WOMEN IN INTELLIGENCE

Reference Materials

Claghorn, Charles Eugene. Women Patriots of the American Revolution: A Biographical Dictionary. Boston, MA: Scarecrow Press, 1992.

Surveillant 2.5: "Among these 600 biographies of women who performed patriotic acts are details on those who spied for the Americans."

Mahoney, M.H. Women in Espionage: A Biographical Dictionary. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, (?1994).

Miller, IJI&C 8.2: "Mahoney has written a wonderful and marvelously interesting volume.... There are 151 biographies in the book..., and no female spies of note are omitted. Mahoney's coverage is remarkable, both in terms of time span and geography.... At least ten entries are from times preceding 1950 and from outside the United States.... There is excellent coverage of American history.... Mahoney's ... summarizations of his subjects' often involved and complicated lives and careers are exemplary.... This is an absolutely outstanding book."

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