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Author:

Atwood, Kathryn J.

Title:

Women heroes of World War II : 26 stories of espionage, sabotage, resistance, and rescue / Kathryn J. Atwood.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Chicago Review Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

p. cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Women--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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 -- Andr©♭e Virot : Agent Rose -- Josephine Baker : spy singer -- Magda Trocm©♭ : 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 -- Andr©♭e 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 spy -- Nancy Wake : the white mouse -- Pearl Witherington : the courier who became a leader -- Virginia Hall : the greatest American spy -- Muriel Phillips : U.S. Army nurse -- Marlene Dietrich : the only important thing -- Maria Gulovich : Slovak for the OSS -- Martha Gellhorn : war correspondent.

ISBN:

1556529619
9781556529610 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2010041830

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