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" Women heroes of World War II : "
Kathryn J. Atwood
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BL
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696327
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b518516
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| Main Entry
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Atwood, Kathryn J.
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| Title & Author
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Women heroes of World War II : : 26 stories of espionage, sabotage, resistance, and rescue /\ Kathryn J. Atwood
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First edition
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago, Illinois :: Chicago Review Press,, 2011
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, ©2011
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| Series Statement
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Women of action
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266 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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1556529619 (hbk.)
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: 1613745230 (paperback)
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: 9781556529610 (hbk.)
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: 9781613745236 (paperback)
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| Notes
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"Cover and interior design: Sarah Olson "--t.p. verso
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-258) and index
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| Contents
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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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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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World War, 1939-1945-- Participation, Female, Juvenile literature
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World War, 1939-1945-- Underground movements, Juvenile literature
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World War, 1939-1945-- Women, Biography, Juvenile literature
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| LC Classification
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D810.W7A88 2011
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D810.W7A88 2011
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Olson, Sarah
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Chicago Review Press,publisher
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