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Women heroes of World War II :

1556529619 (hbk.)

1613745230 (paperback)

9781556529610 (hbk.)

9781613745236 (paperback)

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Women heroes of World War II :

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26 stories of espionage, sabotage, resistance, and rescue /

Kathryn J. Atwood

First edition

Chicago, Illinois :

Chicago Review Press,

2011

©2011

266 pages :

illustrations, maps ;

23 cm

Women of action

"Cover and interior design: Sarah Olson "--t.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-258) and index

Introduction -- Part 1: Germany: -- Sophie Scholl: the White Rose -- Maria von Maltzan: the countess who hid Jews -- Part 2: Poland: -- Irene Gut: only a young girl -- Irena Sendler: life in a jar -- Stefania Podgorska: the teen who hid thirteen -- Part 3: France: -- Marie-Madeleine Fourcade: "only a woman" -- Andree Virot: Agent Rose -- Josephine Baker: spy singer -- Magda Trocme: wife, mother, teacher, rescuer -- Part 4: Netherlands: -- 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 -- Part 5: Belgium: -- Andree de Jongh: the comet line -- Hortense Daman: partisan courier -- Fernande Keufgens: the teen with the bold voice -- Part 6: Denmark: -- Monica Wichfeld: Irish heroine of the Danish resistance -- Ebba Lund: the girl with the red cap -- Part 7: Great Britain: -- Noor Inayat Khan: royal agent -- Nancy Wake: the white mouse -- Pearl Witherington: the courier who became a leader -- Part 8: United States: -- Virginia Hall: the most dangerous allied agent -- Muriel Phillips: US Army nurse -- Marlene Dietrich: "the only important thing" -- Maria Gulovich: Slovak for the OSS -- Martha Gellhorn: war correspondent -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Overview: A 2012 VOYA Nonfiction Honor List selection. Noor Inayat Khan was the first female radio operator sent into occupied France and transferred crucial messages. Johtje Vos, a Dutch housewife, hid Jews in her home and repeatedly outsmarted the Gestapo. Law student Hannie Schaft became involved in the most dangerous resistance work--sabotage, weapons transference, and assassinations. In these pages, young readers will meet these and many other similarly courageous women and girls who risked their lives to help defeat the Nazis

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World War, 1939-1945-- Participation, Female, Juvenile literature

World War, 1939-1945-- Underground movements, Juvenile literature

World War, 1939-1945-- Women, Biography, Juvenile literature

Atwood, Kathryn J.

Olson, Sarah

Chicago Review Press,publisher

20151102102103.0

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