participation, female

Contains twenty-six accounts of women who performed heroic feats in World War II as members of the Resistance, couriers, spies, and in other roles.

Eileen Nearne had been an agent for the British Special Operations Executive during World War II. Working undercover in Nazi-occupied France, she sent encoded messages of crucial importance for the Allies until her capture by the Gestapo. Astonishingly, Eileen was not the only spy in the family---her sister Jacqueline was also a British agent, working as a courier for the French Resistance. While Jacqueline narrowly avoided capture several times, Eileen was tortured by the Gestapo and sent to Ravensbruck women's concentration camp. Eventually she escaped and found her way to the advancing American army.

Profiles American women who served as pilots during World War II, and describes their struggles to prove their value both in war time and after returning home.

The author describes what it meant to her to be a woman soldier serving her country in a war zone, and shares the danger and death around her, interaction with the local people, and criticism against the inefficiencies and errors of the military.

During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl "passes" for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.

Contains twenty-six accounts of women who performed heroic feats in World War II as members of the Resistance, couriers, spies, and in other roles.

With text and historical photographs, celebrates the courageous spirit of the women service pilots of WWII.

During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl "passes" for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.