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Description of  Women Heroes of World War II: 26 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue (1) (Women of Action)

A 2012 VOYA Nonfiction Honor List selection 2012 Selection for the Amelia Bloomer Project Noor Inayat Khan was the first female radio operator sent into occupied France and transferred crucial messages. Johtje Vos, a Dutch housewife, hid Jews in her home and repeatedly outsmarted the Gestapo. Law student Hannie Schaft became involved in the most dangerous resistance work sabotage, weapons transference, and assassinations. In these pages, young readers will meet these and many other similarly courageous women and girls who risked their lives to help defeat the Nazis. Read more