Women Heroes of World War I : : 16 Remarkable Resisters, Soldiers, Spies, and Medics
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Resisters and spies. Edith Cavell: "Patriotism is not enough" -- Louis Thuliez: "Because I am a Frenchwoman" -- Emilienne Moreau: the teen who became a national symbol -- Gabrielle Petit: feisty patriot -- Marthe Cnockaert: nurse for the Germans, spy for the Belgians -- Louise de Bettignies: intelligence organizer extraordinaire -- Medical personnel. Elsie Inglis: surgeon and hospital founder -- Olive King: adventurous ambulance driver -- Helena Gleichen: x-ray expert on the Italian front -- Shirley Millard: nurse armed with enthusiasm -- Soldiers. Maria Bochkareva: women's battalion of death -- Flora Sandes: "Remember you're a soldier" -- Marina Yurlova: "I'm a Cossack!" -- Ecaterina Teodoroiu: lieutenant girl -- Journalists. Mary Roberts Rinehart: mystery writer on the Western Front -- Madeleine Zabriskie Doty: "Germany is no place for a woman."
A commemoration of brave yet largely forgotten women who served in World War I.
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Women of action.
PUBLISHED
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, [2014]
Year Published: 2014
Description: 246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781613746868
1613746865
SUBJECTS
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Female -- Europe.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- Europe -- Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Female.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- Biography.