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Women in WWII

Women in WWII

  • A Covert Affair - Paperback A Covert Affair - Paperback

    A Covert Affair - Paperback

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    A Covert Affair by Jennet ConantPaperback416 PagesNovember 2011 When Julia and Paul Child Joined the OSS they had no way of knowning that their adventures with the spy service would lead them to a world of intrigue and, because of one idealistic but...
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    A Spitfire Girl PB

    A Spitfire Girl - Paperback

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    A Spitfire Girl: One of the World's Greatest Female ATA Ferry Pilots Tells Her Storyby Mary Ellis and Melody ForemanPaperback248 Pages2019 We visualise dashing and daring young men as the epitome of the pilots of the Second World War, yet amongst that...
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  • A Woman of No Importance HB

    A Woman of No Importance HB

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    A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War IIby Sonia PurnellHardcover368 Pages2019 The never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the course of World War II, from the author of...
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  • Agent Sonya PB

    Agent Sonya PB

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    Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime SpyBen MacintyreHardback432 Pages2021 The New York Times bestselling author of The Spy and the Traitor tells the thrilling true story of the most important female spy in history: an agent...
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  • Agent Zigzag PB

    Agent Zigzag PB

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    Agent ZigzagBen MacintyrePaperback364 Pages2008 “Ben Macintyre’s rollicking, spellbinding Agent Zigzag blends the spy-versus-spy machinations of John le Carré with the high farce of Evelyn Waugh.”—William...
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  • Amazons to Fighter Pilots Volume 1

    Amazons to Fighter Pilots Volume 1

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    Amazons to Fighter Pilots: A Biographical Dictionary of Military Women, Vol. 1: A-MEdited by: Reina Pennington and Robin D. S. HighamHardcover424 Pages With entries overviewing groups such as the Amazons, women in the Spanish Civil War, and Native...
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  • American Fly Girl

    American Fly Girl

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    American Flygirl by Susan AnkenyHardcover272 PagesApril 23, 2024 One of WWII’s most uniquely hidden figures, Hazel Ying Lee was the first Asian American woman to earn a pilot’s license, join the WASPs, and fly for the United States military...
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  • And If I Perish PB

    And If I Perish PB

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    And If I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II By: Evelyn Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-GreenleePaperback528 Pages In World War II, 59,000 women voluntarily risked their lives for their country as U.S. Army nurses. When the war began, some of...
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    Anne Frank Remembered PB Anne Frank Remembered PB

    Anne Frank Remembered PB

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    An Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank FamilyBy: Miep Gies and Alison Leslie GoldPaperback272 Pages2009 For the millions moved by Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, here at last is Miep Geis's own...
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  • Children of Willesden Lane

    Children of Willesden Lane

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    Children of Willesden Lane: Beyond the Kindertransport: A Memoir of Music, Love and Survival by Mona Golabek (Author), and Lee Cohen (Author)Paperback288 PagesNovember 1, 2003 Based on the true story of her mother, Mona Golabek describes the...
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  • Clementine PB

    Clementine PB

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    Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchillby Sonia PurnellPaperback448 Pages2016 A long overdue tribute to the extraordinary woman who was Winston Churchill’s closest confidante, fiercest critic and shrewdest advisor that captures the intimate...
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  • D-Day Girls HC

    D-Day Girls HC

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    D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabatoged the Nazis, and helped Win World War IIby Sarah Rosehardcover400 pages2019 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The dramatic, untold true story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain’s elite...
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  • Double Victory PB

    Double Victory PB

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    Double Victory: How African American Women Broke Race and Gender Barriers to Help Win World War II (Women of Action)by Cheryl Mullenbachpaperback272 Pages2008 “Allow all black nurses to enlist, and the draft won’t be necessary. . . . If...
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1

    Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1

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    Eleanor Roosevelt, Vol. 1: The Early Years 1884 - 1933 by Blanche Wiesen CookPaperback587 PagesMarch 1993 The first volume in the life of America's greatest First Lady, "a woman who changed the lives of millions" (Washington Post).Eleanor Roosevelt, Vol...
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 2

    Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 2

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    Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume 2, The Defining Years, 1933 - 1938 by Blanche Wiesen CookPaperback736 pagesJune 2000 The central volume in the definitive biography of America's most important First Lady. "Engrossing" (Boston Globe).The captivating second...
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  • Fierce Ambition HC - Signed Copy

    Fierce Ambition HC - Signed Copy

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    Fierce Ambition: The Life and Legend of War Correspondant Maggie Higgins by: Jennet ConantHardcover416 PagesOctober 2023 A spirited portrait of twentieth-century war correspondent Maggie Higgins and her tenacious fight to the top in a male-dominated...
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  • fly girl

    Fly Girls - Hardcover

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    Fly Girls: The Daring American Women Pilots Who Helped Win WWIIby P. O'Connell PearsonHardcover224 PagesProduct Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.6 x 9 inchesAge Range: 10 and UpGrade Level: 5-6 “A truly inspiring read.” —Booklist (starred...
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    Girls Who Stepped Out of Line HC Girls Who Stepped Out of Line HC

    Girls Who Stepped Out of Line HC

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    The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of World War II by Mari EderHardcover400 PagesAugust 2021 For fans of Radium Girls and history and WWII buffs, The Girls Who Stepped Out of...
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  • Honey Cakes & Latkes HC Honey Cakes & Latkes HC

    Honey Cakes & Latkes HC

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    Honey Cakes & Latkes: Recipes from the Old World by the Aushwitz-Birkenau Survivorsby Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial FoundationHardcover256 PagesSeptember 2022 More than a cookbook, this collection of heirloom recipes conveys Auschwitz-Birkenau...
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  • Lethal Tides - Hardcover

    Lethal Tides - Hardcover

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    Lethal Tides: Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists Who Helped Win World War IIby Catherin MusemecheHardcoverAugust 2022320 pages "Magnificently researched, brilliantly written, Lethal Tides is immensely entertaining and reads like an...
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  • Lindell's List PB

    Lindell's List PB

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    Lindell's List: Saving British and American Women at Ravensbruckby Peter HopePaperback304 PagesAugust 2019British-Born Mary Lindell, Comtesse de Milleville, was one of the most colourful and courageous agents of the Second World War, yet her story has...
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  • Mother of Normandy HB

    Mother of Normandy HB

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    Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud Jeff Stoffer Hardcover 118 Pages 2010 This is the story of one remarkable woman, whose devotion to a generation of heroes transcended all boundries. Madame Simone Renaud witnessed the liberation of...
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    Nursing Civil Rights PB

    Nursing Civil Rights PB

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    Nursing Civil Rights: Gender and Race in the Army Nurse Corps (Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History) by Charissa ThreatPaperback216 PagesMarch 2015 In Nursing Civil Rights, Charissa J. Threat investigates the parallel battles against...
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    One Woman's Army PB One Woman's Army PB

    One Woman's Army PB

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      One Woman's Army: A Black Officer Remembers the WAC by Charity Adams Earley Paperback232 Pages Ocotber 1995   When America entered World War II, the surge of patriotism was not confined to men. Congress authorized the organization of the...
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  • Taking A Stand Sophie Scholl PB

    Taking A Stand Sophie Scholl PB

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    Sophie Scholl Fights Hitlers Regime (Taking a Stand)By: Clara MacCaraldPaperback48 Pages2019 Age Range: 8-12 YearsGrade Level: 4-6  Explores the history, events, and aftermath of Sophie Scholl's fight against Hitler's regime. Through insightful...
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  • The Confidante HC

    The Confidante HC

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    The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America by: Christopher C. GorhamHardcover529 PagesFeb. 2023Perfect for readers of A Woman of No Importance, Three Ordinary Girls, and Eleanor: A...
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  • The First Lady of WWII HC

    The First Lady of WWII HC

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    The First Lady of World War II: Eleanor Roosevelt's Daring Journey to the Frontlines and Backby Shannon McKennaHardcover352 PagesApril 2024 The first book to tell the full story of Eleanor Roosevelt's unprecedented and courageous trip to the Pacific...
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  • The Girls of Atomic City PB

    The Girls of Atomic City PB

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    The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War IIby Denise KiernanPaperback400 pages2013 At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City...
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  • The Light of Days The Light of Days

    The Light of Days

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    The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettoby Judy BatalionHardcover576 pagesApril 2021 THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Also on the USA Today, Washington Post, Boston...
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    The Real Tenko PB

    The Real Tenko PB

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    The Real Tenko: Extraordianry True Stories of Women Prisoners of The Japanese By: Mark FeltonPaperback176 Pages2011 This book details the treatment of Allied service-women, female civilians and local women by the Japanese occupation forces. While a...
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  • Valiant Women - Hardcover

    Valiant Women - Hardcover

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    Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War IIby Lena S. AndrewsHardcover168 PagesAugust 2023 National Bestseller * Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist "An ingenious look at WWII.” —Publishers...
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  • We Band of Angels PB

    We Band of Angels PB

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    We Band of Angels Elizabeth Norman Paperback 384 Pages 2013 In the fall of 1941, the Philippines was a gardenia-scented paradise for the American Army and Navy nurses stationed there. War was a distant rumor, life a routine of easy shifts and...
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  • Wings Women and War PB

    Wings Women and War PB

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    Wings, Women, and WarBy:Reina PenningtonPaperback304 Pages The Soviet Union was the first nation to allow women pilots to fly combat missions. During World War II the Red Air Force formed three all-female units--grouped into separate fighter, dive...
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    Women Heroes of WWII: 2nd Edition HC

    Women Heroes of WWII: 2nd Edition HC

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    Women Heros of World War II: 32 Stories of Espionage, Sabatoge, Resistance, and Rescue (Women of Action) By: Kathryn J. Atwood (Author) Hardcover 352 pages 2019 Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.1 x 8.5 inches Age Range: 12 and up Grade Level:...
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    Women In War PB

    Women In War PB

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    Women in War: From Home Front to Front Line By: Celia Lee and Paul Strong Forward By: Gary Sheffield Paperback387 pages2012 The changing role of women in warfare, a neglected aspect of military history, is the subject of this collection of...
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