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Smithsonian Institution
The Milkmaid Spy
28 minutes Posted Apr 1, 2020 at 4:00 am.
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Virginia Hall dreamed of being America’s first female ambassador. Instead, she became a spy. Joining the ranks of the U.S.’s first civilian spy network, she operated alone in occupied France, where she built French Resistance networks, delivered critical intelligence, and sold cheese to the enemy. All on one leg.