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1 online resource |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Fond of Adventure -- Fit for a King -- Bonds of Matrimony -- Out on a Limb -- In the Web -- Agent B -- Into Russia -- Double Trouble -- Through Difficulties to the Stars -- "A Lady with a Mysterious Past" -- "A Very Clever Womaan" -- Return to Russia -- Desert Drama -- Ebb Tide. |
Summary |
"In September 1918, World War I was nearing its end when Marguerite E. Harrison, a thirty-nine-year-old Baltimore socialite, wrote to the head of the U.S. Army's Military Intelligence Division asking for a job. The director asked for clarification. Did she mean a clerical position? No, she told him. She wanted to be a spy. Harrison, a member of a prominent Baltimore family, usually got her way. She had founded a school for sick children and wangled her way onto the staff of the Baltimore Sun. Fluent in four languages and knowledgeable of Europe, she was confident she could gather information for the U.S. government. The MID director agreed to hire her, and Marguerite Harrison became America's first female foreign intelligence officer."-- Provided by publisher. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
Harrison, Marguerite, 1878-1967.
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Harrison, Marguerite, 1878-1967. |
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United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Division -- History.
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United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Division. |
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History. |
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Espionage, American -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Espionage, American. |
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Germany. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Spies -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Spies. |
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United States. |
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Women intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.
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Women intelligence officers. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.
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Intelligence officers. |
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Espionage, American -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.
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Soviet Union. |
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936.
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Politics and government. |
Chronological Term |
1917-1936 |
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Baltimore (Md.) -- Biography.
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Maryland -- Baltimore. |
Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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Added Title |
America's first female foreign intelligence agent |
Other Form: |
Print version: Atwood, Elizabeth Ann. The liberation of Marguerite Harrison Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2020] 9781682475270 (DLC) 2020009877 |
ISBN |
9781682475300 (pdf) |
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1682475301 |
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9781682475300 (epub) |
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9781682475270 (hardcover) |
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