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Suzanne Bélair

Haitian revolutionary leader who served in Toussaint Louverture’s army.

Pippa Latour Doyle moved to England from her native South Africa in 1941 to join the war effort. She was recruited into the UK’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) to spy for the Allies in France due to her fluency in French.

Renée Bédarida

Renée Bedarida was a Frenc Resistance fighter who worked with the Lyonnais group Témoignage Chrétien (Christian Witness) in WWII. After the war, she wrote two books about the movement and its leader, Father Pierre Chaillet.

Simone Michel-Lévy

During WWII, Simone Michel Lévy used her job in the Postal, Telegraph, and Telephone Service (PTT) to obtain intelligence about the Germans that she managed to send to London under the code name of Emma.

Martha Putney

African-American Women’s Army Corps officer during World War II

Margarita Neri

Zapatista commander and a soldadera during the Mexican Revolution.

Marguerite Claeys

As part of the French Resistance during WWII, Mme Marguerite Claeys collected information from agents who posed as customers at the company she owned with her husband— all without his knowledge.

Marie-Madeleine Fourcade

One of the most famous female resistants during WWII and the only woman to be made chef de résistance

María Quinteras de Meras

Col. María Quinteras de Meras was a coronela whom Pancho Villa highly respected. She proved herself in the ten battles she fought during her three years in his rebel army from 1910-1913.

Paule Letty-Mouroux

As part of the French Resistance during WWII, Paule Letty-Mouroux used her position as a secretary at the Marine de Toulon in order to report the repair status of Axis ships.