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020 $a9781556529610 (hbk.)
020 $a1556529619 (hbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn617445780
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050 00 $aD810.W7$bA85 2011
082 00 $a940.54/850922$222
100 1 $aAtwood, Kathryn J.
245 10 $aWomen heroes of World War II :$b26 stories of espionage, sabotage, resistance, and rescue /$cKathryn J. Atwood.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aChicago :$bChicago Review Press,$cc2011.
300 $a266 p. :$bill., maps ;$c23 cm.
521 1 $a012-up.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-258) and index.
520 $aThese 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.
505 0 $aSophie 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.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xWomen$vBiography$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Female$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xUnderground movements$vJuvenile literature.