Profiles sixteen women who played key roles in World War I, including spies, organizers, surgeons, nurses, soldiers, and journalists.
Content Note
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.".