Sisterhood of Spies: The Women of the OSS13 reviews Elizabeth P. McIntosh US Naval Institute Press, 1998 Siterhood of Spies + Very informative + Great Read and Great People + Great Book             Emergence of the Modern Mexican Woman: Her Participation in Revolution and Struggle for Equality, 1910-1940 ...1 review Shirlene Soto Arden Press Inc., 1990 a time without a light for women, and all. dark and chaotic i have to say the book is interesting. women are the subject of the book and it explains why they had to rebel against the society that they lived in .women in times past in mexico lived in such horror. the slavery, and the exploitation from the hacendados, the forced rape by the hacendados and ...             Mothers, Sisters, Resisters: Oral Histories of Women Who Survived the Holocaust (Judaic Studies Series)1 review University Alabama Press, 1998 How they resisted This book gives us the priceless oral histories of 25 women who survived the Holocaust. Some were famous--like Warsaw Ghetto resistance fighter Marysia Warman and Helen Foxman, the mother of Anti-Defamation League director Abraham Foxman, also a survivor. Most would have been anonymous but for ...             The French Resistance: 1940-1944 (Pocket Archives Series)2 reviews Raymond Aubrac, Lucie Aubrac Hazan, 1997 The French Resistance, an excellent book on the subject! Having read many books on the subject of the French Resistance during WWII, I have found this to be one of the most amazing! It gives just enough information to inform you on this incredible chapter in French History, then it leaves the rest up to over 100 photographs. An excellent photo essay ...             The Power of Solitude: My Life in the German Resistance Marion Yorck von Wartenburg University of Nebraska Press, 2000 “Dearly beloved Child of my Heart, we are probably standing at the end of our beautiful and rich life together. Because tomorrow the People’s Court intends to sit in judgment on me and others. I hear that we have been expelled from the army. They can take the uniform from us, but not the spirit in which we acted.”—Peter Yorck von Wartenburg, in a letter to his wife. ...             Women Who Spied A. A. Hoehling Madison Books, 1992 From the Biblical days of Delilah to modern times there have been women who ventured at their peril as spies into the conflicts of armed men. Recounted in this fascinating history are dramatic incidents of feminine espionage in the United States and abroad from the time of the American Revolution to the present day. Learn about Lydia Darragh who alerted General Washington to the British plans for ...             Outwitting the Gestapo5 reviews Lucie Aubrac University of Nebraska Press, 1994 A true story of selfless love and generosity! + One of the best WWII Books I have ever read!!! + Very Interesting Account of Resistance Activity Outwitting the Gestapo is the real life experience of one woman's determination, at all costs, to save her husband, her true other half, from execution by the infamous Klaus Barbie, "Butcher of Lyon." That is what makes it so compelling. I was drawn to this memoir, written in diary form, from May ...             Women and Revolution in Yugoslavia 1941-1945 (Women and Modern Revolution Series) Barbara Jancar-Webster Arden Press Inc., 1990 The participation of women in the Yugoslav National Liberation Movement is one of the most significant events in modern history. In no other country in the world have women played such a decisive role in the achievement of victory over an occupying enemy and the creation of a Communist state. Women and Revolution In Yugoslavia is the first book in English on women's role in the Yugoslav ...             Defying Male Civilization: Women in the Spanish Civil War (Women and Modern Revolution Series)1 review Mary Nash Arden Press Inc., 1995 Amazingly Fast and Accurate Book was sent in a very speedy manner and came as was described. Definitely recommend for future orders             Women in War and Resistance: Selected Biographies of Soviet Women Soldiers6 reviews Kazimiera J. Cottam New Military Pub, 1998 Definitely the standard work on the subject. + Women in War and Resistance + An Eye-Opener! Fascinating tales of heroism + Really cool history + Heroes of the Soviet Union             In the Line of Fire: Eight Women War Spies1 review George Sullivan Econo-Clad Books, 1999 A demonstration that women took a very active role in the making of world history In many ways, especially in the past, it was easier for a woman to be a spy than a man. There was the strong social bias that women were the weaker sex, less intelligent, too emotional for the psychological rigors of spying and the chivalrous notion that men must protect women. Furthermore, since ...             Women and the Italian Resistance, 1943-45 (Women and Modern Revolution) Jane Slaughter Arden Press Inc., 1997 A study of women's participation in the movement to overthrow the Fascist regime, expel the occupying Germans, and rebuild a progressive and democratic Italy. The words of some of the Resistance women, taken from extensive interviews, describe their daily experiences as partisans. The author examines the motives for women's activism and the impact of their contributions. She then analyzes the ...             Engendering the Chinese Revolution: Radical Women, Communist Politics, and Mass Movements in the 1920s1 review Christina Kelley Gilmartin University of California Press, 1995 A review In Engendering the Chinese Revolution, Christina Gilmartin examines the politics and history of the Communist Party between 1920 to 1927 with a gendered perspective. Gilmartin tries to define and analyze the tension and ¡§uneasy¡¨ relationship between class and gender, and between the Communist ...             Sisters in the Resistance1 review Margaret Collins Weitz Wiley, 1998 A great compilation of oral histories, but bad conclusions. Excellent chapters on the behind the scenes aspect of the resistance, including social services, where women dominated the field. The book does not, however, include food riots and worker's strikes. These are two areas of resistance that women also participated in. For the most part Weitz is ...             Notable Latin American Women: Twenty-Nine Leaders, Rebels, Poets, Battlers and Spies, 1500-1900 Jerome R. Adams McFarland & Company, 1995 Detailed here are the lives and achievements of 29 Latin American Women: Bartira, Doa Marina, Isabel de Guevara, Teculihuatzin, Beatriz de la Cueva, Catalina de Erauso, Juana Ins de la Cruz, Micaela Bastidas, Policarpa Salvarrieta, Josefa Oritz de Domnguez, Manuela Senz, Francisca Zubiaga, Leona Vicario, Javiera Carrera, Agueda Monasterio de Lattapiat, Luisa Recabarren de Marn, Gertrudis ...             New Voices in the Nation: Women and the Greek Resistance, 1941-1964 (Wilder House Series in Politics, ...2 reviews Janet Hart Cornell University Press, 1996 A real contribution from an extraordinary scholar I have heard about Dr. Hart's work for years and find her reputation as a ground-breaking scholar with novel, but significant, ideas for research is well-deserved. This work is especially important as so many of that generation are now passing away.             Vietnamese Women at War: Fighting for Ho Chi Minh and the Revolution (Modern War Studies)1 review Sandra C. Taylor University Press of Kansas, 1999 The History of Vietnam According to Whom? Women have always figured prominently in Vietnamese history and I approached this work with a great deal of positive anticipation. I was looking for something akin to Bruce Myle's Night Witches. This was an excellent account of Russian women combat pilots in WWII. Unfortunately Taylor's book ...             Defying Male Civilization: Women in the Spanish Civil War (Women and Modern Revolution Series)1 review Mary Nash Arden Press Inc., 1995 Amazingly Fast and Accurate Book was sent in a very speedy manner and came as was described. Definitely recommend for future orders             The French Resistance: 1940-1944 (Pocket Archives Series)2 reviews Raymond Aubrac, Lucie Aubrac Hazan, 1997 The French Resistance, an excellent book on the subject! Having read many books on the subject of the French Resistance during WWII, I have found this to be one of the most amazing! It gives just enough information to inform you on this incredible chapter in French History, then it leaves the rest up to over 100 photographs. An excellent photo essay ...             Engendering the Chinese Revolution: Radical Women, Communist Politics, and Mass Movements in the 1920s1 review Christina Kelley Gilmartin University of California Press, 1995 A review In Engendering the Chinese Revolution, Christina Gilmartin examines the politics and history of the Communist Party between 1920 to 1927 with a gendered perspective. Gilmartin tries to define and analyze the tension and ¡§uneasy¡¨ relationship between class and gender, and between the Communist ...