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Initial Inspiration for the Series

BOOK, "A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II" by Sonia Purnell

The Women Who Inspire the Series

USA/UK:

VIRGINIA HALL

ALLIED SPY, 1906 - 1982, Special Operations Executive (SOE), Office of Strategic Services (OSS), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known as Germaine, The Limping Lady, Artemis, "the most dangerous of all Allied spies," awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), Croix de Guerre with Palme

Russia:

NATALYA KOVSHOVA

SNIPER, 1920 - 1942, Private with the 528th Rifle Regiment, awarded Hero of the Soviet Union

MARIYA POLIVANOVA

SNIPER, 1922 - 1942, Private with the 528th Rifle Regiment, awarded Hero of the Soviet Union

VALERIYA GNAROVSKAYA

MEDIC, 1923 - 1943, Senior Medical NCO with the 907th Rifle Regiment, awarded Hero of the Soviet Union

ZOYA KOSMODEMYANSKAYA

PARITSAN, 1923 - 1941, awarded Hero of the Soviet Union

ZINAIDA PORTNOVA

PARTISAN, 1926 - 1944, awarded Hero of the Soviet Union

THE NIGHT WITCHES

588th Night Bomber Regiment, Soviet Air Forces

The Netherlands:

FREDDIE OVERSTEEGEN

RESISTANCE, 1925 - 2018, sabotage, assassination, smuggling of Jews, awarded the Mobilization War Cross

TRUUS OVERSTEEGEN

RESISTANCE, 1923 - 2016, sabotage, assassination, smuggling of Jews, awarded Righteous Among the Nations, Mobilization War Cross

JO "HANNIE" SCHAFT

RESISTANCE, 1920 - 1945, sabotage, assassination, smuggling of Jews, smuggling of illegal weapons, dissemination of illegal newspapers, document courier, aka "The Girl with the Red Hair," "the symbol of the [Dutch] Resistance," awarded the Dutch Cross of Resistance, possibly the Medal of Freedom

Poland:

MALKA ZDROJEWICZ

RESISTANCE, age unknown, illegal stockpiling of arms, participation in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Jewish

BLUMA WYSZOGRODZKA

RESISTANCE, unknown - 1943, illegal stockpiling of arms, participation in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Jewish

RACHELA WYSZOGRODZKA

RESISTANCE, unknown - 1944, illegal stockpiling of arms, participation in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Jewish

France:

SIMONE SEGOUIN

RESISTANCE, 1925-present, sabotage, capture of German troops, liberation of Chartres, liberation of Paris, member of Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP), awarded the Croix de Guerre

GENEVIEVE de GAULLE-ANTHONIOZ

RESISTANCE, 1920 - 2002, niece of General Charles de Gaulle, publication of illegal magazines, establishment of allied communications networks, awarded the Croix de Guerre, Médaille de la Résistance, and the Grand-Croix de la Légion d'honneur (first woman)

JACQUELINE MARIE-FLEURY

RESISTANCE, 1923 - present, publication of illegal magazines, named Grand Officier de la Légion d'Honneur.

Germany:

MARIANNE BAUM

RESISTANCE, 1912 - 1942, member of Jewish-Communist resistance "Gruppe Herbert Baum," executed for treason

JUDITH AUER

RESISTANCE, 1905 - 1944, illegal courier work, contact with other resistance cells

SOPHIE SCHOLL

RESISTANCE, 1921 - 1943, distribution of illegal magazines, member of The White Rose group