HSPLS site	Login My List - 0 Help
	Search   My Account   Databases   HI Newspaper   eBooks/Audiobooks   Learning   PC Reservation   Reading Program

Basic Advanced Power History

Search:  Title BrowseAuthor BrowseSubject BrowseBest Seller BrowseMusic Title BrowseVideo/DVD Title BrowseJournal/Newspaper Title BrowseSerial Title BrowseSeries Browse (includes Bestseller List)General KeywordTitle KeywordAuthor KeywordSubject KeywordName KeywordSeries KeywordScore Title BrowseTalking Book Title BrowseAwards Note BrowseBib No.Barcode       Refine Search     > You're searching: HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM

Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Holt, Nathalia, 1980- author.     Subjects     United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History.     United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees.     Women intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.     Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.     Women spies -- United States -- Biography.     Spies -- United States -- Biography.     Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Holt, Nathalia, 1980- author.       by title:      Wise gals [large typ...         MARC Display

Wise gals [large type] : the spies who built the CIA and changed the future of espionage / by Nathalia Holt. by Holt, Nathalia, 1980- author. Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2022. Subjects United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History.   United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees.   Women intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.   Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.   Women spies -- United States -- Biography.   Spies -- United States -- Biography.   Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9798885784603 (large print ; hardcover) Series:  Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series. Description:  631 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm Edition:  Large print edition. Contents:  Author's note -- November 1953 -- Part I "Isn't that a strange profession?". Jessica, 1934-1944 -- Safehaven, 1944-1945 -- Werwolf, 1945 -- Part II "Unsavory acts". Rusty, 1946 -- Belladonna, 1946 -- Trident, 1947 -- Opera, 1947-1948 -- Part III "She gets into your dreams". Vermont, 1949 -- Kubark, 1950 -- Loss, 1951 -- Aquatone, 1952 -- Petticoat, 1953 -- Part IV "Fumbling in the dark". Farmer, 1954 -- Musketeer, 1956 -- NSG5520, 1957 -- Bluebat, 1958 -- Aerodynamic, 1959 -- Part V "The work of a man". Mudlark, 1960 -- Lincoln, 1961 -- Psalm, 1962 -- Hydra, 1965-1972 -- Epilogue: State secrets. Requests:  0 Summary:  "In the wake of World War II, four agents were critical in helping build the CIA. Adelaide Hawkins, Mary Hutchison, Eloise Page, and Elizabeth Sudmeier were ground-breaking agents at the top of their class, instrumental in developing innovative tools for intelligence gathering and insisting that they receive the credit and pay their expertise deserved. Wise Girls sheds a light on the untold history of the women whose persistence and fighting spirit have been and continue to be instrumental to our country's security"-- Back cover.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Wailuku Bookmobile Large Type LT 327.1273 Ho Checked out 05/15/2024 Add Copy to MyList           Add Copy to MyList

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.