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How France’s Top Woman Spy Escaped from the Nazis—Part 1

On a hot, sultry night in July 1944, the head of the most important Allied spy network in occupied France lay on a jail-cell cot and…

May 31, 2022

How France’s Top Woman Spy Escaped from the Nazis—Part 1

May 31, 2022

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How France’s Top Woman Spy Escaped from the Nazis—Part 2

On Boulevard des Poilus — the sun-dappled, tree-lined street in Aix-en Provence where the former Miollis army barracks is located — lycée…

May 31, 2022

How France’s Top Woman Spy Escaped from the Nazis—Part 2

May 31, 2022

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Diane Nash, Forgotten Civil Rights Hero

Largely forgotten today, Diane Nash, a former beauty queen with the delicate features of a porcelain doll, was arguably the most daring…

May 21, 2022

Diane Nash, Forgotten Civil Rights Hero

May 21, 2022

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Duchess of Atholl, Outspoken Critic of Chamberlain, Self-Proclaimed Crusader Against International…

In May 1940, thanks to a group of anti-appeasement British members of Parliament, Neville Chamberlain was ousted as prime minister and…

May 14, 2022

Duchess of Atholl, Outspoken Critic of Chamberlain, Self-Proclaimed Crusader Against International…

May 14, 2022

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Queen Wilhelmina, Heart and Soul of the Dutch Resistance

As ruler of the Netherlands for more than fifty years, Queen Wilhelmina was hardly an unknown figure in her country or the world. But the…

May 11, 2022

Queen Wilhelmina, Heart and Soul of the Dutch Resistance

May 11, 2022

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Andrée de Jongh, Top Resistance Leader and Creator of the Largest Escape Line in Occupied Europe

When Belgium was occupied by Germany in May 1940, the father of Andrée de Jongh burst into tears. His daughter, a 23-year-old graphic…

May 6, 2022

Andrée de Jongh, Top Resistance Leader and Creator of the Largest Escape Line in Occupied Europe

May 6, 2022

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Jeannie Rousseau, World War II Spy and a Leader of the French Resistance

When the Nazis occupied France in 1940, 21-year-old Jeannie Rousseau had just graduated at the top of her class from Paris’s most elite…

May 3, 2022

Portrait of Jeannie Rousseau, wearing a hat adorned with ribbons

May 3, 2022

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Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the Daring Young Woman Who Led France’s Largest Spy Network

In 1941. Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, a 31-year-old Frenchwoman born to privilege and known for her beauty and glamour, became the leader of…

Apr 29, 2022

Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the Daring Young Woman Who Led France’s Largest Spy Network

Apr 29, 2022

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Unsung Heroes: Forgotten Women Who Changed History

Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 27-year-old Darya Vasylchenko worked in public relations for the Kyiv city government. She is now a…

Apr 24, 2022

Unsung Heroes: Forgotten Women Who Changed History

Apr 24, 2022

Lynne Olson

Lynne Olson

New York Times bestselling author of nine books of history, including Madame Fourcade’s Secret War and Empress of the Nile, which will be published in Feb 2023.

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