Women heroes of World War I : 16 remarkable resisters, soldiers, spies, and medics /
A commemoration of brave yet largely forgotten women who served in World War I.
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Chicago, Illinois :
Chicago Review Press, Incorporated,
[2014]
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| Series: | Women of action (Chicago, Ill.)
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Table of 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."
