Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Women heroes of World War II : 26 stories of espionage, sabotage, resistance, and rescue
Other Name
Women of action (Chicago, Ill.) (Series)
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Place
Date
2011?
Physical Description
266 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781556529610
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Edition/State/Version
First edition
Subject Category
Content
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" -- Andree Virot : Agent Rose -- Josephine Baker : spy singer -- Magda Trocme : 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 -- Andree 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.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: World War Two; Second World War; World War, 1939-1945--Women--Biography--Juvenile literature; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female--Juvenile literature]
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-258) and index.
Collection Type
Reading Room
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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