Soldiers, Sailors and Spies

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Laskarina Bouboulina, Greek naval commander, born 11th May 1771

Nadezhda Durova, Russian Cavalry Soldier, born 17th September 1783

Velvalee Dickinson, American spy for the Japanese, born 12th October 1893

Ruth Cheney Streeter, American Marine Corps Lieut.Colonel, born 2nd October 1895

Dolores Ibárruri, Spanish Civil War Leader, born 9th December 1895

Dorothy Stratton, American Director of Women's Coastguard Reserve, born 24th March 1899
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Irena Iłłakowicz, Polish Intelligence Agent, born 26th July 1906

Grace Hopper, computer scientist in the US Navy, born 9th December 1906
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Yvonne Cormeau, Belgian/British Special Ops Exec, born 18th December 1909

Yolande Beekman, French/British Special Ops Exec., born 7th November 1911

Melita Norwood, British Civil Servant and KGB Spy, born 25th March 1912

Marina Raskova, Soviet Pilot and "Night Witch", born 28th March 1912
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Odette Hallowes, French born British Spy, born 28th April 1912

Nancy Wake, British/NZ/Australian WW2 Agent, born 30th August 1912

Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish Fighter Pilot, born 22nd March 1913
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Noor Inayat Khan, Hindustani Special Ops Agent, born 1st January 1914
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Pearl Witherington, British SOE Agent, born 24th June 1914

​Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Russian WW2 Sniper, born 12th July 1916

Madeleine Damerment, French WW2 Special Agent, born 11th November 1917

Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American Brigadier General, born 3rd November 1918

Carmen Contreras-Bozak, Hispanic American Soldier, born 31st December 1919

Mavis Batey, British WW2 Codebreaker, born 5th May 1921

Violette Szabo, French-British WW2 secret agent, born 26th June 1921

Roza Shanina, Russian WW2 Sniper, born 3rd April 1924