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.
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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.
Onorata Rodiani
15th century Italian painter and soldier
Lise Lesèvre
A member of the French Resistance, she was brutally tortured by Klaus Barbie, the so-called “Butcher of Lyon,” after being captured with clandestine documents.