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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     School Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Atwood, Kathryn J.     Subjects     World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Atwood, Kathryn J.       by title:      Women heroes of Worl...       by call number:      940.5485 A887w     Search the Web     Atwood, Kathryn J.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements.       MARC Display

Women heroes of World War II : 26 stories of espionage, sabotage, resistance, and rescue / Kathryn J. Atwood. by Atwood, Kathryn J. Chicago Review Press, c2011. Call #: 940.5485 A887w Subjects World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Biography.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements. ISBN:  9781613745236 (pbk.) 9781556529610 (hbk.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  266 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-258) 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" -- 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 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. Summary:  These twenty-six suspense-filled stories unfold from across Germany, Poland, Great Britain, the United States, and more, providing an inspiring reminder of women and girls' refusal to sit on the sidelines around the world and throughout history. Audience:  12-up. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Young Adult Nonfiction 940.5485 A887w Ya Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Young Adult Nonfiction 940.5485 A887w Ya Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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