I have always disliked that women are not as remembered as much as men who did the same thing as them in history. I do understand that women were not as empowered as they are today, but I also know that there had to be some awesome ladies who do awesome things. This book is abou those women during h...
Here is a book that would serve as an ideal primer for anyone wanting to know of the contributions made by women during the Second World War in the fight against the Third Reich. In particular, the personal stories of Noor Inayat Khan (who served as an agent in Britain's Special Operations Executiv...
This book is a collection of stories about some truly remarkable women who performed a variety of roles during the First World War - from nurses to spies/leaders of resistance networks behind enemy lines, doctors and surgeons, journalists, to soldiers on the battlefield (e.g., the Russian Army had w...
Disclaimer: I have been Goodreads friends with Kathryn Atwood prior to the publication of her first book. Additionally, a few weeks ago, she asked if I would like a review copy of this book. The question came after I had ordered this copy. The only thing wrong with this book and...
It is fact-filled, dry and unemotional. Something you tend to see/read often in first hand accounts of wartime and/or combat situations. I don't think people really comprehend the level of fear, anxiety and trauma that soldiers and non-military went through and indeed still go through. The only thin...
Reviewed professionally.
This isn't a book that lends itself to sitting down and reading straight through. The individual stories start to seem too similar: clever girls, touched by the plight of others, finding a way to hide or briefly shelter Jews on an underground railroad, finding their strength in their faith. With [b:...
What a great book! Kathryn Atwood's Women Heroes of World War II tells the stories of 26 spies, resisters, rescuers, nurses and performers and celebrates the role that women from all over Europe and America played in the defeat of the Third Reich. Atwood brings these womens' stories to life by provi...
Disclaimer: Kathryn Atwood is a Goodreads friend. I've never met her in real life, and I brought this book. But she is a Goodreads Friend (was before this book was published). Just so you know. Billed as a young adult history book, Atwood's Women Heroes of World War II can easily be read by people...
See my forthcoming review in Kirkus.
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