02285cam a2200433 i 4500 638165410 TxGeo 20230120120000.0 221226s2022||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2022944349 9798885784603 hbk. TxGeo rda Holt, Nathalia, 1980-, author. Wise gals [large print] : the spies who built the CIA and changed the future of espionage / by Nathalia Holt. Spies who built the CIA and changed the future of espionage. Large print edition. Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2022. 631 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 557-628). "In the wake of World War II, four agents were critical in helping build the CIA. Adelaide Hawkins, Mary Hutchison, Eloise Page, and Elizabeth Sudmeier were ground-breaking agents at the top of their class, instrumental in developing innovative tools for intelligence gathering and insisting that they receive the credit and pay their expertise deserved. Wise Girls sheds a light on the untold history of the women whose persistence and fighting spirit have been and continue to be instrumental to our country's security."-- Page [4] of cover. 20230207. United States Central Intelligence Agency History. United States Central Intelligence Agency Officials and employees. Women intelligence officers United States Biography. Intelligence officers United States Biography. Women spies United States Biography. Spies United States Biography. Intelligence service United States History 20th century. Discrimination in employment United States History 20th century. Biographies. Large type books. QS5