Women heroes of World War I : 16 remarkable resisters, soldiers, spies, and medics

Atwood, Kathryn J. (Author).

Summary: A commemoration of brave yet largely forgotten women who served in World War I.

Record details

ISBN: 9781613746868 (cloth)
ISBN: 1613746865 (cloth)
Physical Description: print
246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, [2014]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-237) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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: nrse 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."