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Virginia Hall: The Most Dangerous Woman of World War II

Celebrating Women's History Month with a badass a day.

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Rudy Martinez
Mar 03, 2025
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When you think of World War II spies, you probably picture suave British agents with slick hair, tiny pistols, and a tendency to be posh, or whatever in the middle of enemy territory. What you probably don’t picture is a woman with a wooden leg named Cuthbert who spent her days outwitting the Gestapo and making Hitler’s goons look like morons. But that’…

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