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...night of Sept. 22, 1943, Pearl Cornioley--now hailed as one of Britain's greatest wartime secret agents--parachuted into France after a few months of training with Britain's Special Operations Executive, a group that welcomed women as potentially less suspect than men. Once there, Cornioley posed as a cosmetics saleswoman and helped arm and organize the Resistance. She commanded soldiers who damaged German communications and presided over the surrender of 18,000 German troops. Nominated for a Military Cross medal after the war, she could not receive it because she was female. She later won honors, including...
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