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Sisters in the Resistance

How Women Fought to Free France, 1940-1945
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"Expertly compiled.A vivid portrait of life in occupied France.a hopeful, inspiring book." -The Los Angeles Times Book Review. "An absolutely stunning and compelling chronicle of dauntless courage and unflagging patriotism."-Booklist. Now in paper! Sisters in the Resistance is the first fully documented account of the role women played in fighting the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. This compelling book, a major addition to the history of France during the war, collects the recollections and voices of 70 courageous women who fought in the French Resistance. These first-person accounts of danger and suspense, deadly cat-and-mouse games with the Gestapo, and heroic acts of defiance are both riveting and inspiring. MARGARET COLLINS WEITZ (Boston, Massachusetts) is a professor in the Department of Humanities and Modern Languages at Suffolk University and a member of Eliot House at Harvard. Widely recognized as a leading scholar of the history of France during the war years, she is co-editor of Behind the Lines: Gender and the Two World Wars.

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MARGARET COLLINS WEITZ is a professor in the Department of Humanities and Modern Languages at Suffolk University in Boston, and is a Senior Affiliate at Harvard. She is the author of Femmes: Recent Writing on French Women, coeditor of Behind the Lines: Gender and the Two World Wars, and has written numerous articles about women in France.
Release date Australia
March 16th, 1998
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  • General (US: Trade)
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Pages
384
Dimensions
162x238x21
ISBN-13
9780471196983
Product ID
2084417

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