Women heroes of World War II : 26 stories of espionage, sabotage, resistance, and rescue
(2011)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
940.5485/ATWOOD,K
Y/940.548/ATWOOD,K

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 940.5485/ATWOOD,K Due: 2/9/2026
Kids' Nonfiction Y/940.548/ATWOOD,K Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Chicago : Chicago Review Press, [2011]
©2011
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

266 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781556529610 (hbk.), 1556529619 (hbk.)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Sophie Scholl : the White Rose -- Maria von Maltzan : the countess who hid Jews -- Irene Gut : "only a young girl" -- Irena Sendler : life in a jar -- Stefania Podgorska : the teen who hid thirteen -- Marie-Madeleine Fourcade : "only a woman" -- Andrée Virot : Agent Rose -- Josephine Baker : spy singer -- Magda Trocmé : wife, mother, teacher, rescuer -- Diet Eman : courier for the Dutch resistance -- Hannie Schaft : the symbol of the resistance -- Johtje Vos : a group effort -- Corrie ten Boom : watchmaker, rescuer, reconciler -- Andrée de Jongh : the comet line -- Hortense Daman : partisan courier -- Fernande Keufgens : the teen with the bold voice -- Monica Wichfeld : heroine of the Danish resistance -- Ebba Lund : the girl with the red cap -- Noor Inayat Khan : royal agent -- Nancy Wake : the white mouse -- Pearl Witherington : the courier who became a leader -- Virginia Hall : the most dangerous allied agent -- Muriel Phillips : U.S. Army nurse -- Marlene Dietrich : "the only important thing" -- Maria Gulovich : Slovak for the OSS -- Martha Gellhorn : war correspondent

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