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-- True story of Virginia Hall[2021]., Juvenile, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: B HAL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "To say Virginia "Dindy" Hall was ambitious would be an understatement. She was that girl at your high school who makes everyone else look like a slacker, no matter how hard they're working. But how many of them can say they've been on Nazi Germany's Most Wanted list? At a time when most women were expected to becomes wives and mothers, Virginia craved adventure. And with the world gearing up for a second World War, this fearless woman knew that she had to find a way to get involved. When the State Department proved to be a sexist boy's club that wouldn't allow her in, she went to England to join their Special Operations unit, which was more than happy to hire this talented, brilliant woman. Even after a terrible accident left her needing a wooden leg, she remained undeterred. Soon Virginia became an essential part of the Allied mission and the French Resistance, earning the dangerous honor of being named "the most dangerous of all Allied spies" by the Gestapo. This is a smart and spirited celebration of Virginia Hall, a woman with audacious courage and kickass spy skills"--
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2011., Juvenile, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: 921 EDM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A story of a nineteen-year-old woman who disguised herself as a man to avoid an unwanted marriage and who distinguished herself as a male nurse during the Civil War, and later as a spy for the Union Army.
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c2011., Juvenile, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Moss and Hendrix tell the true story of Sarah Emma Edmonds, who at age nineteen disguised herself as a man in order to escape an arranged marriage. She took the name Frank Thompson and joined a Michigan army regiment to battle the Confederacy. Sarah excelled as a soldier and nurse on the battlefield. Because of her heroism, she was asked to become a spy. Her exciting story comes to life through the illustrations and storytelling of the authors.
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2007., Juvenile, Holt Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Contributor biographical information Publisher description Summary Note: An illustrated biography of Patience Wright, a woman born into a Quaker family in 1725 who grew up to be a celebrated wax sculptor, and whose talent led her to England in the pre-Revolutionary War years where she was able to learn information about England's intentions toward the colonies and send the intelligence to America.
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c2002., Morgan Reynolds Publishers Call No: 973.7 85 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the lives and wartime exploits of six women who were spies during the Civil War. Includes Sarah Emma Edmonds, Belle Boyd, Pauline Cushman, Rose O'Neal Greenhow, Elizabeth Van Lew, and Belle Edmondson.
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2004., Rosen Pub. Call No: 973.7 86 0922 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Details the lives of six women who fought to preserve the Confederacy and the Southern way of life by serving as spies during the Civil War.
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By Sakany, Lois2004., Pre-adolescent, Rosen Pub. Call No: 973.7 85 0922 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Details the lives of six women who fought to preserve the Union, and to support abolition and women's rights, by serving as spies during the Civil War.
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2004., Juvenile, Rosen Pub. Call No: 973.3 092 2 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Profiles eight women whose work as soldiers, spies, and patriots influenced the outcome of the American Revolution. Contnet includes: Deborah Samson -- Nancy Morgan Hart -- Lydia Darragh -- Mercy Otis Warren -- Esther DeBerdt Reed -- Elizabeth Martin -- Sybil Ludington -- Margaret Corbin -- After the war.