A Woman of No Importance--#78 finished

 This is another finished in August book but just now getting around to logging in.  The rest of the title is: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II.  This is a true story about Virginia Hall a woman from the US that wanted more in life that just getting married and being a socialite.  She joined the diplomatic services but was blocked from moving up because she was a woman.  She served in assistant/secretarial positions while trying to move up.  She lost the lower part of her leg at one point and had to wear a wooden prosthetic.  She was in France & volunteer to drive ambulances during the German invasion.  She eventually made it to England where she was trained to be a spy inside France for England.  She was very successful at this but still because she was a woman it took until almost the end of the war before she was given a command.  The book goes into great detail about her service and the many things she was able to accomplish.  She was a true hero.  After the war she did catch on to the CIA but again because she was a woman, even though she had much more experience than others at being a spy, she was passed over again and again.  A truly amazing story but also a sad story that this book written in 2019 long after she had died, is really the first recognition of her accomplishments.

There are 43 WL for this book on PBS so will probably post & mail off at some point.