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2. Mary Bowser - Wikipedia

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   The 2013 play Lady Patriot by Ted Lange is about Bowser and her acts of espionage. The play was produced by Mary Lange and premiered at the Hudson Backstage Theatre in Santa Monica, California. Mary Bowser was played by Chrystee Pharris. [19] A 1987 made-for-TV movie, A Special Friendship, was loosely based on Bowser and Van Lew's activities.

3. Bessie Coleman - Wikipedia

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   Coleman would not live long enough to establish a school for young black aviators, but her pioneering achievements served as an inspiration for a generation of African-American men and women. "Because of Bessie Coleman," wrote Lieutenant William J. Powell in Black Wings (1934), dedicated to Coleman, "we have overcome that which was worse than ...

4. Agent 355 - Wikipedia

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   Rebel Spy by Veronica Rossi, a young adult novel reimagining the story behind Agent 355, was published in 2020. The 355 is a female-led spy film released by Universal Pictures on January 7, 2022. A group of women from different international spy agencies create a faction code-named 355 in honor of Agent 355. [21]

5. 22 Famous Women in History You Need to Learn About ASAP

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   Know your Black history heroes! The first Black woman to serve in Congress in 1968, Chisholm (nicknamed "Fighting Shirley") was also the first Black person and the first woman to run for U.S ...

6. Pauline Cushman - Wikipedia

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   After the war, however, she began a tour celebrating her experiences as a Union spy, working at one point with P. T. Barnum. In 1865, a friend, Ferdinand Sarmiento, wrote an exaggerated biography titled The Life of Pauline Cushman: The celebrated Union Spy and Scout, detailing her early history, her entry into the secret service, notes, and ...

7. Category:Female wartime spies - Wikipedia

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   This page was last edited on 15 December 2024, at 03:38 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

8. ‘Black Doves’ Is Based on a Real Scandal Involving Spy Cops

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   Before creating Black Doves, Barton learned about a scandal in the United Kingdom involving what the press called “spy cops.” Under the noses of the UK’s top brass, a squad of roughly 140 ...

9. Josephine Baker - Wikipedia

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   McGee was a black man in Mississippi convicted of raping a white woman in 1945 on the basis of dubious evidence, and sentenced to death. [70] Baker attended rallies for McGee and wrote letters to Fielding Wright, the governor of Mississippi, asking him to spare McGee's life. [70] Despite her efforts, McGee was executed in 1951. [70]