A review by redlipstickandreading
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell

adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Today is a rough day for some of us Americans. So as a little escapism let me tell you about one of the most badass ladies you've never heard of, Virginia Hall. She said I don't want to be a socialite I want to be a diplomat. But despite being highly qualified, the State Department said you can be a secretary. So she did that for a few years until he lost her leg below the knee in a hunting accident, after which everyone thought she was going to go home and be a spinster. But nope, she started driving ambulances in France during the beginning of WW2. When it got too dangerous she didn't go home she got recruited by the British SOE to go into Nazi occupied France and work to build a resistance network. Which she did better than literally every other man they sent in. She was so effective she was the subject of a Nazi manhunt. And she escaped by climbing a mountain range, again with a wooden leg. Then instead of saying well job well done it's too dangerous she went back to France and continued to be the best resistance leader until the end of the war. Highly recommend checking out this book or any biographies of Virginia Hall because she is so amazing and I want more people to know about her. Mini rant over.