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100 1 _aCope, Suzanne,
_d1978-
_eauthor.
_919749
245 1 0 _aWomen of War:
_bthe Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis /
_cSuzanne Cope.
246 3 0 _aItalian assassins, spies, and couriers who fought the Nazis.
263 _a2504.
264 1 _a[New York, New York] :
_bDutton,
_c[2025]
300 _a398 pages
_c16 cm
_eEpilogue, Acknowledgments, Notes on Sources, Bibliography, Archives and Museums, Interviews, Notes and Index
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aWar Comes to Italy -- Resistance -- Liberation.
520 _a"From underground soldiers to intrepid spies, Women of War unearths the hidden history of the brave women who risked their lives to overthrow the Nazi occupation and liberate Italy. Using primary sources and brand new scholarship, historian Suzanne Cope illuminates the roles played by women while Italians struggled under dual foes: Nazi invaders and Italian fascist loyalists. Cope's research and storytelling introduces four brave and resourceful women who risked everything to overthrow the Nazi occupation and pry their future from the fascist grasp. We meet Carla Capponi in Rome, where she made bombs in an underground bunker then ferried them to their deadly destination wearing lipstick and a trenchcoat; and Bianca Guidetti Serra who rode her bicycle up switchbacks in the Alps, dodging bullets while delivering bags of clandestine newspapers and munitions to the anti-fascist armies hidden in the mountains. In Florence, the young future author of Italy's new constitution, Teresa Mattei, carried secret messages and hid bombs; while Anita Malavasi led troops across the Apennine Mountains. Women of War brings their experiences as underground resistance fighters, partisan combatants, spies, and saboteurs to life. Essential and original, Women of War offers not only a reexamination of the elision of women from vital WWII history but also a valuable perspective on the ongoing fight for gender equality and social justice. After all, these were the women who launched a feminist movement as they fought for the future of their country, and what that could mean for its women, all while under Nazi and fascist fire"--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 0 _aMalavasi, Anita,
_d1921-2011.
_919750
600 1 0 _aGuidetti Serra, Bianca.
_919751
600 1 0 _aMattei, Teresa,
_d1921-2013.
_919752
600 1 0 _aCapponi, Carla,
_d1918-2000.
_919753
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xUnderground movements
_zItaly.
_919754
650 0 _aWomen guerrillas
_zItaly
_vBiography.
_919755
650 0 _aFemale assassins
_zItaly
_vBiography.
_919756
650 0 _aWomen spies
_zItaly
_vBiography.
_919757
650 0 _aGuerrillas
_zItaly
_vBiography.
_919758
650 0 _aAssassins
_zItaly
_vBiography.
_919759
650 0 _aSpies
_zItaly
_vBiography.
_919760
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aCope, Suzanne, 1978-
_tWomen of war
_d[New York, New York] : Dutton, [2025]
_z9780593476017
_w(DLC) 2024057103.
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
999 _c30576
_d30576