Women heroes of World War II
26 stories of espionage sabotage resistance and rescue
Book - 2011
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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| Language: | English |
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Chicago, Illinois :
Chicago Review Press,
2011
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Chicago, Illinois : |b Chicago Review Press, |c 2011 | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2011 | |
| 300 | |a 266 pages : |b illustrations, maps ; |c 23 cm. | ||
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| 500 | |a "Cover and interior design: Sarah Olson "--t.p. verso. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-258) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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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| 520 | |a 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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| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Participation, Female |v Juvenile literature. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Underground movements |v Juvenile literature. | |
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