On Saturday, March 8, historian and author Kit Sergeant will present her program, “World War II Women Spies,” at 2 p.m. at the Glen Ellyn History Center, 800 N. Main St. The Glen Ellyn Historical ...

Stoic Vera Atkins was determined to build a network of female agents, Virginia Hall made a daring escape from France, Mathilde Carré was a treacherous double agent, Noor Inayat Khan was a Muslim ...

A new World War 2 film telling the true story of Britain's first female spy, Churchill's favourite and the inspiration for a ...

Women played key roles in D-Day, the Allied seaborne invasion of Nazi-held France. "Women are the hidden figures of D-Day," says journalist Sarah Rose. These are three of the British agents who ...

Spying has long been viewed as a man’s game, but throughout history, women have played pivotal roles in intelligence operations that significantly influenced the outcomes of wars. These women worked ...

BALTIMORE -- From the Civil War to World War II and beyond, there's a long line of lady spies who came from Maryland, women who risked their lives for their country. Their stories are remarkable, but ...

ZDF Studios and World Media Rights have partnered to co-produce The Lost Women Spies, a docudrama about the fate of British female spies in WWII. The six-parter tells the story of Vera Atkins of the ...

In my writing career over the past 26 years, I have consistently been drawn to stories with high stakes – the highest being ...

Brave women across Europe risked it all to battle against Hitler ’s Nazi hordes behind enemy lines. Brave women across Europe risked everything to battle against Hitler ’s Nazi hordes behind enemy ...

A veritable female Monuments Man, Valland has, until now, been written out of the annals, despite bearing witness to history’s largest art theft. Her beloved Jeu de Paume museum in Paris, where she ...

In an age of instant accolades and viral valor, heroes are everywhere. Celebrities tearfully describing a difficult breakup on daytime TV are deemed heroic. You knew the word had lost all meaning when ...