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Author Eder, Mari K. author.

Title The girls who stepped out of line : untold stories of the women who changed the course of World War II / Major General Mari K. Eder, U.S. Army, Retired.

Publication Info. Naperville : Sourcebooks, 2021.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  940.5309 Ede    ---  Available
Description 378 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary "The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line takes you inside the lives and experiences of 15 unknown women heroes from the Greatest Generation, the women who served, fought, struggled, and made things happen during WWII-in and out of uniform, for theirs is a legacy destined to embolden generations of women to come. Liane B. Russell fled Austria with nothing and later became a renowned U.S. scientist whose research on the effects of radiation on embryos made a difference to thousands of lives. Gena Turgel was a prisoner who worked in the hospital at Bergen-Belsen and cared for the young Anne Frank, who was dying of typhus. Gena survived and went on to write a memoir and spent her life educating children about the Holocaust. Ida and Louise Cook were British sisters who repeatedly smuggled out jewelry and furs and served as sponsors for refugees, and they also established temporary housing for immigrant families in London. Retired U.S. Army Major General Mari K. Eder wrote this book because she knew their stories needed to be told-and the sooner the better. For theirs is a legacy destined to embolden generations of women to come"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject United States. Office of Strategic Services -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
United States. Office of Strategic Services. (OCoLC)fst00542242
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.
Heroes -- Biography.
HISTORY / World.
Armed Forces -- Women. (OCoLC)fst00814634
Employees. (OCoLC)fst00909111
Heroes. (OCoLC)fst00955558
Military participation -- Female. (OCoLC)fst01353719
Refugees. (OCoLC)fst01092797
Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
United States -- Armed Forces -- Women -- Biography.
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biographies.
Added Title Untold stories of the women who changed the course of World War II
ISBN 9781728230924 (hardcover) : $26.99
1728230926
9781728242729 (trade paperback)
172824272X

 
    
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