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• Fierce Ambition

  the Life and Legend of War Correspondent Maggie Higgins

  Conant, Jennet

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  Marguerite Higgins was a longtime reporter for the New York Herald Tribune. Both admired and loathed, Higgins first catapulted to fame with her dramatic account of the liberation of Dachau at the end of WWII. A reporter who was told that being on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Valiant Women

  the Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II

  Andrews, Lena S.,

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  A top military analyst for the CIA presents stories of servicewomen during WWII. A well-researched history that shows the vital role women played, and reveals the fundamental misunderstandings.

• The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line

  Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of World War II

  Eder, Mari K.

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  Step 'out of line' and discover the lives of 15 unknown women heroes who served, fought, and struggled in and out of uniform. Their stories are a legacy that will encourage new generations.

• A Train in Winter

  An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France

  Moorehead, Caroline

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  In January 1943, 230 women from the French Resistance were sent to death camps by the Nazis. This is their story, told in full for the first time. A story of terror, courage, defiance, survival, and the power of friendship to withstand the evils of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Agent Josephine

  American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy

  Lewis, Damien,

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  Best-selling author Damien Lewis uncovers the history of the famous singer's life - during the war years as a member of the French Nurse paratroopers - a cover for her spying work. A formidable spy who participated in numerous clandestine…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beyond the Call

  Three Women on the Front Lines in Afghanistan

  Rivers, Eileen

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  Courageous women on the front line- follow the experiences of three women soldiers, a Major, Stg, and Capt who fought in Afghanistan and worked to gather intelligence about the Taliban from local Afghani women.

• Capital Dames

  the Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868

  Roberts, Cokie

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  Cokie Roberts celebrates the experiences, influences, and contributions of women during the Civil War.

• Our Bodies, Their Battlefields

  War Through the Lives of Women

  Lamb, Christina,

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  Women have been rarely interviewed about their experiences of wartime. Author Christina Lamb chronicles these stories, from extraordinary tragedy and challenges, she travels warzones, including Bosnia and Iraq, and gives these heroic women their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Memories of a Tuskegee Airmen Nurse and Her Military Sisters

  Jordan, Pia Marie Winters, 1956-

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  This book focuses on a four-year period during WWII when twenty-eight African American women from the Ary Nurse Corps were stationed on the base where the future Tuskegee Airmen were undergoing training. The author's mother was one of these…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Is Really War

  the Incredible True Story of a Navy Nurse POW in the Occupied Philippines

  Lucchesi, Emilie Le Beau,

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  The story of US Navy nurse Dorothy Still and her colleagues at a military hospital in the Philippines, who cared for their fellow prisoners of war while being held captive by the Japanese during World War II.

• Glory in Their Spirit

  How Four Black Women Took on the Army During World War II

  Bolzenius, Sandra M., 1959-

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  Four courageous African American female privates and members of the Women's Army Corp, participated in a strike protesting their discriminatory work assignments after constantly seeing white WACs receiving better jobs - they stood firm and opted to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girls of Atomic City

  the Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

  Kiernan, Denise,

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  This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history.