Women heroes of World War I : 16 remarkable resisters, soldiers, spies, and medics / Kathryn J. Atwood.

Collection type	Library
Author	Atwood, Kathryn J.;
Call Number	940.3082 A887w
Document type	Monograph
Pagination	246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-237) and index. A commemoration of brave yet largely forgotten women who served in World War I.

Abstract

Resisters and spies. Edith Cavell: "Patriotism is not enough" -- Louis Thuliez: "Because I am a Frenchwoman" -- Emilienne Moreau: the teen who became a national symbol -- Gabrielle Petit: feisty patriot -- Marthe Cnockaert: nurse for the Germans, spy for the Belgians -- Louise de Bettignies: intelligence organizer extraordinaire -- Medical personnel. Elsie Inglis: surgeon and hospital founder -- Olive King: adventurous ambulance driver -- Helena Gleichen: x-ray expert on the Italian front -- Shirley Millard: nurse armed with enthusiasm -- Soldiers. Maria Bochkareva: women''s battalion of death -- Flora Sandes: "Remember you''re a soldier" -- Marina Yurlova: "I''m a Cossack!" -- Ecaterina Teodoroiu: lieutenant girl -- Journalists. Mary Roberts Rinehart: mystery writer on the Western Front -- Madeleine Zabriskie Doty: "Germany is no place for a woman."