CONTENTS

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Introduction

PART I RESISTERS AND SPIES

Edith Cavell: “Patriotism Is Not Enough”

Louise 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

PART II 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

PART III 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

PART IV JOURNALISTS

Mary Roberts Rinehart: Mystery Writer on the Western Front

Madeleine Zabriskie Doty: “Germany Is No Place for a Woman”

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Index