Lydia Barrington Darragh
Lydia Barrington Darragh was a Philadelphia Quaker who became a Patriot spy during the American Revolution. Her courageous efforts helped prepare General George Washington for an attack by the British in December of 1777.
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Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was enslaved, escaped, and helped others gain their freedom as a “conductor” of the Underground Railroad. Tubman also served as a scout, spy, guerrilla soldier, and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War. She is considered the first African American woman to serve in the military.
Louise de Bettignies
Louise Marie Jeanne Henriette de Bettignies was a French secret agent who spied on the Germans for the British during World War I.
Agent 355
The Culper spy ring, which operated from 1778 to 1780, was an intricate network from British-occupied New York City to Setauket, Long Island, north to Connecticut, and west to George Washington’s headquarters at Newburgh, New York. Agent 355 was the code name of a female spy in the Culper Ring, whose real identity is unknown.
Lise de Baissac
Lise Marie Jeanette de Baissac MBE was an agent of the United Kingdom’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) clandestine organization in France during World War II.
Irena Iłłakowicz
Irena Morzycka-Iłłakowicz was an intelligence agent and second lieutenant of Poland’s National Armed Forces, which fought against Nazi Germany and communist partisans during World War II.
Ann Katharine Mitchell
Ann Katharine Mitchell was a British cryptanalyst and psychologist who worked on decrypting messages encoded in the Germans’ Enigma cypher at Bletchley Park during World War II.
Andrée Borrel
Andrée Raymonde Borrel was a French woman who fought in the French Resistance and worked as an agent for Britain’s clandestine Special Operations Executive during World War II.
Constance Babington Smith
Constance Babington Smith MBE FRSL was a British journalist and writer. Having worked for The Aeroplane magazine before World War II, her knowledge of aircraft led her to the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force.