Secret papers, discovered after Vera’s death in 2000, revealed the lengths she went to after the war to discover what happened to women agents who ‘disappeared’. When the war ended ...

She was executed at Dachau by the Nazis. History teacher Shalina Patel, who told us more about these forgotten female secret agents. “I feel like the stories of these women are not necessarily ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mary Beth Wilkas Janke, a 59-year-old former Secret Service Agent. The following has been edited for length and clarity. After taking a ...

In this blog post, Jabour details how southern women frequently served as secret agents in the Civil War, using every means possible to demonstrate their patriotism—whether that meant ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mary Beth Wilkas Janke, a 59-year-old former Secret Service Agent. The following has been edited for length and clarity. After taking a ...