Title: Women of the Resistance
Subtitle: Eight Who Defied the Third Reich
Description: Women took part in perilous resistance missions during World War II alongside a much larger number of male resistance agents. This book presents the lives of eight women who, at profound risk to themselves, chose to challenge the Third Reich. Hailing from diverse regions of the world--the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and North America--the women shared privileged backgrounds of financial and social prominence as well as a profound sense of social justice. As to their deeds with the Resistance, they ranged from forging documents and hiding persecuted Jews to orchestrating sabotage operations and crafting a nonviolent protest movement within Nazi Germany itself. As could be expected, the costs were great, capture and execution among them, but the women’s achievements did succeed in helping to win the war.
Subjects: Women political activists, Women and war, Women, Underground movements, World War, 1939-1945, Female Participation, Women guerrillas, Women spies, Biography, History, World war, 1939-1945, women, Women, social conditions, Disasters, Modern Civilization, Social aspects
Time periods: World War II