She retired in 1966 and until her death, the author writes, she enjoyed reading spy novels, inter alia. In 1951 Virginia became one of the first female officers at the CIA. civilians and the only woman to receive the prestigious honor for service during World War II.” “For her heroic actions in supporting the liberation of France, Virginia was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. In 1944 she directed nearly 1500 resistance fighters in acts of sabotage. In August 1941 Virginia became the first female SOE agent sent into France. Virginia made her way to London and trained with the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), which was a secret agency coordinating sabotage, rescue, and spying missions in occupied Europe.Īs each episode in Virginia’s life is presented, along with horrific setbacks and obstacles, the author repeats the refrain, “Virginia was Virginia,” accentuating her persistence and valor. She accepted another clerkship in Italy where she was working when World War II started. Thereafter she wore a wooden prosthetic attached to her thigh. In the 1930s while working as an embassy clerk in Turkey, she lost her left leg below the knee after a hunting accident. In school she excelled in languages and hoped to become a government diplomat. Virginia Hall was born in 1906 on her family’s farm in Baltimore, Maryland.
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