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Author Atwood, Kathryn J.

Title Women heroes of World War I : 16 remarkable resisters, soldiers, spies, and medics / Kathryn J. Atwood.

Publication Info. Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.

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 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 940.3 ATWOOD    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Young Adult  YA 940.308 AT95    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Children  J War 940.3 ATW    Check Shelf
Description 246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series Women of action
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-237) and index.
Contents 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."
Summary A commemoration of brave yet largely forgotten women who served in World War I.
Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Europe -- Participation, Female.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- Europe -- Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Participation, Female.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Female -- Europe.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Female -- United States.
ISBN 9781613746868 (cloth)
1613746865 (cloth)
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