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Virginia Hall was born in Baltimore, Maryland on April 6, 1906, to Edwin "Ned" Lee Hall and his wife (also his secretary), Barbara Virginia Hammel. [7] [8] Ned Hall's father, John W. Hall, had stowed away on his father's clipper ship at the age of nine, and later became a wealthy businessman.
Guérin was 37 years old when she became Virginia Hall's agent. [5] She was already part of the French resistance movement prior to her recruitment into Hall's spy network, however, and she was known for harboring Jews forced into hiding. [6] After Hall fled France, Guérin continued helping resistance fighters, providing them food and shelter. [4]
Their daunting mission: conduct sabotage and build a resistance. SOE's "spymistress," Vera Atkins, recruits two unusual candidates: Virginia Hall, an ambitious American with a wooden leg, and Noor Inayat Khan, an Indian Muslim pacifist. [3] Together, these women help to undermine the Nazi regime in France.
González did learn about Stewart’s life and work, as well as other women in the SOE, including Virginia Hall, Nancy Wake and Mata Hari. “I was just impressed by the capabilities that they had ...
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The National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography, established in 1983, is an annual American literary award presented by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English."
Virginia Hill (born Onie Virginia Hill; August 26, 1916 – March 24, 1966) was an American organized crime figure. An Alabama native, she became a Chicago Outfit courier during the mid-1930s. [ 4 ] She was famous for being the girlfriend of mobster Bugsy Siegel .
Virginia Foster Durr (August 6, 1903 – February 24, 1999) was an American civil rights activist and lobbyist. She was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1903 to Dr. Sterling Foster, an Alabama Presbyterian minister, and Ann Patterson Foster.