spies that continue until the present day. The focus is mainly on Britain but also takes an international view as appropriate. “Tells the often surprising stories of some of the women who chose to become spies and to serve their country . . . An excellent work.” —The Great War Magazine
Author |
: Tammy M. Proctor |
Publisher |
: NYU Press |
Total Pages |
: 221 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780814766941 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0814766943 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Female Intelligence by : Tammy M. Proctor
Informative and innovative, this book focuses on the cultural images, realities, challenges, and contradictions for women in intelligence service in Britain during World War I.
Author |
: Louise Edwards |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 285 |
Release |
: 2016-04-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107146037 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107146038 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis Women Warriors and Wartime Spies of China by : Louise Edwards
Explores China's most famous women warriors and wartime spies, shedding new light on the relationship between gender and militarisation.
Author |
: Hallie Murray |
Publisher |
: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages |
: 104 |
Release |
: 2019-12-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781502655516 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1502655519 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Role of Female Spies in World War II by : Hallie Murray
Although spying has always been a part of warfare, espionage didn't become an official part of American war efforts until World War II. The United States government established the Office of Strategic Services, which employed spies, translators, map readers, and code breakers to help gather information. Many of these roles were filled by women. This compelling book tells the riveting stories of six of these lady spies, including singer Josephine Baker, who smuggled military secrets on her sheet music; model and countess Aline Griffith; and the dangerously effective "Limping Lady," Virginia Hall.
Author |
: Peggy Caravantes |
Publisher |
: Morgan Reynolds Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 120 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: WISC:89084920412 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis Petticoat Spies by : Peggy Caravantes
Describes the lives and wartime exploits of six women who were spies during the Civil War. Includes Sarah Emma Edmonds, Belle Boyd, Pauline Cushman, Rose O'Neal Greenhow, Elizabeth Van Lew, and Belle Edmondson.
Author |
: Pam Jenoff |
Publisher |
: Harlequin |
Total Pages |
: 414 |
Release |
: 2019-01-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781460398760 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1460398769 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Lost Girls of Paris by : Pam Jenoff
The New York Times bestseller—for fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitz! Three women. One daring mission. 1946. One morning while passing through Grand Central Terminal, Grace Healey finds an abandoned suitcase tucked beneath a bench. Inside is a dozen photographs—each of a different woman. Grace soon learns that the suitcase belonged to Eleanor Trigg, leader of a network of female secret agents deployed out of London during the war. Twelve of these women were sent to Occupied Europe as couriers and radio operators to aid the resistance, but they never returned home. Setting out to learn the truth behind the women in the photographs, Grace finds herself drawn to a young mother turned agent named Marie, whose mission overseas reveals a remarkable story of friendship, valor and betrayal. In this riveting story inspired by true events, Pam Jenoff weaves a tale of courage, sisterhood and the great strength of women to survive in the hardest of circumstances. Don’t miss Pam Jenoff’s new novel, Code Name Sapphire, a riveting tale of bravery and resistance during World War II. Read these other sweeping epics from New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff: The Woman with the Blue Star The Orphan’s Tale The Ambassador’s Daughter The Diplomat’s Wife The Kommandant's Girl The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach The Winter Guest
Author |
: Kate Vigurs |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 2021-05-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300258844 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0300258844 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mission France by : Kate Vigurs
The full story of the thirty-nine female SOE agents who went undercover in France Formed in 1940, Special Operations Executive was to coordinate Resistance work overseas. The organization’s F section sent more than four hundred agents into France, thirty-nine of whom were women. But while some are widely known—Violette Szabo, Odette Sansom, Noor Inayat Khan—others have had their stories largely overlooked. Kate Vigurs interweaves for the first time the stories of all thirty-nine female agents. Tracing their journeys from early recruitment to work undertaken in the field, to evasion from, or capture by, the Gestapo, Vigurs shows just how greatly missions varied. Some agents were more adept at parachuting. Some agents’ missions lasted for years, others’ less than a few hours. Some survived, others were murdered. By placing the women in the context of their work with the SOE and the wider war, this history reveals the true extent of the differences in their abilities and attitudes while underlining how they nonetheless shared a common mission and, ultimately, deserve recognition.
Author |
: John M. Belohlavek |
Publisher |
: University of Virginia Press |
Total Pages |
: 408 |
Release |
: 2017-07-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780813939919 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0813939917 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Patriots, Prostitutes, and Spies by : John M. Belohlavek
In Patriots, Prostitutes, and Spies, John M. Belohlavek tells the story of women on both sides of the Mexican-American War (1846-48) as they were propelled by the bloody conflict to adopt new roles and expand traditional ones. American women "back home" functioned as anti-war activists, pro-war supporters, and pioneering female journalists. Others moved west and established their own reputations for courage and determination in dusty border towns or bordellos. Women formed a critical component of the popular culture of the period, as trendy theatrical and musical performances drew audiences eager to witness tales of derring-do, while contemporary novels, in tales resplendent with heroism and the promise of love fulfilled, painted a romanticized picture of encounters between Yankee soldiers and fair Mexican senoritas. Belohlavek juxtaposes these romantic dreams with the reality in Mexico, which included sexual assault, women soldaderas marching with men to provide critical supportive services, and the challenges and courage of working women off the battlefield. In all, Belohlavek shows the critical roles played by women, real and imagined, on both sides of this controversial war of American imperial expansion.
Author |
: Simone Payment |
Publisher |
: Rosen Publishing Group |
Total Pages |
: 116 |
Release |
: 2004-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1435836545 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781435836549 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Women Spies of World War II by : Simone Payment
Author |
: Tim Brady |
Publisher |
: Citadel Press |
Total Pages |
: 314 |
Release |
: 2021-02-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780806540405 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0806540400 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Three Ordinary Girls by : Tim Brady
“The book's teenage protagonists and their bravery will enthrall young adults, who may find themselves inspired to take up their own causes.” —Washington Post An astonishing World War II story of a trio of fearless female resisters whose youth and innocence belied their extraordinary daring in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. It also made them the underground’s most invaluable commodity. May 10, 1940. The Netherlands was swarming with Third Reich troops. In seven days it’s entirely occupied by Nazi Germany. Joining a small resistance cell in the Dutch city of Haarlem were three teenage girls: Hannie Schaft, and sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen who would soon band together to form a singular female underground squad. Smart, fiercely political, devoted solely to the cause, and “with nothing to lose but their own lives,” Hannie, Truus, and Freddie took terrifying direct action against Nazi targets. That included sheltering fleeing Jews, political dissidents, and Dutch resisters. They sabotaged bridges and railways, and donned disguises to lead children from probable internment in concentration camps to safehouses. They covertly transported weapons and set military facilities ablaze. And they carried out the assassinations of German soldiers and traitors–on public streets and in private traps–with the courage of veteran guerilla fighters and the cunning of seasoned spies. In telling this true story through the lens of a fearlessly unique trio of freedom fighters, Tim Brady offers a fascinating perspective of the Dutch resistance during the war. Of lives under threat; of how these courageous young women became involved in the underground; and of how their dedication evolved into dangerous, life-threatening missions on behalf of Dutch patriots–regardless of the consequences. Harrowing, emotional, and unforgettable, Three Ordinary Girls finally moves these three icons of resistance into the deserved forefront of world history.