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Women heroes of World War II : 26 stories of espionage, sabotage, resistance, and rescue
Record details
- ISBN: 1556529619 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 9781556529610 (hbk.)
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Physical Description:
266 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Chicago : Chicago Review Press, c2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-258) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Target Audience Note: | 012-up. |
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Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 Women Biography Juvenile literature World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Female Juvenile literature World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements Juvenile literature |