A Woman of No Importance

Book Summary






For a wide array of reasons, the Allied countries recruited many women as spies in WWII. Their first advantage was they could blend in more easily than their male counterparts in the civilian population of a typical town or village. But there was also a growing sense that women were more skilled at being secretive, coy, and courageous. Women rarely spilled secrets via pillow talk, nor were they drunken loudmouths. Their empathy was a plus. They were asked to handle the ground war and deal with volunteer civilians who would naturally come to them when frustrations piled up.