EP03: Virginia Hall
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James Bond who? Today the Lame hosts look at the life of Virginia Hall, a badass one-legged spy who helped turn the tides of World War II!
Sources:
Book - A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell
Film - A Call to Spy
Links:
https://www.intelligence.gov/people/barrier-breakers-in-history/662-1945-virginia-hall
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6899057/Virginia-Hall-one-legged-real-life-James-Bond-helped-build-Resistance-network-France.html
https://ee.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/207/Not-Bad-for-a-Girl-from-Baltimore.pdf
https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/educ/exhibits/womenshallfame/html/hall.html
https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2005/fall/extraordinary-stories.html
https://www.crossroadstoday.com/news/national-news/cia-spy-virginia-hall-is-about-to-become-everyone-s-next-favorite-historical-hero/article_f064288f-7b52-592f-8348-c9f044ab711f.html
https://craiggralley.com/virginia-hall/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/wanted-the-limping-lady-146541513/
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/one-legged-terror-nazi-germany.html
https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/virginia-hall-the-courage-and-daring-of-the-limping-lady/
https://rhapsodyinwords.com/2019/11/05/remarkable-women-the-life-and-times-of-virginia-hall-part-1/
https://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2020/04/16/the-secrets-of-the-office-of-strategic-services-personnel-records/
https://crimereads.com/wwiis-most-decorated-spy-was-an-american-heiress-with-a-wooden-leg/
https://boundarystones.weta.org/2022/06/14/la-dame-qui-boite-limping-woman
https://nypost.com/2018/01/13/she-was-a-post-columnist-and-a-heroic-wwii-spy/
https://medium.com/literature-lust/how-a-woman-of-no-importance-won-a-war-and-changed-the-world-712afc7905a7
https://www.history.com/news/female-allied-spy-world-war-2-wooden-leg
www.theheroinecollective.com/virginia-hall-spy/
https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/virginia-hall-interactive-exhibit/
https://careers.state.gov/career-paths/worldwide-foreign-service/officer/fso-test-information-and-selection-process/
https://br.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/Consular-Clerk-major-duties-1.pdf
https://projectupland.com/culture/snipe-hunting/
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