Les Espionnes Racontent
In 2017, Chloé Aeberhardt, a French journalist, released a book entitled, “Les Espionnes Racontent” about the stories of six female intelligence …
The White Mouse
Nancy Wake, New Zealand born and SOE (Special Operations Executive) trained, was one of the few female agents who received wide acclaim for her WW 2 …
A Brilliant Spy
Harriet Tubman has been inducted into the Military Intelligence Corps Hall of Fame for her work as an intelligence operations specialist during the …
Sexpionage
Last month the Indian Army warned its personnel against interacting with unknown Facebook and WhatsApp social media profiles, and specifically about …
The Female Gaze
Actor, Lorraine Toussaint, comments that it’s exciting to play the strong and clever Black female spy character, McCall in The Equailzer, a …
A Call to Action
Spies posing as journalists is not new in espionage especially in first-world countries where political and economic information is desired, but it …
Shadow Projections
Ayla, a young Jewish woman, walked for miles in the middle of the night through mountainous regions with snowdrifts and freezing temperatures toward …
Double Identité
Although settling in the English countryside with three children and a husband, Ursula Kuczynski was a deep spy and colonel in the Red Army with a …
OSS Spy Novelist
In 1944, Aline Griffith was sent to Spain by the OSS to search out Nazi sympathisers. She infiltrated Spanish society through high profile soirées and …
Civil War Sleuth
Before the CIA had women at the helm, a philanthropist and abolitionist, Elizabeth Van Lew (1818-1900), ran an underground spy network called the …
Liberating Marguerite
In 1918 when women were not considered as serious war correspondents, Marguerite Harrison, a journalist, linguist and adventurer turned to the U.S. …
Poetic Rhythm
Even prior to WW 2, Elizebeth Smith Friedman was indispensable to the U.S. government because of her unique perspective on patterns and language …
Badass Women
By 1944 and as the Nazis became more astute at discovering Allied male agents, the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS) working in France began using …
Fighting Fascists and Sexists
A powerful espionage agent from the WW 2 era, Lidia Menapace, who fought Fascists in Italy died in December 2020 at the age of 96 from Covid-19. …
Missing the Mark
Recently, I attended a virtual Smithsonian Institute seminar created by the American Women’s History Initiative called, Female Spies of World War II …
Propaganda
On her wedding day Liliana discovered that she was not only saying yes to marriage, but also to the perilous work of a wireless operator in one of the …
Deep Cover Career Agents
Women made excellent spies in WW 2 partly because of western gendered projections about them not being astute, strategic or creative enough to be a …
Redefining Espionage
When mandatory spying, like mandatory military training is imposed on a country’s citizens, it has a direct impact on foreign countries and …
Not Crossword
To do their job well, code breakers usually have different ways of perceiving and solving puzzles than most of us. The UK’s Government Communications …
Honey Trapped
Some western countries are being flooded by short and long-term spies who are planted by their enemies into the political and technological fabric of …
Shifting Paradigm
Richard Moore, the new head of the UK’s SIS, the Secret Intelligence Service, has put out a call for those with disabilities to join the intelligence …
Out of the Shadows
From this article in the local Bowen Island newspaper, to listeners around the world. It’s gratifying to see the genuine and cross-cultural interest …
Spy Craft
What is it about secrets and spying that holds such interest, curiosity and energy for us? And, why were these women agents, who were …
Increasing Inroads
A Call to Spy, releasing this week, is a movie about three Special Operations Executive (SOE) women agents in WW 2 who were initially selected to spy …
Petition to Admit Women
“Female barristers say men-only club is symbolic of diversity problems within legal profession” and it is condoning an “invisible pattern of …
Women’s Spy Craft
Women’s Spy Craft in WW 2, as discussed in Episode 2 (releases Dec. 11. 20), includes how women were selected, how they were trained and what types of …
Women Agents in High Command
President-elect Joe Biden has announced two women to the highest positions in U.S. intelligence, Avril Haines will be the director of national …
Sapphire Circles: SOE Woman to be Honoured
As in WW 2 when women were invited into work usually reserved for men, today women’s contributions are receiving greater acknowledgement through the …
Women Resistors
I interviewed 4 military and 4 resistance cell women for my research. Although the women military agents’ acts of bravery were recorded in military …
Spying, Self-Agency and Culture
Self-agency or personal power is one of the most important traits one can develop. It gives us a sense of control over our lives. We can be …
Service Zero
When real life stories have been kept secret for over 60 years, it’s difficult to coax them into existence.
This episode introduces eight such …
Invisible Women on CBC Radio
I’ll be a guest on CBC Radio’s On The Coast on Wednesday, November 11th.
The interview is scheduled for shortly after 3:00 pm Pacific Time on …
Declassifying Spy Files
The Canadian government is thinking of creating a centre to declassify historical documents.
Bringing important culturally-related information out …
Welcome
Welcome to Invisible Women: The Podcast and thank you for listening to these courageous women’s stories.
I wanted to create this podcast so …
Introducing Invisible Women
Based on her years of research and in-person interviews, Diane Greig hosts this podcast about eight women who worked in espionage during World War …