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 Historic ...

Kit Sergeant, the author of the “Women Spies” novels, will visit the Glen Ellyn History Center to give a presentation on the heroics of two women in wartime France. Sergeant will describe the ...

The only black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, commonly known as the Six Triple Eight, will be presented Tuesday with the Congressional Gold Medal.

Wednesday is the 80th anniversary of VE Day, marking Germany’s unconditional surrender and the end of WWII in Europe. A new book “Spitfires” tells the little-known contribution American ...

Journalist Cope (Power Hungry) spins a thrilling saga of four young women of the Italian resistance. In interweaving vignettes, she traces how each woman came to join antifascist efforts—some ...

Discover connections between 1930s NYC and a female spy at the center of Nazi art looting operations in Paris!

Object Details author Belohlavek, John M. Contents Women, reform, and the US home front -- Soldaderas: Mexican women and the battlefield -- On the Santa Fe trail -- Profiles in courage: working women ...

Wednesday is the 80th anniversary of VE Day, marking Germany’s unconditional surrender and the end of WWII in Europe. A new book “Spitfires” tells the little-known contribution American ...

Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the diluted modern concept of a hero.